Sunday, January 19, 2014

My Birthday Nails! (a day early)

Hi everyone, welcome to Sunday!  I hope your weekend is going well.  Yesterday we were trapped inside because of a snow storm but we did manage to get some shopping done beforehand.  The rest of the day was spent messing with nail stuff and watching Netflix.

Today I have my birthday nails that I did last night.  My birthday is tomorrow but I have a really pretty Indie collection to show off tomorrow :)  I'm not really a big fan of birthdays, normally I like them because I get to indulge in my favorite pizza and cake, but this year my allergies make that impossible.  I think we are planning on having crab legs and rice krispie bars (not together, because that sounds disgusting), so I guess that's making the best of it.  I am happy to not have to work tomorrow.  


Today I have my birthday nails that I really ended up liking.  I knew I wanted to do something with pretty pastel "cupcake" colors so I decided to do a tape mani.  I cut some strips of painter's tape, taped them over a base of OPI Alpine Snow, and used a small nail art brush to fill in the rest of the colors.  For the "cupcake" colors I used OPI Lucky Lucky Lavender, OPI Mod About You, Wet N' Wild Megalast I Need a Refresh-Mint, Essie Mint Candy Apple, and OPI Chic From Ears to Tail.


Because this mani matched my fantastic new donut pillows, which were also a birthday present, I decided they were the perfect backdrop :)




So tell me, do you like birthdays?  Do you have any long standing traditions?  Let me know in comments!

18 comments:

  1. Love the colors you used! Happy Birthday!!

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  2. These are some fun and girly nails! I love them a lot. For me, I don't really celebrate my birthday so no traditions for it, lol. Happy Birthday to you too!! :)

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  3. Happy early birthday! Love the mani and the color combo! :)

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  4. This design is gorgeous! I love the colour combination! I love Birthday's - they're so exciting! Hope you have a great birthday tomorrow! :)

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  5. love the colors and Happy Birthday!!! Birthdays have never been a big deal in my family; I just go out and eat and maybe do some shopping!

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  6. These are so cute, and I love birthdays! I don't usually do anything big other than go out to dinner with my family.

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  7. Nice spring colors! Happy b-day in advance!

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  8. Happy Birthday! This mani is so pretty!

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  9. Awww these are perfect, happy birthday Erin!

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  10. These are so cute!!! I love how well the colors work together and t really looks birthday esque to me :) and happy almost birthday!!! I hope you have a wonderful day!!! :D

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  11. Happy Birthday. I like your nails. they remind me of something but i don't remember what.
    I don't like birthdays unless it's my own or my families members. Other people's ( I mean people at school or friends) birthdays are weird for me. They never remember even if I tell them when it is.

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  12. My gosh! Such sweet colors :) Happy early Birthday, Erin :*

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  13. Happy birthday! I love the color combo :)

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  14. Happy Birthday - it is a wonderful mani - I love the subtle pastels - spring, where are you!

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  15. Happy Birthday Erin!! :)
    I love this mani!! Super cute.. and i love the thickness of the stripes!! pretty unique considering most tape manis have very thin stripes cuz of the striping tape.

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  16. Happy Birthday! This mani is adorable! :-)

    Christal
    LipstickAndPonytails

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  17. This is sooooo beautiful! I love the colors you used! Happy belated birthday!

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