The NBA is BACK!!

After being shut down almost three months, the NBA announced that it will return on July 31! Teams will play eight games to close out the regular season, then move into a full post-season. This means that the Utah Jazz have officially clinched a playoff birth! I'm so excited, not just about the good news for the Jazz, but also just having basketball back, that I decided to celebrate with some simple nail art! 

I let the City Edition Jazz jerseys be my muse as I painted a modern ombre look. To achieve this look, I used the following nail polish paints. The white polish was used as a base coat under the yellow polish. I also used the base coat/top coat combo by LA Color.

L-R: Revlon Colorstay in French Roast, Sinful Colors in Rorange, Pure Ice in Siren, Water Colors by Color Club in I Have a Sea-Cret, Pure Ice in Super Star, and New York Color in Midtown Mimosa

NFL Nail Art

With the NFL season kicking off this week I decided to do my nails honoring my favorite football team; the Raiders.  

The final product:

For my main nails I used the ombre technique shown here.  You may, however, notice that the orientation of the ombre effect is reversed from the directions shown.  I tried it both ways and I like having the top color near the base of the nail rather than the tip.  If you haven't clicked the link, the directions are basically as follows.

Step 1: Paint nail the base color

Step 2: On a piece of wax paper or a shiny surface paint a stripe of the base color and the ombre      color.  Using a toothpick or orange stick swirl the two colors together where they meet.

Step 3: Use a makeup triangle to pick up the the polish colors.

Step 4: Place the triangle with the polish on it onto the nail.

The ring finger was done using the technique found here.

Again, it's really easy but makes a statement.  And if you don't feel like opening this link either, the steps are shown below.

Step 1: Paint nail the base color

Step 2: Paint a stripe in the middle of the nail about half way up

Step 3: Paint another stripe to one side of the middle stripe, but a little farther up

Step 4: Paint another stripe on the empty side of the first stripe, but not as far up.

Step 5: (Not shown) Repeat steps 2-4 with another color, but not as far up as the first color