Bold Nail Designs

I've been painting my nails a lot more often lately and experimenting with different things - I never knew you could do so much with just a few different shades of polish! One of my favorite nail trends that I've seen is the bold nail design trend.




"La Mode: Fashion Club at UW: Trend 2010: Nails." La Mode: Fashion Club at UW: Trend 2010: Nails. Web. 21 May 2012.


"A BRIT GREEK: Nuts for These Nails!" A BRIT GREEK: Nuts for These Nails! Web. 21 May 2012.

Although I love the nails above, being an amateur nail-painter I haven't been able to create any designs that cool yet. Here are my nails:

I used Wet 'N Wild nail polish from Walgreenes that was on sale. Although the nail polish is pretty cheap, it works pretty well as long as you put a clear coat over it to avoid chipping. I was just goofing off when I was playing with different designs with my nails, but if you're a little more serious about it, I'd suggest better, maybe more expensive nail polish for really cool effects. Walmart, Walgreenes, Target, and CVS Pharmacy all have a pretty good selection of nail polishes. So does Sally's Beauty Supply and the employees there are usually willing to offer advice about which nail polish works the best for which style. You can get nail polish pretty much anywhere.

I'd like to try bolder designs and brighter colors like in the picture above. The combination of the colors in the second picture down are reminiscent of the eighties to me and I love eighties stuff so I think that's the next nail style that I'm going to try to accomplish. My only advince to anyone who is looking to try out this style is to be patient. Make sure you have at least a couple hours of free time if you're going to try to do bold designs like the ones above. If you use multiple layers and color of nail polish and aren't patient while waiting for them to dry you could really screw up. I usually pop in a movie or watch a season of my favorite television show to occupy myself when I paint my nails. 

The Accent Nail Trend

I've recently spotted people sporting this nail trend: painting almost all of your fingernails one color and then painting one or two nails a different color as an accent. At first I wasn't sure how I felt about this odd trend but I've decided that it's really cute.

Emily Axel who claims to be a "polish-aholic" also blogged about this subject on her website, "The Mani-Maniac". Here is a link to her post:

http://themanimaniac.wordpress.com/2011/09/21/the-accent-nail-lets-discuss/

On her blog, she questions how much the accent nail should stick out compared to the others: whether it should be almost unnoticable at first glance or if you should go all out with it. I think if you're going to try the accent nail trend then you should go all out.


"Tagged:Celebs Nail Trends." NightFame With Style. Web. 16 May 2012.

Vanessa Hudgens was one of the first celebrities to rock this trend. I love her execution of the trend. I think it looks very fun and fashionable. If you're going to try out the accent nail, going for bold colors is a good idea but also using glitter on your accent nail is a must.

I think when I try this trend, I'll go with a somewhat plain color, like a light pink or a brown, then I'll paint the accent nail(s) to match the shirt I'm wearing or my purse and use glitter nail polish. The glitter really makes it pop and I also think it's really cute when the accent nail(s) matches an accessory,

While looking at this nail trend, I stumbled upon this very interesting webpage:

http://nightfame.com/style/tag/celebs-nail-trends/

It includes other celebrity nail trends and pictures. I'd suggest checking it out if this post interested you. My personal favorite trends are the accent nail trend and the bold design nails. The accent nail is great because you can do your own thing with the trend - if you'd like to keep it subtle, you can do that or you can go bold. It also gives you a chance to showcase a couple different shades of cute nail polish at the same time without looking trashy.

Putting it Blatantly

So, I’m guessing if you’re a high school student and if you’re a girl, you’ve probably been fantasizing about prom. I mean, how couldn’t you? Just think of all of the movies with all of the memorable prom scenes. Think of all of the hype – finding the perfect prom dress, the cutest heels, getting your hair and your nails done. Prom is something every senior looks forward too. I don’t know how my fellow seniors enjoyed prom, but I for one was let down.

Just to put it blatantly, prom sucked. It sucked so bad that I didn’t even attend post-prom. I didn’t even want to. All I wanted to do was to go home and lay down. Of course, this wasn’t any fault of the people who planned prom, I guess I just got my hopes up.

I expected prom night to be the one night of the year when everyone would act like ladies and gentleman. I mean, come on some girls spent six hundred dollars on their dresses and at least a hundred on their shoes just to kick off their shoes as soon as they arrive and start grinding? Prom was the same as any other high school dance. And I felt like the same outcast I have every day I’ve spent in high school and at every school function I’ve ever been to. Trust me, prom was nothing special.

But all of the odds were against me on prom night. My first day at my job was scheduled for the same day as prom. So before I left for prom, I had to work six hours at my new job. I’d also barely gotten any sleep the night before. On top of that, my boyfriend couldn’t go with me to prom. And even though I tried to go the single way, prom is really a thing for couples. It’s not very fun to go by yourself.

I think I’d gotten my hopes about prom by watching movies like Pretty in Pink. But even Molly Ringwalds character, Andie in the film didn’t stay at her prom very long. She ended up being reunited with her young love and leaving early. I guess that’s similar to what I did. My boyfriend picked me up early and I left with him.

I guess the moral of the story is to not get your hopes up for prom. If you set your hopes to high for anything, you’ll be upset because the actual event won’t be able to come close to how you’ve been imagining it. I’m not saying you shouldn’t attend your prom. You should definitely at least go for the experience. But don’t get your hopes up. I cannot stress this enough. Don’t expect that you’re going to be just like a princess and that you’re going to have an evening right out of a fairytale. Just go to have a good time, go for the experience. Maybe you’ll have a better time than I did.