Mismatched Nails

I love doing my nails, but the reality is that beyond simple stripes and dots, I'm hopeless. These mismatched nails, though, are super easy but look complex!

You will need:
- Three colors of nail polish. These look best with black, white, and an accent color. Here I chose blue.
- Striping tape
- Dotting tools or a bobby pin
- A sheet of stickers, I used stars.
- Chunky glitter polish to match the accent color. I liked the use of silver with the blue.

How to:

Thumb:
1. Paint the nail white.
2. Peel off the sticker and set aside. Now cut around the sticker sheet where the sticker was. Peel this off. Now you have a template! When the nail is dry, place the empty sticker template on the nail where you wish the design to be.
3. Paint over the template in your accent color. Wait a couple seconds for the polish to dry a bit, and then peel of the sticker. Voila!

Index:
1. Paint the nail white.
2. Using a dotting tool or bobby pin, dip in a bit of black polish and create a dotty design on the nail.

Middle:
1. Paint the nail in your accent color.
2. When it is dry, place four strips of striping tape across the nail.
3. Paint over in black and then carefully peel off the striping tape.

Ring:
1. Paint the nail in your accent color.
2. Take your glitter polish and paint over the nail.

Pinky:
1. Paint the nail white.
2. Take the black polish and color half the nail black. If you want to get the line very clean, place a piece of striping tape halfway and carefully paint below it.

And there you have it! Each nail has three steps or less!

These would look great with these accent colors as well:
- Coral
- Baby Pink
- Purple
- Light Green
- Teal

Polish it up! XOXO
~ FashionistaGirl

Nail polishes I used:
- Sinful Colors Snow Me White
- Sally Hansen Black Out
- Sinful Colors Midnight Blue
- Claire's Disco Glitter Polish

Wonderful Warm Wristwarmers

Recently I knit these amazing wristwarmers and I couldn't resist sharing how to make them! This is a customizable pattern, so sorry for not having exact measurements! Also, I will be referencing the glove diagram below, just so you can visualize this. It is not my image. Find it here.

You will need:
US 8 knitting needles/ 5mm
1 skein of worsted weight yarn

Instructions:
Cast on 30 stitches.

Knit until you have about 1 inch of knitting. Hold it up to the area right above your thumb. Knit more rows if you feel it is too short. This is areas 7 and 5 together. If it is to your liking, now it is time to make the thumbhole!

The thumbhole takes 3 rows to complete:
1. Knit 6 stitches. Now cast off 6 stitches. Knit to the end of the row.
2. Knit 6 stitches. Cast on 5 stitches. Knit to the end of the row. You now have 29 stitches.
3. Knit the entire row.

After the thumbhole is complete, knit until the piece is as long as you desire. Mine is about 8 inches.

When long enough, cast off. Leave a long tail. Now fold over and sew up using the tail. Flip inside out.

Repeat!

Note: When you are sewing it up, keep in mind the direction you fold it. With the thumbhole in the top left, if you fold it to the right and sew it will be the left wristwarmer. With the thumbhole in the top right, if you fold it to the right and sew it will be the right wristwarmer.

Stay warm! XOXO
~ FashionistaGirl

Nail Art Secret!

So you just painted your nails and now you have to eat or knit or do something! I don't know about you, but I just don't want to wait 45 minutes! The quick fix?

Place your hands in a cold bowl of water for about 1-2 minutes. Then dry carefully and spray them with cooking spray! Wipe off and voila! Dry, shiny, gorgeous nails!

Spread the word! XOXO
~ FashionistaGirl