Morgan Taylor Color Block mani

Here's a little skittle mani I did with a color block design on the accent nail. I used 5 of the 6 colors from the Morgan Taylor Spring 2014 Casual Cool Collection.

Colors used were pinky: Ahead of the Game, ring finger: Varsity Jacket Blues, middle finger: Oh Snap, It's Silver!, pointer finger: New Kicks on the Block, and thumb: Get Sporty With It.

Then once my middle finger was dry I applied striping tape in the # or tic tac toe design. Once I had placement exactly how I wanted it I took a small nail art brush and dipped it in each color and filled in each block on my # with a color. I didn't have any particular design or reason to placement of each color in it's block, it was more just random.

Then once I had each block filled in with it's color I quickly and carefully removed the striping tape to reveal Oh Snap, It's Silver! underneath. Thus giving me my color block design.

Once everything was dry I applied a topcoat of Out The Door to seal and protect.

Morgan Taylor Casual Cool Spring 2014 Collection is available as of March 2014 while supplies last in professional beauty stores and salons nationwide. Suggested retail price is $8.50 per bottle. For more information, please visit www.morgantaylorlacquer.com.

Morgan Taylor Coming Up Roses glitter gradient

Today I have a pretty, subtle glitter gradient nail art for you. I did this one because I needed something simple for an occasion I had but I wanted to have some glitter or something to it besides just the plain color. Now don't get me wrong, I love this color, it's very beautiful but I just wanted a little something extra for this mani.

My base is Morgan Taylor Coming Up Roses, which is a pinky mauve nude. I really love this shade and actually have something very similar in Zoya as well. This is one of my favorite colors so I can never have too many of it.

Then once my 2 coats of Coming Up Roses was dry I took a basic cosmetic wedge and brushed on a little bit of Pure Ice Spit Fire. Spit Fire is a glitter topper that has pink, silver, and holographic micro glitter in it, it's such a beautiful color.

Then I dabbed on the coated cosmetic wedge on a paper towel to just get rid of a little of the excess and dabbed it across the tips and a little down the nail towards the cuticle. I reapplied some more glitter to the cosmetic wedge and applied more to the tips. I repeated this process until I got the desired coverage I wanted. Since I didn't want a real prominent glitter gradient I didn't have to do too many applications. I repeated this to all my nails and then once I was all finished I topped it all off with Out The Door to seal it in and give it all shine.

Pure Ice polishes can be purchased at Walmart for $1.97 in store and online. These are very reasonable prices for a good quality polish. They also have a nice range of colors and treatments (topcoats and basecoats). You can check out my review of Morgan Taylor Coming Up Roses here.

Morgan Taylor Coming Up Roses

Today I have another Morgan Taylor polish for you guys. I have to say that I am loving this brand, they have a great formula! This one is called Coming Up Roses.

Coming Up Roses is a beautiful rosy nude that I found pretty close to Zoya Brigitte. I may have to do a comparison post on these two. But anyways, now on to this one!

I have to say that the formula on this rosy/mauve nude was amazing! It went on smooth with no streaks or gloops. It dried fairly quickly and had a nice shine on it's own.

I used 2 coats over a base coat and then topped it off with a coat of Out The Door for shine and protection. Pictures were taken indoors with artificial lighting and no flash.

You can find out more information about Morgan Taylor products here on their site. Normally on any kind of beauty supply stores that carry Morgan Taylor products require you to have a cosmetology license but if you google there are a couple ways to purchase them if you don't have a license, Amazon is one of them.

Morgan Taylor Casual Cool Collection

Today I have the fabulous Spring 2014 Casual Cool Collection from Morgan Taylor for you. This collection consists of 6 gorgeous polishes, these are a throwback to the 90's and inspired by the athletic wear, vivid pastels and bright hues that ruled the school in the 1990’s.

Let's get on with it.....

First up is New School Nude which is a fresh, sheer nude.

I used 2 coats and no topcoat for these pics.

Next is Oh Snap, It's Silver! This is a sassy, multi-dimensional silver metallic.

I used 2 coats and no topcoat for these pics.

This is Ahead of the Game. It is a soft pastel yellow shimmer. The shimmer in this is really subtle but perfect for this color.

I'm not really a yellow person but I like the pastel shade of this with the slight shimmer. It actually looks good with my skin tone.

I used 2 coats of color and no topcoat for these pics.

New Kicks on the Block is a stylish pastel purple pink.

I used 2 coats of color and no topcoat for these pics.

Varsity Jacket Blues is cool, bright medium blue.

I love this one more than I thought I would!!

I used 2 coats of color and no topocat for these pics.

Lastly is Get Sporty With It, a vibrant coral red creme.

This is a great shade for spring and on into summer. I think I will be wearing this one a lot!

I used 2 coats of color and no topcoat for these pics.

Then just for fun I tried a cute skittles mani with 5 of the 6 shades. I just love how bright and vibrant the colors are and I've gotten so many compliments on these shades. I used this as a base to some nail art so you'll have to wait for my next post to see what I did!! ;)

I am new to Morgan Taylor polishes so I wasn't sure what to expect with them. I love them! I think that their formula is great, nice and smooth. The only one I had a little streaking with was Ahead of the Game but I have noticed that with just about every yellow I've tried, no matter what the brand is. For me it all smoothed out with the second coat though so that was nice. I would say dry time was pretty average. I wanted to show you all these without a topcoat so that you could see just how much shine they have on their own. I always add a topcoat later even if they are shiny because I want the added protection.

I've been wearing this mani for a few days now and have very minimal tip wear and I type on a computer all day long for work so this is good. No chips to speak of either. Overall I am very impressed with Morgan Taylor and hopefully will be able to get my hands on more of their polishes.

Morgan Taylor Casual Cool Spring 2014 Collection is available as of  March 2014 while supplies last in professional beauty stores and salons nationwide. Suggested retail price is $8.50 per bottle. For more information, please visit www.morgantaylorlacquer.com.