nails by nat

Hi :)
My name is Natalie but you can call me Nat for short. Music and nail art are two of my passions.
I made this blog to share my nail art and also as a reminder to myself about the different stories behind my designs. Some designs were inspired by already existing works but I'll try to post the original link that I got it from. Enjoy!

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Spring Fever is in the air! I did these babies for the All Time Low/Pierce the Veil co-headlining tour. I was so pumped for this concert. It’s two of my most favorite bands PLUS Mayday Parade and You Me At Six, what is there not to love? This design was inspired by Pierce the Veil’s new album, Collide With The Sky. I got to show them to Vic at the meet and greet! I was so happy to be able to meet them that I didn’t even know what to say so I just smiled and introduced myself. The funniest part was after I introduced myself, Vic, Mike, Tony, and Jaime all said “I’m Vic, etc…” as if we don’t already know. I wanted to tell them how great their music is but I’m sure they hear it all the time. They were really wonderful and all so nice. I had such an amazing time at the concert. It was such a great way to end the school year. Can’t wait to see them again! 4/24/13 (I just saw my nails on PTV’s Twitter. It was part of a PTV Fan collage. This is so exciting! :D 4/28/13) ———————————————————————————————— Products used: Save the Nail “Eau So Hydrated” Base Coat China Glaze nail polish in “White on White” China Glaze nail polish in “Shower Together” OPI nail polish in “No Room For The Blues” China Glaze nail polish in “Mahogany Magic” (The Hunger Games collection) Barry M nail polish in “Mint Green” Essie nail polish in “Master Plan” It’sSoEasy Stripe Rite nail art polish in Black It’sSoEasy Stripe Rite nail art polish in White Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

Spring Fever is in the air! I did these babies for the All Time Low/Pierce the Veil co-headlining tour. I was so pumped for this concert. It’s two of my most favorite bands PLUS Mayday Parade and You Me At Six, what is there not to love? This design was inspired by Pierce the Veil’s new album, Collide With The Sky. I got to show them to Vic at the meet and greet! I was so happy to be able to meet them that I didn’t even know what to say so I just smiled and introduced myself. The funniest part was after I introduced myself, Vic, Mike, Tony, and Jaime all said “I’m Vic, etc…” as if we don’t already know. I wanted to tell them how great their music is but I’m sure they hear it all the time. They were really wonderful and all so nice. I had such an amazing time at the concert. It was such a great way to end the school year. Can’t wait to see them again!

4/24/13

(I just saw my nails on PTV’s Twitter. It was part of a PTV Fan collage. This is so exciting! :D 4/28/13)

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Products used:

  • Save the Nail “Eau So Hydrated” Base Coat
  • China Glaze nail polish in “White on White”
  • China Glaze nail polish in “Shower Together”
  • OPI nail polish in “No Room For The Blues”
  • China Glaze nail polish in “Mahogany Magic” (The Hunger Games collection)
  • Barry M nail polish in “Mint Green”
  • Essie nail polish in “Master Plan”
  • It’sSoEasy Stripe Rite nail art polish in Black
  • It’sSoEasy Stripe Rite nail art polish in White
  • Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

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April

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#Pierce the Veil #PTV #Spring Fever #Collide With The Sky #nails #nail art #nailsbynat #ombre #CWTS #PTVFan

Finally had some time to do my nails! I love the feeling I get every time I do my nails, which is just what I needed after these past few months. I can’t believe that in a month I will be done with my first year in college! Time really flies after high school so just remember to appreciate the time that you have. Is anyone else loving this Spring weather? It’s my favorite season, I wish it could last forever. In the time that I was gone, I got to pick up some gorgeous new nail polishes at the International Beauty Show. Can’t wait for you guys to see what I have in store! xoxo 4/16/13 ————————————————————————————————— Products used: Save The Nail “Eau So Hydrating” Base Coat Jesse’s Girl High Intensity Nail Color in “Blue Moon” Milani Nail Laquer in “507 Pink Hottie” models own nail polish in “Pastel Pink” Absolute Nail Art Paint in Hot Pink Absolute Nail Art Paint in Pastel Pink It’sSoEasy Stripe Rite nail art polish in Black Color Club Art Club nail art polish in Green It’sSoEasy Stripe Rite nail art polish in Lime Green Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

Finally had some time to do my nails! I love the feeling I get every time I do my nails, which is just what I needed after these past few months. I can’t believe that in a month I will be done with my first year in college! Time really flies after high school so just remember to appreciate the time that you have. Is anyone else loving this Spring weather? It’s my favorite season, I wish it could last forever. In the time that I was gone, I got to pick up some gorgeous new nail polishes at the International Beauty Show. Can’t wait for you guys to see what I have in store! xoxo

4/16/13

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Products used:

  • Save The Nail “Eau So Hydrating” Base Coat
  • Jesse’s Girl High Intensity Nail Color in “Blue Moon”
  • Milani Nail Laquer in “507 Pink Hottie”
  • models own nail polish in “Pastel Pink”
  • Absolute Nail Art Paint in Hot Pink
  • Absolute Nail Art Paint in Pastel Pink
  • It’sSoEasy Stripe Rite nail art polish in Black
  • Color Club Art Club nail art polish in Green
  • It’sSoEasy Stripe Rite nail art polish in Lime Green
  • Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

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April

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#abstract #floral #spring #nails #nail art #nailsbynat

I went to a nail store by my house and came across this gorgeous purple-gold-green glitter-like polish. It’s like a Mardi-Gras party in a bottle! I couldn’t wait for Mardi Gras so that I could use this. I painted a Mardi Gras mask on the ring finger and topped it with a matte top coat just to switch things up. Shortly after doing my nails, my unfortunate/clumsy self tripped on the sidewalk and went flying to the floor, hence the Band-Aid. I suppose I learned my lesson on not rushing to do things because I’ll only set myself back further if I get injured. Haha, anyways, I tried to zoom into the polish so that you guys could just see how gorgeous this nail polish is. 

2/12/13

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Products used:

  • Seche Clear Base Coat
  • China Glaze nail polish in “Marry A Millionaire” (Eye Candy 3D GIitter Collection)
  • Maybelline 5 Day Nail Color in “Black Magic”
  • It’sSoEasy Stripe Rite nail art polish in Lime Green, Yellow, and Metallic Lavender
  • China Glaze Matte Magic Top Coat
  • Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat


18

February

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#Mardi Gras #China Glaze #Marry A Millionaire #Eye Candy 3D Glitter #nails #nail art #nailsbynat

So during winter break I did a little shopping and stopped by Sephora to buy my mom a birthday gift. I always love to look in the sale section too because they have really awesome stuff sometimes. I found this beautiful emerald green nail polish for only $5! This is just a little something I came up with :) 1/28/13 ————————————————————————————————— Products used: Save The Nail “Eau So Hydrated” Base Coat Pantone Universe Jewel Lacquer nail polish in “Evergreen” China Glaze nail polish in “Champagne Kisses” Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

So during winter break I did a little shopping and stopped by Sephora to buy my mom a birthday gift. I always love to look in the sale section too because they have really awesome stuff sometimes. I found this beautiful emerald green nail polish for only $5! This is just a little something I came up with :)

1/28/13

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Products used:

  • Save The Nail “Eau So Hydrated” Base Coat
  • Pantone Universe Jewel Lacquer nail polish in “Evergreen”
  • China Glaze nail polish in “Champagne Kisses”
  • Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

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February

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#Emerald #Swirls #gold #Pantone Universe #China Glaze #nails #nailsbynat #nail art #color of the year #2013

What a hectic winter break it’s been! I guess I should knock on wood every time I say “expect more posts” because somehow things always happen. I had a family emergency and I’ve had no time to do my nails. Some things are just more important. After an exhausting two weeks, I wanted to take a day off and listen to music and paint my nails. It’s simple—didn’t have much time for anything else. Funny thing is, I meant to do the colors the other way around but I didn’t feel like wasting nail polish and starting over. Anyways, I’m working on District 3 nails and I thought I had everything I needed until I did a test run and everything I bought turned out to be less than satisfactory. So as soon as I get the kinks worked out, I’ll post it. Good luck to everyone who has started school again :)  “There are no shortcuts to success.” —“Dad’s Song” by Set It Off 1/22/13 ————————————————————————————————- Products used: Save The Nail “Eau So Hydrated” base coat China Glaze nail polish in “White on White” China Glaze nail polish in “Ray-diant” (Prismatic Collection) Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

What a hectic winter break it’s been! I guess I should knock on wood every time I say “expect more posts” because somehow things always happen. I had a family emergency and I’ve had no time to do my nails. Some things are just more important. After an exhausting two weeks, I wanted to take a day off and listen to music and paint my nails. It’s simple—didn’t have much time for anything else. Funny thing is, I meant to do the colors the other way around but I didn’t feel like wasting nail polish and starting over. Anyways, I’m working on District 3 nails and I thought I had everything I needed until I did a test run and everything I bought turned out to be less than satisfactory. So as soon as I get the kinks worked out, I’ll post it. Good luck to everyone who has started school again :) 

“There are no shortcuts to success.” —“Dad’s Song” by Set It Off

1/22/13

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Products used:

  • Save The Nail “Eau So Hydrated” base coat
  • China Glaze nail polish in “White on White”
  • China Glaze nail polish in “Ray-diant” (Prismatic Collection)
  • Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

22

January

#half moon #glitter #nails #nail art #nailsbynat #china glaze #Prismatic #Ray-diant

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope everyone is having a fantastic holiday so far. I did these nails for the last Every Avenue concert I will have ever went to. I’m still sad they’re breaking up, but I’m glad to have been able to go see them one last time on December 13. I discovered new bands like Set It Off and Car Party that I really love now. Every Avenue has always been my second favorite band so I wanted to do something really special. I tried to copy the cover of their album Picture Perfect. At first, I didn’t know what to do with my other three fingers that were left white after I painted in their band name and the camera but then I thought it would be fitting if I used shatter polish to represent the cracked camera lens. I love how they came out and I loved it even more when Jimmie asked to take a picture of them. Not gonna lie, I felt pretty darn awesome! I unfortunately didn’t get to see Dave or Dennis because security was closing the venue down and they still hadn’t come out. I’m glad I had stumbled upon my first EA song “Where Were You?” five years ago because they’ve blessed me with such great music. 12/13/12 ———————————————————————————————- Products used: Save The Nail “Eau So Hydrated” base coat China Glaze nail polish in “White on White” Color Club nail polish in “Harp On It” (Halo Hues collection) It’sSoEasy Stripe Rite nail art polish in Black It’sSoEasy Stripe Rite nail art polish in Red OPI nail polish in “Black Shatter” Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope everyone is having a fantastic holiday so far. I did these nails for the last Every Avenue concert I will have ever went to. I’m still sad they’re breaking up, but I’m glad to have been able to go see them one last time on December 13. I discovered new bands like Set It Off and Car Party that I really love now. Every Avenue has always been my second favorite band so I wanted to do something really special. I tried to copy the cover of their album Picture Perfect. At first, I didn’t know what to do with my other three fingers that were left white after I painted in their band name and the camera but then I thought it would be fitting if I used shatter polish to represent the cracked camera lens. I love how they came out and I loved it even more when Jimmie asked to take a picture of them. Not gonna lie, I felt pretty darn awesome! I unfortunately didn’t get to see Dave or Dennis because security was closing the venue down and they still hadn’t come out. I’m glad I had stumbled upon my first EA song “Where Were You?” five years ago because they’ve blessed me with such great music.

12/13/12

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Products used:

  • Save The Nail “Eau So Hydrated” base coat
  • China Glaze nail polish in “White on White”
  • Color Club nail polish in “Harp On It” (Halo Hues collection)
  • It’sSoEasy Stripe Rite nail art polish in Black
  • It’sSoEasy Stripe Rite nail art polish in Red
  • OPI nail polish in “Black Shatter”
  • Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

25

December

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#Every Avenue #Picture Perfect #EA Last Call #nails #nail art #nailsbynat

I hope all of you on the east coast faired okay during the storm. I was lucky that we only lost power. It’s devastating to see those in Breezy Point, Rockaway, etc… I hope that they can recover from it soon with the help of others. It’s a beautiful thing to see all the volunteers that are helping them out and I encourage those of you who have time to volunteer as well. On a unrelated and rather unimportant note, I did Jacky’s nails inspired by a picture I saw on Tumblr. My version is definitely not as beautiful as the original but it turned out a lot better than I had expected because I was woken up from my sleep to finish her nails in the middle of the night. Haha. Here’s the link to the original artist: http://kahtreenahh.tumblr.com/post/25545124846 10/25/12 ———————————————————————————————— Products used: Seche Clear Base Coat L.A. Colors Color Craze nail polish in “Circuits” L.A. Colors Color Craze nail polish in “French Nail Pink” Nail Paint by Barry M in “Mint Green” Orly nail polish in “Snowcone” China Glaze nail polish in “White on White” Absolute! Nail Art Paint in Hot Pink It’sSoEasy Stripe Rite nail art polish in Black It’sSoEasy Stripe Rite nail art polish in White Color Club Art Club nail art polish in Green Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

I hope all of you on the east coast faired okay during the storm. I was lucky that we only lost power. It’s devastating to see those in Breezy Point, Rockaway, etc… I hope that they can recover from it soon with the help of others. It’s a beautiful thing to see all the volunteers that are helping them out and I encourage those of you who have time to volunteer as well.

On a unrelated and rather unimportant note, I did Jacky’s nails inspired by a picture I saw on Tumblr. My version is definitely not as beautiful as the original but it turned out a lot better than I had expected because I was woken up from my sleep to finish her nails in the middle of the night. Haha. Here’s the link to the original artist: http://kahtreenahh.tumblr.com/post/25545124846

10/25/12


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Products used:


  • Seche Clear Base Coat
  • L.A. Colors Color Craze nail polish in “Circuits”
  • L.A. Colors Color Craze nail polish in “French Nail Pink”
  • Nail Paint by Barry M in “Mint Green”
  • Orly nail polish in “Snowcone”
  • China Glaze nail polish in “White on White”
  • Absolute! Nail Art Paint in Hot Pink
  • It’sSoEasy Stripe Rite nail art polish in Black
  • It’sSoEasy Stripe Rite nail art polish in White
  • Color Club Art Club nail art polish in Green
  • Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

09

November

#floral #floral print #katreenahh #nails #nails by nat #nailsbynat #polka dots #nail art

Who remembers Pac Man? I used to love that game! Jacky LOVES Clyde the ghost so I came across Pac Man nails and combined it with another design I saw on Tumblr and painted these on her nails. I think it looks really great on her nails because there’s so much room to work with. Expect District 4 nails to be up soon!  9/20/12 ——————————————————————————————————- Products used: Seche Clear Base Coat New York Color In a New York Color Minute nail polish in “Bowery Black” It’sSoEasy Stripe Rite nail art polish in Turquoise China Glaze nail polish in “White on White” models own nail polish in “Fuzzy Peach” OPI nail polish in “No Room for the Blues” Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coast

Who remembers Pac Man? I used to love that game! Jacky LOVES Clyde the ghost so I came across Pac Man nails and combined it with another design I saw on Tumblr and painted these on her nails. I think it looks really great on her nails because there’s so much room to work with. Expect District 4 nails to be up soon! 

9/20/12

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Products used:


  • Seche Clear Base Coat
  • New York Color In a New York Color Minute nail polish in “Bowery Black”
  • It’sSoEasy Stripe Rite nail art polish in Turquoise
  • China Glaze nail polish in “White on White”
  • models own nail polish in “Fuzzy Peach”
  • OPI nail polish in “No Room for the Blues”
  • Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coast

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October

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#Pac Man #Clyde #nails #nail art #nailsbynat #nails by nat

Phew, finally got District 5 done :) I know there’s been a definite lack of posts but I recently moved-in and started college so I’ve been super busy just getting settled in and adjusting. So District 5 is responsible for energy and I used the color from the Hunger Games collection. The nails on the bottom picture belong to my lovely roommate, Jacky. She has these awesome long nails that make doing nail art twice as fun. I’m so glad I get along with my two roommates; it makes college a lot more enjoyable. Maybe I’ll even have Jacky be my nail model sometimes— that is, if she stops getting stuck in elevators. What do you guys think?

9/5/12

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Products used:


District 5 nails:

  • Seche Clear Base Coat 
  • China Glaze nail polish in “Electrify” (The Hunger Games collection)
  • Nina Nail Pro nail polish in “Like Butta”
  • It’sSoEasy Stripe Rite nail art polish in black
  • Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

Pastel Tribal nails:

  • Seche Clear Base Coat
  • China Glaze nail polish in “Lemon Fizz”
  • models own nail polish in “Lilac Dream”
  • models own nail polish in “Pastel Pink”
  • Barry M nail polish in “Mint Green”
  • It’sSoEasy Stripe Rite nail art polish in black
  • Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

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September

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#District 5 #The Hunger Games #nail art #nails #nails by nat #nailsbynat #pastel #skittle #the hunger games nails #tribal #models own #China Glaze

So I went to my first Warped Tour on Saturday and I had such an amazing time. The weather couldn’t have been more perfect. It was in the high 70s with sun and clouds. I finally got meet All Time Low :’D It wasn’t what I expected but it was good nonetheless. I’m sure they were tired and they had a lot of fans to meet anyway. Jack was really enthusiastic when I showed him my nails though. He was super friendly and he left me with a smile that I wore throughout the day. I also spotted Danny Duncan from We The Kings at the merch table so I went over to say hello. I felt a little awkward at first because I had no idea what I was going to say but Danny came over to me and my friend, gave us both big hugs, and told us we were both amazing. I was left speechless because it was so unexpected. I was so flustered that I introduced myself as my friend’s name which I awkwardly had to correct. But after that, I was able to talk and act like a normal person with him. It was great meeting him but I wish I had told him how I think his Kings Carriage episodes are genius and how they always make my day. Anyways, as I was watching I Call Fives, I saw Josh from Every Avenue-which I thought was strange because EA wasn’t part of Warped. So as he walked by I said “Josh??” as if he were some old friend I haven’t seen in a long time. He stopped and was probably trying to figure out who I was. It’s pretty hilarious in retrospect but the point of this long post is I had a great time and I can’t wait to go again. I’m really proud of how my All Time Low nails came out. It’s supposed to look like ATL’s album “So Wrong It’s Right”. To be honest, I didn’t think I’d be able to do it but I’m glad I gave it a try. My We The King’s nails aren’t my best piece of work but it was late when I did them. I’ll redeem myself next concert ;)

7/20/12

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Products used:

  • Save The Nail Eau So Hydrating Base Coat
  • China Glaze nail polish in “White on White”
  • China Glaze nail polish in “Salsa”
  • Nina Ultra Pro nail polish in “Like Butta”
  • Nail Paint by Barry M in “Mint Green”
  • B Touch nail polish in “Sky Blue”
  • Orly nail polish in “Peachy Parrot”
  • Dashing Diva nail polish in “Fashion District”
  • It’sSoEasy Stripe Rite nail art polish in Black
  • It’sSoEasy Stripe Rite nail art polish in White
  • Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

25

July

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#All Time Low #So Wrong It's Right #Warped Tour 2012 #We The Kings #nail art #nails #nails by nat #nailsbynat #Alex Gaskarth #Danny Duncan #Jack Barakat