Heavy - Lauri Ylönen

"It's heavy 
but you are not the only one 
who's tired of giving 
afraid of the oblivion 
Could it be that your curse is a bliss? 
But the weight of the world never felt this heavy "

I am so still loving this song even after listening to it A LOT over the past year. The lyrics, the music & Lauri's voice are just amazing. If you've ever seen Lauri, you'll know why I chose one of his songs as the title for this feather mani. He's a bird! LOL :)

Anyway, On to the nails! 

This week I decided to do feather nails! I haven't done these in a while & the first time I did them I followed Summer's tutorial!! They turned out fabulous!  (Of Course!)

I found some pink & turquoise feathers at Hobby Lobby a while back. I didn't just want to put them on a nude background so I used Fly by O.P.I. from their Nicki Minaj Collection & a pink from the Color Club All About Color Collection. (I have looked everywhere & I can't find the name of any of these colors). I of course followed that with Sally Hansen's Hard As Nails top coat & a coat of Seche Vite Rapid Dry Top Coat.

 I did this mani on Sunday & I just took it off tonight. They held up really well even after all the abuse I put them through this week! I hope you all had a great week!! :)

Bad News Baby - Josiah Lemming (feather nails!)

Hey kids! smeee again, Summer. I have for youuuu a FEATHER NAIL TUTORIAL!!!!!

uhm, HELLERRRRRR - do u SEEE this mani? IN LOVE. Its a total feather mani - I saw this on tumblr and decided that I should try.

Not to Toot my own horn or anything, but i like mine BETTER than that one. (toot toot) But maybe thats because its my mani. hahaha...

This is everything that I used for the mani. I bought the pack of feathers at hobby lobby for like... 1.49 and it was enough for 50 manis. Im not sure what color club color this is.. but its basically my new favsies. its my perfect nude polish. ANYWAY.. here is how I did this mani

• Paint every nail with your base color.
• WHILE the polish is still tacky - take the feather and lay it down gently onto the nail, and easily press the sides down so that the feather is laying completely flat. leave the extra hanging over the edge. Repeat on all nails
• Let dry, then trim the extra feather off of your nails. If any extra strands of feathers are loose, dont worry.. we will hold those down in a sec!
• After trimming all the excess feather - paint a clear coat over your nails - I used a thick coat of sally hansen hard as nails (yes i know this is a hardener - but it makes my nails super shiny)
• Take a Fast drying top coat and put it on top to seal everything in (optional) I used color club 0-60 top coat because its my faveee

Here is a close up of the thumb - It just looks so perfect. I loooveeeee it. Im probably gonna do this again for Nashville Fashion Week this year..

SO pretty I cant even look at it. omg.

Yeah this is a weird angle.... but i just cant stop looking at my fingers! loveeeeeee

xoxo - Summer

Eyeshadow: Peacock - Katy Perry

If you know me, you know peacocks are my favorite animal. I was wearing my peacock necklace today and I was inspired to create this eyeshadow look! It is a fun night-time look. I love how it turned out.

Plus, I really want to make an eyeshadow look for every song off of Katy Perry's album "Teenage Dream." Her songs are colorful and I think I can makeup some creative eyeshadow looks!

Feathers - Coheed and Cambria

FEATHERS! Today while working, a co-worker (spen'sar) emailed me a link to a website she found for what could possibly be the cutest thing EVER. I checked out the website and I must say, im kind of obsessed.

Its called Fine Feather Heads, ill post the link at the bottom of this post. Anyway, its basically fusion hair extensions, only they arent hair, theyre FEATHERS! I just love this idea! Spen'sar said that she looked into it and they are a bit pricey for the finefeatherhead ones, but she found a great price on just regular feathers and beading them into the underneath layers of your hair.

I must say, she really has me inspired! hahaha :)

http://www.finefeatherheads.com/