Fifty-Two Weeks

Festival Nails A fun outdoor summer activity that many people enjoy participating in, are summer music festivals. From Bonnaroo, Warped Tour, Lollapalooza or even just a local music festival in your hometown festivals are a great way to enjoy the outdoors, see great entertainment, and be with friends. I myself am going to a Bluegrass festival in Virginia in a few weekends! Festival style is also a whole ball game of its own. So of course, you need the perfect nail polish to go with your concert clothes! Here are a few images of some great festival nail are I found on google to give you some festival inspiration:       Don't have the budget or skills to do nail art on your nails? Not to worry! Just adding some bright, bold or funky polish to your nails will help your festival look come together. Try painting your nails a complimentary color to what you are wearing. For example, if you are wearing a navy blue sundress, add a pop of color with an ora...

It's not all about the neon this summer! Summer nail polish can almost almost be picked out by it "bright, neon, in-your-face hues". And while this is so very true, I have found myself this summer (when I am not painting my nails purple) going for more laid back colors or a nice subtle glitter polish instead.  After reading a Refinery29 article about Summer Color Trends  in make-up, I felt a little happier about nail color choices and a little less anti-summer neon color. In fact, some of this summer's hottest colors can even be worn into the fall and the winter!  Check out the article and let's hear what you think!! Have you used any colors like these this summer?  Be Radiant! Amanda #fiftytwoweeksofnails @theradiantamanda

Is Black Back for the Summer? First off, I love my blog! I was viewing it this morning and my news reel to the side popped up a link that caught my eye (way to go blog!). The link lead me to a  Bustle  article about wearing black nail polish this summer season like Charlize Theron on the cover of Esquire.  While the article itself didn't move me much (*ahem* getting a gel polish manicure will Not kill you with it's UV rays unless you bake in the light for hours upon hours. Just to set that record straight.) the article did make me think about using black in my manicures this summer. I have always like dark polishes mixed with bright poppy colors - so maybe the author had something right - black polish really would look good with your bright floral and summer prints. I'm most definitely going to have to give it a try!  Here are some of the black polishes that the author recommended. For the entire list and details you can visit the article...