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Saturday, June 30, 2012

N.Nail Water Decals WDBLE1395 Changing Base

I wrote that I would be trying those N.Nail water decals from KKcenterHK again and I meant it :) I was really annoyed with that one decal out of the 20 that got stuck to the paper so I was determined to use them again to see if it was a one off problem.

I applied the water decals as I normally do. I have previously done a tutorial here on how to apply these water decals. After applying each of the decals I applied a coat of Revlon Colorstay top coat. And done!

Again I used my previous mani, Essie Super Bossa Nova :) And pretty pictures!

N.Nail Water Decal WDBLE1395 in Artificial Light

We had intermittant rain and sunshine so I was constantly stopping what I was doing to run outside and try to get photos in the sunlight :) Ah the effort we go to for those sunlight photos!

N.Nail Water Decal WDBLE1395 in Natural Light

Oh look more pretties!

N.Nail Water Decal WDBLE1395 in the Shade

Which combo do you like better? Over Essie Braziliant or Essie Super Bossa Nova? I'm not sure which combo is my favourite but I do like these butterflies over the bright pink :)

As before don't forget the coupon code for 10% off supplied by KKcenterHK.

Coupon Code : passionforpolish

*Products in this post were sent for review in return for my honest opinion. For more information see my Disclosure page.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

N.NAIL Water Decals - WDBLE1395 (Pic Heavy)

I was sent some more N.Nail Water Decals from KKcenterHK for review and decided to layer them over my previous manicure :) I chose these orange and pink butterfly water decals from N.Nail to review.

N.Nail Water Decals - WDBLE1395

The N.Nail Water Decals came in a zip-lock bag with 20 decals on a sheet and costs about AUD$2.79 (USD$2.82). I have a tutorial here on how to apply these water decals. The only problem I has was with one of the decals that I was going to place on my middle finger. After removing the decal from the water I slide the design as usual but only the top half of the decal came off! I tried leaving the other half of the decal in the water for longer but it still refused to slide off and seemed stuck onto the paper. Finally I gave up because the water decal was ripped beyond use. I then sealed them in with Revlon Colorstay top coat.

I've never had any problems with N.Nails water decals before so I can only assume that particular individual water decal became stuck to the paper somehow. You don't have to use these water decals for a whole mani, you can use them for accent nails but I wanted to show the different designs that come in the packet.

Here the decals are in artificial light.

N.Nail Water Decals - WDBLE1395 - in Artificial Light

And to take advantage of actual sunlight!

N.Nail Water Decals - WDBLE1395 - in Natural Light

Sorry about the awkward hand position but I was trying to show the design on my thumb.

N.Nail Water Decals - WDBLE1395 - in the Shade

I have since used these same decals again for another full mani and I had no problems with the application. All the water decals slide off from the backing paper with no problem. I love these water decals but I think I should have put them over a softer base colour.

I'm in love with water decals! They're such a quick and easy way to spice up a mani :) KKcenterHK has a very large selection to chose from and I was like a kid in a candy store when picking out which decals to review.

Don't forget to use the 10% off coupon code that KKcenterHK has also generously supplied.

Coupon Code : passionforpolish

Products in this post were sent for review in return for my honest* opinion. For more information see my Disclosure page.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Black & White Butterflies

I was trying out several different designs to do for Berry Polished's Black and White Nail Art Competition. As the name suggests you can enter a design but only use black and white nail polish. One of the designs I decided to try was black and white butterflies.

I started off with a Ulta3 Base Coat. I then applied 2 coats of Ulta3 Lily White to all nails but my thumb and ring finger. For those I applied one coat of BYS Black Satin. Once dry I used Black Satin and a small nail art brush to drawn butterfly wings on my index, middle and pinkie fingers and then a small dotting tool and Lily White to draw dots. Then for my ring finger I used Lily White for the wings and Black Satin for the dots.

I wanted to do something different on my thumb so I stamped with the flower design from M26 and the butterfly design from M20 in Konad Special Polish White.

Butterfly Design from M20 (Image from ICNA)

Flower Design from M26 (Image from ICNA)

Finally I topped it all off with Ulta3 top coat. Ooh and then I smudged a nail which I tried to fix :'( Lol and I broke both sides off my thumbs!! :'''''''(

But here are the photos anyway :)

Black & White Butterflies in Artificial Light

Black & White Butterflies in Natural Light

Black & White Butterflies in the Shade

I don't like how this turned out. My white wasn't opaque enough against my black and I was too impatient to let everything dry completely between each step. I think these butterflies look better on longer nails where I can make the outline of wings thicker so the dots fit on better.

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Sparkly Butterfly Nails (Pic Heavy)

I'm finally getting around to posting the end design I did with my two toned nails decked out in glitter. I have seen butterfly nails floating around on many nail blogs and have been dying to try them myself. So this was my attempt :)

Nail Art 101 has a great tutorial on how to do butterfly nails but I did mine the long way but drawing each individual segment. I used BYS Black Satin and a nail art brush to draw the outline to my butterfly wings. Then I used the BYS brush to apply more of the black polish as well as using the nail art brush to fill in any gaps. Finally I used a white Konad Nail Art Pen to draw dots on the top section of black and slightly down in to the sections. Originally I wanted to use my dotting tools to make different sized dots but my Revlon White On White was too thin to use :( Finally I topped my nails with a coat of Sally Hansen Mega Shine.

First up in artificial light!