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Showing posts with label NAIL ART. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NAIL ART. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Find Me At Karinea0e
No post from me here today!
You can find me over at Karinea0e where I'm guest posting while Karine while she is away on vacation :) I had plenty of warning but I still forgot when my post was going up *oops*!!
You can find me over at Karinea0e where I'm guest posting while Karine while she is away on vacation :) I had plenty of warning but I still forgot when my post was going up *oops*!!
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Indigo Illusion and Rhinestones
I wanted to change up my previous mani but I was in a lazy mood and was looking for something simple. I decided to go with rhinetones since they're quick and easy to use.
I used some light green rhinestones from a mixed rhinestone wheel I bought off ebay. I applied some Seche Vite to my nail and then using a wooden cuticle stick applied them to my nail. Then I sealed the rhinestones on my nail with a coat of Seche Vite Dry Fast top coat.
Here come the pictures!
And then in natural light.
I like how quick and easy this was to do but the only problem was the colour shift :( When my nails have shifted to green or gold the rhinestones suit my nails perfectly but when they shift to purple it doesn't match as well. Oh well, a line of rhinestones as an accent nail is my favourite wait to change up my mani!
I used some light green rhinestones from a mixed rhinestone wheel I bought off ebay. I applied some Seche Vite to my nail and then using a wooden cuticle stick applied them to my nail. Then I sealed the rhinestones on my nail with a coat of Seche Vite Dry Fast top coat.
Here come the pictures!
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| Indigo Illusion with Rhinestones in Artificial Light |
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| Indigo Illusion with Rhinestones in Artificial Light |
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| Indigo Illusion with Rhinestones in Artificial Light |
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| Indigo Illusion with Rhinestones in Natural Light |
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| Indigo Illusion with Rhinestones in the Shade |
I like how quick and easy this was to do but the only problem was the colour shift :( When my nails have shifted to green or gold the rhinestones suit my nails perfectly but when they shift to purple it doesn't match as well. Oh well, a line of rhinestones as an accent nail is my favourite wait to change up my mani!
Monday, July 2, 2012
Mixing With Summer Shades
I couldn't decide which of the other two Essie minis I bought to use. So in traditional nail polish lover fashion I decided to use both!
I used a base coat of Sally Hansen Triple Strong. I used two coats of Essie Smooth Sailing on my index and middle fingers. Then I used two coats of Meet Me At Sunset on my thumb, ring and pinkie fingers. I applied them on the opposite set on fingers on my other hand. I topped them all off with Revlon Colorstay top coat.
And here come the pictures!
I just got this in before the sun went down!
I really loved this combo. The bright jelly goodness of Meet Me At Sunset contrasted amazingly against the gorgeous blue shimmery amazingness that is Smooth Sailing. I still can't decide which one of these to wear as a full mani first!
I used a base coat of Sally Hansen Triple Strong. I used two coats of Essie Smooth Sailing on my index and middle fingers. Then I used two coats of Meet Me At Sunset on my thumb, ring and pinkie fingers. I applied them on the opposite set on fingers on my other hand. I topped them all off with Revlon Colorstay top coat.
And here come the pictures!
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| Summer Shades in Artificial Light |
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| Summer Shades in Artificial Light |
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| Summer Shades in Natural Light |
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| Summer Shades in the Shade |
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Black and White Dots
This is the final design I attempted before choosing my Black and White flower design to submit. I saw this design at Pshiiit and immediately wanted to try it.
I started with a coat of Ulta3 base coat then applied two coats of Ulta3 Lily White to all nails by my thumb and ring to which I applied a single coat of BYS Black Satin. Then I used my medium dotting tool in the opposite colour to the base colour and added a large amount of dots to the tip and then less as I got further down the nail. I sealed the design with a coat of Revlon Colorstay top coat.
Pictures ahead :) I managed to knock my ring finger and you can see my print on the design :(
Although I really love how this turned out I preferred my flower design for entering the competition. I really love the simplicity of this design and it was so quick and easy to do! This is definitely a design I'll try again with actual colour :)
I started with a coat of Ulta3 base coat then applied two coats of Ulta3 Lily White to all nails by my thumb and ring to which I applied a single coat of BYS Black Satin. Then I used my medium dotting tool in the opposite colour to the base colour and added a large amount of dots to the tip and then less as I got further down the nail. I sealed the design with a coat of Revlon Colorstay top coat.
Pictures ahead :) I managed to knock my ring finger and you can see my print on the design :(
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| Black and White Dots in Artificial Light |
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| Black and White Dots in Artificial Light |
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| Black and White Dots in Natural Light |
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| Black and White Dots in Natural Light |
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| Black and White Dots in the Shade |
Although I really love how this turned out I preferred my flower design for entering the competition. I really love the simplicity of this design and it was so quick and easy to do! This is definitely a design I'll try again with actual colour :)
Monday, June 18, 2012
Black and White Flowers
Next up on my black and white ideas for the competition that Berry Polished was running is black and white flowers! I got the idea for this mani from Nails Art Mani.
To start off I used one coat of Ulta3 Base Coat and then two coats of Ulta3 Lily White on my index, middle and pinky fingers. On my ring and thumb fingers I applied one coat of BYS Black Satin. I then freehanded half each nail in the opposite colour. Then using a small nail art brush i drew the white half of the flowers on the black side using the polish from my Konad White Nail Art Pen since it more opaque. Then I added the stripes using the striper from the Konad pen and a small dotting tool to added the dots using the Konad white also. Once that was dry I used the BYS black to add to the inside of the white half of the flower. I then repeated the entire process in opposite colours on the white half of the flowers :) I finished off with Revlon Colorstay top coat!
Photo time :) I apologise in advance, I got a bit photo happy! My poor thumbs both sides of both my thumbs broke :'(
I love the orinigal design but I'm really not happy with my own attempt. Again this is because of how horrible my brush strokes are. If I was to try this again I would use acrylic paint to form the design instead of nail polish because it really wasn't opaque enough to work with. This is the design I chose to submit but I have one more design left to show you :)
To start off I used one coat of Ulta3 Base Coat and then two coats of Ulta3 Lily White on my index, middle and pinky fingers. On my ring and thumb fingers I applied one coat of BYS Black Satin. I then freehanded half each nail in the opposite colour. Then using a small nail art brush i drew the white half of the flowers on the black side using the polish from my Konad White Nail Art Pen since it more opaque. Then I added the stripes using the striper from the Konad pen and a small dotting tool to added the dots using the Konad white also. Once that was dry I used the BYS black to add to the inside of the white half of the flower. I then repeated the entire process in opposite colours on the white half of the flowers :) I finished off with Revlon Colorstay top coat!
Photo time :) I apologise in advance, I got a bit photo happy! My poor thumbs both sides of both my thumbs broke :'(
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| Black and White Flowers in Artificial Light |
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| Black and White Flowers in Artificial Light |
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| Black and White Flowers in Natural Light |
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| Black and White Flowers in Natural Light |
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| Black and White Flowers in the Shade |
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| Black and White Flowers in the Shade |
I love the orinigal design but I'm really not happy with my own attempt. Again this is because of how horrible my brush strokes are. If I was to try this again I would use acrylic paint to form the design instead of nail polish because it really wasn't opaque enough to work with. This is the design I chose to submit but I have one more design left to show you :)
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Black & White Abstract
Today I have another design I did but didn't enter into Berry Polished's Black and White Nail Art Competition. I found this design online, loved it and decided to give it a go. Unfortunately I'm pretty terrible at using my striper brushes but at least I'm practising (at least that's what I keep telling myself)!
I applied Ulta3 Base Coat and then two coats of Ulta3 Lily White. Then I used BYS Black Satin to diagonally cover half of my nail freehand. Next I used my Konad Black Nail Art Pen and drew three curved lines from the corner where the black and white meet across the white section of my nail. Between two of the curves I used a dotting tool and Lily White to make four dots. Then I did the same on the opposite side in opposite colours. I used a Konad White Nail Art Pen to draw the three lines into the black and the Black Satin for the dots. Then I used Ulta3 Non Chip as a top coat.
And here comes the photos.
I love the design but I have a long way to go before I can get my curved lines to appear as I want them to. I'm extremely awkward using the striping brush from the nail art pens but every now and then the curved lines would work as I wish. I was also way too impatient and threw on my top coat before eveything had dried properly *sigh* ah blast my impatience!
I applied Ulta3 Base Coat and then two coats of Ulta3 Lily White. Then I used BYS Black Satin to diagonally cover half of my nail freehand. Next I used my Konad Black Nail Art Pen and drew three curved lines from the corner where the black and white meet across the white section of my nail. Between two of the curves I used a dotting tool and Lily White to make four dots. Then I did the same on the opposite side in opposite colours. I used a Konad White Nail Art Pen to draw the three lines into the black and the Black Satin for the dots. Then I used Ulta3 Non Chip as a top coat.
And here comes the photos.
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| Black & White Abstract in Artificial Light |
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| Black & White Abstract in Natural Light |
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| Black & White Abstract in the Shade |
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.
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 :)
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.
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.
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| Butterfly Design from M20 (Image from ICNA) |
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| 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 :)
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| Black & White Butterflies in Artificial Light |
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| Black & White Butterflies in Natural Light |
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| Black & White Butterflies in Natural Light |
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| Black & White Butterflies in the Shade |
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| Black & White Butterflies in the Shade |
Sunday, June 10, 2012
An Enchanting Gradient
Ok so that's about as inventive as I get people :)
Super simple post today! I follower the amazing gradient tutorial over at The Nailasaurus and used Ulta3 Jade and Ulta3 Enchanted. As the tutorial outlines I added drops of each polish to a pad of paper, mixed where they join and then applied it to my make-up sponge and onto my nails. Then I finished it off with OPI RapiDry Top Coat.
Onto the pictures...the amazing, gorgeous, lovely pictures :)
Oh look some more rare sunshine :)
I LOVE THIS!! It's just AMAZING! I got so many compliments on this manicure and it's so easy to do. Although it's just a simple gradient the end result is so beautiful and the shimmer is stunning!
Super simple post today! I follower the amazing gradient tutorial over at The Nailasaurus and used Ulta3 Jade and Ulta3 Enchanted. As the tutorial outlines I added drops of each polish to a pad of paper, mixed where they join and then applied it to my make-up sponge and onto my nails. Then I finished it off with OPI RapiDry Top Coat.
Onto the pictures...the amazing, gorgeous, lovely pictures :)
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| Enchanting Gradient in Artificial Light |
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| Enchanting Gradient in Artificial Light |
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| Enchanting Gradient in Natural Light |
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| Enchanting Gradient in the Shade |
Monday, June 4, 2012
Neutral Leopard Print
I've been seeing leopard print manicures popping up on the nail polish blogosphere and finally decided to give it a go after seeing this gorgeous leopard mani over at The Giveaway Lifestyle.
I think that leopard print look great on other people but it just isn't a "me" type of thing but I wanted to give it a go just to see if I could. So taking baby steps I decided to do a neutral coloured leopard print mani.
I used my Essie Sand Tropez manicure as my base colour and then using a medium size dotting tool made random splotches using Essie Hot Coco on all my nails except my thumb and ring fingers. For my those I used Ulta3 Lily White to make the splotches. After it had dried I then used a small nail art brush and BYS Black Satin to "outline" the splotches but not completely leaving them as "open circles". Then I added random marks in the black in the spare spaces. Finally I topped it all off with a coat of Revlon Colorstay topcoat. Unfortunately I was impatient and added my top coat to early smudging my design >.< Oh well it was my own fault :`(
So pictures...
Ooh actual sunlight today!
I still don't think leopard print is me but I'm looking forward to trying a neon version of this :)
I think that leopard print look great on other people but it just isn't a "me" type of thing but I wanted to give it a go just to see if I could. So taking baby steps I decided to do a neutral coloured leopard print mani.
I used my Essie Sand Tropez manicure as my base colour and then using a medium size dotting tool made random splotches using Essie Hot Coco on all my nails except my thumb and ring fingers. For my those I used Ulta3 Lily White to make the splotches. After it had dried I then used a small nail art brush and BYS Black Satin to "outline" the splotches but not completely leaving them as "open circles". Then I added random marks in the black in the spare spaces. Finally I topped it all off with a coat of Revlon Colorstay topcoat. Unfortunately I was impatient and added my top coat to early smudging my design >.< Oh well it was my own fault :`(
So pictures...
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| Neutral Leopard Print in Artificial Light |
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| Neutral Leopard Print in Artificial Light |
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| Neutral Leopard Print in Natural Light |
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| Neutral Leopard Print in the Shade |
I still don't think leopard print is me but I'm looking forward to trying a neon version of this :)
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Red and Black Nails
Yay it's my birthday tomorrow!!! Ok random :)
I have been wanting to try vertical studs down the nail since I saw this post by Aly Loves Lacquer. Therefore I decided to use black rhinestones (2mm) down my ring fingers on both hands. I had originally planned on doing all nails but quickly realised I wouldn't have enough rhinestone. I wanted to add a bit of glitter so I applied a layer of Spoiled Shuffle The Deck onto my thumbs. I topped these nails off with Ulta3 Non Chip top coat. Note to self: don't ever use this top coat just before bed! Even with drying drops it indented so badly >.<
I actually wore my nails like this for Mothers Day which may sounds horrible but it matched my dress perfectly :)
I had been dying to try out the gradient techique by The Nailasaurus and with Diablo 3 newly released what other colours could I choose but red and black :) So I used China Glaze Poinsettia and BYS Black Satin and applied them to a piece of paper and then mixed the two where they joined. I then sponged this onto my other nails.
Again I only have photos in artificial light because of the terrible weather :(
I love this gradient technique! I honestly can't wait to do this again with the red/black gradient on all my nails I loved it that much :)
I have been wanting to try vertical studs down the nail since I saw this post by Aly Loves Lacquer. Therefore I decided to use black rhinestones (2mm) down my ring fingers on both hands. I had originally planned on doing all nails but quickly realised I wouldn't have enough rhinestone. I wanted to add a bit of glitter so I applied a layer of Spoiled Shuffle The Deck onto my thumbs. I topped these nails off with Ulta3 Non Chip top coat. Note to self: don't ever use this top coat just before bed! Even with drying drops it indented so badly >.<
I actually wore my nails like this for Mothers Day which may sounds horrible but it matched my dress perfectly :)
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| Red and Black Nails in Artificial Light |
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| Red and Black Nails in Artificial Light |
I had been dying to try out the gradient techique by The Nailasaurus and with Diablo 3 newly released what other colours could I choose but red and black :) So I used China Glaze Poinsettia and BYS Black Satin and applied them to a piece of paper and then mixed the two where they joined. I then sponged this onto my other nails.
Again I only have photos in artificial light because of the terrible weather :(
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| Diablo Nails in Artificial Light |
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| Diablo Nails in Artificial Light |
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!
Ooh and the picture in natural light too! There wasn't much sun out so these are kind of between sun and shade.
Can I just say I LOVE this manicure! My nails looks so pretty and girly lol :) I was surprised at how easy these nails are to do.
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!
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| Butterfly Nails in Artificial Light - Right Hand |
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| Butterfly Nails in Artificial Light - Right Hand |
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| Butterfly Nails in Artificial Light - Left Hand |
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| Butterfly Nails in Artificial Light - Left Hand |
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| Butterfly Nails in Natural Light - Right Hand |
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| Butterfly Nails in Natural Light - Right Hand |
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| Butterfly Nails in Natural Light - Left Hand |
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| Butterfly Nails in Natural Light - Left Hand |
Can I just say I LOVE this manicure! My nails looks so pretty and girly lol :) I was surprised at how easy these nails are to do.
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