"Disney Princess Cameos"

Check em out! I love em I gotta do these on myself soon. I got this awesome set of pink glitters I've been mixing around :)

"Winter Metal"

So....I'm almost done with school! Apparently next week, so I've been obnoxiously stressed about the whole thing. But, also obnoxiously excited, too. Here was a stress reliever, and in my book, something simple ;) (I love metallic wraps!)

Super kawaii April- Cotton Candy/ Lemonade

Hey, kids! I'm still alive, wish I had a better camera, but whatever- IDGAF! Here's some things I've done recently (always practicing nails like a BOSS)

There are all hand-painted, done on full-cover glue-on nails...and it's damn near summer so you know I gotta get my pedicure on! Fairy kei fa' liffffe!

"Easter Eggs"

Hey everybody- I know it's been a minute but look Im still gettin' it!

And I just ordered some nail art supplies that should be here soon. I'm excited for spring and using brights and pastels!

"Hime Valentine 2"

Hey guys. So a couple days ago I was all flustered running around getting errands done before work and broke 2 corners off my nails in a cab door! :(
Not to worry, it just meant I got another excuse to re-do my nails, plus I needed a fill anyways.
Voila!

I wish my camera could show more of the blingy-bling but this is as good as it gets. I <3333 doing nails like this! Super cute, super kawaii, super gyaru, even. After filling my clear tips, I used Sally Hansen Diamond Shine 320 Must Have Iris and L.A. Colors BCC 555 Silver glitter towards the tips, then lots of sparkly blingy junk!The 3-d heart in the middle came out way clearer than I wanted (supposed to be pink acrylic) but it's all good. ^_^ 

AND- I made this necklace:

Because I <333 Ariel. I'm going back to sleep. See ya!

"Hime Valentine"

Yaaaay acrylics. These were fun.

Products Used:

Clear nail tips

Clear acrylic

Sally Hansen Diamond Strength 320 Must-Have Iris

Wet N' Wild FastDry 234C Hannah Pinktanna

L.A. Colors ColorCraze BCC 555 Silver Glitter

Milani Jewel FX 583 Hot Pink

Pink and purple heart nail confetti

Small (1mm) pink/ purple rhinestones

Small (1mm) pink/ purple pearls

Method Used:

1: Apply clear acrylic tips and acrylic, file and buff

2: Paint nail tip (sally hansen) pink- just one coat so it's still semi-transparent

3: Paint nails with Milani hot pink glitter, getting most of the glitter to sit on the tips. 

4: While paint is still wet, affix alternating pearls and rhinestones along smile line

5: Add 3 hearts on tip

*Repeat alternating nails with purple and silver glitter!

Enjoy ;)

"Flower Girl"

Hey guys. Just switched up the polish. Too tired for a tutorial, sorry. But google nail polish flower painting and you'll be on your way. I usually stray from intricate hand-painting but I felt the urge to get my game up. ^_^
Mostly I'm geeked that my right hand is looking just as good if not better than left! On my way to becoming ambidextrous!

--R Rated Comment--
A friend and I were recently discussing femme lesbians, drag queens, french tips, and long fake "stripper" nails. I started talking about nail techs in the hood and in the clubs and how it's a staple in urban queer communities, as well as the porn industry. She was like why? I said "who else besides queer divas and drag queens would be obsessed with women's fingers? Think about it!" wink wink. Seriously though hot queer chicks love my nails. It's pretty awesome.

-Stefanie B

"Iced Out Pink"

Hey everybody! Back to clear acrylics, and I love these!

 Products Used:
Clear Acrylic Nail Tips
Clear Acrylic powder
Iridescent glitter
Pink and White Nail confetti
Small (1mm) rhinestones (pink and clear)

Method Used:
Prep and attach nail tips
Lay down a thin coat of acrylic
While it's still wet, set in confetti
Use monomer to keep surface wet, and use a dry brush to sprinkle glitter on tips
Encapsulate glitter and confetti in a thick layer of clear acrylic. Use extra on the confetti, but not too much
Cure, and sand. DO NOT over sand the confetti area! They will lose their luster
Add clear top coat after buffing. I use Sally Hansen Diamond Shine Top Coat
While it's still wet, add rhinestones to smile line
Add Seche Vite and you're done!

I LOVE THESE!
Also, I found an awesome website with Japanese fashion magazine scans, free to download!
http://jmagazinescans.livejournal.com
And click nails on the tags. Japanese nail art can be really daunting, especially as I make my way to the 3d super kawaii fairy kei style of doing things, but I'm still going to try someday!
-Stefanie B

"New Year for New Nails!"

Hey everyone! Welcome to 2012. It should be a damn good year. Anyways I got my internet back up and running so I'm thrilled to be able to update on my compy instead of a cell phone. So check dees out:

Did these on full cover nails in December. It was great. I was thinking about Cinderella and Disney Princesses at the time!

These were my new years' blinggity bling. I really liked doing these and finally got some silver crackle and paired it on top of white for a bright foil texture, and added 3 kinds of glitter! They were sexy. Still are sexy! Even my new digital camera doesn't do em justice

So that's the start of the new year! Keep checking back

-Stefanie B

"Pretty Pretty Princess"

Hey all. My nails are doing okay. I painted these on the first snowfall after I was looking at Disney Princess bedroom ideas. My apartment's getting a facelift, get ready!

This is a really in depth tutorial. Ready set go!
Products used:
Sally Hansen Xtreme 340 mint sorbet
L.A. Colors BCC 563 Purple
Sally Hansen Xtreme 470 Bubblegum Pink
Sally Hansen Xtreme 180 disco ball (iridescent glitter)
Sinful Colors 831 Hottie (blue tinted glitter)
Pink Nail confetti
Small (1mm) pink rhinestones

Method Used
Coat 1: Paint nail tips in alternating green and purple, skipping one middle nail, paint that nail pink
Coat 2: Add blue glitter over all colors, and clear glitter to nail beds
Coat 3: Add pink stripes to tips
Coat 4: add rhinestones to tip line, and a piece of confetti underneath
Be creative, have fun!
Coat 2:

"Tinkerbell"

Finally my nails were healthy enough for acrylics again! It's winter in Minneapolis and it's getting really really dry. I had to do some nail treatments first. Anywho:

Products Used: 

Clear Acylic & clear tps

L.A. colors BCC 580 Teal

Sally Hansen HD 15 DVD

L.A. Colors Art Deco: Dark Blue, Silver, Teal Glitter, and Silver Glitter

Medium (3mm) Rhinestones

Small (1-2mm) Rhinestones

Green Nail Confetti

Method Used:

Coat 1: Paint tips teal, and one nail solid teal. 

Coat 2: Coat tips with Sally Hansed DVD

Coat 3: Add 2 blue stripes, cross them with a silver stripe

Coat 4: Coat the stripes with glitter 

Coat 5: Add Rhinestones and nail confetti

It's a lot more teal than I expected but I still <33 this

"Stars and Stripes"

Hey guys, check it out!

Products Used:

6 bright/ pastel colors. Suggested are Yellow, Orange, Pink, Purple, Blue, and Green

Sally Hansen Xtreme 180 Disco Ball (iridescent glitter)

L.A. Colors Art Deco BNA520 Black Sparkles (black striper brush)

Sally Hansen 300 White On (white)

Star-shaped nail confetti (white)

Method Used:

Coat 1: Paint thin horizontal stripes on your nails. I used yellow at the base, then orange, pink, purple, blue, then green.

Coat 2: Repeat with 2nd coat so colors are vivid

Coat 3: Add a layer of iridescent glitter

Coat 4: Use black striper to paint horizontal lines between colors

Coat 5: Add a large drop to some nails and fan out the drop with a toothpick to make star shapes

Coat 6: Add star confetti

Top coat and dance til you drop ^_^

"Rainbow Brite"

I'm going to Bassnectar Friday! To celebrate, here's some dubstep rave nails:

Products Used: 

Sally Hansen Xtreme 220 Celeb City (silver)

Milani 3D Holographic 510 3D (gold)

L.A. Colors Metallic Green

Milani 3D Holographic 512 Cyberspace (blue)

Sally Hansen HD 15 DVD (purple)

L.A. Colors BCC 575 Metallic Pink

Sally Hansen Xtreme 100 Disco Ball

Nail confetti: Hears and Cutout Stars

Method Used:

These are done on clear acrylics

Coat 1: Paint silver as a base

Coat 2: Make medium sized stripes cascading up the nail

Coat 3: I know it's already metallic, but add glitter anyway ^_^

Coat 4: Glue color corresponding confetti in a straight line down the middle

Top Coat and voila!

"Hello Kitty Blue and Purple"

Took off the acrylics I had for Mom's visit. You should've seen em I didn't get a chance to take a photo, so they're like my nail secret. Anyways, Here's some short cuteness. I got another package of nail junk from eBay so I wanted to make sure it worked, lol! No tutorial, anything goes with nail bling ^_^

So yeah, check out ebay for nail art, you can get really cheap stuff with free shipping to the US, just as long as you're patient!

"Britney Spears"

These nails remind me of Britney's Curious perfume. I water marbled, then added goodies!

Products Used: 

L.A. Colors BCC 580 Teal 

L.A. Colors BCC 575 Pink

L.A. Colors Metallic Charcoal (from metallics set)

Sally Hansen Xtreme 220 Celeb City

White nail art star confetti (2.5mm)

Green and Pink nail rhinestones (1-2mm)

Method Used:

I chose not to prime my nails this time, so the metallic polish would be more sheer. My nails are clear acrylic

Coat 1: Create a water bullseye dropping one of each polish at a time, I used 2 drops for each teal

Coat 2: I made random swirls in the water for my design

Coat 3: Dip in favorite spot!

Coat 4: No glitter this time! Use clear coat to set rhinestones and stars randomly, and to cover up mistakes

This is a sexy one!

Method Used:

"Tonight Tonight"

I got restless again. But I love the versatility of acrylics too much, I was watching videos and inspiration struck!

This is done over a clear acrylic set with clear tips.

Products Used: (Blue nails)

Milani 3d Holographic 512 Cyberspace

L.A. Colors BCC 572 Metallic Blue

L.A. Colors BCC 569 Dark Blue

L.A. Colors Metallic Charcoal

Sally Hansen Xtreme 180 Disco Ball (iridescent glitter)

Any white and yellow polishes

Star-shaped nail confetti

Small (1mm) clear/ iridescent rhinestones

Method Used: 

Coat 1: Paint a coat of glitter on all nails

Coat 2: With a cosmetic sponge, paste sheer metallic blue to your tips (milani cyberspace)

Coat 3: Continue sponging with darker shades of blue, all the way up to the tip making a gradient. You may have to experiment on paper to get the right shades and layers.

Coat 4: Paint a moon or star on your thumb, or another nail. 

**I did the moon with a nail art brush, and the star by putting a drop of white on the nail and fanning out sparkles with a toothpick**

Coat 5: Add stars towards the tips
Coat 6: Add rhinestones in between

I LOVE this one! Hope you do too ^^

"Mattel"

Hey so I got caught up watching nail art videos and I had to do some more. I wanted to do some water marbling again and I realized the KEY to marbling is literally trying out tons of fricken combinations until you get something awesome. I had to thin out some of my polishes but it worked out in the end. Also painting your nails white or SOMETHING beforehand works well, and incorporating that color (white) in the marble to make it *pop*. This reminded me of some of my toys growing up.

Products Used:

Sally Hansen Xtreme 270 Lacey Lilac

Sally Hansen Xtreme 300 White On

Sally Hansen Xtreme 470 Bubblegum Pink

Milani 3D holographic 512 Cyberspace

Wet N' Wild WildShine 460D Kaleidoscope (iridescent glitter)

Purple and Blue Nail confetti (2-3mm)

Method Used:
Coat 1: Use white nail polish as a base, and tape off your nails for marbling
Coat 2: Drop your colors, I went with pink, then blue, then white, then purple, continue to make rings
Coat 3: After swirling a pattern (mind were random) pick a spot and dip it in!
Coat 4: After your nails are at the desired marble, coat them with glitter
Coat 5: Add 2-3 pieces of confetti, I put mine over any mistakes.

Have a good time with this, if you don't know how to water marble do a youtube search there are tons of tutorial vids. Toodles! ^_^

August Hearts Toes

Check out my toes! I'm loving that nail confetti ^_^

"Hixxy"

Check it out! I finally took my acrylics off and used the new bling I got. I loved doing these and they're so sparkly in sunlight it's awesome.

Products Used: (Blue Nail)

Sally Hansen Xtreme 130 Blue Me Away

Sally Hansen Xtreme 220 Celeb Only (silver)

Wet N' Wild (WildShine) 460D Kaleidoscope (iridescent glitter)

Assorted color nail confetti

Assorted color small (1mm) rhinestones

Method Used:

Coat 1: Paint a THICK layer of blue polish

Coat 2: Add 3 small drops of silver

Coat 3: While they're still wet, use an orange stick and drag through the silver drops to marble

Coat 4: Add glitter after they're dry

Coat 5: Add colored confetti pieces near the tips

Coat 6: Add colored rhinestones in between confetti

Voila! ^_^

A bit more bling

Check these out!

The top is a rainbow of small rhinestones, the bottom are confettis. I'm geeked. Stay tuned ^_^