Done with school!

All that's left is taking the state test soon. Otherwise it turns out I didn't get the best education but the best part of this industry is how easy it is to breakout on your own and self educate. I can't wait to get involved with mpls' cosmetology community. And I'm back on my smelly acrylic, sorry Clarite, its been real, but no thanks ;)

"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 ;)

"Valentine's Bling"

Check it:

I LOVE IT! I have so many different pinks and glitters and bling pieces, I just swatched all the colors together with various glitters, picked my favorites, and blinged it up. Hope you like! They're on my natural nails so I can change em before V-Day. Bye byeeeee

^_^

"Sakura"

Hot damn! I finally did some 3d Japanese-style artwork. Check it:

As for a tutorial, I watched dozens on youtube and practiced on quite a few nails before attempting to sculpt the acrylic on my own nails. I did this all in clear acrylic and painted over it, which is tedious and takes longer, but I also feel like since it was my first time sculpting, clear is a good choice to hide mistakes, you can just paint what it SHOULD look like on top. Anyways I f***ing LOVE these nails, and I'm thrilled with how they came out on BOTH hands. 

Katy Perry, I'm ready whenever you are! Bring Lady Gaga ;)

"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

"My Little Pony"

Hey guys here are last night's efforts, I really love using confetti, it's so bright and metallic! Hope you love them ^_~

Products Used
Milani 3d holographic 512 cyberspace
Sally Hansen HD 15 DVD
LA Colors (color craze) metallic pink
LA Colors (color craze) metallic silver
Milani Nail Art 116 art of silver
Wet N' Wild (wild shine) 460D kaleidoscope
Medium (2mm) silver rhinestones
Silver and red (5mm) confetti hearts

Method Used
Coat 1: 2 coats of pink, blue, and purple on varying nails
Coat 2: paint a "V" on your tips in silver
Coat 3: add a coat of iridescent (kaleidoscope) glitter
Coat 4: glue confetti heart on each nail. You need to slightly fold each one to match your nail curve
Coat 5: add rhinestones under hearts
Coat 6: use glitter striper to make another "V" under rhinestones. Enjoy!!