Y mas nails por favor....

More of lately. Those heavy metal ones I did for an Alice in Chains concert and it was an incredible night! \m/

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 ;)

February Updates!

Here's some stuff I been working on

And my apartment is getting organized and kawaii as fckkkkk

"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!)

Leopard print sculpted slims

These are Rihanna-inspired on a girl on school, I was wayyyy happy with it but our acrylic at school is O.P.I. clarite odorless....not a big fan. It takes forever to set and it needs a much dryer mix ratio too otherwise its way sticky and clings to your brush. Then it has a tacky layer to file off but it accounts for almost 1/2 your thickness....anyways we were pretty geeked about the final results w00t w00t!

"Oceanside"

 What's up everybody just posting the latest! I was thinking about fairies and mermaids and behold:

Hope you like them- they are so blinged! 

Also- I'm finding more people playing my jam Pro Nails the Rusko remix- please check it out it's swag as hellllll. See ya!

"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!

"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:

"Daaaaayyyuuummmmm!!"

OK gals from the U.S. LISTEN UP!! I just stumbled on a nail polish gold mine! Get to your local Dollar Tree asap, they have great nail polish for sale- L.A. Colors! I first found L.A. Colors at Walgreens and CVS and bought a pack of metallic nail polish, and the quality is fantastic, the pigments are really vivid! So at the dollar store they have all kinds of L.A. Colors nail polish in assorted colors, some are matte but most are metallic or glitter! I took home 10 bottles.

BONUS!! Again, at Dollar Tree they also have L.A. Colors Nail Art Deco pens! Another fantastic find, great quality, I took home 4 of these, (and now that I've tried them I'm going back for the rest!)

The nice thing here is you can order these online, everything is $1 a piece. So for once, my ghetto fabulous way of living pays off well. $14 for 14 bottles of nail polish. What an awesome day!

"Mermaidia"

Check out this metallic mess ^_^

Products Used: (green nail, all nails have a different color, but it's hard to tell)

L.A. Colors (color craze) Metallic Green

Sally Hansen HD 15 DVD

Small (2mm) colored rhinestones

Method Used:

Coat 1: Paint 2 coats of very metallic nail lacquer

Coat 2: Add a thin layer of Sally Hansen HD "DVD"

Coat 3: Add a straight line of green rhinestones

Easy Peasy. Have a sweet weekend ^_^

Another awesome drugstore haul

So I wanted to show off some stuff I bought at Walgreens, I've been on this crazy hunt for the perfect, BRIGHT pink eyeshadow, like "POW!" pink. I haven't had time or money to throw down on a good pot of MAC, but I've been looking around, there was a Rimmel one I liked, then found 2 Wet N' Wild palettes that were PERFECT!!

And hell yeah, they're awesome. The one on the left has way metallic silver, (you know I love metallics!), the bright pink I wanted, and a glittery black, (and y'all KNOW I love glitter!). So I was thrilled with this. On the right is cream color, blueish-teal, and magenta. Genius. 

Here's an example of the silver and pink, (In conjunction with some stuff I already have)

Then Target had these on sale!

I'm happy! Today was a busy day so check out my other post about my nail polishes I came home with. Stephanie OUT ^_^

"Friday Night Lights"

These rainbow nails are oh so sexy and sparkly, they light up the night!

Products Used: 3 tints of each color, preferably shimmery or metallic.

(For Yellow)

Sally Hansen Xtreme 360 Mellow Yellow

Sally Hansen HD 12 Hue

Milani 3D holographic 510 (gold)

Sally Hansen Xtreme 180 Disco Ball

G- 1, Response, or any larger, denser silver metallic glitter

2-3mm rhinestones (large) or stick-on earrings matching the colors of the nails

Method Used:

Coat 1: Use the striper to paint stripes of the 3 tints of the same color vertically 

Coat 2: Apply iridescent (in this case, disco ball) glitter on top 

Coat 3: Paint the tips using the really dense larger glitter 

Coat 4: Add a rhinestone or stick on earring ^_^

"Barney and Friends"

Hey guys, just thought I'd throw up a tutorial on these glittery diva nails, thanks!

Products Used:

You need 3 metallic colored enamels, along with large (3-4mm) rhinestones or metallic confetti of the same colors

Sally Hansen HD 12 Hue

LA Colors (Color craze) Metallic Purple

Sally Hansen Xtreme 140 Rockstar pink (glitter)

Wet N' Wild (Wild Shine) 446C Carribean Frost

Wet N' Wild (Wild Shine) 460D Kaleidescope

Method Used:

Coat 1: Pick a color, on the base paint a coat of a metallic polish. 

Coat 2: Paint stripes along the tip with the other two metallic colors
Coat 3: Paint stripes of glitter layering over the corresponding colors along the tip
Coat 4: Paint silver glitter only over colored tips
Coat 5: Glue 2 of each other colored rhinestone or confetti to nails