Encased Lace, y'all!!

So I finally found some black lace (Halloween gloves at Target) and set it between some acrylic! They're thicker than I want but I ran outta zebra files and my drill bits suck. But I still love em!

OH LIFE...!

hey I been gone forever just dealing with a ton of b.s. I have to move soon so no new nail job until November, but I am taking today to get my social media in order. So here's what I been up to!

Wavy dreads!

Gave them some cute volume by braiding them and unraveling. They look glam ;)

"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 :)

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!)

"Glam Princess"

I know I gotta diversify and break outta the kawaii/ princess nail rut, but it's such a cute style and IDGAF!

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!

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!

"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!

"School of Kawaii"

So I wanted to do something cute with a gingham print. I'm not in love with the yellow/ orange color I picked, actually I do love it, but I should've done a more consistent color scheme. Oh well- still super kawaii ^_^

They are just hand-painted on full cover glue-ons. I realized the trick to make a good gingham pattern is to use more sheer polishes, and pick a polish only slightly darker for the intersections. I learned something, and that's what's up ^_^

"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 ;)

Some more stuff

So....got some more cute stuff! <333 the thrift store, <333 Korean owned beauty supply stores!

Cute hair bows!- $2.00

 Care bears throw blanket from the thrift store- $4.00!

Cute butterfly ring- $3.00

These bears were attached to little hair rings but fell off. I don't mind though now they're cute cabochons- $2.00

Quite a fun trip. Um...I just got my tax returns TODAY. After catching up on some bill$ I'm going to the same 3 stores for a mega haul, maybe Sunday. Keep checking me out ^_~

"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