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/

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!

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!

"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

"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

"Candy Canes"

Happy Holidays. Well they're coming quicker than ever. I'm not a huge fan of Christmas but I think Occupy Wall St has me in better spirits. And the NBA lockout is over! Not a bad season at all.
Anyways, I don't have much for a tutorial on this, but here's the gist of it:

Start by painting nails red or hot pink works, too. I painted on top of full cover fake nails from the drugstore. Just tape them to toothpicks or something to keep from touching them. Paint a very fine glitter on top, or something foil-y. You don't want it too glittery yet. Use a white nail art striper and go to town. Check a photo for the pattern. Then I added a fine silver glitter
striper on top of the white. Voila!
More holiday nails are coming, keep checking back!

"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

"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:

"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 ^^