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!

"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!)

"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

^_^

"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 ^_^

"Halloween Liquid Flames"

Hey guys, just changed my polish again. I'm taking a break from acrylics, so sorry for so many shorts, but short nails can be just as cute and fun!

Products Used:

Wet N' Wild WildShine 424A Black Creme

Response 54 Red Glitter

L.A. Craze Magnetic Force BCC 562 (Pinkish- Orange)

Wet N' Wild FastDry 222C  9.0.2.1.Orange (Metallic/ glitter Orange)

Wet N' Wild FastDry 236C Silvivor (Metallic Silver)

Method Used:
Coat 1: Paint each nail black, except one nail on each hand silver.
Coat 2: Add red glitter over the black nails
Coat 3: Use L.A. Craze to make ooze/ flame shapes. I used some big drops, then dragged them up to the top
Coat 4: Use Wet N Wild orange glitter over ooze shapes
Coat 5: Favorite topcoat!

I hope I get another change to do a halloween set. It's coming quick!

"Animal Planet"

Hey guys, sorry I've been on a brief hiatus. I've been really involved in Occupy Minnesota in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. It's definitely a hell of an adventure, and if you're against corporate greed and government corruption, join an occupation near you!

That said, here's some nails I did a few weeks but didn't have time to upload.

Anyways, I have to go to bed so no tutorial on this. Just sponge if it's semi-sheer, paint the yellow to pink gradient on your nails. Use a silver nail art brush for accents. Top off the details with a black nail art pen. Rawr!

"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!

"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! ^_^

"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 ^_^

"Discotronic"

You can NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, have too much glitter.

Products Used:

Wet N Wild 460D Kaleidoscope (clear iridescent glitter)

Seche Vite top coat

Polyester micro iridescent glitter (in a can)

Method Used:

Coat 1: Apply base coat

Coat 2: Sprinkle on glitter while it's still wet. Tap off the excess

Coat 3: Seche Vite

Coat 4: Seche Vite

Coat 5: Seche Vite

Enjoy!

"Betty Spaghetti"

These are super cute, super fun, super kawaii nails that look good on your short natural nail!
You only need 1 tint light and dark (I used pink for the directions), 2 polka dot colors, and iridescent glitter!

Products Used:

NYC Nail Glossies 213 pink

Sally Hansen Xtreme 16 Fuchsia Power

Wet N' Wild (Wild Shine) 460D Kaleidescope (glitter)

Sally Hanser Xtreme 360 Mellow Yellow

Sally Hansen Xtreme 130 Blue Me Away

Assorted 3-4mm (large) rhinestones

Method Used:
Coat 1: Paint a coat or 2 of a light tinted kawaii color. I chose light pink
Coat 2: Sponge a gradient on the tip with the darker color
Coat 3: Iridescent glitter. It's important to put the polka dots on TOP of glitter
Coat 4: Use small dotting tool for one of the colors
Coat 5: Use large dotting tool for the other color
Coat 6: Glue a rhinestone corresponding to a polka dot in the corner of the nail!

Have fun ^_^