Pastel Rainbow Tie Dye Nail Art

Since you all now know that I go to cosmetology, it can easily be understood that I  have to know the colour wheel. We learned about hair colour and the colour wheel a while back, but once it got nice enough outside, we made tie dye shirts using only the primary colours- red, yellow, and blue. We had to create the other colours we wanted using only those three colours. I, of course, being the colourful person I am, wanted a rainbow shirt.

Although I own many tie dye shirts, this was my first time actually making one. Once the dye set in for 24 hours, we rinsed them and brought them home. I was so pleased with mine that I wanted matching nails!

To create these nails, I started with a white base and then put some polish on a piece of paper, diluted it with nail polish remover, and dabbed it around with at small brush, creating a swirl. I also used this diluted, dabbing method in these tie dye nails.

I’m not 100% sure (considering these nails have been on my camera for a while now), but I believe the polishes I used are as follows: L'Oreal – Pink Me Up!, New York Color – Peaches ‘N Cream, Sinful Colors – Unicorn, Nina Ultra Pro – Leaf Me Alone, Revlon – Coastal Surf, and Julie G – Dream In Pretty.

This was the shirt I made:

The colours dulled a lot upon rinsing the excess dye out :( No problem though- I like that it makes it look vintage :)

On a side note- what do you think of the new layout? I was having some difficulties with the other- no matter what colour I changed the background to, it automatically created a red line outlining my posts. I’ve noticed this quite some time ago, but it hasn’t always been like this. …Not sure why it just started…

 

Thanks for reading, and have a wonderful day!!!

Geometric Cube Nail Art

I’ve been falling behind on posting; these nails are from last week. I actually don’t feel like posting today, but am forcing myself, considering I know I won’t feel like next weekend either. I won’t be home much next weekend, but I have already planned out how I’m doing my nails.

 

For my base, I used New York Color – West Village, then sponged Maybelline – Purple Icon on my tips. To create my cubes I made squares using Revlon – Smoldering, then made the sides using Wet n Wild – Gray’s Anatomy. To finish it off, I used a white Stripe Rite striper to outline my cubes.

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Sparkly Valentine’s Day Gradient Nails

Yesterday I just grabbed some polish, and aimlessly did my nails. I had no clue what I was actually doing, but I think it turned out pretty well. I tend to “wing it” a lot!

I first applied 2 coats of KleanColor – Sheer Peach as my base, then created a gradient using Finger Paints – Rose Patina and Sally Girl – Sparkle. Next, I used one coat of China Glaze – Fairy Dust on top of my entire nail, along with a very thin layer of Wet n Wild – Kaleidoscope just extending a bit past the gradient. Then, picked out large holographic glitters from Revlon – Stunning and placed them on the pink gradient . Finally, I applied some holographic silver heart spangles to my ring fingers and thumbs.

Valentine’s Day is nearing! Are you planning anything?

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Rudolph Christmas Nails

I wasn’t sure what I wanted to paint on my nails yesterday, concerning holiday nails. There aren’t that many unique options, but there are so many twists and takes, so I decided to go for a simple Rudolph accent nail, with (my very first) falling glitter gradient.

I first applied two coats of Revlon – Emerald City, which is a matte polish, but my shiny topcoat was being selfish, so you can’t see it as it’s genuine matte self. Next, I made Rudolph’s head with NYC – Park Ave. I used Revlon – Hot For Chocolate to make the deep brown antlers. To finish it off, I just added two black dots for the eyes, and a red dot for the nose.

On the other nails, I just created a falling glitter gradient with Nicole By OPI – Orna-Ment For Each Other, but I decided that wasn’t enough, so I then put Julie G – My Private Palace on top to give it a glowing gold effect.

What nails do you like to paint around the holdays? Santa? Candy Canes?

Nerds Nail Art

I don’t typically enjoy candy, aside from chocolate, but Nerds is a whole different story! I love Nerds! I enjoy all flavors, but had only the strawberry and grape flavor, so I modeled my nails after them :)

Ready for picture overload?

I had to have someone take pictures of my right hand and both hands together for me. I’d like to be able to take more pictures of both hands, but hate asking for assistance from others. If anyone has any other suggestions, please let me know!

For my pink base I used Revlon – Sweet Tart (what a perfect name for Wonka inspired nails!). On the pink I put random spots of a nameless pink mini Funky Fingers polish to create a Nerd pattern. For my purple base I used LA Colors – Tropical Breeze. On top of that, I used NYC – Lavender Cupcake for my purple Nerd pattern. To add more dimension, I used a white Stripe Rite striper to highlight the Nerds.

As for the Nerd characters, I used black acrylic paint to create an outline. I then filled in the black with either pink or purple polish (the base colors), still leaving a black outline. I made white dots to create the eyes, then separated the toes and such with a black Stripe Rite striper. I finally finished them by using either my nameless Funky Fingers polish, or Lavender Cupcake to add highlights (and a tongue to the pink Nerd).

I am extremely happy with these Nerds nails. I think this was a perfect 100th post (yes, this is my 100th post :) ). And you? What do you think?

Birthday Cupcake Nails 2012

Yep, I went for the ever-so-popular cupcake nails for my birthday, today. I added “2012” to the title because you never know- I might try to pull off more cupcake nails in the future!

For my non-ring fingers, I used Sally Hansen – Mellow Yellow, and then added one coat of Revlon – Stunning on top of that. I used NYC – Peaches ‘N Cream for the base on my ring fingers. The cherry was made with a large, red half pearl. The pearl caused a bit of bleeding, so I guess my icing is now cherry flavored :) If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

Revlon–Sweet Tart & Orange One Stroke Flowers

This was my first official attempt at one stroke. I’ve messed around with it before, but was never happy with it. This was the first time I’ve ever been happy enough to put a top coat on and keep it. They’re not perfection, but I’m happy :)

I used Revlon – Sweet Tart as my base, waited for it to dry, and then used orange and white acrylic paint to paint the flower petals.



Have a great day!
Edit: I forgot to mention that Sweet Tart stained my nails pretty badly, so I would recommend two coats of base coat!

Blue Flower Nails

Today is the last day of the 31 Day Challenge! The theme was to recreate your favorite challenge. Reading it, I would assume you were supposed to recreate one of your own nail designs, but from what I’ve seen on other blogs, you’re supposed to recreate someone else’s nails. I chose to use The Nailasaurus’ Day 14: Flowers design. Her nails are much cuter because 1) she is amazing  and 2) her flowers are smaller, and could fit more onto her nails.

Again, sorry for my impatience, and the smearing of the nail art- I honestly thought it was dry!

For my base, I used Revlon – Costal Surf. For the petals of my flowers, I used Nina Ultra Pro – Sailor, and for the center of the flowers, I used Funky Fingers – Down to Earth.

And now for my outro:

This is a bitter sweet ending. Some days I would become frustrated with the challenges, and would feel like I was running out of time, but other days I would find it very fun and relaxing. This challenge really did challenge me and made me go out of my comfort zone, and create things that I would have never thought of, otherwise. This was my first challenge, but I know it will not be my last (but don’t expect any more anytime soon! haha!). I hope you all enjoyed my take on the challenges, as much as I did :)

(I hope you won’t be mad at me because I will not be posting everyday anymore! Now, I’m not going to know what to do until I adjust to not painting my nails everyday! haha!)

Leopard Nails

Today is the 13th day of the 31 Day Challenge. The theme was animal print, so I chose to create a  leopard print on my nails.
 

I’ve never really looked at them, but I think these nails look like the leopard Sally Hansen Salon Effects. I always have a hard time picking different polishes for leopard nails, but I really like these ones. I’m sure you will be seeing this combination again :)
I used Funky Fingers’ Down to Earth as my golden base. I then added spots with Revlon’s Copper Penny, and finally added the brown marks around the spots with Wet n Wild’s Rustic.
Tomorrow is day 14, which means flower nails. See you then!

Revlon-Costal Surf & KleanColor-Holo Blue

Today’s color was blue, for day five of the 31 Day Challenge. I wanted KleanColor’s Holo Blue, but knew it would take a lot of coats to get it opaque, so I put two layers of it over two layers of Revlon’s Costal Surf. I tried to match Holo Blue with a similar color to the best of my abilities, and Costal Surf was the best match. I actually think you could layer it on any color, and it would still look good.

 

I really like Holo Blue, but am still in the market for a linear holographic polish ;)

Tomorrow is day six, which means violet nails! I have so many pretty purple polishes, so tomorrow will be yet another challenge to just pick one lovely polish.

Revlon-Costal Surf & NYC-Starry Silver Glitter

I haven’t been at home much, so I haven’t had time to make any nail art on my nails. On the plus side- I’ve been trying out some unused polishes I’ve had for a while

Costal Surf from Revlon is a very bright blue. It is very opaque with one or two coats. What I mean by that is that some of my nails looked great with only one coat, while others needed two.

Starry Silver Glitter from New York Color is a very fun glitter with multiple sized glitters that are also multicolored. The two large hexagon glitters are purple and blue. The rest of the glitter looks silver in the bottle, but when it hits the light it is an array of colors.

On a side note- I’m not sure how I feel about these Revlon bottles. I always liked the “old” ones, so it took me a while to get used to these ones. These ones are also a bit smaller than the others. What do you think about them?

Nerdy Nails–Second Installment

I am not happy with the result. I think it may be the color, or perhaps I wasn’t feeling geeky…

The lighting was bad when I finished them:

If you wanted to make punctuation nails you could use whatever punctuation/symbols you wanted. I used: ; : ) ( , / ! ? . -

I used a copper color nail polish for the base and a very dark brown  for the punctuation (it looks black in the picture). The copper color used was Copper Penny from Relvon: