Simple, but inspired by a Pinterest find. (here)
I used China Glaze Laced Up and Precision Sandstorm. The black details were done with a dotting tool and Sinful Colors Black on Black.
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Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts
Neon splatter/shredded/hair spray marble
I tried to play around again with the shredded effect/hair spray on a water marble (first attempt was here) I wanted to see if I could mimic this look from amkuch15, white base with neon splatter.
This is Sinful Colors Snow Me White, Wet N Wild Pom Pom Kelly, & Wet N Wild Nerd Alert: Screech.
I first tried layering 4 different neon shades, but I couldn't get consistent splattering sizes so it was just a garbled mess. :( Too, this entire process was a big pain in the butt. These 4 nails took me several hours. No joke! It was ridiculous. Maybe it was the particular aerosol hairspray I was using, but sometimes it would just create big spots in the polish, then the next time it would blow all the polish to the edges and shred it into tiny little specks. So frustrating.
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The One That Copied Lexi From FingerPainted
Sometimes something comes along that just really intrigues you.... This has been the case for me and Lexi's baby stiletto nail shape. I just adore them. I think it looks so cute on her, and besides I LOVE pretty much all the nail art she has ever done. The girl has some mad skills. ;)
My nails were getting too long and to the point where I wanted to give them a big chop.... So it struck me to do an experiment. I wondered if my nails could do a baby stiletto too? Lexi mentioned once that she does a thin layer of gel polish over hers to reinforce them and help prevent breaking the tips. I thought that mine cut to this shape without gel might just last a day or two, but enough to tribute some nail art to one I admire. Surprisingly, as I type this, I'm 4 days in and several polish changes later, still with intact tips! I guess it's the Duri Rejuvacote I have to thank for that. The stuff makes my nails rock solid.
I copied this simple bow nail art she did because I had the same base polish, Shimmer Alessandra. Acrylic paints for the bow.
First impression: I'm not too fond of this nail shape on myself. I think it's more flattering on Lexi's nail bed shape. HOWEVER, I've vowed to give it a good run and not just rush to that decision. I'm going to leave them this shape for at least a week or two to really feel it out. Wish me luck!
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Experimenting with "shredded alcohol/hair spray water marble"
I saw this Nail Pop tutorial on Pinterest for turquoise stone type water marble.
You just drop the polish in the water and then spray it with rubbing alcohol (I used hair spray).
I used Wet N Wild I Need A Refresh-mint, and Sinful Colors Black on Black just to test run. Sorry that they are not more pictures, but after I uploaded them, I realized most came out blurry. :/
I think it looks awesome and I want to play around with it some more! I'll be sure to better document the process next time around ;)
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Natalie's Koi Fish
These nails are inspired by this look from Natalie over at heartNAT. It's been pinned on my "nail art inspiration" board over on Pinterest for a while now. I don't have the same polishes she used, and I don't have the fancy koi fish image plate she has, but it's still pretty cool. :)
The polishes I used were:
Base of Orly Decades of Dysfunction. Then I sponged on - L'Oreal Macaroon Me Madly, China Glaze Flirty Tankini & Passion For Petals, & Zoya Ziv.
Then 1 coat of Essie Shine of the Times for an extra "fish-scale" vibe.
Then stamped M.A.S.H 39 with Konad black
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Beautopia Nails Floral Copy Cat
Inspired by Beautopia nails on Tumblr. More floral nails.
I really loved these and ended wearing them for 4 days last week!
I used China Glaze Electric Beat, Dance Baby, Something Sweet, Orly Fresh, Essie Navigate Her. The black was then done with a Sinful Colors black nail art striper polish.
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Vintage Floral
I was inspired by this design from Aquaayame on Tumblr. Her flowers definitely look more like roses! I'm jealous. This look was created using the 8 piece nail art dotting tool & paintbrush set from Winstonia.
The nail art set can be found here for $8.95. It's really a great kit for any new nail artist that needs a basic set of tools. Everything comes in the black satin zipper pouch. The kit includes five dual ended dotting tools, a variety of sizes. Also 3 detailing paint brushes of slightly different sizes. The kit also includes "one random color high quality nail file," as you can see, I got the light pink 100-180 grit.
(You can use the coupon code "POLISHARTADDICTION" at checkout to receive 10% off - valid until May 31, 2013)
(You can use the coupon code "POLISHARTADDICTION" at checkout to receive 10% off - valid until May 31, 2013)
The paintbrushes are a nice quality and weight to them. The website labels them as "sable detailing brushes" but I was informed by the company that this is not in reference to the actual hairs... but instead just the brown color. I was excited because I had heard that sable brush hairs made for the best paintbrushes.... but I think it's disappointing that they've labeled them in a misleading way.
Another thing I was excited about was that it said the brush handles were acetone proof! That would be amazing because I'm constantly ruining my brushes by spilling acetone and it eats away at the paint..... One quick dip in my dappen dish of acetone with the back end of the brush....and the paint came right off.! Ugh! I guess they are just referring to the metal ferrule that holds the bristles?
The dotting tools are pretty standard, it's got a nice variety of sizes to cover all of your needs.
This again is the nail look I created all with these paint brushes and dotting tools.
I used a gazillion polishes for this design, I'll just list them.
Base of Zoya Farah.
Wet N Wild Undercover & Haze of Love
China Glaze Passion for Petals
Barielle Coco Bar & Lemondrops
OPI Jade is the New Black
& Sinful Colors Exotic Green
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China Glaze - Sunday Funday
This was a difficult shade for my camera to figure out. My fingers look lobster-y, but that's the only way I could get the actual polish to look remotely like it does in real life.
Sunday Funday is something like electric blue with a tiny suggestion of teal.
2 easy coats, no problems with application.
I decided to try out the 'Toon nail art inspired by Nancy Mc
I just used Sunday Funday and then both nail art striper polishes in black and then white.
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Shimmer Polish - Irene + Born Pretty Rhinestone Picker Upper Thingy
Check out Cindy's Etsy shop, website, or facebook for more information on purchasing. Or you can always email her directly with your paypal address and the colors you would like to purchase:
shimmer484(at)gmail(dot)com
The minute I realized that Cindy sent me Irene, I knew I would be recreating this look from Wacky Laki. I loved her idea from the first glance I had of it.
Here is a bottle shot of Irene and a simple swatch of one coat layered over Zoya Farah.
I used the same image plate as Anutka, Mash40. The square studs are from this stud wheel sold at Born Pretty. I just put them in this different container. The white pencil thing is actually pretty awesome. It's a rhinestone picker-upper-thingy. It's center is a waxy material, so it gives you just enough grab onto the rhinestones to position them and it releases easily.
The handy dandy rhinestone picker upper thingy is sold here at Born Pretty for $1.99 (for 2 pencils)
They came like this and I just used a standard pencil sharpener that I had in my office to get the point pictured above.
Here is a quick and poor quality (sorry) video to demonstrate just how easily it works.
It works just as well on large rhinestones or decorative items like these big bows.
(Also a Born Pretty product 10pcs for $3.99)
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Stripes & Drips
These nails were inspired by Nancy Mc and her Mickey nail wheel.
I don't think I've ever done drippy nails before, but these were a lot of fun.
I used Sinful Colors Snow Me White as a base and started taping off the stripes to create them. After 2 nails I got sick of that slow process, so I just freehanded them with Sinful Colors Time Out which is a black striper brush polish.
I then applied white for the drippy sections because I wanted the neon to be vibrant. The neon dark pink is Color Club Raspberry Rush. Then black striper polish to outline the drips and a white acrylic paint and a tiny brush for the shine marks.
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Geometric Squares
I've been feeling a little down and like a nail blogger failure because I haven't had much of my own nail art inspiration. I feel like I'm in a creative block. :( So the only nail art I've been doing is inspired by other bloggers.
Today it was this look from Whitney at Dressed Up Nails.
I used China Glaze Lemon Fizz, For Audrey, & Zoya Dea.
All of the details were done with a skinny nail art brush.
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Herbie The Love Bug Inspired
Anybody else love these movies as a kid? I loved watching the ones from the 60s, I wasn't as big a fan of the Lindsay Lohan versions.
These nails were inspired by his racing stripes and number.
Tutorial:
I used 3 coats of Lime Crime Milky Ways and then I topped it with a coat of Seche Vite to speed things along. I waited about 10 minutes before applying the striping tape. I started along the middle of my nail and applied one piece. Then a second piece touching along the side of the first piece. Place the next piece with enough spacing to accommodate another imaginary piece of tape between them. And repeat again with skipping another imaginary space.
Then I used a small nail art brush to apply Sally Hansen Insta Dri Rapid Red & Sinful Colors Rainstorm.
Then I removed all of the strips of tape EXCEPT for the very first strip. That one I trimmed with some cuticle nippers to the edges of my nail. Top with Seche Vite topcoat.
Voila!
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