Monday 31 December 2012
Art Deco Sunburst
Closing this year with a big bang, on the nails. :-) Like my last post this mani features elements from Art Deco, a style introduced to me by my father. It took me a while to like it, as I was so in love with and used to the curvy and organic lines of its predecessor Art Nouveau, but now I can't get enough of both. ♥ Deco has these slick and stylized shapes, making it look so grand! It just keeps wowing me everytime.
For the nail art I used the explosion design and a gold striper to freehand the little chevrons. All this on top of two coats of the blue Never On Sunday from Only You (house brand of Ici Paris XL).
Heading off to family to celebrate New Year's Eve now. I wish you all a happy and healthy new year!
Friday 28 December 2012
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Tuesday 25 December 2012
A Photo album with Tutorials to each photo for the Holiday season!!
Here is a super huge photo gallery of all things CHRISTMAS and New Year. My love to everyone painting, showing me and spreading the word with the world, I am blessed and very grateful for all you guys do!!!!!! Happy Holiday!
75 total with tutorial to each design....just click the paragraph above :D
Monday 24 December 2012
Art Deco Line Work
Merry Christmas, dear readers! Here's how my mani looks like this year. Not very Christmassy per se, but liking it anyway. :-) The gold in my hands is Essence A Piece Of Forever from the Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2 collection. I was only swatching it, but ended up wearing it after liking it so much with the improvised line work, for which I used my trusty striper Ink from China Glaze. Since I'm not confident enough to make such detailed work with my non-dominant hand, I kept my right hand plain black. But it actually looks nicer like this, more balanced I believe.
Until next time then! Have a great time with your loved ones. :-)
Wednesday 19 December 2012
Monday 17 December 2012
Tutorial: Holly Leaf
Hello, creative person! Welcome to my holly leaf tutorial. Like the design it is inspired by, the freehand cloud, it's quick and simple to make, even with the small additions. What I like about this design (apart from being very Christmassy ^_^), is that it combines the use of different tools, it's a great way to practice both freehand and dotting skills. But once again, it's fairly simple. I hope you'll give it a try!
Start with a green basecolor for the holly and let it dry. Use a basecoat underneath if your polish tends to stain.
Tip: If your polish comes with a (big) flat brush, just twist it 90° and use the side. It's easier to make those round edges this way. :-)
It's likely to use a green polish for this task, as the leaf is green. But if you don't own any, a black, brown or blue will work too.
A true Christmas holly isn't complete without its berries! So finish the design by adding a couple of red dots with a dotting tool. Or place a few big glitters or rhinestones instead, for that extra bit of oomph!I would absolutely love to see your attempt on my design, so feel free to leave a link to your creation in the comment section!
The polishes I used in this post are OPI Jade Is The New Black, Color Club Artsy Crafty, Janet striper polish #119 and P2 Fever.
Sunday 16 December 2012
Holly Leaf
Hi everyone! For this post I have another Christmas themed design to share with you: a holly leaf accent nail. :-) I've always loved the shape of holly leaves, so imagine my excitement when I found out how easy it could be to have that shape on my nails, just by using a design that's familiar on this blog: the cloud design! You can see I didn't have to add much to make it look like a holly leaf. But those who still want a little more detail of how to make the design can use the tutorial that I'll be posting next. :-)
For the accent nail I used OPI Jade Is The New Black, Color Club Artsy Crafty, a blue striper polish and P2 Fever for the berries. And last but not least, that gorgeous gold on the rest of my nails is Orly Solid Gold with a layer of topcoat. It has an amazing matte fisnish on its own, but adding topcoat makes it so sparkly! Perfect for the holidays. I also did a series of Solid Gold manis a while back, you can find them all here. See you next time!
Saturday 15 December 2012
Mint Winter
Hello, dear readers! Here are pictures of my first winter mani this year, on my shorter nails. Stress made me bite every single of them. :-( That didn't happen in years! I still like my nails a tad longer, but that doesn't stop me from painting them. :-) The lovely basecolor is Catrice's I Sea You and on top I drew the bare Christmas tree from my last tutorial, plus cute snowflakes that you can practice yourself with this tutorial from last year. Have a great day!
Friday 14 December 2012
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Thursday 13 December 2012
Tutorial: Bare Christmas Tree
Hello everyone! Welcome to my third Christmas tree tutorial. (You can find the first two here and here.) This one shows you how to make an easy-peasy freehand Christmas tree. Even if you're a nail art beginner, this design is very doable. All you need is a nice basecolor and a striper polish (or a loose striper brush and polish) to draw the tree with. Let's do this then!
Don't worry if the lines aren't perfectly straight, they're branches after all! ;-)
Finally complete the winter look with some simple snow(flakes) here and there, add topcoat once everything's dry, and you're done! :-)I personally like the tree bare and simple, but for the full Christmas feel, you could add a couple of Christmas balls with a dotting tool and maybe even a shiny tree topper.
Tip: To clean your nail art brush, pour a little bit of nail polish remover in a small dish or the lid of the bottle. Let your brush soak in it for a few seconds and dab it a couple of times on a cotton pad. Repeat this until your brush is clean.
I would absolutely love to see your attempt on my design, so feel free to leave a link to your creation in the comment section!
The polishes I used in this post are Catrice I Sea You and a Janet striper polish in white.
Wednesday 12 December 2012
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Sunday 2 December 2012
Hello Kitty Cupcakes
Hope you like it! God Bless
"HELLO KITTY CUPCAKES"
materials used:
hard candy mr. right
hard candy hot pants
china glaze sci-fi
MJ 6 and 8 image plate ( MyOnline Shop)
black special polish
nail art brush
pink, white and green n.p.
bonbons top coat
"DECK OF NAILS"
materials used:
sally hansen lavender cloud
caress irish yellow
OB29 i.p. ( MyOnline Shop )
XL- C i.p.
red and black special polish
nail art brush blue
glitter top coat
materials used:
sally hansen lavender cloud
caress irish yellow
OB29 i.p. ( MyOnline Shop )
XL- C i.p.
red and black special polish
nail art brush blue
glitter top coat
Friday 30 November 2012
Arrow Tail
There wasn't a lot of nail painting for me this week, school work took up most of my time. I did do another "arrow tail" design which I came up with while improvising for the tribal print challenge in my last post. There's just something relaxing about drawing the design that makes it such a fun task to do.
This time I used Orly Viridian Vinyl as my basecolor and I truly fell in love with it again. It only needs two smooth and fastdrying coats for opacity and the color's just fantastic! Finally I made the arrow print with a white striper. No topcoat was applied, because the satin-matte finish of Viridian Vinyl is too pretty!
Birthday, Gucci, and Kitty nails
Hi guys, I received a number of emails regarding my blog and other stuff. First,I received an email informing me that my posts on my blog were being re-posted on somebody else's blog. In simple terms, my posts were being "stolen". You know who you are.. Please have a sense of decency... Don't steal or pirate other people's work. We work hard to come up with ideas and techniques for our designs... It's not that easy..
Thank you very much Daisy for informing me...
Second, sorry if I haven't been able to answer questions and queries. Here's the link where can you can buy good quality image plates that I also use on my nails..
There are lots of designs to choose from, here are some scanned images..
Some n.p.'s are also available on Myonline Shop...
Myonline Shop also entertain international purchase.
"GUCCI"
base coat: sansan touch of tan
nfu-oh 129
sassy color nail art green
special polish: brown
caronia colorless
My birthday nails (aztec)
materials used:
sansan "warm blue"
caress "irish yellow"
caronia "kiwi"
H&M "pink summer"
glitter top coat
black special polish
OB15 image plate (MyOnline Shop)
HOPE YOU LIKE THEM!! HAPPY WEEKEND EVERYONE!!!! GOD BLESS!!! ♥♥♥
"KITTY"
materials used:
Sally hansen "lavender cloud"
black special polish
glitter top coat
mj6 MyOnline Shop
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