Think pink - October/breast cancer awareness month

Here is a design that is very easy to do, using pink polish, stamping plate, some microbeads and a pink 3d ribbon. If I didn't have the powders for 3d, I would definately try using a real ribbon and some nail glue:)

The message is simple: get informed, perform self exams monthly, have regular mammograms. If it is detected early, breast cancer can be faught.. and winned. 

Already uploaded on youtube: http://youtu.be/8a4j51wuAWA

Music nailart on a friend

Not much to say, the background color was very bright light pink by Color Club, realy beautiful and we only had nailart on the thumbs and ringfinger, using acrylic paint. Light didn't help the pictures, I tried to fix it as much as I could.

The treble clef is wrong on the left one, lol..

The bridesmaid nailart

2-3 years ago, I would avoid wearing pink polish on my nails, now I have so many of them.. what a change :)

This nailart started as a request from Stella, who will do her own nails for her sister's wedding. She asked for easy flowers and pink color, as the bridesmaid's dress will have pink details.

So I made a faded background with pink polishes, added some fairydust glitter and painted flowers with acrylic paints. This is very easy, you can find the tutorial here!

 Do you like it?

Swatches: Color Club "Pardon My French"

"Pardon My French" is a very light, very beautiful pink. It is a creamy color, fully opaque with 2 coats, and like all the Color Club polishes, has a minimum to quick drying time.

Here are 2 coats, under daylight, just before I proceed with the design :)

Testing, testing... net method over polish

Experiment day :)  I had both hands polished and ready to add my nailart, when I got obsessed with the net method.
On my right hand, I used the net as a home-made-stamp. The result was messy on 2 nails, so I try to hide them. Not impossible to do it, but very very messy.. I put some acrylic paint on a flat surface, realy small amount, and diped the net in it. Then I used one of my daughter's school erasers to hold it and use it as a stamp. Worked on 3 of them with no problem.

On my left hand, I let polish dry completely, and added a thick top coat, which is supposed to be fast dry (but it isn't..). Then waited for the moment that the nails are dry to the touch but can still be "scrached" by.. another nail, for example. I placed the net over my nail, and used the eraser to press it on the nail surface. This made an embossed design, like when it is used with acrylic enhancements. Then I covered all nails with watered acrylic paint. When I finished, I used a piece of wet kitchen paper towel to clean the surface. The only paint left was the one that filled the gaps my net had done. I suppose it depends on the net you find, mine left this cool print.

Next time I try, I will definately NOT use black, but a darker shade of my base color.  Of course, if you have a stamping plate with a similar design, you can save yourself from all this trouble:)

Toe nail design and short nails' version - " I 've got the blues"

Another easy nailart for toes, with the matching version for short nails. Well, short nails always have their version from every design out there, but since my own nails are not considered short, I decided to show a few in this category..

Tutorial on youtube:  http://youtu.be/R2GSh6v4dFI

I used polish and acrylic paint, and it is the exact same design I have on my toes for the last week.
Don't let the creepy hand creep you:))

Products used:

On my toes.. :)

Toe nail design + short nails version "Pink with easy white flowers"

I am starting a new series of toe nailart, showing the matching short nails' version as well. The videos will be uploaded on my youtube channel under a separate playlist.

I am using my practice foot for this, thanks to some really weird comments I have received from really weird people, on the videos where I showed my own feet. Not that my feet are something special, of course, and anyway, I delete these comments as soon as I see them, out of respect for my viewers.

I am using a fake hand, too, because I had a few requests for short nails' designs, and since mine are never considered too short, it felt logical to combine these too. Showing how I did the toe design, and suggesting the matching one for short fingernails.

This one is a very easy design. I only used polishes, a dotting tool and a toothpick:)

  

  

French manicure with 3d gel decoration

I received this 3d gel and some Jo Sonja acrylic paint on my birthday, March 8th, but didn't try it at all until this nailart. I don't mind using acrylic at all, but sometimes you just want to try something new..

What I liked most, was the fact that you can sculpt, without time pressure, it will not harden or dry before it cures under uv light. You don't care about the right concistency of the bead, because it is ready for you:) You get to use gel cleanser on the brush, just a bit, so that it doesn't get sticky. For some people, this is an advantage, because they don't like the smell of monomer.

What I didn't like, was that I couldn't take the ammount with my brush. A friend suggested "cutting" it with the spatula, and then taking it with the brush. And I don't expect it to soak off with acetone, I will file it down (easy, it is super thin) and expect the rest to go with the polish underneath.

Oh, and it is super bright in real..!

Items used for this nailart:

Super easy toe nailart

I believe that everything, even a simple strass or a rhinestone, or a few dots and lines alone, can make a nailart design. They really make a difference, before them it is just polished nails, with them it is nailart. But we don't take the little time required to make nailart on our toes, especially in winter, when our feet are mostly hidden. Even when we do have all the good will, some of us have back/neck problems which make toenails difficult to reach.

But, you don't really have to spend much time and effort, if it is hard for you. I make all my winter designs as easy as possible, using stickers, stamps, strass and dots. And now that spring is here (officialy, but not really..) I will be posting some ideas for toe nailart designs, from super easy to more intriguing..

Here is the first one, using wavy lines in white, orange, silver, and pink glitter over a fuchsia polish. Simple enoug, don't you think?

 (Pictures under different light)

Love letters - Valentine's nailart

I thought I had already posted this before Valentine's.. Anyway, here was my second Valentine design, combining newspaper and heart shapes in pink:

 Products used (besides base cota, topcat, and newspaper..):