Fruity french manicure

Another red manicure, this time it is a french one, and the polish used is again by Indigo.

Of course there is some glitter involved, there is always some glitter involved..:)

Wherever you see red, it is with the same polish, "Red Delicious" by Indigo. All the rest is acrylic paint. The outlines were made with a water color pencil.

If you like it, check the video by clicking here.

Shiny blingy summer nails

This was done a couple of weeks ago, but I forgot to post it. It is a very easy design, mixing turqoise and coral colors, abstract pattern, glitter and rhinestones.

 

Blue pedi

I love blue!
This was supposed to be a watermarble toenailart.. I had already prepared a plastic surface covered with a clear polish coating, but never got to it. My bullseye dried too fast (from the 3rd drop of polish)!

Before I let myself be frustrated, I changed my mind and did a simple white flower/abstract pattern instead.

The polish is by Erre Due, "Last Minute N.95. The pattern was made with acrylic paints. My daughter has the same color on her toes, filled with stickers:P

On her nails (hands) the polish is by CND, Vinilux "Strawberry Smoothie". To perform the ultimate test, since polish goes off children's nails too fast, their nails being so oily. I cleaned with alcohol and added two coats of polish (no base required for Vinilux application). The color is very discrete and very elegant in real.

Pedicure and simple short nails' version

This is a simple leaves design. On the hands, it is made with soak off gel polish entirly (colors by IBN, glitter by EzFlow), and on the toes with normal polish (CND and Art Club stripers).

In both cases, there is a coral color underneath and a more pinky one layered on top.

Very easy and wearable, if you are new to having your nails polished :)

Rainbow leopard print

I needed some color, so I decided to give in to colorful, bright, summery animal print.

I used white polish as my base color, silver, glitter and 5 different polishes for each nail.
Especially on the thumb, I used a color changing polish by Ruby Wings, the "Wild Flower".

The tutorial was uploaded on youtube today : http://youtu.be/8vGmD31q0c8
Here are some pictures with different light, I hope you see the sparkles:)

  

"Sorbet" - Gradient and easy one stroke butterflies

I know most people don't like yellow polish as a base color, or wouldn't like it to be at the cuticle area, but this one is realy "soft". I added a solomon gradient (with some purple, because it came out almost orange over the yellow) and green french tip. Then I made what I consider to be the easiest one stroke butterflies, ever:) I hope you like it.

I alreay have uploded the tutorial on youtube:  http://youtu.be/ZQcVdeHgn5Y

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)