Thursday, September 13, 2012

Twinkle twinkle little star...

Twinkle twinkle little star... :) these were so easy to do. I just sponged colors onto a black base coat and added white dots. Soooo... These are your colors:
- Black!!!
- White
- Metallic light blue
- Light orange
- Yellow

Tools:
- Dotting tools!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Sponges

Directions:
1. Paint solid black over a thick base coat. I used Essie's "Licorice."
2. I sponged light blue into 2 corners of my nail really lightly. Kind of like a cloud. I used Essie "Coat Azure."
3. Then I sponged a little bit if orange in side the bigger blue area. I used "Brazilliant."
4. Then I sponged on the yellow lightly in a few random spaces but mostly over the other to colors. Make sure the other colors are still
Visible.
5. Add a little scattering of white dots over the nail. On each one make a cross that looks like a twinkling star.
Ta-da!!! :)

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Up up and away!

Hi everybody! Sorry I haven't posted in so long! It has been a crazy summer but now that school is starting I'll start posting again. Anyway... This is a hot air balloon (in case you couldn't tell) flying floating in the sky with some birds. I did my birds the lazy way, :). To do this design you will need these colors:
- light sky blue
- white
- black
- bright yellow
- bright orange
- bright blue
- greenish turquoise
- brown

Tools:
- Sponge and dotting tools for clouds
- Skinny brushes

Tips:
- For the clouds, I sponged little bits of white onto the light blue and then did a group of dots resembling a cloud inside of it.
- Think of the design on the balloon as a bunch of Ms stacked on top of each other.
- Make balloon part as big as possible so the design on the balloon part is more noticeable.

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

4th of July

I had a super awesome 4th of July and got many complements on my nails! This design was pretty easy and didnt take much time.

Colors:
Red- Sally Hansen, Rapid Red
White- Milani, white striping brush
Blue- Spoiled, Your Fly's Down

1. Paint all your nails red.
2. Paint a thick white stripe down the middle of each nail.
3. Paint a blue french manicure tip on each nail.
4. Paint a white star in the corner or each french manicure tip.

Tip: To paint the star, put a drop of white on your nails then use a toothpick to drag out 5 points.


Saturday, June 30, 2012

We're off to see the wizard...

I am in the play "The Wizard of Oz" this summer. I got the role of... drum roll please .... DOROTHY!!!! I am so excited. Of course, I just had to decorate my nails with a wizard of oz theme. On my pinky is the scarecrow, on my ring finger the lions mane, on my middle finger the tin man's heart, on my pointer finger Dorothy's dress, and on my thumb I put a rainbow. Some where over the rainbow! So, I'm not going to explain this one because this would be a really long blog post but, I will give you some tips.

• You might want to use a lighter blue for Dorothy's dress.
• Use a SUPER skinny brush for the stitches on the scarecrows shirt.
• Just put on a blob for the patches on the scarecrows shirt because it looks more natural and good that way.

Flowers

This cute design is so so so so so so so so easy and can be done on your fingers or your toes.

Colors:
blue- Essie, Mint Candy Apple
yellow- Sally Hansen, Mellow Yellow
pink- Sally Hansen, Carribean Coral

1. Paint your nails a base color. I chose blue
2. Paint a dot on as many nails as you want. You can use whatever color you want but I chose yellow because it is the middle of the flower
3. Paint 5-6 dots around the middle dot. These will be the petals of the flower. I chose pink but any color will be fine

PS: If you are wondering what happened to my foot its a henna. Henna also known as Mhendi is a special paint that you put on your skin. It is normally done for weddings.


Tuesday, May 29, 2012

You're My Hero!

NO THESE ARE NOT THE AVENGERS!!!!! Omg! Everyone kept saying "Oh, are those the avengers?" No they are not, batman is not an avenger according to my little brother. I did Captain America on my thumb, Iron Man on my pointer finger, Batman on my middle finger, Superman on my ring finger, and Spiderman on my pinky. This design tool a REALLY long time. It was hard. These are the polishes I used:

• White
• Orly, "Haute" (captain America shield red, superman outline and s, Spiderman, and Ironman base.)
• Essie, "Mesmerize Royal" (Center of captain America, base for Superman)
• Stripe Rite skinny brush, gold (ironman accents)
• Black
• Orly skinny brush bright yellow (Ironman eyes, Batman circle, Superman diamond thing)

Happy Memorial Day!

Happy memorial day everybody! Memorial day only comes around once a year so I had to take advantage of it. When else could I do these? Anyway, some people asked why I put the blue heart on my ring finger. It is because everyone should love the soldiers for what they did and it is red white and blue just to be patriotic. So, here is what I used:

• Essie, "Navigate Her" (green base coat)
• White (ring finger base coat)
• Orly, "Haute" (red stripes)
• Orly light blue skinny brush (heart)
• Orly brown skinny brush (camouflage)
• Essie, "Pretty Edgy" (camouflage)
• Essie, "Brooch the Subject" (camouflage)

Steps:
1) Paint "Navigate Her" on all nails except the ring finger.
2) Paint your ring finger white.
3) Use "Pretty Edgy", "Brooch the Subject", and Orly brown skinny brush to create camouflage. Draw thick, short squiggly lines that overlap a little with all of the colors listed.
4) Paint vertical red stripes on the ring finger with Orly "Haute".
5) Add blue heart with Orly light blue skinny brush on top of red stripes.