I've neglected to do my nails for about 2 months now. With work and a packed school schedule I barely have time to sit down and actually pay attention to myself, and honestly, I really forgot how relaxing it is! It's really great to spend some time on yourself every once in a while.
ANYWAY!
Here is a cute and easy beginners nail design. I think its really great for the winter and what I love about it is it'll match just about anything. Give a try and put your own spin on this design and show me what you come up with (:
Browsing through pintrest I found this awesome design on candy cane nails. It's only been about a day that I've had them painted like this and I've already received numerous compliments!
Summer is pretty much over and its time to pack up all the bright nail polish and bring out the darker more winter like colors. I figured I'd just do one more bright and fun nail art design before the summer is officially over! This is what I came up with (:
I was scoping pinterest when I came across a photo of cheetah print nails. I really liked the cheetah print idea but I didn't want to go all out with every single nail animal print. I wanted something summery, but edgy and cute. So then below that photo I saw a cute nail design but with this amazing light blue color and thats when it hit me! I would combine them both! I came up with the design below (:
Later on I did some more research for the design and I did see a couple other designs like this using the same colors, so I didn't feel so original anymore haha. I absolutely love these nails! I think they're best I've done so far and my boyfriend even loves them! I got so many compliments at work and I literally can't stop starring at them. They look so cute and its really so simple to do.
If you want to see how I did this nail design leave me a comment below and I'll make a tutorial video for it (: Also, if you try this nail design or have other designs you'd like me to see or try out on myself send them to me!
Cute summer polka dot nails! I recently bought a dotting tool and really wanted to test it out so I looked up all of these tutorials on YouTube for polka dot nail designs and I came across one that mainly focused the dots on the bottom of the nails. Mine didn't come out as great as hers, but I really liked it! And I got tons of compliments on them. It's super easy, not messy at all, and really cute! Below I posted the tutorial I found on YouTube. Its the same user I posted earlier for the paint splattered nails using straws.
Also, I might be posting up a video on how to get the look I have below, or maybe a "get ready with me" video just so you can see how I do my hair and makeup on a regular basis. Let me know what you'd like to see!
I was searching through YouTube for some really easy nail designs to do one night when I was bored and I came across a YouTuber by the name of MissJenFABULOUS who had this one video about doing nail art with a straw. So I watched and OMG was it easy! I gave it a shot, and honestly theres no way anyone could screw up this nail art design. It's so unpredictable and each nail is different in its own way. I got so many compliments on my nails the whole week I wore this manicure. I absolutely loved it! And I'll definitely be trying it again with different colors. Below I listed the colors and brands I used to achieve this specific splattered look. I also embedded the video onto this post so you can watch and learn how to do this yourself at home!
Base Colors
Flip Flop Fantasy by China Glaze
Splatter Colors
No Hard Feelings by Sally Hansen
Where's My Chauffeur by Essie
Black on Black by Sinful Colours
Top Coat
Out The Door Fast Drying Top Coat
UPDATE! 6/25/13
Just thought I'd post up another photo of the same nail design with different color schemes! I really loved this one. It was simple and subtle and very summer like! (:
I'm always browsing the web for cute new nail ideas and designs. I know the sally hansen brand of these nail design stickers have been out for quite some time, but I never got around to trying them because I thought $10 for a pack of 12 was ridiculous. On one of my trips to Harmon's I found these Kiss stickers for only $6 and there are 28 in the pack! Enough to do your fingernails and toenails! I was feeling super lazy and totally didn't want to deal with messy nail polish and cotton balls so I bought a pack took em home and transformed my little piggies!
These nail design stickers are super easy to apply, stay on for days, and are perfect for the summer months coming up! You don't have to worry about chips and leaving them in water for too long is not a problem. Once you stick these on you will not have any problem keeping them on until you decide to peel them off yourself. They're totally cute and come in so many different designs. You can check out all the designs by clicking here.
The box looks like this. Some of the pieces are missing since I did my fingernails with these a couple weeks ago. (Sorry for the bad quality photos! My phone was acting up terribly!)
Your box should include three sheets of different size stickers and a nail file to cut off any extra stickies at the end. I never use the file. I usually take a pair of scissors and cut off the end as close to the nail as possible and save those extra pieces to incorporate into future nail designs. That way I'm getting way more uses out of them for my money!
You'll notice that one end of the sticker is rounded while the other end is more square. The round end of the sticker is meant for placement on fingernails while the square end is for toenails. It makes for a great fit and an even easier application process.
All the rage! Matte top coats! Working as the manager at a beauty supply store we often get customers coming in asking about the essie matte top coat. Of course we don't carry it, but I was so curious about this whole "matte craze" and went in search of this matte top coat to try it out for myself. I didn't find the essie brand in any stores I hunted in, but I did find an NYC matte top coat in Wal-Mart! As soon as I got home I painted my nails and put it to the test, and WOW! It was really fascinating to watch the polish go from shiny to completely matte in only seconds! I suddenly realized what the big hype was about.
This is how the matte finish came out when I did it myself. You get that pretty matte finish just the same with the NYC brand as you do any other brand. However I do find that with this top coat your nails are more likely to chip quicker than with a regular top coat. Unfortunately your pretty manicure wont last as long as others ):
