Quick Nail Art

Hello Readers:

I wanted to do some quick nail art and had wanted to try this design for awhile so I thought this would be a great time to do so. In this mani I've used: Colors By Llarowe's "Oorah!" and "Penny For Your Thoughts" plus BMC Stamping Polish in Gold for the nail art.

 

Sadly, not enough sun to really capture the holo of the CbL's, but you get a sneak peek at least. I love how my ring finger turned out, but for the life of me I couldn't get my middle finger to come out how I wanted. I redid it a few times, and just gave up and settled on what is shown here (which isn't awful but just not what I wanted). Oh, and on a side note, while I was redoing my middle finger I noticed that Color's by Llarowe "Penny For Your Thoughts" had stained my nails *sad face*. No bare nails for me for awhile.

 

Nonetheless, I love this mani, and adore the colors! It may not be Christmas yet but I have so many holiday art swimming around in my head I wanted to get a jump start on it. So I did two coats of base colors, and then used my nail art brush to paint on the gold design.

 

Out of curiosity, do any of you have tips for getting stains off nails? I can get most of the stains off with lemon juice but some of it still remains. Any and all suggestions welcome.

 

Until next time.

-Andi



Cemetary Scene Nail Art

Hello Readers:

During my recent giveaway I took a small survey of what kind of nail art you'd be interested in seeing more of. First, thank you all for your feedback I really appreciate it! ^_^ Second, I may not get to all of them but I will definitely try to. I noticed that many asked to see more freehand art, my most dreaded of nail arts hahaha as I have very low artistic abilities, but I thought I'd give it another go anyway. As my skills in freehand are minimal I decided to stick to simple forms.

Today, I'll be showing you a very simple cemetery scene that I did entirely freehand using Above the Curve's "Hufflepuff" and a BMC black stamping polish (for some reason I couldn't find my go to black polish).

 

I used two coats of Above the Curve's "Hufflepuff" over a clear base coat, freehanded the ground, tree, bats, gravestone, and fence with black, then added a clear top coat. In hindsight I wish I had used a matte topcoat instead because I think that would've looked cool, but oh well next time.

 

Overall I think it turned out well, but boy do my tree skills need work haha. Certain forms didn't turn out so well with my shaky hands but I think you can tell what each picture is supposed to be. So all in all a success.

 

Any tips for freehanding trees? I can never seem to get the delicate tiny branches. I keep getting stuck with thick knarly ones.

 

Until next time,

-Andi



Dippin Into Halloween Nail Art

Hello Readers:

I've been dying to do some nail art lately, and recently I had the opportunity to do so. I was even able to use some of Above the Curve's Harry Potter inspired collection. I wanted to go with a fun "bump in the night" feeling and I think it turned out great!



Sunset lighting

Full sunlight (midday lighting)

 

In this mani I used Above the Cruve's "Sirius Black" and "Polyjuice Potion" polishes as my base colors, both of which glow in the dark. I made my own decals using stamping plates BM-H06 and MoYou Sci-Fi 01 with BMC white stamping polish which I went over with ATC "Polyjuice Potion", which went on my thumb and middle fingers.

 

For my index finger I added some red gemstones. For my ring finger I used the "spun sugar" technique which was so easy and fun I'm mad at myself for not doing it sooner! Completely love it! For my baby finger I used some striping tape to help make stripes, when I went to take the tape off I saw the color from the tape leeched onto my polish, and oddly enough I loved the effect. Awesome coincidence!

 

I love this mani so much! It is definitely my favorite to date. It's fun, shows off different techniques, and is my most successful nail art to date. Love love love it! Definitely proud of myself, for my improvements with nail art!

 

Must do more nail art (especially the spun sugar type!)

 

Until next time.

-Andi