Saturday, October 29, 2011

Checkered

Hello! 

So i'm sorry for not uploading anything new but i've been really busy with school. So I made this easy design! 
CHECKERED nails!

I thought that it would be easier to show you how to make so I used my painting skills and painted a step-by-step guide for you!


Do I really need to explain it? 
For the black I used a nail art polish with a really thin brush.

And here is the finished result:


I also had some fun with the design.. 

That's all! 

Se you in the next ''tutorial''

xx

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Angry Birds

You know that really addicting game? Yeah, that with birds that flies and destroys things and pigs? :P


I never really cared about that game. Sadly I do not own anything from Apple and I do not have an Android phone.. depressing.. 
But when I found it on Google Chrome.. Unicorns started dancing!
Why not make a nail design with it? 

I got really inspired from a YouTuber called cutepolish. She makes really easy and cute designs!

So, start off with a basecoat.

Look at that cuticle.. oh God.. 

Next, Make an oval shape on the tip of your nail.
Make some feathers on the head and make a smaller white oval at the tip.
As you can see, my white got mixed ut with the red a bit. If the same happens to you, just let it dry and then go over it with another layer of white.

After that make the eyes, eyebrows and the beak.
To make the eyes you can use a dotting tool ( I used the end of my lip brush) and first make two big black dots, let it dry, and then two smaller white dots. I used an Art Liner for the eyebrows and the black dots in the eyes and for the beak I used a toothpick!

Easy? Yeah.
But I wanted to try to make another angry bird.. the yellow bird. 
Why did I even try..:(

I was too concentrated when I made the yellow bird so I didn't take step-by-step pictures, but here it is (along with the finished result):

Ignore the cuticles, and the fact that I haven't cleaned up around the edges :p

Add a top coat and you. are. done!

xx

Apple



As all of you may know, Steve Jobs died this week.
He was the co-founder of Apple and chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios.

To honor him and his work I made some pretty easy nails. 

I also tried a new polish from ELF, A gold glittery polish.
To get it slightly opaque I used 4 coats. And what I really liked is that the polish is fast-drying!

 

I know that the apple isn't exactly like the real Apple, I kinda did this in a hurry before I went to school! I used a toothpick and a grey/baby blue color.


When I got home I TRIED to make a dripping effect. Honestly, it looks like a mega fail to me haha. And I fixed the apple a bit because it didn't dry before I went out.

With a top coat everything will look smooth and pretty!
Everything I make is made with a toothpick or the end of a makeup brush. The nail art brushes are too expensive here and a toothpick works just as good.

R.I.P Mr Jobs!

xx

Saturday, October 1, 2011

My first matte experience


Matte Nail polishes, love or hate?

All I can say is Oh My God! I LOVE it!
Never in my entire life have I experienced a polish that dries this fast. Never, I tell you!

The orange color is really pretty and it's not too matte, and to add some color I made some flowers with a toothpick on two of the nails! 

Obviously I skipped the topcoat to keep the ''non-glossy'' look.

Oh, and btw isn't that teeny tiny brush too cute? 

xx