Showing posts with label nail design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nail design. Show all posts

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Bubblegum Bliss Nails




     I've been wanting to do a set of girly light pink nails for a while, but I didn't want to do anything too complicated. I was using my non dominant hand and I was on a time frame, so I needed to keep it as simple as possible. So I decided to do a glitter fade.
    I used 01 and 03 from Nail Factory's Forever Pink Collection, as well a mix called Hot Mess that I got on Ebay from a fellow youtuber (lemonkiss84). #01 from the Forever Pink Collection is a pink based transparent glitter mix with stars, iridescent hearts, diamonds, and a ton of other elements. It's actually my favorite mix in that collection. #03 from the Forever Pink Collection is a light opaque pink with chunky iridescent glitters. Hot Mess is a very chunky iridescent glitter mix with light oranges, blues, pinks, and greens. I used this mix just to add a little contrast to my design. I don't like Hot Mess on its own, but on top of another glitter mix or a pretty color acrylic, it's gorgeous!
     I used my own mix on the nail bed just to give some color to my extremely light nail beds. Then I used #03 from Nail Factory's Forever Pink Collection on the tips and faded it up the nail. I then took 01 from the Forever Pink Collection and spread it all over the nail as thinly as possible. Lastly I took a little bit of Hot Mess and spread that on top of the nail. I encapsulated everything with clear acrylic, filed, buffed, and used Young Nails Finish Gel for my topcoat. And just to add a little more sparkle, I added a big 3D bow with acrylic.
 
Check the vid out below :)


Sunday, July 26, 2015

Neon Rainbow Nails




     I did these nails as part of a group collab with a bunch of other nail girls on youtube (yay!) and I had so much fun doing these. I wanted a nice simple design with bright colors, so I decided to use the acrylic mixes in the Sundance Collection from Organic Nails and a nice white and clear glitter mix. The mixes I used from the Sundance Collection were Boox, Chak, Chakan, Samchak, Tunich, Kan, and Yaax. I also used a mix from the Circus Collection (also from Organic Nails) called Elephant.
     The mixes in the Sundance collection are all neons and bright colors which went perfectly with the theme of the collaboration (Bright Neon). These mixes have large chunks of nail art in them. There's peace signs, squares, clovers, and a bunch of other things. And it's these chunky pieces of nail art that make these mixes so hard to work with at times. They are GORGEOUS mixes but they can be time consuming and difficult to use at times when you are doing reverse application.
     The other mix I used, called Elephant, is a sparkly white glitter mix which has, unfortunately, been discontinued along with the rest of the Circus Collection. I only used a little bit of this mix at the tip just to give a nice fade at the end of the nail.
     I knew I wanted some hand painted designs on the nail, but I had to think about whether to do different designs on each nail or do the same thing on all of the nails. I decided to keep it simple and just do the same simple design on each finger. I used Organic Nails Synergy gel to put my Swarovski crystals on, and used Young Nails Finish Gel as my topcoat.
     Check the video out below and let me know what you think!