First Try at BM plates!

Nail Fact: The longest finger nail ever recorded was that of an Indian guy and it was 48 inches long (damn i cant even get mine to grow 1 inch lol)

So i finally decided to order bundle monster plates mainly because konad is too expensive. I didnt try to do anything fancy coz i just wanted to get the hang of it first. Here it is! Enjoy!

-Base Coat: China Glaze in Strong Adhesion Base Coat
-Green: Icing Nail Polish in Electric Emerald
-Dots: BM 19 & Pure Ice in Super Star
-Top Coat: China Glaze in Fast Forward Top Coat

I LOVE this color! Be expecting more designs from bundle monster! :)

& thats how they make strawberry milk!

Nail Fact: Nails grow at different speeds on both hands. If you are right-handed, the nails on your right hand will grow faster than the nails on your left hand and vice versa.

So my best frand was at my house & i asked her to pick out a mani for me to do & share on my blog! This is what she picked..Enjoy! :)

-Base Coat: China Glaze in Strong Adhesion Base Coat
-Pink: Pure Ice in Strip Tease
-Konad: image plate m61 & kiss nail art striper in black
-Top Coat: China Glaze in Fast Forward Top Coat

Fun & Interesting Nail Facts

So i decided i wanted to do something more with my nail blog so now every time i post a new mani, i will end/and or start with a fun or interesting nail fact!! So to start this off i thought id share 5 right now! Enjoy! :)

1.) Nails don't sweat. The nail bed does not have sweat glands, so it can't perspire. It is the skin around the nails that gets sweaty. 


2.) Men's nails grow faster than women's nails 


3.) Finger nails for both genders grow faster than toe nails 


4.) The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger. The slowest – on the thumbnail (I disagree)


5.) Nails reflect your health status

Bumble Bee High!

So my last post, i used a yellow by Kleancolor and i ended up hating it(the mani) ! So i wanted to do another manicure using the same yellow, but to my disappointment the manicure only lasted 10 minutes!! Why?! Because 1. the consistency is very thick but sheer 2. within 10 minutes & after a top coat it came off on its own! As much as i loved this color & the mani, i think im gonna just gonna use this yellow for sponge manis. But here it is! Enjoy!! :)

Look closely at my pinky finger & you can see how after a couple of minutes it started to smudge & come off 


-Base Coat: China Glaze in Strong Adhesion Base Coat
-Yellow: Kleancolor in Funky Yellow
-Konad: Image plate m78 & black nail polish
-Top Coat: China Glaze in Fast Forward Top Coat

My Worst Mani EVER!!

So last night i was up at around 1 am & was very tired but i didnt want to go bowling tomorrow with no nail polish on so i decided i might as well do a mani..However when im tired i tend to not think straight. I wanted to use my new yellow polish by Kleancolor so i just whipped up something in my head and it turned out horrible. Although i hate it, i still wanted to share it! Try to enjoy!

-Base Coat: China Glaze in Strong Adhesion Base Coat
-Black: China Glaze in Liquid Leather
-Yellow: Kleancolor in Funky Yellow
-Konad: image plate m57 & Pure Ice in Super Star
-Top Coat: China Glaze in Fast Forward Top Coat

Sweet & Simple

I had been eyeing Mint Sorbet by Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear for some time so i finally bought it and im literally in love with it! I didnt want to cover up the color so i chose to just keep it simple by just adding polka dots on my ring finger! Enjoy!

                                                                  I just love this color!! 

-Base Coat: China Glaze in Strong Adhesion Base Coat
-Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Mint Sorbet
-Polka Dots: Nail Dotting Tool & Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Lacey Lilac
-Top Coat: China Glaze in Fast Forward Top Coat

Rainbow (Kinda) Zebra

So in my other post i would go step by step on how i do my nails but i think im just gonna make it shorter and only name the nail polish i use..so this week i decided to do something else with a makeup sponge so i decided something bright and an animal print..Enjoy!

I started by spongeing my nails with a bright blue, neon pink, & green

- Base Coat: China Glaze in Strong Adhesion Base Coat
-White: Pure Ice in Super Star
-Blue: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Blue Me Away
-Green: Pure Ice in Wild Thing
-Pink: Kleancolor in Pink Lady

Next i used konads imagle plate M57 with a black nail polish

How to remove glitter polish (2 ways)

Like i said on my last post, im a sucker for glitter nail polish but they are a pain to remove. There are two ways to remove it. I like it to call them the tedious foil method or the little magic bottle!


Foil Method: 
- Stuff Needed: 
 -foil (make sure the foil pieces are long enough to wrap around your finger)
- nail polish remover 
-cotton balls/pads 


Step 1: Take ten cotton balls and soak them in nail polish remover 


Step 2: Place the cotton balls in 10 pieces of foil and wrap them around your fingers 


Step 3: Wait about a minute 


Step4: Apply slight pressure and slip of the foils ,and viola!! Glitter is all gone! 

Magic Bottle Methond:
-Stuff Needed
- Equate/Cutex Instant Nail Polish Remover Bottle ($2 at wal-mart in the nail section)

Basically its a big sponge already soaked with nail polish remover/acetone!

Step 1: Stick your finger in the sponge

Step 2: Twist your fingers around for about 45 seconds and thats it! Glitter completely removed!!

I hoped this helped! :)

Glitter Leopard Print

First off im a sucker for glitter polishes even thought they are a pain in the ass to take off. Anyways i bought this gorgeous gold glitter polish at Icing a couple days ago & i was dying to try it on. I fell head over heels for it. Its a gold glitter with silver & copper glitter also. My pictures dont do it justice but oh well. It looks amazing in the sunlight! 

Enjoy 

Step 1: Base Coat (China Glaze in Strong Adhesion Base Coat) 

Step 2: Apply 2 thick coats of gold glitter polish (Icing in Gold Dust) 

                          I really couldnt get a better pic than this but this glitter is beautiful 

Step 3: Stamp on black leopard print using konads image plate m57 (Kiss Nail Art Striper in Black) 

Step 4: Finish with a top coat (China Glaze in Fast Forward Top Coat) 

Calm Flowers

I got this really pretty blue the other day & really wanted to wear it so i finally got around to doing so. Unfortunately it left my nails a bit stained even though i used a base coat! Originally i was doing a black konad print on it but it didnt really stand out, so i tried white & although it stood out better, i liked the black one better.
Enjoy!

Step 1: Base Coat (China Glaze in Strong Adhesion Base Coat)

Step 2: Apply 2 coats of blue polish (Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Blue Me Away)

                                                            I apologize for the bad lighting

Step 3: On one hand , stamp on white flowers using konads image plate m61 (Pure Ice in Super Star)

                                                                          Indoors 

                                                                              Outdoors 


Step 4: On the other hand stamp on black flowers using the same konad image plate (Kiss Nail Art Striper in Black)

                                                                          Indoors 

                                                                        Outdoors 


Step 5: Finish with a top coat (China Glaze in Fast Forward Top Coat)

Cubes On Fire

This week ive really gotten into spongeing (sp?). And i really wanted to create a design using the colors of flames soo here it is: Enjoy! :)

Step 1: Base Coat (China Glaze in Strong Adhesion Base Coat)

Step 2: Paint nails a cherry red (I used a cheap red from wal-mart; bottle doesnt even have a name anymore)

Step 3: Using a makeup sponge, sponge on a hot pink around the outer sides of the nail (Kleancolor in Pink Lady)

Step 4: Sponge on a bright orange near the top of the nail (Pure Ice in Hot Tamale)

Step 5: Sponge on a neon yellow near the base/bottom of the nail (Kleancolor in Funky Yellow)

                                                                       Steps 2-5 

                                                                       Steps 2-5 
Step 6: Stamp on a cube image in black using Konads image plate m61 (Kiss Nail Art Striper in black)

Step 7: Finish with a top coat & thats it! (China Glaze in Fast Forward Top Coat)

French Girl Gone Wild Mani

The other day i was looking at other nail blogs and decided i wanted to do a sponged mani so i went to the bathroom to look for an eyeshadow sponge and found those big triangle make up sponges!! :) & so i went wild and this is how it came out!! I really loved it! Enjoy!

Here it is:

Step 1: Base Coat (China Glaze in Strong Adhesion Base Coat)

Step 2: Pink Polish (Pure Ice in Strip Tease)

Step 4: Sponge On Blue Tips (Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Blue Me Away)

Step 5: Sponge random area with green and silver polish (Pure Ice in Wild Thing & Sally Hansen in Pure Chrome)

Step 6: Using a nail striper, out line the blue tips in a sparkly silver (Kiss Nail Art Striper)

Step 7: Using a nail striper, paint 3 black grass like lines near one corner of your cuticles (Kiss Nail Art Striper); You can choose to end here & finish with a top coat!

                                                                   Pinky Got Messed Up Sorry!

                                                                          Close Up!
Step 8 & 9: Using a nail dotting tool, apply white dots to the middle of the black grass things (Pure Ice in Super Star); Top Coat (China Glaze in Fast Forward Top Coat)

                                              This hand is neater since i used my dominant hand

                                                                         Close up!

China Glaze Crackle Swatch

So i was feeling lazy the other day so i just went with something quick and easy!

Step 1: Base Coat (China Glaze in Strong Adhesion Base Coat

Step 2: White polish (Pure Ice in Super Star)

Step 3: Blue Metallic Crackle Polish (China Glaze Crackle in Oxidized Aqua)

Step 4: Top Coat (China Glaze in Fast Forward Top Coat)

                                                                       Indoors

                                                                            Sunlight

Enjoy! :)

Metamorphosis

The other day at my grandmas, I did her nails and really like how it turned out so i did it on me but add a few things!

Step 1: Apply base coat (China Glaze in Strong Adhesion Base Coat)

Step 2: Apply 1 coat of white polish (Pure Ice in Super Star)

Step 3: Apply a light blue and lime green polish on konad's imagle plate m78 using the water marble pattern (Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Blue Me Away & Pure Ice in Wild Thing) 


Step 4: Using the same image plate stamp on black butterflies (China Glaze in Liquid Leather) 


Step 5: Finish off with a top coat (China Glaze in Fast Forward Top Coat) 

Enjoy!!!

A Nail Polish Lovers Dream Turned Nightmare!

Today after breakfast at bread co. with my mom, I noticed a store called Cosmo Prof. China Glaze nail polishes immediately caught my eye and when i saw the price, i was very happy. $3.50 per bottle which is like 50% off and i noticed they had seche vite top coat for the same price which is $9 at other stores! I quickly grabed a bottle and one of china glaze. I was getting ready to pay when my mom came in the store & told me to come outside. The sign on the door said: We only service to licensed professional, students, etc. Since im not in cosmetology school yet, that meant i couldnt buy it & i went home empty handed, mad, & frustrated.!!

Start of Fall

The other day i saw that the leaves were beginning to fall and change colors so i decided i wanted to do a manicure that reminded me of fall. Enjoy!!


Step 1: Apply a base coat (China Glaze in Strong Adhesive Base Coat)

Step 2: Apply a brown shimmery polish (Wet n Wild in Rustic)
I love this color!

Step 3: Stamp on white flowers with konads image plate M57 (Pure Ice in Super Star)

Step 4: Finish with a top coat (China Glaze in Fast Foward Top Coat)

& thats it!! :)