Aquamarine

Hey Y'all! As you can see, I have decided to go back to inlaid designs again. This design was inspired by the Turquoise Waterfall design created by Nikki aka configure1973. I wanted to try it with turquoise at the french line instead of white and also I wanted to try using the soap bubbles as well. The complete list of products used is explained in the tutorial. Hope you all enjoy!

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Spring Plaid

Hey Y'all! Here is a cute spring set I have added to my e-store. It is available in the mix set, full nail set and half moon manicure.

To create this design I used the following:
NK Pastel Lavender
NK Pastel Yellow
NK Pink Glass
White acrylic paint
Yellow & Lavender pearls
UV topcoat
NSI Radiant White acrylic

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Galaxy Nails

Hey Y'all! I have seen this design lately on the internet and wanted to try it to add to my online store. You can purchase this set here. This is a very easy and beautiful design that is great for starry summer nights out!

To create the design I used the following products:
Color Craze Black Pearl
Borghese Blanco White Tip
NK Pastel Lavender
Arrissa Rockin Amethyst
NYC Skin Tight Denim Creme
LA Colors Starry Night
White acrylic paint
LA Colors top coat

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Sparkly Leopard

Hey Y'all! Here is this week's mani. A glitter leopard print using Ruby Kisses Look At Me Purple and Crazy Night Out and L.A. Colors Glistening Purple polishes. It's pretty simple so I did not make a tutorial. This set is available for purchase at my E-store.

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Barbie for Tokidoki

Hey Yall! Around Christmas time I saw a Barbie doll that was made for Tokidoki on facebook....I HAD TO TRY IT!!! LOL As you may know I love Tokidoki and the Barbie doll was so fly! I love the colors and the style!Of course the Barbie was inspired by Robin Moses!

To create the design I used inspiration from her outfit and purse. I painted the her face on the thumb with a black backround. I did the Leopard legging pattern on the index and pinky fingers. I did the purse pattern on the ring finger and the Barbie and Tokidoki logos on the middle finger.

I hope y'all like it! You can purchase this set on my web store here for $25 with FREE SHIPPING!

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Orange and White St. Pattys day crackle

Hey Y'all! Just something I wanted to try for St. Patty's day. =)
You can purchase this set here for $15, or you can purchase just the french tips for $15

Products Used:
Ruby Kisses Madmoiselle
Ruby Kisses French White
Chermoya 2012 Mercy Me
Large Green hexagons
Green, white and black acrylic paints
green glitter
clear topcoat

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Star Trek - The Best Nails I've Ever Made

I have never been more proud of a set of nails. It might even be true that I've never been more proud of anything I've ever done (and I've done some pretty awesome stuff). These are my Star Trek nails. These came about when I started trying to alter the Obele nails I did the other day slightly. I created this weird pyramid shape that I loved and when I looked down the barrel of the nail the first thing I thought of was the emblem on the shirts of the characters of Star Trek.

A while ago Ron and I started the endeavor of watching all the episodes of Star Trek in conjunction with all the movies. Ron would tell you that I've given up on this, but I think I'll tell you my side of the story. I grew up on Next Generation, which I adored. But I had never seen the original series. Ron being the nerd that he is, insisted this must change. We started watching the original series and I have to say I was hugely impressed. I also was totally unaware of how much pop culture has derived from the series, I mean I thought it was a lot, but I had no idea how much.

After a while my enjoyment of watching a few episodes a day dwindled, and (some of you get ready to hate me), I know exactly why that was. I really really really hate Kirk. I just don't understand why anyone would ever make him a captain. He is totally susceptible to EVERY SINGLE problem they encounter. And like, if you put a woman in front of him he becomes complete jelly and forgets about all his duties. Now, Spock, there's captain material for you. Why in the hell is Spock not the captain? It's mind boggling. Every time Kirk messes something up, there's Spock to coming to the rescue. Ron claims that the genius of the show is the interplay between Kirk, Spock, and Bones. He says that the fact that their personalities make up the goodness of humanity (ie. Spock is the brains, Bones is the heart, Kirk is the spirit) is beautiful. NOTE: I asked Ron to recite his personalities theory and he quickly said "Spock is the brains, Bones it the heart....." And I was like, "and what is Kirk" his response was, "I guess Kirk is like the spirit or something." So obviously even Ron is aware of Kirk's suckiness. I said it.
 

Another view. Here you can see that the pinky says "Star Trek" in the font used for the original series. 

Because I invented this nail shape, I think I get to name it. So these are officially named The Warp nails. Here's a photo that shows off the height and the angle of the top of the nails.

OTHER STUFF:
Check out Leslie from Polish Art Addiction's Star Trek nails here. I am like obsessed with her design, and though it isn't overtly obvious, her set of Star Trek nails totally inspired me.

My friend Mark made like the best comment ever about these nails. He said, "Middle finger dies." 

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Nail School - Day 38

Tomorrow is my last day. At 1pm tomorrow I will be done with nail school forever. But that won't be the end of my adventure. As soon as I'm done with my school day, I will begin the quest to pass my state licensure exams. This adventure will begin at the doctor's office. By 2pm tomorrow I plan to be at the doctor's to get a form signed that certifies that I'm infectious-disease-free. Luckily, I'm pretty confident that I am, so getting this paper signed won't be a big deal. After the paper is signed, I have 30 days to get my temporary license. The difference between a temporary license and a regular one is that "temporary" signifies that I haven't passed my state exams yet. However as soon as the temporary license is in my hand, I can start working. To get my temporary license I have two options. I could either do it by mail (which could take weeks) or I can drive to Syracuse (approximately 1.5 hours away) and get it in person. The office in Syracuse is only open on Monday's, so bright and early Monday morning I'll be making that journey. I have high hopes to start working on Tuesday, but again, we'll get to that when we get to it =)

I am so happy that everyone has followed me along for this journey and I'd just like to say that without the support of this blog, and without having my own little corner of the internet to vent to, I'm not sure if I could have done it!

Since I started school I haven't just been changing my nail art, I've been changing my nails constantly too! So here's what's on my nails today! I did a fill on the gel nail extensions I had on and added some 3D roses. What do you think?

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Nail School - Day 36

As I said a few days ago when I talked about the goals I've achieved/am still working on, I made some Obele nails! I'm really into shaping acrylics in interesting ways right now. I guess it's a little less boring than just forming "normal" nails. For a first attempt, I think these Obele's turned out awesome! Next time I hope to make my edges sharper. Usually the Obele nail has a much more dramatic stiletto, but I decided to try to make a more wearable Obele. According to this website (which has AWESOME explanations of nail shapes -- Obele is at the bottom of the page), the Obele is usually made from a UV gel. I assume it's usually a UV bonding gel, but at school we only have self-leveling UV gel, which as the name suggests, wouldn't be very good for building upwards. 

The Obele's were created last week, but today I worked more in 3D nail art. Here's a peek at what I was working on: 

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Gold Finger

Hey Y'all! Happy Valentine's Day! I changed my manicure today since all of my jems fell off doing housework. LOL! Since I have another week before I do a fill in I decided to do a quick, simple & elegant design.
I used NK Taupe Extreme, NK Mardi Gras & Sally Hansen 22k along with some small gold hexagons to create the look. Hope you enjoy!

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Sweetheart Hello Kitty

Hey Y'all! Here is an Hello Kitty inlaid acrylic set that I made for Valentine's Day! I was inspired to do this design by Organic Nails April design. Those teddy bears looked so cool so I had to try that technique. I also loved Robin Moses Hello Kitty hand painted design and I always draw inspiration from her work. The fix up technique I used in the tutorial is also something I learned by watching her videos! So helpful! =)

This also gave me something to use those super cute Hello Kitty Stickers that were sent to me for review purposes by Born Pretty Store. They work really well under acrylic but I have to say I think they would come off on top of the nails. Here's a coupon from Born Pretty Store!



Well I hope you like this design!

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No Hard Feelings

Hey Y'all! I finally did my Valentine's Day look for this year. I found a really gorgeous color by Sally Hansen called No Hard Feelings and that is close to my favorite shades of Lilac. I decided to pair that with silver as I have some crackle polishes by Cherimoya that are very close to those same colors. I've never worn crackle polish myself so I wanted to give it a try.

I did each hand opposite each other which means that each finger is different. LOL! Is it too much?! Here is the final look! I hope you like it.

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