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Showing posts with label feather mani. Show all posts

Thanksgiving Mani!

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Hey lovely readers! 

I am in an automatic good mood because our Thanksgiving holiday has officially begun! My sister is coming today and tomorrow we will enjoy some yummy food. Can't wait!

This is my manicure to celebrate the day. I entered this as part of a nail art contest, but I'm not sure if it's still happening or not. The base color is OPI Warm and Fozzie. I used feathers just like a previous manicure I had done, but this time we added a turkey face to the thumb! Silly, but cute. 


I have enjoyed seeing all of your Thanksgiving manicures too. What are you thankful for? I am defnitely thankful for you amazing group of bloggers and readers that I can also call friends. This little community can't be beat! :)
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Feather Mani Tutorial

Posted by Unknown on Thursday, October 6, 2011

Hello again! Remember my feather mani? Well I have sort of a tutorial now, but it's mostly tips and tricks since I don't have a lot of pictures.

First, you will want to put on a base color. It can be whatever you want: something to coordinate with the feathers or a nude polish so the feathers stand out more. This is Sinful Colors Beautiful Girl. Obviously, it's not perfect and that's fine since most of it will get covered up anyway.

Here are the main things you will need that you most likely don't have laying around (or maybe you do!). Feathers and nail foil adhesive. I got mine from Dollar Nail Art. This makes the application process a lot easier, in my opinion. You can use wet topcoat too. You will also need scissors.



After you have painted your base color and let it dry, cut your feathers to fit your nail (or in whatever shape you would like). Then apply the nail foil adhesive and apply the feathers OR use wet topcoat and apply. Then use a cuticle stick to push down the feather and secure it.


Top it all off with a super thick layer of a fast dry topcoat. You may want to file the edges of your nails to smooth out any unevenness from the feathers and enjoy!

Unfortunately, I didn't get any good pics of this on it's own. But after we applied topcoat to this one, Dustin got all fancy on me and stamped these butterflies and added rhinestones. I think it's cute and I like that it covered up the fact that the patterns on the feathers don't all match. haha


So there you have it! If you have any other questions, feel free to ask! I would love to see if any of you do this look. Good luck! <3
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Feather Mani

Posted by Unknown on Monday, September 19, 2011

Good morning! I am happy for a fresh new week. Maybe that's because I actually slept last night! So I am back to (hopefully) redeem myself after yesterday's snoozefest of a post. I have been wanting to try this idea for forever and finally picked up some feathers at my local craft store. This is a fairly simple mani to acheive. 


The base for this is Color Club Soft as Cashmere. I know that this look is typically done by sticking the feather in wet topcoat, but my husband had the genius idea to use nail foil adhesive and that was 12487391 million times easier!! Once it's topped off with a nice, thick layer of topcoat, the effect is pretty awesome!


The other thing I loved about this is that it has staying power. I am on day 3 of this mani and the feathers haven't lifted or anything. 


I hope to find some more colorful feathers and try this again sometime. <3

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