Stripes and Outlines

I wanted to do some Spring-y stripes and when I completed them I decided to experiment with some outlines. I wish I had made the outline skinnier. Which design do you like better, with or without the outline?

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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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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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Genesee Bock Beer

Man, I sure was a sour puss yesterday. On the plus side my grumpy mood has made motivated me to have some awesome stuff for you tonight! There will be a photo of me in my uniform, some explanations of the licensure process in NY and best of all a VIDEO TUTORIAL on the Chevron nails I posted yesterday (I already took the video so now I just have a little bit of editing to do! 

Here in sunny Rochester, NY (I'm being facetious, Rochester is pretty much never sunny) our local beer is Genesee. It's pretty awful and the joke is that the disgusting Genesee River water is the main factor to its grossness. It is widely accepted that there is only one type of good Genesee beer: Genny Cream Ale. I will admit, the Cream Ale isn't that bad. I still don't understand why people choose to drink it. More recently, Cream Ale's status as bearable has been compromised because of the rising popularity of Genny Bock. A bock beer is a spring-time beer that is usually a pretty strong lager. Ron (the fiancee) enjoys a good Genny Bock now and again (I'm not much of a beer drinker, you're more likely to see me sipping a glass of bourbon), which he claims to like because of the flavor but I'm convinced he likes bock's because of the official spokes-animal, the billy goat (Ron adores goats). But either way, he was having a beer with dinner the other night and I realized how perfectly the can could be turned into nail art! Even the green background with flower details was beautiful! 

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Spring Sakura

Hey Ladies! This design was inspired by the pictures I took the weekend before last. I haven't figured how to pull off the puffy blossoms, but I had to have a Sakura design for this spring! I love the way it turned out & I hope you do too!

To create this design I used fine turquoise glitter mixed with acrylic. I also used small and large hexagon glitter in the same shade under the acrylic. That and the fuchsia mini beads were part of the glitter collection I got from Tamanala and the fimo I got from depalace-store. To create the Sakura blossoms, I used the 3D nail art molds I got from Noxandra. I also used an expensive monomer made by A.S.P. because the cheap kind that I normally use causes the large hexagon glitters to bleed. =( To be honest...I think I might have to spend more because the application is just so much more smooth! I didn't like it for sculpting though because it didn't harden fast enough along with the fact that it gets too smooth for that.



I must apologize because I promised to make a tutorial on how I prep my nails, but that turned out to be a fail! XD But I will definitely make one and I will show you all how I remove my tips as well. Thanks again for bein so patient with me. In the meantime myglitternails is a great nail artist on youtube that has created one for nail removal and nail prep that are very helpful.

Until next time Ladies! Enjoy your week and take care!

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Sring has got me Sprung!!!

Hello beauties! I just wanted to share some of the lovely scenery in my town this year. Hubby & I went for a walk this Sunday and the trees are blooming so much I had to take a few pics to share. These are Kwanzan Flowering Cherry Trees. They have me very inspired! I love Sakura and these are especially gorgeous due to the pom pom like flowers that are exploding off the branches. I'm wondering how I can achieve this look! Now I'm on a mission...See you ladies soon. Enjoy this beauty while it lasts, it always flees much to soon. Next onto the dog days of summer!

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