Friday, October 30, 2009

Clean Cold turkey Nail Design

Clean Cold turkey Nail Art Design
cold turkey, originally uploaded by spamberly.

Clean Cold turkey Nail Art Design

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Elegant Toe Nail Art for Bridal

Elegant Toe Nail Art for Bridal and wedding
Toe Art, originally uploaded by probationboy.

Elegant Toe Nail Art for Bridal and wedding

Gold Toenails

pedicure gold toenails feet toes nails male guys painted polished
Gold Toenails, originally uploaded by gold_toenails.

pedicure gold toenails feet toes nails male guys painted polished

Tip of the Toe Nail Art

Floris red nail art tip design
Tip of the Toe, originally uploaded by rutchee.

Floris red nail art tip design

Sexy Sherry Toe Nail Design

Sexy Sherry Nail Design for toes
Sexy Sherry Toes, originally uploaded by cjacobs53.

Sexy Sherry Nail Design for toes

Nail art watermelon fruit

Fruit watermelon nail design

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Nail art design abstract

Abstract nail art designs
nail art design, abstract, originally uploaded by baby_kat_kat12.

Abstract nail art designs

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

The Eyes Have It

'Twas a very busy week last week, and while I have a photo of my party manicure, I'll post that later this week. For now, here's the manicure I'm sporting this week - the last Halloween nail art of the season for me.

The colors I chose this week were traditional Halloween colors with a little bling - China Glaze "Liquid Leather" and "Spellbound", and Pure Ice in "Hot Tamale" (I have no idea why orange polish would be named something that sounds red, but it's Walmart polish, so that probably explains it). I was going to use some clay canes as you can see in the photo, but they just didn't look quite right over the dark polish (I got them cut nice and thin, but the polish dulled the colors then). So I decided on a simpler approach, and got out my tiny little googly eyes instead.
First, base coats of Liquid Leather and Hot Tamale, alternating for the most part. I love these colors - so bold and warm.
Then a coat of Spellbound - over the black polish on one hand, and over the orange on the other hand.
I was originally just going to have two fingers, one on each hand with the glitter coat, but decided to do three each instead.
Then my googly eyes on the non-spellbound fingers! I love these eyes...they may be cheesy, but they make me smile when I look down and see the little "eyes" wiggling.
A few thick coats of top coat (too thick, as it turns out...I used the Sephora top coat, and it bubbled on me, dang it anyway), and voila!
My nails are watching you...

Next week, something tamer, and fall-themed. Some leaves, maybe?




Friday, October 23, 2009

Haitus

Sorry all - this week has gotten away from me. Our big Halloween party is tomorrow night, and I've been scrambling all week to get everything just right. I'll be back next week with more Halloween nail art though...Happy Polishing!




Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Halloween Meltdown

I decided to go purple, orange and silver for this week's Halloween nail colors. I was a little apprehensive about whether the China Glaze "Spellbound" glitter would go with the Urban Decay "Meltdown" royal purple. After some reassurance from hubby that it would work just fine, I started with two coats of Meltdown over base coat.
I can't say this polish was my fave to work with. It's thicker than I'm used to, and harder to control. I just adore this color though - isn't it gorgeous?
Then I added one coat of Spellbound from the cuticle just half way up the nail for some glitter. I have horrible light at night, but wait for the "finished" photos. Spellbound is...spellbinding!
I was going to use silver bouillon beads for the letters, but decided that they'd "get lost" in the silver glitter. So I used the white Migi pen instead to write "Eek!" on one hand, and "Boo!" on the other.
A little top coat, some clean-up and a little outdoor lighting - voila! Another festive (and very easy) Halloween manicure!

I've already gotten a compliment at work for these...Halloween nails seem popular this year! More Halloween next week...




3d pedicure victoria style

3d pedicure victoria style nail art design
3d pedicure victoria style, originally uploaded by fionetan.

3d pedicure victoria style nail art design

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Monday, October 12, 2009

Halloween nail designs

Halloween nail designs gallery for halloween day
Halloween nails, originally uploaded by rachel_sharpie.

Halloween nail designs gallery for halloween day

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Pink Zebra Toe Nails Pedicure

Pink Zebra Toe Nails Pedicure Nail Design
Mike's Feet 731, originally uploaded by BarefootMike.

Pink Zebra Toe Nails Pedicure Nail Design

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Halloween Nails: Dark & Edgy

The folks at Cina were kind enough to send me a pack of their new Halloween decals to try this month, and share with all of you! Have you noticed that good nail decals are getting harder and harder to find? I have, so I was super-excited to get these, with their edgy not-quite-goth designs. They're available exclusively at Sally Beauty Supply (incidentally, I don't see them in the online store - these may be a retail store only item) and only for the month of October, so run out and get a pack - these are the real deal!

I decided to use the main colors in the decals to create the "canvas", so this week I used China Glaze polishes in "White Out", "Liquid Leather", and "Ruby Pumps". I also used my black & white Migi Nail art pen.
First, I painted every other nail white, then went back and did the rest black. "White Out" has a very thin consistency that I found hard to control - I did three coats of that to get the color even, and two coats of "Liquid Leather" - which is really the perfect glossy black.
Then I took "Ruby Pumps" and accented the base colors with the glittery red. I decided at the last minute to cover my whole pinky nail there, and I also added a horizontal strip across the black index finger, and a red cross over my black middle finger (other hand - not shown).
Time to place the details! I decided on a little ghostly yin-yang on my thumb that ended up looking more like a crest (one of my favorites), and I think the eyes peeking out over the red tip on my index finger are very spooky. A spider, a disturbingly happy skull & crossbones, and a black cat completed this hand. Here's a tip - wait until the polish is pretty well dry before placing the stickers. If you put them in wet polish, the edges will curl up (as did my white ghost there, and my spider on the index finger). These decals do lay perfectly flat when you place them on mostly dry polish.
Next I went back and outlined any color lines with the Migi in black, to smooth them out a bit and give it a more "finished" look. Quick and easy. Two coats of top coat, and some of Zoya's "Hurry Up" drops, and I was ready to clean up my cuticles!
Voila! I think this turned out really well, the first Halloween manicure of the season. It's not just me though - I got compliments already from the lady at the post office, and one at Costco, aside from a few I caught checking them out while trying to be sneaky. These designs are very eye-catching, and people tend to really notice them.
And my right hand too. I adore the spider web & spider on my ring finger, and that screamer skull perfectly accents the long pinky nail.

Next week, more Halloween nails!




 

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