The Second One With The Lace Nails

Lace nails take 2! The first set I did were black and white last summer when I went to Nail Tech Long Island Networking Day. Ive been wanted to do a black lace on a nude nails for a while and everytime I sit down to do it I wind up doing something else. My sister had her junior prom over the weekend and I did some lace nails for her to match her dress and I loved them. So I sat down and put them on my own. No more procrastinating!

I used gel for these because I've beeb really busy with clients lately so I don't want them to get ruined... and I haven't had time to do them much recently. This is 4 coats of OPI Bubble Bath as a base and acrylic paint for lace. And some Swarovski crystals for a little bling.

These are my sisters nails. The theme was a masquerade and her dress was black and red so this is what we came up with.. Lace, bows, corsets, flowers, masks. and a bunch of rhinestones.

Herews some pics that I took before they left and made her stick her nails in there.

I think she's gonna do a blog post about her makeup since she hasn't posted in a million years so you can look over there within the next few days if yaaaawant. 

byeeeeeeeeee.

Instagram ● Twitter ● Youtube ● Facebook ● Tumblr ● Nails Mag ● Pinterest

The One With The Toy Story Nails!

Yayy!! Toy Story Nails! These have been on my to do list for quite a while and I can finally cross them off. I've been working on them for a few weeks on an off and at last, here they are!

These are featured on Paint Crush Magazine for a guest post I did so you'll have to go over there for the rest of the info on these! ;) 

But I will tell you these are definitely in my Top 5 favorite nails I have ever done. I really love them and they were fun to paint!

To infinity and beyond!

.... or to Paint Crush Magazine... where ever you choose to go.

byeeeeeeeeeeee.

Instagram ● Twitter ● Youtube ● Facebook ● Tumblr ● Nails Mag ● Pinterest

The One With the Elena Slivnyak Nails!

Another fashion inspired post today! These were inspired by Elena Slivnyak from Project Runway Season 10. I saw these designs she posted on her instagram and loved them.. so obviously I needed to put them on my nails.

I used Catrice Take it to Mint and Ulta Concrete Evidence as my base colors, acrylic paint for the black lines, and topped them off with 2 coats of Poshe. I redid them like 5 times because I kept hating them and I finally got them the way I wanted. The lines kept coming out too thick or too thin and I was getting all frustrated so I took a break and finished them the next day. I'm glad I did because I reallllly like them. 

And then my camera was being a pain in the butt and was not in the mood to focus on anything so I just have one picture. I guess nothing wanted to cooperate with my on this one.

Heres the designs they were inspired byyyyyy.

And since I have no more pictures of these nails, heres whats on my right hand at the moment!

This is OPI GelColor Her Majesty's Secret Service. I like this a lot more as a gel than in regular polish for some reason. I think its more opaque in gel form so that may be it. Idunnoo. I like it though. And some Swarovski crystals for some bling. 

Thats it.

byeeeeeee.

Instagram ● Twitter ● Youtube ● Facebook ● Tumblr ● Nails Mag ● Pinterest

The One With The Neon Flowers!

So I'm actually in love with these nails. I was really excited to post these but now Im more concerned with the man eating bug sitting on the ceiling right now. Someone really needs to come home and kill it because I'm afraid to move until it's gone. Its actually HUGE. Like really. 

Enough about the killer bug for right now.. Even though its on my mind... Forever.. Until its dead. 

Neon flower nails!! I got this idea the other day when I was doing my friend Darias nails. She wanted flowers on her nails in these colors and I realllllyyy loved them! There will be a picture of those somewhere in this post. They are very Springy/Summer. Neons just scream Summer... and well, florals..Spring. Duh. And I really hate Summer...and I really hate flowers.. but I love these. Go figure. Hahaa. 

and I really hate the bugs that come along with Spring and Summer if you couldnt tell...

I used and NYC white polish as a base. I don't even know the name.... It might just be white. lol.

So far its my favorite out of the whites I tried but its still not "the one." :/

I used acrylic paint for the flowers and topped them with 2 coats of Poshe. I think these are even brighter and more obnoxious in person which is crazy. I loveemm.

And my favorite part about neons.. THEY GLOW.

I wanted to take some pictures under the black light at my party store but I'm not gonna be there until later this week. I used my LED light instead and I think they came out soooo cool.

And here are Daria's nails that started them all!

So thats all for todayyy.

If you don't hear from me again thats because the bug ate me in my sleep. 

byeeeeeeee.

Instagram ● Twitter ● Youtube ● Facebook ● Tumblr ● Nails Mag ● Pinterest

The One With the Mondo Guerra Nails! And Born Pretty Store polish review!

Back to some fashion inspired nails!!! I was watching Project Runway All Stars the other day which made me start looking around at some of the designers new collections. I came across Mondo Guerra's Fall 2011 line which I LOVE. It was pop art inspired, which I've done before. I just loved it sooo much it needed to be on my nails. So this is what I came up with!

I used the Born Pretty Store BK Matte White polish, which I will be reviewing later in the post, as a base. Then acrylic paint for the designs. For the middle finger I used Nails Inc Black Taxi. Topped them off with 2 coats of Poshe.

I loveee em I love em I lovveeee em. 

Here were the designs I was inspired by. I really loved the whole collection but these were some of my favorites. Mondo always has some wacky and weird stuff going on.. but in a good way. I am obsesssseddddd with the pattern on the first dress. I think I might do a whole manicure with different zoomed in pieces of it.

Now onto the polish review. This the BK Matte Nail Polish in white. I saw a few people say they really liked this so I thought I would give it a try since I've been on my perfect white hunt. Which I still have had no luck with....

To be perfectly honest, I really didn't like this polish. As much as I love Born Pretty Store, I dont think their specialty is in polishes. I opened it up and it was so thick, there was no way I could have even used it. As you can tell, it just kind of formed this stringy drippy thing and stayed there.

The whole neck of the bottle had polish all caked up on it. It was just a gloopy gloppy disaster. I needed to use 5 whole droppers full of Seche Restore to get this to point where it was actually usable. Even then the formula kinda sucked and it was pretty thick and difficult to work with. That being said, this would probably be a great stamping polish. It kind of reminded me of a Konad polish consistency once I thinned it out. Im don't stamp but if you do, this might be perfect for you! Maybe it was just my bottle? Like I said, I've heard others really liked it so I dunnoooo. I didnt. So my perfect white hunt still continues. Any suggestions?!

If you want to check this out as a stamping polish or something else nail related you can go to bornprettystore.com. They do have a lot of great studs and bling and stones and stuff like that for your nails which are always great!

Make sure to use my code ETL91 for 10% off!

byeeeeeeee.

Instagram ● Twitter ● Youtube ● Facebook ● Tumblr ● Nails Mag ● Pinterest

(*Products provided for review. All opinions expressed are my own.)

The One With the Metallic Nails!

Quick post on these nails because I wasn't too crazy about them... I saw this design somewhere on tumblr but there was no watermark so I dont know whose it is :(  I was back and forth whether I liked them or not.. Im still not sure haha

Only 1 picture because I only liked this one. Like I said, I wasn't even sure if I liked them or not.

Anywaysss, I used OPI San Tan-tonio (pointer), Essie No Place Like Chrome (Pinky), Anise Going Incognito (Ring,Thumb). I used acrylic paint for everything else. I tried the silver acrylic paint on my middle rather than the polish and it came out a lot smoother. Metallics tend to be on the streaky/bumpy side but the paint went on so well. I topped them with 2 coats of Poshe and added some Swarovski crystals.

I also took this picture over the weekend while I was wearing my new stiletto ring. So 2 pictures!

byyyeeeeeeeeeee.

Instagram ● Twitter ● Youtube ● Facebook ● Tumblr ● Nails Mag ● Pinterest

The One With Nail Tech Tuesday # 11!

Another Nail Tech Tuesday! but on Wednesday... Hahaa. I forgot to queue this for yesterday -__- Good job Lexi.

Acrylics. Designs done with acrylic paint. Swarovski crystals. Sealed with NSI Glaze N Go.

 Gel enhancement overlay on natural nails. Glitter cured into gel polish. Snowflakes done with acrylic paint. 3D bows and Swarovski crystals. Sealed with NSI Glaze N Go.

Acrylic overlay on natural nails. Artistic Colour Gloss gel polish in Bride. Gold glitter. 3D Bows and Swarovski crystals. 

Gel polish natural nail manicure. Purple is Shellac Lilac Longing. White is Shellac Cream Puff. Designs done with acrylic paint. Swarovski crystals. 

Full set acrylics. Gelish A Mint of Spring (turquoise), Shellac Cream Puff (white), IBD All That Glitters (gold). Chevrons done with acrylic paint. 3D bows and Swarovski crystals. 

Natural nail gel manicure.. Yes. NATURAL nails. 2 of them of sculpted acrylic nails because they broke. I dont remember the names for the brown and nude right now... I need to check and get back to you.. The green is OPI Thanks A Windmillion. Swarovski crystals. 

Acrylics. White is Artistic Colour Gloss Bride. The designs are done with acrylic paint. Swarovski crystals over IBD All That Glitters. Sealed with NSI Glaze N Go.

Gel enhancements. Designs done with acrylic paint. Swarovski crystals. Sealed with NSI Glaze N Go.

Natural nail gel manicure. Gelish Cashmere Kind of Gal (gray), Artistic Colour Gloss Bride (white), ManiQ Yellow (yellow). Studs, 3D bows, Swarovski crystals.

Full set acrylics. Artistic Colour Gloss Bride (white), Gelish A Taupe Model (nude), EZ Flow......dont know the name right now...lol.. (hot pink). The rest is done with acrylic paint. Swarovski crystals. Sealed with NSI Glaze N Go.

Natural nail gel manicure. Artistic Colour Gloss Bride (white), Gelish Go Girl (light pink). Acrylic paint for designs. Swarovski crystals. 

Andddddd lastly. Natural nail manicure. Blue is from the HITS Powerpuff Girls collection. The pink is Color Club On Fire. 3D zebra bows. Topped with Poshe topcoat.

Thats all for this edition of Nail Tech Tuesday!!

byyyeeeeeeeeeee.

Instagram ● Twitter ● Youtube ● Facebook ● Tumblr ● Nails Mag ● Pinterest

The One With IBSNY 2013!

This past Sunday I went to IBSNY at the Javit Center with Jeannette, Gianna, and my sister! It was SO much fun. I've never really been to a big convention like this one so it was soooo cool! I went to Long Island Nail Tech Networking Day last year but it was pretty small so this was like a huge shock. lol.. There were so many booths we didnt even know where to start! We wound up getting there super early because we werent sure if there was going to be traffic and lines to get in and all that stuff. The exhibit floor didnt technically open until 9:30 but we got there at 8:00. -__- haha. They let us in early and we just kinda walked around and watched everyone set up.

We passed the Young Nails booth and saw Greg Salo and me and Jeannette got so excited he probably thought we were creepers.... LOL.. He talked to us though.. and then we took his gel class and then we stalked him at the booth but more about that later...