Tutorial #033: Golden Lake

A new tutorial. It's very easy and versatile. I loved it so much I keep it on my nails the whole week and that's a record for me!

I took inspiration from the scans I posted here.

What you need: a sponge.

Colors:

• Base Coat: KIKO White strong&shiny No.05
• Light Blue: China Glaze - For Audrey
• Light Blue Glitter: KIKO No.298
• Gold: MAYBELLINE FOREVER STRONG No.810 Chic Gold
• Top Coat: KIKO No.03

How to:

1. Apply your base coat.
2. Apply a light blue polish.
3. Apply some glitter of the same color to give more texture.
4. With the sponge and some gold color draw a pattern on the nails.
5. Add some red and orange rhinestones on the ring finger and the thumb.

Tutorial #008: Purple Mist

This is my first nail art made with water. This technique is really easy and fun, maybe a little messy!

What you need: a bowl with water, a toothpick.

Colors:

• Base Coat: Deborah 7 Days Long No.00
• Glitter Purple: KIKO No. 167
• Lilac: MAYBELLINE Water Shine No. 24 Simply Mauve
• Brown: KIKO No. 224
• Fish Scale Glitter: KIKO No. 170
  

How to:

1. Apply your base coat.
2. Drop some nail polish on the water. Here I used the colors in this order: purple, lilac, brown. Dip your nails in the water. With the toothpick remove the polish left over on the water and then take it off. On youtube there are a lot of videos with this technique (search: "water marble effect").
3. I did it two or three times to have the stripes in different direction. Remove the polish on your skin and from the back of your nails.
4. Last, I've added some fish scale glitter. I really like how the green/blue glitter goes with the purple.

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Here is the final result. I really really like it.

This is in the sunlight.

Tutorial #007: Metallic Waves

Here is my new pedi.

The result is different from what I planned but I really like it.

What you need: a thin brush.

Colors:

• Base Coat: Deborah 7 Days Long No.00
• Blu: COLLISTAR No. 44 BLU
• White: KIKO No. 101
• Glitter Gold: KIKO No. 164

How to:

1. Apply a base coat.
2. Draw the stripes. You don't have to be perfect. Be sure to put a lot of polish.
3. With the brush, mix the colors. You can go in one or more directions. Clean the polish on your skin. At this point I already liked the result but I wanted to add some glitter to make it more mettalic and eye-catching.
4. I added some gold glitter. It's really sparkling and it hides the imperfections.