Tutorial #017: Day & Night Snowfall

Here a snowy nail art. I made the DAY version first but then I realized that the snowflake didn't pop out so I made the NIGHT version. If you want you can make the snowflakes on all the nails, but that will take some time!

What you need: a thin brush, some beads/pearls.

Colors:

-DAY-

• Base Coat: Debby nail THERAPY smoothing base + minerals
• White: KIKO No. 101
• Glitter: KIKO No. 163
• Big Glitter: KIKO No. 170
• Silver: DEBORAH Shine TECH No. 22
• Top Coat: KIKO Extra strong & hard No.04

-NIGHT-

• Base Coat: Debby nail THERAPY smoothing base + minerals
• Blue: KIKO No. 267
• Big Glitter: KIKO No. 170
• Silver: DEBORAH Shine TECH No. 22
• Top Coat: KIKO Extra strong & hard No.04

How to: (these are the steps for the NIGHT version, using the same process you can do the DAY version)

1. Apply your base coat and then a blue base.
2. Apply a glitter polish.
3. With the thin brush and silver polish draw the shape of a snowflake, use a picture as reference and make it the simpliest possible. Then cover the guide lines with the small beads/pearls, be more accurate possible.

Skull-duggery

Day 52

Today's nails were inspired by a shirt on the Threadless.com website called Bone Idol but Stuart Colebrook. I love this shirt's use of white space. :) Unfortunately Matte Magic topcoat led me to believe that my nails were done even though they weren't, hence the ginormous smudge on my index finger, which I didn't have time to fix. :(



I used China Glaze White on White as a base, with China Glaze Liquid Leather for the black, and topped it all off with 2 coats of China Glaze Matte Magic, which I got at Sally Beauty Supply for $5.99. (Can't find a link to anything but eBay for this)

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'In' Blossom

Day 51

Hi all! Today's nails are painted with the subject of thousands of tattoos, pieces of art, and have even been recreated using hundreds of thousands of pieces of hand-painted popcorn in the recent movie Coraline....Cherry Blossoms! Reader Nicole sent in some awesome ideas, and along with it, some fun pictures of stuff she'd done, one of which was cherry blossoms, which totally inspired me to do these!! Thanks Nicole!



I used OPI La-Pazitively Hot matte as a base, with a thin layer of Zoya Stephanieover top to tone down the hot pink. For the branches, I used Zoya Angelina, and for the blossoms I used China Glaze White on White and dry brushed a little of the OPI La-Pazitively Hot matte in the centers. Topped off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Thanks again Nicole! :)

French lampone e glitter con i gellyssimi!!!

Mischiare questi gel e trovare tante combinazioni divertenti e colorate è veramente semplicissimo!!!

Pratici da usare quasi come usare uno smalto con l'unica differenza che vanno catalizzati sotto la lampada per due minuti.

Io consiglio sempre di tenerli in "cottura" un pò di più.

Cosa ci serve:

• Gellyssimi color Lampone di Clarissa Nails
• Gellissimi color Glitter Astrid di Clarissa Nails
• Lampada per catalizzare
  

Questa french è stata realizzata su unghie che erano in precedenza tonde.

Sono state limate fino a farle diventare quadrate.

Ovviamente gli angoli in questo caso non sono perfetti ma l'effetto completo è buono.

Si perde un pochino in lunghezza quindi le unghie anche se tonde devono essere abbastanza lunghe.


Procedimento:

Applicate il gel lampone per creare la french.

Catalizzate.

Mi raccomando lo strato deve essere molto sottile, potete nel caso non abbia reso un effetto coprente fare una seconda applicazione.

Passate poi il gel glitter astrid su tutta l'unghia o se volete solo nella parte non interessata dalla french.

Ecco fatto unghie luminose e colorate in pochissimi minuti.

Per ottenere un effetto lucido ancora più evidente passate uno smalto trasparente o il sigillante effetto vetro.

Tweet Tweet!

Day 50

Today's nails are dedicated to Twitter. Yes, that's right, Twitter. The time-killing, 140 characters of joy that are a true best friend of the procrastinator. (Like myself) I am horribly addicted to the site, and find myself checking it far more often than I probably should. I love the site, because it gives celebs a chance to connect with fans, friends a chance to keep up with friends, companies a chance to interact with their customers and fanbase, and stalkers a chance to keep up with their prey... Kidding on that last one. ;) So here's to Twitter, I salute you. And as that salute, I give you... the fail whale bird nails. :-P (and twitter logo)



I used China Glaze For Audrey as a base, with China Glaze White on White for the white, and as a base for the birds, and OPI Pumped Up Pumpkin from the ULTA Glow Get a Treat Halloween Mini set used for the birds. :)

I was so excited with how they turned out, I love the colors.

So do you Twitter? What do you tweet? If you'd like, tweet me @dailynail!! :)

'Gildy' Pleasures

Day 49

Today's nails are kind of different than what I usually do, they are embellished by gilding them rather than painting designs. I used gold leaf for the effect, I crumpled up little pieces and gently placed on wet polish, and then let dry, and used my finger to brush of the excess that was sticking up.



I used Nubar Peacock Feathers as a base, which is one of the most gorgeous colors- the picture doesn't capture all the colors that it flashes, teals, greens, blues, purples! It's truly beautiful. I used gold leaf for the gold, which you can find at any craft store. Topped it off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat as usual. :)

What are some of your 'gildy' pleasures?