21:20
Halloween Nail Art With Tutorial | Guest Post
21:20Hi Everyone!! My name is Valerie Wilson and I am just a normal girl who loves to do nail art. I have only been doing nail art for...
Hi Everyone!!
My name is Valerie Wilson and I am just a normal girl who loves to do nail art. I have only been doing nail art for less than a year and only my own nails and sometimes one of my girlfriends nails. I have no formal training in nail art or have taken any art classes.
This is my hobby and I just practice, practice, practice!!!
I have a Google+ page and Facebook page called NailArtsy. I am in the process of putting together a great community for everyone to show off their art in, get some inspiration from and make some friends. The website will be www.nailartsy.com
Please follow me on Google+ or Facebook for all my new designs and updates.
I was thrilled when Priyanjana asked me if I would do a guest post on her blog. I thought what a perfect time to give you guys some tips and tricks that I have learned along my nail art learning journey.
My first tip would be to use Acrylic paints for your art. I like to use acrylic paints for a few reasons. I find they can be easier to work with than nail polish and can be easily thinned out with just a drop of water if they are too thick. They are very inexpensive, (I buy mine from walmart for $.56 cents each). When I first started out I bought all the colors of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, purple, and black and white) They cost me about $5 total and I can make any shade of color just by mixing them. And my favorite and the best part about using acrylic paints is if you mess up a design, you can use alcohol to remove the design and start over WITHOUT ruining you base polish. When you are happy with your design, a clear top coat will seal in your design.
I use a plastic top from a butter container as a palate for my acrylic paints, but a pie plate or a ziplock baggie or anything you have around the house will work even a piece of paper folded, at least in half, so it doesn’t bleed through and make a mess of your table will work.
Nail art tools can be anything you have around the house. Toothpicks, bobby pins, a pen or pencil make great dotting tools. Makeup brushes make great nail art brushes too, don’t be afraid to cut any brush to make them smaller and/or thinner to get the desired size. Have an old liquid eyeliner that has dried up and that are gonna toss…. Wash the brush, it makes a great detail brush. You can make a striper brush by cutting an old polish brush, just remember to save and wash out the bottle so you can put it back in the bottle when dry to protect your precious bristles so they stay straight.
And lastly, Try to have all your supplies on the table and ready to go. I always include a few cotton balls, q-tips, a paper towel or napkin and a small shallow container of water and your Acetone or nail polish remover (I usually pour some in the cap so its there and ready for me to use) to rinse my brush and also for cleanup.
Since Halloween is right around the corner - Here are some Halloween designs that are super simple to do. You don’t need any special nail art tools for any of these designs. All I used for these designs is just a toothpick.
I did a step by step photo strip of each design to make it easier for you to see how I created them. Have fun!!!
All the designs designs were done with just a single base color polish and acrylic paint for the art EXCEPT the Candy Corn. The Candy Corn was done using 3 different color polishes layered as shown.
My name is Valerie Wilson and I am just a normal girl who loves to do nail art. I have only been doing nail art for less than a year and only my own nails and sometimes one of my girlfriends nails. I have no formal training in nail art or have taken any art classes.
This is my hobby and I just practice, practice, practice!!!
I have a Google+ page and Facebook page called NailArtsy. I am in the process of putting together a great community for everyone to show off their art in, get some inspiration from and make some friends. The website will be www.nailartsy.com
Please follow me on Google+ or Facebook for all my new designs and updates.
I was thrilled when Priyanjana asked me if I would do a guest post on her blog. I thought what a perfect time to give you guys some tips and tricks that I have learned along my nail art learning journey.
My first tip would be to use Acrylic paints for your art. I like to use acrylic paints for a few reasons. I find they can be easier to work with than nail polish and can be easily thinned out with just a drop of water if they are too thick. They are very inexpensive, (I buy mine from walmart for $.56 cents each). When I first started out I bought all the colors of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, purple, and black and white) They cost me about $5 total and I can make any shade of color just by mixing them. And my favorite and the best part about using acrylic paints is if you mess up a design, you can use alcohol to remove the design and start over WITHOUT ruining you base polish. When you are happy with your design, a clear top coat will seal in your design.
I use a plastic top from a butter container as a palate for my acrylic paints, but a pie plate or a ziplock baggie or anything you have around the house will work even a piece of paper folded, at least in half, so it doesn’t bleed through and make a mess of your table will work.
Nail art tools can be anything you have around the house. Toothpicks, bobby pins, a pen or pencil make great dotting tools. Makeup brushes make great nail art brushes too, don’t be afraid to cut any brush to make them smaller and/or thinner to get the desired size. Have an old liquid eyeliner that has dried up and that are gonna toss…. Wash the brush, it makes a great detail brush. You can make a striper brush by cutting an old polish brush, just remember to save and wash out the bottle so you can put it back in the bottle when dry to protect your precious bristles so they stay straight.
And lastly, Try to have all your supplies on the table and ready to go. I always include a few cotton balls, q-tips, a paper towel or napkin and a small shallow container of water and your Acetone or nail polish remover (I usually pour some in the cap so its there and ready for me to use) to rinse my brush and also for cleanup.
Since Halloween is right around the corner - Here are some Halloween designs that are super simple to do. You don’t need any special nail art tools for any of these designs. All I used for these designs is just a toothpick.
I did a step by step photo strip of each design to make it easier for you to see how I created them. Have fun!!!
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| Eyes |
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| Skull |
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| Pumpkin |
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| Candy Corn |
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| Frankenstein |
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| Cat |
All the designs designs were done with just a single base color polish and acrylic paint for the art EXCEPT the Candy Corn. The Candy Corn was done using 3 different color polishes layered as shown.
22:18
Metallic Marbled Nail Art
22:18My first attempt at nail art didn't turn out quite so bad !! I used the pin technique of marbling my nail !! Dry marble nail art...
My first attempt at nail art didn't turn out quite so bad !!
I used the pin technique of marbling my nail !!
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| Dry marble nail art |
I used -
Golden, silver, and clear glitter nail polish to make this work of art! {hahaha, for me it is a work of art!} :D.
One thick stroke of each color on 1/3rd of the nail, and wave the safety pin, needle, or toothpick lightly in wave shape and you are done. Voila!!
Do give it a try and let me how it turned out !!
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Update in 2023 -
Hey There! this is an update after 10 years, on the post where I did and shared my first nail art. This one is particularly special as this made me fall in love with jazzy nails with just a few nail polishes and a safety pin.
So if you are thinking of wearing nail polish in a funky way, do consider this design for dry marble. Because I know picking up and doing marble nail art design from the surface of the water is very difficult and not as fun as this.
Also, I haven't tried this for a long time, as I write this, I am thinking of putting some colors on my nails. SO if you are thinking about doing nail art right now, go ahead, maybe later you won't have the luxury of time or dress code to play around with designs on your nail.
:)
ENJOY!!
10:55
5 minute routine for healthy nails & skin
10:55Hello friends! Now that summer is here and we have to be under the harsh sun, why not spend some 5 mins on ourselves to be healthy and bea...
Hello friends!
Now that summer is here and we have to be under the harsh sun, why not spend some 5 mins on ourselves to be healthy and beautiful!?
Here is the combined 10 minutes routine for your nails and skin to look gorgeous!
After you take a bath
1 min - Take a drop of almond oil on your on your finger. a drop is enough for five nails
5 secs each nail- (of your hands and feet, so total almost 2 mins ) rub the oil on each nail for five seconds
and let the oil stay like that as it will be absorbed
and if you think the oil is too much to handle for you(I hope it wont be ) you can lightly dab your nails with a cloth and you're good!
Now that summer is here and we have to be under the harsh sun, why not spend some 5 mins on ourselves to be healthy and beautiful!?
Here is the combined 10 minutes routine for your nails and skin to look gorgeous!
After you take a bath
1 min - Take a drop of almond oil on your on your finger. a drop is enough for five nails
5 secs each nail- (of your hands and feet, so total almost 2 mins ) rub the oil on each nail for five seconds
and let the oil stay like that as it will be absorbed
and if you think the oil is too much to handle for you(I hope it wont be ) you can lightly dab your nails with a cloth and you're good!
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| After rubbing the oil it soaks in |