Jessica is thinking about....: June 2013

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Easy and Elegant Gold Accent Nails

So these are very easy to do, it just takes some patience. The base color is Tutu by Ulta, but any nude or sheer pink color will work. You don't want to overpower the gold and end up looking trashy (since the whole point is elegance right?) The gold polish is Too Fab by Orly. I waited for the base to dry, then I literally glopped on a bunch of the gold, and used a nail dotter (toothpick will work fine) to move the sparkles around until they were in the correct shape. Then I sealed with a clear top coat, and whalaa! Very simple, and great for prom or graduation, or whatever fancy event you're going to, but don't want just a regular french tip.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Black and White Lace French Tips and Roses

I used a konad plate knock off that I got off amazon.com from bundle monster, there are many different sets, and it's a great deal. Since my thumb nails was a little larger than the templates, I had to stamp it twice by lining up the second stamping, which was a little difficult. It's okay though, since the lace obscures any imperfections! I honestly didn't really like how these turned out, but I figured I'd upload it anyways.

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Vintage Jade Meets Floral Roses Nail Design

iPhone quality again, sorry! Anyways, flowers are same as in my other design found here: http://uponarooftop.blogspot.com/2013/06/pink-and-pearl-freehand-flower-nail.html

I go into detail (more detail than usual) about painting the flowers and whatnot.

Monday, June 3, 2013

Easy Teal Plaid Nail Design

Another iPhone quality photo...

Anyways, this was relatively simple design, it's really just overlaying a bunch of lines. If the toughest part is drawing a straight line, then maybe wait until the base is dry, and using tape or a business card edge as a stencil? I free-handed it, once again, since I'm lazy, but I imagine a business card would work just fine.

Sometimes, I only do designs on two of the nails, because I'm too lazy to conjure up something for the rest of them... and it's faster. ;)

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Pink and Pearl Freehand Flower Nail Design

iPhone quality, sorry! I used Pretty Please (40017) by Orly for the solid pink, and Kyoto Pearl (NL L03) by OPI for the base of the flowers. I drew the flowers using a small flat-headed nail brush, and I mixed the paint colors using water-based acrylic paints (Craft Smart from Michael's!).

The following is regarding water-based acrylic paints:

Important thing here is that the nails have to be completely dry prior to painting the flowers, but good thing is that the flowers wash off if you mess up ;) (Since they're water based, so wash with water!). Then, of course, I had to cover the flowers with a clear top coat to seal it in. I especially like using acrylic paints (not acrylic powder! two very different things!) for designs, because it's easy to work with, and much cheaper than wasting a bunch of nail polish. If you're using nail polish, you end up losing a bunch on whatever palette you're using, and it's impossible to clean off the brush! I highly recommend investing in some water based paints (non toxic ones of course), in primary colors (red, blue, yellow) and you can mix and make whatever colors you like! AND, it washes off if you mess up!

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Leopard Print and Rose Gold Nails

So the leopard print is a stick on from Ulta (could be easily drawn, but I got them on sale and I wanted to try it out!) and the other three nails I just put on a pinkish nail polish, then dotted it with a darker color (it was supposed to be swirls, but you can't really tell...) and used a gold flake glitter polish. I really liked how they turned out, EXCEPT for the fact that I couldn't get the pink colors to match. Despite my massive nail polish collection, I just didn't have the right shades of pink to match the leopard sticker thing haha (another reason to buy more!).