Anchor Nail Art Part II Tutorial

As you might recall, yesterday I posted these nails.

Anchor Nail Art Part II

Hello all! As some of you might recall, I did these anchor nails a while back.

Somehow they got really popular and I've seen many nails done by other people inspired by mine.

It's honestly the coolest thing ever seeing work inspired by me. 

A few weeks ago I saw this picture and it inspired me.

Dreamcatcher Tribal Nail Art

I've always wanted to do nails with dreamcatchers. I went to paint these and I had no clue what I actually wanted to do, so I kind of just went for it.

Born Pretty Striping Tape Review

Hello everyone! I have another Born Pretty review for you! 

I was sent Striping Tape to try out, so without further ado, I present you my review.

Starting with the specifics, I tried color #10 which is white. All of the colors are really nice. The white can go with pretty much anything. I also think the gold looks really elegant (even though I haven’t tried it) Each color is $1.90 or $8.90 for all 12 colors. 

The Little Mermaid

I have to say, I consider myself more of a "pattern painter" rather than a picture painter- if that makes any sense... That said, I do like to challenge myself to do cartoons/people/etc. This is one of those times. 

I really love The Little Mermaid. and I really love these nails, especially Flounder.

Don't you hate when you love a mani and all of the pictures you took turn out bad? That's what happened with these. 

p.s. ignore the spots on her shoulder in the picture above :( Why does acrylic paint do that? 

I guess that's all I have to say. I hope you like these as much as I do!

Thank you for reading. 

Celine

Lace Pictorial

This is the second installment on my whole "redoing my old pictorials" plan.

You can see the original here, although I would suggest not because it's pretty awful. So without further ado, here's the new and improved version. 

Step One:

Paint a base color. I chose China Glaze's "Flip Flop Fantasy" You can either paint the entire nail or diagonally like in the photo.

Step Two: 

Using a dotting tool (or bobby pin, pen, anything else you're comfortable making dots with) and paint/polish, diagonally place dots down the nail.

Step Three: 

Paint three (or however many fits) half circles along the dots.

Step Four:  

Repeat step 3. (haha!)

Step Five:  

Again with a dotting tool (or anything else that can make dots), place dots on the outside of the half circles. That's it! It's a pretty simple design. 

Here's a super simple photo that shows all the steps: 

Born Pretty Store Gold Chain Review

       Hi guys I'm pretty far behind on my posts, but I have another Born Pretty review for you! When I received these chains I was really excited because I've seen other artists like Sara Le use them and make them look great. 

      

         First, I did a poppy design with regular Seche Vite top coat. I really like how the chains look with only top coat, so shiny!

       I got the Gold 1.6 mm chains. I feel like this is a perfect size. As you can see on my nails, the chain isn't overpowering or ridiculously huge. I really like the gold too. On the website it says the chain is 100 cm long. That's over 3 feet if my math is correct. This amount will definitely last you a while.

       Application: So to place the pieces on my nail, I first had to cut the chain. I wasn't sure how to go about this, but in the end, just regular scissors worked. I would recommend cutting it before you paint your nails so you don't mess them up. After I painted my second coat of polish, I took the individual nail sized piece of chain and placed it on the nail with tweezers. Honestly, this part is tricky. The chain doesn't like staying flat. After I did my second design with the chains, I got the hang of it and it wasn't too difficult. If you have trouble and get polish on the chain itself, you can clean it up with a Q tip or nail brush and nail polish remover. Very simple solution!

        To keep the chains in place, I simply used top coat. You could probably use nail glue also, but honestly just top coat is enough. The chains stayed like no other 3-d nail decoration I've ever used. I didn't have any trouble with them and I actually had to go and pry them off when I wanted a new design. 

    

    

     Here's the same design with matte top coat. I did both matte and glossy to show you how they look both ways. I really love matte nails but the glossy makes the chains look really good. Either way they really make your nails look fabulous.

         
   Here's my second design. These were inspired by Katrina. She has really awesome designs so definitely check her blog out!

          Picture of the same nails in regular top coat. This is a really bad picture and I don't remember taking it but it gets the point across.

   I highly recommend these. Once you get the hang of them, they're pretty easy to use and look awesome! I got tons of compliments on both of these designs. They stay on for days ( I had the floral design on from Friday night until Monday night and even then, the chains weren't coming off on their own) with just topcoat. 

         If you order them now, they're only $2.99 - Superb deal! Even at $5.61 it's a good deal! You won't find chains this small and perfect for nails anywhere else. Not to mention free shipping too! Use my coupon code XKL91 and get 10% off! 

*This product was provided for review. All opinions are my own and are in no way influenced by anyone