Showing posts with label gel polish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gel polish. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Spring Has Sprung

Okay as promised... Here is some of my Spring Nails so far!


I will say, the spring trend seems to be multiple colors with a simple design, which I like.  And how can you go wrong with polk-a-dots and stripes?  I wish you could see the black better because it's actually a really beautiful glitter in person!  It is Young Nails Black 101 with True Gel Toxic glitter over it.  One of my favorite combos! All hand painted


Now just as I say simple is the trend then of course I post these next :P  These are super fun though and they make me want to dance for some reason lol I love the bright colors on white and I love a different design on each nail.  Just too fun!  If you remember on my last post of catch-up, I posted a picture of a chevron nail I did last year and mentioned how I've improved.  This picture will show my chevron is much better now :) Loving it and all hand painted



I felt so good about these when I was finished!  I looked at a picture from Pinterest to recreate this stunning floral look.  And guess what.. the pink/orange color I used is CUSTOM!  I mixed Young Nails Tangerene Neon and True Gel Pink Truffle and it was perfect! All hand painted




These were fun too!  I used IBD Full Blu-um and Young Nails White 101 and Ozone glitter, all hand painted


 Simple and sweet right?  I told ya! :) I believe this color was True Gel Maui Babe which is an extremely popular color around here!  Glitter is Young Nails Silver glitter


I was pleasantly surprised with how cute these "dotter flowers" turned out.  I used Elegant Glass Neon Glo Purple and Young Nails White 101, Silver Glitter and True Gel Vivid Imagination


Simply sweet again! All these colors are NEW!! True Gel Teal the Beat and Hypnotic and a new Metallic Silver (hard to tell from the pic, but it is!) that is called MIRROR MIRROR.


Cute! Pinterest find again :) Young Nails White 101, Black 101, Tangerene Neon and IBD Tranquility.  All hand painted EXCEPT for the fun design on the middle finger.  Thats a stamp :)


And then we have copier!!!! LOL!  We did change it up a bit though and this tie the chevron was with a stamp.  I sure do have a love/hate relationship with those dang stamps!!  They are so cute when they turn out but sometimes they are a pain in the butt!

Simple again... IBD Full Blu-um and hand painted chevron.  And have you guessed by now my white and blacks are always Young Nails?  That's because they are the best!! :)


ALL HARD GEL! I love love love hard gel!!  I used True Gel Maui Babe with Young Nails Crush Glitter over the top, then Young Nails blue 104 and hand painted the arrows.


What's not to love about neons and black AND chevron!  So cute!




True Gel Rodeo Queen is another popular color around here!  Love it, flower hand painted :)


Remember when I said how can you go wrong with neon and black?  Well when you add cheetah to that mix you just really can't!  Neon colors on the tips are from Elegant Glass, Cheetah stamp from Young Nails Caption Art Screens and the colorful cheetah is actually really cool because it's done with Caption Lucents to get that awesome look!! Caption Lucents are my favorite!!




Cherry Blossom anyone?  I did the blue set first, and since then (just a week ago) I've copied it twice on two other clients, but in pink!  Such a trend setter Holly is :)


Pinterest find!  And I used my new Caption Conversion for this set!  Don't know what that is? Well I'll explain more in my "OTHER" post in the next few days, but the gist is I can now turn any of my nail polish colors into GEL POLISH!  Pretty freaking awesome!


And last but not least... these are just beautiful!  And guess what!?  Those adorable little seashell charms stayed on the entire 4 weeks and she even went to Florida and had a great time!  This is revolutionary here!  I figured out a way to get little charms and such to stay on so bring it on people!  Let's stick them on.. I have everything imaginable! Hand painted :)




Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Lets Play Catch-Up!!

So I've been a little MIA lately here on the blog.. so sorry!  I've had quite a bit going on!  Having a baby turning into a toddler, full work schedule and a few exciting changes coming (can't wait to share.. no I'm not pregnant :) ) I've had a lot on my plate.

Anywho... for the next few days I'm going to be playing catch up here.  SO here it goes!

Here's what you missed for the holidays we just had... St. Pattys and Easter!


To kick it off, these are a few "Flashbacks" of last year.  Flashbacks is a new thing I started doing, which I will post them here in a few days.  It's been really fun to reminisce and remember some great designs I've created before.  It's also fun to see my progression, things I've improved over the years.  Oh how fast 7 1/2 years have gone!



Pinterest find!  Gotta love Pinterest!  I used Young Nails Mani-Q white, black, emerald 101, emerald green glitter, shimmering sands glitter, Color Trak Goddess, and Light Elegance Lime of the Party.  All handpainted.



Not exactly St. Pattys, but they are green!  Zebra, Fox Racing, White tips... so fun!  I used Young Nails White acrylic powder, Young Nails Mani-Q black and True Gel green I can't remember the name of... :/  All handpainted of course




This gem was a flashback that you can see in the first picture of this post.  I think these are so cute!  This is an example of something that is fun to see my improvement on.. the chevron.  Oh the dreaded chevron.  I've gotten much better at lineing those points up and making it look a lot nicer.  However, I still think this set is pretty cute :) hand painted of course



Love the Coffin/Ballerina shape!  We went for the Irish flag here.  And we all know I love glitter fades :) I used Young Nails white, incredible green and lava.



These are all gel! Built with hard gel and gel polish on top.  Hard gel is so much more natural than acrylic and is my absolute favorite!  I used Young Nails Mani-Q Emerald 101, Aloe 101 and Shimmering Sand Glitter. Shamrocks handpainted of course with a little jewel accent


Once again, I love glitter fades! I used Glow In The Dark neon green from Elegant Glass and Young Nails Incredible Green glitter.



Now lets jump into Easter Nails.  Sad to say there are very few straight-up easter only nails I did this year.  Everyone was mostly going for "Spring" but still work for Easter, so those will wait for my Spring post.


I look at these and think "Here comes Peter Cottontail... hoppin down the bunny trail... Hippity Hoppity Easter's on it's way!!!!" ... ya.. gets stuck in my head lol
These are hard gel with gel polish.  Colors used are Young Nails Mani-Q Pink 104, Blue 104 and White 101.  All handpainted.


Love Love Love.  So simple, yet so fun!  I honestly don't remember the exact colors I used.  I know they were my IBD pastel gel polish though.  And all handpainted >> idea from pinterest


Little Easter Ears :) Orange is glow in the dark which is actually really cool!  It's from Elegant Glass, as well as the purple one.  The full nails and painted colors are Young Nails Mani-Q White 101, Ultimate Pink and Blue 104.  All handpainted


Well that is it for today!  You can look forward to a post for Spring Nails, Hair and "Other" nails and and updates :)  Thanks for taking the time to check out my work!


Thursday, February 11, 2016

Mickey Mouse

Wishing I was headed to Disneyland too!

Acrylic Overlay with Gel Polish
Colors Used:  Young Nails Mani-Q (Black, White, Scarlet 101), EZ Flow True Gel Toxic
Hand painted polkadots and mickey mouse




Black and Fierce

Black and Fierce Stilettos

Acrylic Overlay with Gel Polish
Young Nails Mani-Q Black





Black and Silver Chevron

Chevron and black… two of my favorite things!

Acrylic Nails with Gel Polish
Colors Used:  Young Nails Mani-Q (Black and White), Young Nails Glitter Silver
Handprinted Chevron




Valentines Nail Art

Two more Valentines nail art!!! Loving it!


Acrylic Nails
Colors Used:  Young Nails Sea Spray
Hearts are Decals


Acrylic Nails with Gel Polish
Colors Used:  EZ Flow True Gel Pink Truffle, Young Nails Mani-Q White, EZ Flow Jasper Glitter
Handprinted stripes and heart




Be Smooched

Lips are popular for Valentines nail art


Gel Polish on Natural Nails
Colors Used:  IBD Tranquility, Young Nails Mani-Q Black
Lips are stamped with Caption Nail Polish


Acrylic Overlay with Gel Polish
Colors Used:  EZ Flow True Gel Pink Truffle, Young Nails Mani-Q Black, Young Nails Glitter Dragon Fruit
Hand painted hearts
Stamped: "LOVE", lips and xoxo with Caption Polish


Acrylic Overlay with Gel Polish
Colors Used:  Young Nails Mani-Q Red 101, Young Nails Mani-Q Red 102, Young Nails Mani-Q Black, Young Nails Glitter Royal Red

Lips stamped with Caption Polish
XOXO handpainted





Stick People Love

Acrylic Overlay with Gel Polish

Colors Used: EZ Flow True Gel Rodeo Queen, Young Nails Mani-Q Black, Young Nails Mani-Q Red 102, Rose Copper Glitter

Handpainted Art






Glitter Hearts

My new favorite glitter… Rose Copper!!!

Gel Polish on Natural Nails
Colors used:  Young Nails Mani-Q Pink 105, Young Nails Mani-Q White, Rose Copper Glitter






Same Design, Different Colors

Same Design, Different Colors


Such a simple yet cute design.  Who doesn't love pink and diamonds!?


Colors Used:  EZ Flow True Gel Rodeo Queen, Young Nails Mani-Q White, Young Nails Mani-Q Silver Metallic  
Art:  Handprinted heart and stripes +Diamond Studs



Colors Used:  EZ Flow True Gel Pink Truffle, Young Nails Mani-Q White, Young Nails Mani-Q Silver 
Art:  Handprinted heart and stripes +Diamond Studs