Nail Deco Of The Week #109

frankened pink

sally hansen insta dri – mint sprint

sally hansen insta dri – slick slate

Nail Deco Of The Week #108

cover girl boundless color – disco dazzle

sally hansen insta dri – mint sprint

opi – i have a herring problem

 

Nail Deco Of The Week #101

Essie – School of Hard Rocks

Julep – Trina

Sally Hansen Insta Dri – Mint Sprint

Sally Hansen Insta Dri – Lickety-split Lime

New polishes + OFFTOPIC DIY TORN TIGHTS FOR BOW FLATS TUTORIAL

I ordered some polishes from Bloom.com

Essie – School of Hard Rocks

Zoya – Neeka

OPI – Suzi Loves Cowboys

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri – Lickety-Split Lime

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Mint Sprint

Lickety-Split Lime, Mint Sprint, School of  Hard Rocks, Neeka, Suzi Loves Cowboys

I am sooo happy with the Insta-Dri’s! The formula is great, you’ll only need 1-2 coats for an opaque finish. I can’t believe I haven’t tried this line earlier since it’s been around for so long! I will def be buying more. Neeka is a 1-2 coater as well. Suzi loves cowboys is a bit sheer, but the dry time is satisfactory.

Now onto the tutorial!

I like to wear sheer tights, but somehow I always seem to ruin them after 1 or 2 wears. I usually just toss them, but I’ve recently thought up of a fun way to recycle! What can you do with torn tights you ask?

Now I suppose to I could have just worn my torn tights like Miley…

But that’s never really been my style. Here’s what I did instead!

1. Grab your torn tights…

2. Snip off the legs and feet

3. Turn them into bows! I’ve noticed that sheer tights are very good for making fluffy bows. You won’t have to worry about the ends fraying because if you stretch them they’ll just fold over by themselves. the torn part won’t really show because your tights will scrunch up and it will be hard to tell.

 

Now you can turn your bows into pins… or  jewelry… whatever! The possibilities are endless. I decided to spruce up a pair of flats by super gluing them on.

Easy, right?

Sally Hansen – Hidden Treasure

misa – on the edge
sally hansen – hidden treasure

I’ve wanted a flakey polish ever since i first saw a swatch of nfu.oh last year! I never could justify spending $12-13 for a bottle of polish though. Anyone know where I can purchase nfu.oh at a lower cost? Anyway, I’m just so glad I finally own a bottle– though I must admit that this is probably the most expensive bottle of polish that I’ve ever purchased. ($7.99 at Walgreens )

If anyone was wondering there are limited amounts of  bottles at each store and they are only on the displays… the one I saw only had 2 slots, so 2 per store? I had to look in 6 stores before I finally found it! The last time I checked Hidden Treasure is going for around $15-30 on eBay– and that’s PER BOTTLE!

But if you can’t find it in your local Walgreens, fret not my darlings! There are dupes! Try Nubar “2010″ ($7.75 shipped within the US on eBay the last time I checked.. I would have bought this one if I had seen the listing before finding HT instores!), Gosh “Rainbow” (not available in the US ), Maybelline colorama “Sonic Sunset” or “Ruby RayS”(discountinued but may be purchased through Amazon or eBay). There are probably more dupes, but those are the only ones that I am fimilar with. Good luck!

Nail Deco Of The Week #74

milani – playful
china glaze – unplugged
sally hansen – white on
covergirl boundless color – gold rush

Nail Deco Of The Week #69

sephora by opi – ocean love potion
sally hansen – white on white

Nail Deco Of The Week #54

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sally hansen – black out

wet n wild – french white creme

barielle – sand-al chic

bow was drawn with a toothpick~~ horray for toothpicks.

nail deco of the week #48

wet ‘n’ wild – red red
wet ‘n’ wild – french white creme
sally hansen – black out

ladybugs! ♥

week #20′s tutorial

As requested by Lucy, here is a tutorial for week #20′s deco!

what i use:

* sally hansen – black out

* nail star – holo silver

* chinaglaze – for audrey

* wet ‘n’ wild – french creme

* paperclips

* scrap paper

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step 1: do all your basic nail prep (base coat etc)

step 2: paint your base color coat of course! pictured is 2 coats of chinaglaze’s “for audrey” (my fave color!!)

step 3: paint your tips! doesn’t have to be perfect, you can hide minor boo-boos later with a line of glitter.

step 4: paint a stripe down the middle. if you are doing your other nails without the stripe down the middle, just skip over to step6.

step 5: using your dotting tool, make dots along the sides of the stripe.

in this tutorial, i am using a paperclip as my dotting tool. you can buy professional dotting tools from sally’s or ebay. i find that toothpicks, paperclips, etc work just fine. just use whatever works best for you!

step 6: using your dotting tool (i’m using the other end of my paperclip), make dots in areas that do not have any decorations already.

step 7: paint your line of glitter.

step 8: make dots on the tips too.

step 9: dots down the middle stripe (buttons!).. or crosses if you want it to look like a corset!

and finish off with a topcoat! ta-da! you’re done.