No new geeky nails this week, or next for that matter. I've been busy packing for my family's trip to Oregon next week. My camera decided to die two days ago ... right after I bought a 200-500 lens for it. Not a happy camper. Luckily one of my friends has a Nikon that my lenses will fit.
I'm planning on repainting my nails tonight for next week, I bought some velvet manicure stuff on ubber discount from Fred Meyers. I'll post some picks if I find time next week! ^.^
Friday, September 13, 2013
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Galaxy Trek Nails!
My memory cad did not want to work with any of the ports in my computer :/ I finally got both of them to behave.
Galaxy Nails!!!!!! These where so much fun to do!
I started with a coat of Finger Paints It's an Original and applied a thin coat of Milani Twinkle then dabbed on a little SinfulColors Snow me White. over the white I splotched on some Wet n wild's Fergie in Gold Album (love this line! such purdy colors) Over that I was a little heavy with Insta-Dry Snappy Sorbert. I blended the sides out with a little Insta-Dry Grape Going. I added a few spots here and there in snow me white for stars, and then toped off the whole thing with quite a few layers of inm Northern Lights top coat (<3333333) Then I painted on a little Starfleet emblem in Color Shows Fierce N Tangy. (perfect yellow color but I wish it wasn't so thin :/)
I am also on a mission. I am in love with Lamborghini's Arancio Argos color. I'm determined to find a nail polish, combination of nail polishes, or mix my own polish to exactly match this crazy epic fiery color.
Galaxy Nails!!!!!! These where so much fun to do!
I started with a coat of Finger Paints It's an Original and applied a thin coat of Milani Twinkle then dabbed on a little SinfulColors Snow me White. over the white I splotched on some Wet n wild's Fergie in Gold Album (love this line! such purdy colors) Over that I was a little heavy with Insta-Dry Snappy Sorbert. I blended the sides out with a little Insta-Dry Grape Going. I added a few spots here and there in snow me white for stars, and then toped off the whole thing with quite a few layers of inm Northern Lights top coat (<3333333) Then I painted on a little Starfleet emblem in Color Shows Fierce N Tangy. (perfect yellow color but I wish it wasn't so thin :/)
I am also on a mission. I am in love with Lamborghini's Arancio Argos color. I'm determined to find a nail polish, combination of nail polishes, or mix my own polish to exactly match this crazy epic fiery color.
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Autobot Nails! The glyphs are ancient Autobot for ShadowFire (one of my transformers characters)
Excuse the raged look, neither polish nor skin agrees to well with constantly ringing out rags in a bleach bucket.
I found an easy way to stamp. Grab a ziplock bag and throw a layer of topcoat on it. Then after its dry stamp onto that. Then peel it off and apply it to the nail. No more guesstimating on where the stamp will show up. (I'm horrible with that) Acrylic paint works realy well with this method too.
China Glaze holographic in Cosmic Dust with a franken I made with realy shiny holo glitter I purchased from Club Libby Lu years ago before it died.
Excuse the raged look, neither polish nor skin agrees to well with constantly ringing out rags in a bleach bucket.
I found an easy way to stamp. Grab a ziplock bag and throw a layer of topcoat on it. Then after its dry stamp onto that. Then peel it off and apply it to the nail. No more guesstimating on where the stamp will show up. (I'm horrible with that) Acrylic paint works realy well with this method too.
Friday, August 16, 2013
Wahoo, finally got around to starting a nail blog. I guess a little about me blurb may be a good way to start things off.
I was a crazy nail biter until my senior year of high school. Mother surprised me with acrylic nails for prom and I kept them around for about six or so months. When I took them off I had never seen my nails in better shape. They were still insanely week from all that biting damage so I started to paint them every week for the extra layers of strength, ever since then I have been ocd with my nails. I joke that I'm more ocd with my nails than sunstreaker is with his pain job! (its almost true XD)
I started out with only a small handful (around ten or so bottles) of nail polish. Once I started painting my nails every week that number quickly increased. I've accumulated over 80 different bottles of store bot and self frankenstined colors. I'm not overly interested in collecting every single color of only one particular brand. I tend to be very pick and choosy, only buying colors that catch my eye. I'm not fond of pinks and don't realy favor one brand more than the other.
Recently I've discovered a neat trick of using Tattoo paper for my mannie's. You can print out a bunch of designs on one sheet then cut out the one you want to use and apply it over a painted nail as if you where applying it to the skin like normal. Sooooo much easier and faster than hand painting everything. (Have you ever tryed to hand paint the Autobot brand? its a doozy)
I was a crazy nail biter until my senior year of high school. Mother surprised me with acrylic nails for prom and I kept them around for about six or so months. When I took them off I had never seen my nails in better shape. They were still insanely week from all that biting damage so I started to paint them every week for the extra layers of strength, ever since then I have been ocd with my nails. I joke that I'm more ocd with my nails than sunstreaker is with his pain job! (its almost true XD)
I started out with only a small handful (around ten or so bottles) of nail polish. Once I started painting my nails every week that number quickly increased. I've accumulated over 80 different bottles of store bot and self frankenstined colors. I'm not overly interested in collecting every single color of only one particular brand. I tend to be very pick and choosy, only buying colors that catch my eye. I'm not fond of pinks and don't realy favor one brand more than the other.
Recently I've discovered a neat trick of using Tattoo paper for my mannie's. You can print out a bunch of designs on one sheet then cut out the one you want to use and apply it over a painted nail as if you where applying it to the skin like normal. Sooooo much easier and faster than hand painting everything. (Have you ever tryed to hand paint the Autobot brand? its a doozy)
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