Spring is here

Hi gals! Sorry for my short MIA, well the good news is I've moved into a comfortable, cozy new place and have my own nail corner now ^o^

This week, I'm presenting nails titled 'Spring is blooming'

It is fairly easy to create this look, which looks like colourful flowers
blooming in the lustrous green

And here are the colours I've selected for this design. I picked the most
striking green because I want the hues of the opposite colour spectrum t
really stand out. So from left, green, coral, blood orange, peach and purple.

I'm missing a shot here with the black lines drawn on first, but
in words, you first add some curvy lines for the branch. Then
you use a dotting tool of your choice and dot the colours on

The beauty is really how the dots work in random shades, so
don't worry. Let your mood lead you and dot the shades

And you'd end up with ten lovely nails simple and modern, yet with such a cheerful
vibe that work will feel brilliantly cheerful too!

Hope you enjoyed the post! And I promise to catch up with more nail displays! Next up - Valentines Day!

Nailing the Occasion

What's your take on your nail-do on a casual day out with the girls? Or a hot date? Or an important presentation? Here's my five cents worth of how to get creative and in tune with the occcasion :)

Wedding: If you're like me, going through that phase in life where everyone is getting married, you'd have a fair share of weddings to attend. Your outfit is the real focus in this event so let the nails take on a softer, complementing look. The way to go: nude (light pink, transparent) nails with colored french tips (examples) to match your dress and turn into Lady Elegant

Hot date: Adorn your nails with perky colors if you're taking on a awesome outfit. Are you going with bright striking colors or sleek monotones? The way to go: Wear that passion on your nails with some funky nail art, like what we have in our Love, Passion Series

Casual day out with your girls: A summer dress? Casual Tees and shorts? Or just a light-weight top with your comfy jeans? The way to go: Nothing complements casual wear like simple flowery nails, and if you're looking to have simple make-up the perky and funky nail art is the perfect fit.

Flying away for a vacation: Going into a land where nobody knows you? Don't worry, you'd leave a lasting impression with awesome nails like our summer collection, or show off your nails with colorful costumes with a perfect blend of watermark nails

Big Presentation/ Work: If work permits, go with french twist. Use more subdued colors, like white and everything else if you need to make a professional impression. It works even for after-work parties, and you don't have to worry about looking too childish with this sleek nail-do

Visions of Love, Passion

2nd Palette Experiment - Visions of Love, Passion

Colors used for this palette:

#01 #02 #03 

#04  #05 #06

#07

#01 - Dark purple (Sally Hanson)
#02 - Bright Red (Rubi)
#03 - Bloody Red (Sasa)
#04 - Metallic Pink
#05 - Black (Faceshop)
#06 - Gold (Sasa)
#07- White (Chatmingon)

 

Done hating, due loving

New brush tool for nail art (Daiso)

Experimenting with this, but it was not very helpful

My 4 most used surgical tools - needle, cotton sticks, dotter, brush

Work in progres

Love Blossoms #03, #04, #05 (Steps)

Infected Love - #4 & #05 (Steps)

My Heart All Cut Up - #02 & #07 (Steps)

Swirling Love - Every color (Steps)

Young Little Love - #02 & #04 (Steps)

Seduction - #03, #05, #06 & #07 (Steps)

Love is a disease - #02 & #07 (Steps)

True Bloody Love - #03, #05, #07 (Steps)

Love like a lifeline - #03 & #07 (Steps)

Love Prints - #02 & #07 (Steps)

Love is golden - #03 & #06 (Steps)

 

Unexpected Guest during experimentation

What I did:

Love Blossoms: Using a metallic pink base, I picked up some black on the needle to paint out branches. Adding a dot of bloody red with the dotter or brush, the flowers are added and immediately you have the design
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Infected Love: Like Love Blossoms, using the metallic pink for base and black on needle for vein design
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My Heart All Cut Up - Bright red for base, then using white you paint the top of a heart at the tips and the pointed shape of the heart on top of the nail. The inverted colors make it feel like the heart (in white) is cut out
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Swirling Love -  A little more complicated, but start first with a dark purple base. I basically laid out all colors on paper (like the first image set with all the colors) and with a brush I just mix different colors to add swirls. Sometimes I mix #03 and #05, sometimes #02 & #06. At the end of it, you have multi layers of different color.
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Young Little Love - Start with a metallic pink base, then add the french twist of bright red, with three pink dots for an over-the-top cuteness. Just like all young, puppy love. Sweetened and too cute
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Seduction - Gold base, with bloody red forming a v shape at the mid-section of the nails. Paint the bottom of the V-shape bloody red and then add in the black outlines. A little white to the black laces will make it look more defined
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Love is a disease - White base, with bright red inverted heart near the tip. Add in dots and you'd have the design look like the above pattern
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True Bloody Love - Inspired by the vampire love stories. Using white as base, and bloody red for the blood trickle design. Mix bloody red with a pinch of black and make the gradient paint upwards from the tip of the nails
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Love like a Lifeline - Simple bloody red base and a white on needle nailart
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Love Prints - Bright red base with a white strip down the nail. Add little hearts to the white, first make two dots like Mickey Mouse ears and then using a brush, paint the rest of the heart shape
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Love is golden - Two coats of bloody red and start brushing gold paint from the tip of the nails. Have in intensely concentrated at the tip and slowly fade it upwards. Like a gradient
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Hope you like this experiment brought to you by Nailify.
Next week - Green Eyed Monster and Its Jealousy

Flower from all seasons

This is the beginning of my new project - Nail Palettes!

As it is not wise to only practice painting for self, and also much easier for me to explore manicure designs to paint for other people, I went out and got some tools to begin this new palette design.

And this is the first, titled Flower from all seasons

The set titled "Flowers from all seasons" Pretty obvious theme, right?

On thumb: Little white flower saves the day, tri-color nail french twist

On thumb: Purple Princess, simple duo-colors white lace french twist

On thumb: Breathe of blue skies, trio color french tip

On ring finger: White flower saves the day

On index finger: Purple Princess, lace without flower for simplicity

On ring finger: Breathe of blue skies with birds instead of sun

On pinky: White flower saves the day

On ring finger: Purple Princess, laced up *whistles*

On pinky: Breathe of blue skies, simple flower french tip

On pinky: Wintry Daisy

On pinky: Streams and flowers

 

Full size images available on my flickr stream

Hope you like them, would love to hear comments or what you would like to see! Tagboard on the right, comments box with each box all available :)