Classy Grey is the new black

This week, I present to you classy gray-scale nails. Perhaps it's a work habit, but gray is my new black! And it's been proven in the past three weeks that without any nail polish, my nail health falls when I don't nourish it with some pretty polish. I guess if you use your hands for work very often, a little shell for protection ain't bad at all! Enjoy!

Colors: Grey, white, black (white and black line pens)

Mosaic Nails

As always, lay out the polishes on a sheet of painting paper

Using a brush, or a dotting tool, roughly color parts of the
nails with different colors

When you're done, clean up the edges that was done during
the painting

The lines where each color meets should be defined,
but don't worry if the lines are a little jagged

This will solve all problems for you! Using a black
nail art pen (or black polish on a dotter/brush), paint
along the edges

Add a line where the colors take up most of the nail
to create a more detailed mosaic feel

And you're done! Remember your top coat! :)

Close up of the thumb, in case you need to see
how it's painted

A BAD EXAMPLE
Started work on my right hand this time, before I started taking
photos and realize it's best to keep the lines sparse and simple
OVERKILL!!

Managed to remedied the situation by painting over the colors
and re-defining the black lines

Have fun with the colors!

Colors in use: Blue from Faceshop, Skin and orange from DearFace nail polish (korea)

Next up: Nail polish review for DearFace nail polish (it has arrived!)

Peacock watermark experiment

It's just as suggested by the title, I decided to create a watermark designed to look like peacock feathers. Here's how I went about doing it:

Using navy green, I coated the nail with a base color

Added a few more coats so it looks more solid

These are the colors used for the watermark!
I shall skip on how to create a watermark because there are many tutorials on youtube to help you

The peacock water mark, 3rd try
For the 1st try, I used blue and green but it appeared as the 1st nail below. I then decided to use midnight blue, and double that layer with another blue to create a gradient like the one shown above.

The three tries, the third one finally makes more sense!
The color is right, the shape is more defined, I just have to refine it with more petal-shapes.

Not sure if you can tell, but using the method previously proposed in the video I shared didn't work. Water-bubbles appeared anyway. Shall research more on this.

My two favourites of the day.
Honestly, which do you prefer?

And this marks the end of my first experiment. There are several things I wish to refine:

1. Find a darker blue, and add yellow and gems to make it more colorful, like the peacock feathers.
2. Research on how to remove those water bubbles.
3. Consider using a cup, or a bowl with more depth, so I will not touch the bottom of the container and smudge the nails

Overall, I think this got off a good start :)
Wonder how it can be improved..

A little white flower saves the day

I got inspired by the works of cutepolish and decided to do something related to a white flower.

What you would need:
- Yellow, Green and white nail polish (see image 6)
- A dotter (I used a pen, see image 2)
- Cotton Sticks (see image 3)
- Paper
- Nail Polish Remover
- Base and top coat of your choice

Beauty Regime:
1. Prep your nails by cleaning the hands followed by a layer of base coat
2. Put some green nail polish on the paper
3. Using a pen or a dotter of your choice, create "cloud shapes" at the tip of the nails
4. Put some yellow on paper. Add a dot of yellow on each nail (see image 1)
5. Put some white on paper. Using the cotton sticks (as I need smaller, leaner petals) draw out the shape of petals. Cover some of the yellow to make the yellow dot look smaller (see image 3)
6. Add on a small dot of yellow to re-define the flower's pollen by angling the pen so you get a smaller dot
7. Add two layers of top coat when the paint has more or less dried up (see image 4, 5)

And you're done! P.s. I'm gonna start a new project, watch this space! :)

 

Rio, Amigo!

I did this in less than 15 minutes.

Mainly because I'm too lazy a person to do any manicurial stuff on my stubby toe nails :(

This is my Rio-palette, inspired by that parrot movie


Deep blue, Bright Yellow and Highlighter Pink, all from FaceShop.

Here's how you do it:
1. Apply yellow over the entire toenail, as it is the lightest color of the three
2. Make a mental note to divide the nail's surface area into three segments
3. Apply pink on either segment on each nail, randomly
4. Apply blue on either of the remaining segments, randomly
5. Finish with 2 layers of top-coat


And done!