Summery Floral Nail Art

Base shades: models own red Veneer and coconut cream

accessory: T-1000 Dance legend

Stamping plate: Cici & Sisi 03

Stamping Polish: Konad black

Love love the holo from dance legend and these models personal cremes. the entirety appeared excellent until I stamped up after which I applied a top coat which smudged the stamping a chunk. however theres constantly a subsequent time. until then!

Sweater Nails

these are sweater nails I did someday in late December. Now even looking at these makes me sweat. The heating is rising up in Mumbai! yet I think these colors are a cute summer time combination i'd like to apply again.

Base: China Glaze For Audrey

accessory: Maybelline Orange restoration

Stamping Plate: Moyou Festive plate 06

Stamping Polish: Konad blue

Geometric Nail Art : Advance stamping technique

listen hear! I tried stamping decals again after my in advance disastrous outcomes..endorsed by my pal Puja from She does some real fab designs. And mine turned out manner better than what I thought. So yeah i am on a stamping sticky label roll!

after you get the dangle of this factor its pretty addictive :p

Base: Maybelline Colorshow Black out

crammed the design with: fashions personal Turquoise Gloss, Faces Matt Ibiza, Yellow is Maybelline candy Sunshine

Stamping Plate: Cici and Sisi 04

Stamping polish: Konad Black 

those are my decals on the stamp. Left them to dry for 1/2 an hour and lifted them from the perimeters. came out quite nicely and as you can imagine I placed some orders for extra such stamping photos that can be crammed and squishy stampers too.

See ya soon!

Hello Kitty Nail Art

Had one of my hello kitty bouts again. and luckily I had these cute decals from Nail O Drama

Base: models very own Lilac Sheen

Gradient: applied striping tape and sponged on it using models own red veneer and solar hat

crowned with SV

Nail O Drama   is a mumbai based totally on-line shop. they have lots of lovely decals in masses of designs. promote for round Rs.250/- consistent with sheet as under. you can touch them on fb

Its a breeze to use those water decals. if you are new to decals, there are instructions on the again of the package deal. I love to do some thing a piece greater on other nails when i use decals, so I decided to do a striping tape gradient. 

loved the final look.

Abstract Roadmap Nail Art, for the Adventurer In You

The remaining avenue journey I went on was to California, wherein my boyfriend and i (plus multiple our exceptional buddies) went to Disneyland. The ride became a blast, and we were essentially professionals at navigating the Disney FastPass scene and making the maximum of our days. It turned into magic!

Then, at the manner again, the aircon in my car died. Oh, and did I point out that this was in June? within the middle of the desert? That sucked. however such is the character of avenue journeys, right? You gotta roll with the punches! And the mishaps always make the fine reminiscences.

The China Glaze Road Trip collection celebrates that wanderlust, those adventures, with twelve boho chic shades. In the spirit of the road trip, I used five of them to create some abstracted road map nail art.

Nail polish used:
China Glaze Boho Blues
China Glaze Sun's Up Top Down
China Glaze My Way or the Highway
China Glaze Pinking Out the Window
China Glaze Pop the Trunk

I used Boho Blues because the base, reason it's my favored color inside the collection. How extremely good is that cornflower blue? this is two coats of it. Then I painted (and dotted!) on a few unfastened street map info with the opposite 4 shades.

i am really superb glad with the manner that this appearance grew to become out; it's not too literal however now not too ambiguous. maybe if i would been carrying this whilst my AC died I would not were so crabby!

here is a amusing fact about this series: it makes up a massive part of the set of polishes that i use in nail college with clients! Boho Blues has been huge for pedicures at the same time as Pinking Out the Window is a popular nail trimming preference. have you picked up any of the shades in this series but?

The China Glaze road trip collection is to be had now at splendor deliver stores like Sally beauty and Ulta.

Embrace the Grey with This Geometric Necktie Patterned Nail Art

notwithstanding the fact that i have never seen or read 50 shades of gray, I think we all realize the fundamental gist of the story. OPI's 50 sunglasses collection consists of more than a few six shades - 5 greys and a purple - and that i used 3 of them to create this nail artwork look today. I chose a geometric sample, one which you may locate on a necktie, which fits with what I recognize about the story quite well, I suppose.

Nail polish used:
OPI Embrace the Grey
OPI Dark Side of the Mood
OPI My Silk Tie

I commenced by way of portray my nails with  coats of embody the gray. It applied easily and lightly, like OPI cremes generally do!

I painted on a freehand rectangular pattern the use of darkish facet of the temper, after which introduced the silvery squares inside them with My Silk Tie.

What do you think - Christian-esque?

Ya know, even though i have never visible the movie or examine the books, i'm able to get behind an awesome geometric sample any day of the week! What approximately you - have you "Embraced the grey"?

Mumbai Marathon Nail Art: support stray animals

I participated.... Uh no. .. without a doubt my kiddo participated the mumbai marathon in Jan and taking over my motive to aid stray animals.
here's my mani for the cause:

Base: Maybelline Colorshow porcelain birthday party (white) and blackout (for accessory)

Freehanded the relaxation of the info with brush and dotting tools for spots

Kiddo dressed up as a Dalmatian doggy. He had a jolly proper time bow-wow-ing with other pups.

ciao! see ya soon.

Negative Space Nail Art

I had a long time desire to attempt out the bad space technique. Then my friend from Manisha  sent me some inspirational pictures and that completely pushed me to do that:

The percent from in which this stimulated turned into taken from paulinaspassions.com (@paulinaspassion on Instagram)

Base: inglot 924
For the glitter accessory: crowned colour club gingerbread over leave out claire A4
Freehanded the flora and leaves with acrylics

Go Behind the Scenes and Tour OPI Headquarters with Me! [VIDEO]

How could you like to go behind the curtain of considered one of your favorite nail polish manufacturers? I had the opportunity to stay the dream whilst i latterly visited OPI headquarters with Leslie from work/Play/Polish. I needed to take a few photos and movies to share with you guys, so come with me as we pull lower back the curtain and peek into their world of nails!

one of the first things you could observe upon arrival is a large mural at the aspect of the constructing. amongst other elements, it is were given a large OPI polish, a GelColor, and a Nicole bottle!

Leslie and that i entered the constructing, got all signed in, and waited anxiously for our excursion to start. we would handiest been sitting there for thirty seconds whilst pass over Pop walked in! We each identified her at once as considered one of OPI's superstar nail artists. as it grew to become out, she turned into going to be joining us on our tour!

whilst leave out Pop got settled in, Leslie and i had the possibility to meet with Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, executive vice chairman and creative Director of OPI. you can apprehend her name from polishes like "in which Did Suzi's man-go?" and "Suzi Skis inside the Pyrenees." I may additionally have geeked out a touch. it is fine. allow's pretend I performed it cool.

We were given to peek into their places of work before our tour officially started out. There were notion forums, stylized photographs, shows from past collections, and ad campaigns adorning the interior. We got to peer some unique rooms, which include the manicuring room, in which OPI techs practice and test products, and a advertising room, where they shoot lots of their social content.

As we geared up for the manufacturing unit part of our excursion to start, we were given great horny safety goggles. I at once proceeded to take a selfie, glaringly. We took a 2nd to shoot a p.c of our nails together, and our tour guide Sergio got in at the mani shot too (see above)!

words can not well specific the experience of seeing OPI products being assembled, filled, and packed! you've got just got to head watch the video at the pinnacle of the publish, if you have not already. the entirety turned into so green... and seeing those polishes in mass portions made my eyes get reallllll wiiiiide.

What do you watched? was it like you estimated it? I recognise i was surprised by means of how non-industrialized everything regarded. OPI ships to one hundred twenty five+ countries the world over, and yet every unmarried polish is synthetic on this one location. I could not agree with that!

As leave out Pop said, the tour become the nail addict equivalent of having the golden ticket and going on the Willy Wonka manufacturing unit excursion! i am so grateful to were able to have this possibility, and that i need to present a big way to Jaq and Sergio who helped make the day wonderful.

Abstract gradient nail art

Loved this abstract gradient combo.

How about u?

For the gradient: Maybelline colorshow sweet sunshine, faces matte ibiza, and miss claire one stroke A18
Stamping plates:  Pueen 52
loose passed the stripes on accent
Stamping polish:  konad black

Purple Glamour: Stamping Nail Art

A simple stamping mani with a beautiful base.

Base: Zoya Carter

Stamping plate: BM 209

Stamping: Maybelline colorshow ambitious Gold

Glitter: moist n Wild Fergie Glamorous

Pastel Leopard Nail Art

Here's one that unexpectedly turned out quite nice:

Base: fashions personal hyper gel red Veneer

accessory base: Ch Nails matte

Unnamed neighborhood Glitter polish become sponged

Freehanded the leopard print on the accent

Is It Spring Yet? This Linework Nail Art Seems to Think So!

Spring is a adorable time, is not it? I assume it can be my favourite season. except the gorgeous temperatures and blooming flora, spring brings us PASTEL NAIL POLISH! Pastels are seriously my jam... I suppose they healthy my pale skin however also convey a sure cheerfulness that nudes simply cannot compete with.

KBShimmer is on the same web page, and is coming in robust for spring. Their newest collection includes crellies, holos, and cremes in a colour palette certain to make your nails bloom.

Polishes used:
KBShimmer Ins and Sprouts
KBShimmer Thistle Be the Day
White polish

I commenced by portray my nails with  coats of Ins and Sprouts. I failed to put down a base coat, which proved to be a high priced mistake, as it's miles simply a stainer on its own.

Then, I used a triangle make-up wedge to sponge on a gradient of Thistle Be the Day. I did 4 or five rounds of sponging to attain the opacity you spot right here. something to word is that sponging those shades collectively clearly diminished the holo impact; each polishes are extremely mega remarkable holo in their natural country.

The final step was to feature the white markings! I painted them freehand with a small nail art brush and sealed the appearance in with topcoat.

This nail art virtually were given quite a few enhances, and it become pretty short to perform. The formulation at the holographic shades were smooth to paintings with, smooth, and short drying, even though be sure you put on a base coat with Ins and Sprouts to keep away from staining.

KBShimmer is to be had for purchase from KBShimmer.com within the US and Harlow & Co for worldwide orders. you could also maintain up with the logo on fb, Twitter, and Instagram.

Nail School Weeks 6, 7, & 8: Ready, Steady, Acrylics!

In weeks six thru 8, we surely focused on honing our acrylic capabilities in training for the total assessment. in addition to our normal each day clients, we practiced our acrylic sculpting on classmates, our mannequin arms, and our talent sticks. My elegance has been progressing at special rates; for me, my full acrylic assessment came at the beginning of week 8.

purple and white fever
We made pretty a bit of headway in our red-and-white sculpted acrylics. We practiced selecting the right nail paperwork for every man or woman's nail beds, and then did a few drills on the diverse degrees of sculpting. We did a full set of acrylics on our mannequin hands. We endured to paintings on our ability sticks to get the basics of sculpting down pat!

At my faculty, we have  acrylic reviews before we are launched to do them for customers. the first is a 3-finger assessment on one in all our fellow classmates, which you could see under. No oil is to be applied, because the teachers need in an effort to see the nails as they may be! My 3 finger evaluation went okay, even though I recognize there were (and are) regions I had to improve on.

after you skip your three finger evaluation, you need to bring in a model to perform a complete set in two hours. I introduced in my pricey mommy! She sat like a champ as I went over the 2 hour time restrict by approximately a half of an hour. you may see my finished set below. no longer too shabby for my first pass, eh? I surpassed the evaluation and right now was assigned a consumer for every other full set! Nerve-wracking!

I additionally started doing acrylic fills at this time, and changed into given my first demo with the electric record. We don't use it for a lot, however there are positive occasions that require it.

I imagine that my updates becomes plenty more rare any longer! I assume going forward, it is going to be a number of client paintings and honing preceding abilities, versus mastering state-of-the-art ones. we're going to see!

China Glaze Electric Nights for Summer 2015 Swatch and Review

China Glaze's new summer time collection, electric powered Nights, attracts concept from the electronic dance song tradition with 9 neon cremes and 3 neon glitter toppers. it's now not my scene however these polishes positive are! they're vivid, they may be a laugh, they may be bumpin'. study on to test out my swatches!

factor Me to the celebration - One coat over white
A rainbow neon glitter topper with purple, magenta, orange, inexperienced, and blue neon glitters. The glitter density turned into correct and it's in order that amusing! you can have visible some thing like this from indie manufacturers before, however it's pretty cool to peer a major logo embracing the neon glitter.

Let the Beat Drop - One coat over white
A neon glitter topper with pink, magenta, and orange glitters.

Can I Get An Untz Untz - One coat over white
A neon glitter topper with blue, green, and purple glitters.

Daisy Know My Name? - One coat over white
I wish my camera had been able to accurately convey how neon this one is! It's a super bright neon yellow, especially when layered over white. It went on smoothly and evenly.

DJ Blue My Mind - Two coats over white
I'm pretty obsessed with this gorgeous deep sky blue creme. Of the two blues in this collection, this one is my pick.

Glow With the Flow - Two thin coats over white
This is another one where the brightness just did not translate well to my camera. This bright pink creme is super gorgeous. It's very Barbie-esque, but in the best of ways.

Home Sweet House Music - Two coats over white
A neon creamsicle orange. So citrusy, cheery, and bright!

PLUR-ple - Two coats over white
A bright purple creme. I'm obsessed with this shade of purple. So deliciously bright. It went on a little streaky but mostly evened out after the second coat.

Red-y to Rave - Two coats over white
A bright neon traffic cone red-orange. This is another standout for me, it's great!

Treble Maker - Two coats over white
A bright kelly green.

UV Meant to Be - Two coats over white
A light sky blue creme. This is the lighter counterpart to DJ Blue My Mind. A great pool blue for summer!

Violet Vibes - Three coats over white
The bright magenta huge on this one is gorgeous, but I found the formula to be a bit finicky. It was streaky for the first two coats but evened out on the third.

universal, i discovered the formulation to be on the thinner aspect. at some stage in software, it became pleasant to get a barely large bead of polish than i'd generally use, and polish it on to the nail with a mild touch to minimize streaks.

As you may have noticed, I decided to swatch all of those over a white base to boost the brightness. I wasn't certain which of them might need it and which ones would not. because it grew to become out, now not they all wanted it. you could take a look at out jessface90's swatch video to peer many of them swatched by myself.

I want that the neon-ness of those had encounter more truely! they are shiny and glad and adorable. general, it is a classically China Glaze series full of bold, amusing colorations and trend-setting glitters. This collection is set to launch in April, so begin gearing up for summer season now!

Nail School Week 4: Graduating to the Client Floor

Week 4 of nail college delivered us to real customers, in addition to rockstar gels, acrylic liquid and powder, and extra. I even did a gel manicure for my teacher! i'm absolutely having a blast in faculty, and it is incredible to finally be at the floor operating with real clients.

Manicuring and pedicuring reviews
in this first day of week four, we were asked to carry out a nail filing and pedicure on a model to decide if we were given to graduate to the consumer ground (where you figure with actual, paying clients). I asked my pal Jess to are available and he or she graciously obliged.

We had two hours to do a simple nail trimming and a basic pedicure, sharpening each red and French to expose that we are able to well and successfully do each. I exceeded the evaluation and had my first patron that very afternoon!

purchaser paintings
I had some great customers for my first week! I did some pedicures (one with a lovable glitter accent toe), which went nicely, but the actual second of reality became while my trainer and proprietor of the school requested me to do her gel nail cutting before she went out of metropolis that weekend. i was quite nervous, to mention the least, but it went properly!

L: The acrylic exercise sheet, R: My gel manicure on my instructor

More work to be done
just because we're working with customers now doesn't mean that we're achieved inside the school room! We nevertheless obtained a pair of new strategies to perfect...

• Rockstar gel manicures: We learned the way to do everybody's favored exquisite blingy glitter gels and get them to a perfectly glassy clean end! i haven't had a chance to perform rockstars on every person yet, however i am in reality searching ahead to it.
• persevering with cuticle paintings education: certainly one of our instructors is very captivated with smooth cuticle work! We got some greater demonstrations on how to get the nail plate tremendous clean and prepped for services.
• learning to work with acrylic merchandise: This week we were given a peek into what week 5 could have in keep. We started to work with our acrylic liquid and powder structures, gaining knowledge of a way to manage the comb and vicinity the beads of product. We used a plastic blanketed worksheet to get acquainted and experiment with consistency.

We also had our take a look at on chemistry on the cease of week 4, which I exceeded with flying colors!

Nail School Week 5: Acrylics Ahoy!

In week five, whilst we persisted to paintings on an occasional patron, we additionally started out studying the basics of acrylic sculpting. the primary four weeks of faculty normally included offerings that i've a few primary experience with, however on the subject of acrylic, it's all new to me! I absolutely had some struggles before everything, but matters have regularly stepped forward.

Acrylics here we come
My faculty puts a large emphasis on sculpting acrylic nails from scratch as opposed to doing plastic hints overlaid with acrylic, so we began getting to know the fundamentals of sculpting on our skill sticks. the primary stick we used is the only with the black nail paperwork pre-connected. As you may see, my early tries were form of a warm mess. it's ok although -- it's the primary time I had ever done it!

the second one talent stick comes without the forms pre-attached, so you can put your personal nail bureaucracy on and then sculpt off the threshold of the dowel. by the point we had graduated to the second stick, I had gotten a bit extra assured inside the fundamentals of sculpting. We also learned a way to file/buff our acrylics up to a excessive shine.

L: My first attempts at acrylic sculpting on my level 1 skill stick, R: Showing improvement on the level 2 skill stick

Jazzing it up
We additionally were given some fun nail artwork demos this week! one in all our instructors showed us a way to paintings with colored acrylics and pigments to create precise sculpted nail designs, even as some other instructor showed us how to do ten one-of-a-kind gel nail artwork strategies.

i was the version for the coloured acrylic nails, so right here's my right hand with three lengthy acrylics. It changed into extraordinary, to mention the least. i am no longer used to having my nails that period!

L: My hand after serving as the model for a colored acrylics demo, R: Ten gel nail art technique demonstrations

Well that's...handy

additionally, we endured to practice our tip blending and fiber wrap offerings on our mannequin arms. although my school discourages using guidelines, it is a required provider for nation forums.

here are my three ladies! I asked Instagram to assist me name them, and my preferred pointers were Chanail, Clawdia, and Felicia. My next hand will probably be named Regina Phalange. Say howdy!

i'm actually getting this recap out on time this week, which means that that week six begins nowadays. we're going to start sculpting acrylics on our fellow classmates and our mannequin palms.

thanks interested in your positive remarks on this collection! i am having a blast writing it. Please experience free to permit me realize if you have any questions; i would be glad to answer them if i will!