Winter Wear Nail Art Contest !

Hello everyone ! Here is a fun contest for you guys to try ! Give it a go !

You dont have to make a video if you dont want to : ) 

The pic above is the asian prizes the winner will receive.

Thinking about having a 2nd place winner...

Anyway here are the rules : 

1. Must be a subscriber

2. There will be only one Winner this time
unless I cant decide between 2 designs

3. Be inspired by winter wear - jackets, hats, scarfs
sweaters etc

4. No time limit

5. Open Worldwide. Will ship anywhere.

6. 2 entries max per person

7. Starts today & ends Jan 9 2011

8. You can use anything you want including
rhinestones, stamps, acrylics etc or just
keep it simple

9. Please show step by step how you created
your nail art look & show the polishes or decorations
you use

10. Please title your entry
"Winter Wear Nail Art Contest Entry"

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IF YOU WANT TO BLOG IT NOT VLOG IT 
Include at least 6 pics in your photo tutorial
step by step showing how you created your design

Make sure you let us know which polishes, colors
nail decorations you used & the brands if you can

Include a photo of your winter wear item


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So yeah Bloggers/Tumblrs etc are allowed to just go ahead
and post a photo tutorial on their page if they so choose.
They will be judged pretty much the same if I see
the effort.

♥

Have fun !

Please Enter & Pass this video on to
someone that may be interested ^ ^

Crazy for Red

Lately I've been becoming obsessed with red polish.
I used to think it was boring and I just...wasnt interested

If you dont feel like doing any nail art geared toward
Christmas...just paint your nails bright red !
No better time to have that classic cherry mani.

Im loving Ali's Big Break from OPI - Its from their Burlesque collection.
Its a fun basic red with gorgeous delicate shimmers inside.

But, of course every brand has a nice red, usually.

One thing to watch out for when wearing red nail polish is staining.
Depending on the brand, red tends to stain sometimes more than other
colors. Because its such an intense inky sort of color with lots of pigment
it can stain your nails if you dont use basecoat. I love to do 2  coats of basecoat.

Because red nail polish is so bright and vibrant, chips will be more
obvious. Make sure you seal up your varnish with a nice top coat
such as Seche Vite to prevent chipping !

If you buy a regular red...try popping some glitter on top and
see what happens : )

Also, ever since I started watching beautycrush on youtube I
became interested in red lipstick. It looked so good with her skin tone
so I thought I'd try it too : )

Here are some tips on long wearing red lipstick

http://www.abrilliantbrunette.com/2010/02/beauty-tip-long-lasting-red-lips.html

Personally I use NYX Lipliner in 817 Hot Red & various
reddish lipsticks. Of course Mac would last a bit longer than
say Revlon Color Burst but if you try the tip below you
will be able to mattify any lipstick.

So, after I apply my lipstick I use the method Michelle Phan brought
to my attention of pressing a tissue on top of your lips and taking
your kabuki or puff with some powder and blotting over
the tissue. This removes all the excess moisture from your
lipstick giving it more long wear.

Skip to 0:21  if you are only interested in the lippie tips



So, get into red this season  ! Its very fun and fashionable : )

Ultimate Nail Tag

Hellooo everyone

I thought it would be fun to do this tag started by 

annasbeautysecrets.

In this video I go into a bit of my history
talking about my nail art passion &
I also give a couple tips : )

Hope you enjoy


Here are the questions :

1. When did your nail passion start?
2.When did you start growing your nails long?
3.What are the secrets to growing long natural nails?
4.Do you like long or short nails?
5.Which do you prefer most acrylic,gel, fiberglass or any other nail enhancement?
6.Do you prefer false nails or natural nails?
7.What nail shape do you like best,round,square,pointy,squoval?
8.What nail polish brand do you love the most?
9.If you were stuck on an island what would be the 3 nail items you would bring?
10.Why do you love nail art? and How did you get started doing nail art?

Pretty Nails Pt. 4

Gradiation Nails

So, I love Gradition Nails.
They have been around for years.
I first saw them on my Korean friend nails around 2004ish.
They are so simple to do and you dont need
any fancy tools to create the look. Looks great on long 
and short nails...and you can use whatever colors you want.
I did an Ocean Inspired Gradiation video on youtube a while ago
& the quality is horrible because I was using my built in laptop
webcam at the time. But, I did like the end results.

This time I chose to do sort of a snowy look with one 
main color. You could use 3 different shades of the same 
color or...you could have one main color and use white & 
black to mix in ...creating your gradiation. There are so many
ways to create gradiation nails. You could even use a small 
makeup sponge but I prefer just painting the tip and then
dragging the brush down to 1/2 the nail...it gives a similar
effect and its faster. Just make sure you dont have
an opaque polish.This works better with sort of slightly
sheer or sparkly polishes.
Also make sure there isnt too much polish on your 
brush if you choose to do the dragging method.





Experiment ! Its so much fun !