nailart stamping kit

This is my first time using this nail art stamping kit. I was having a hard time using it at first, because as per instruction on the kit, stamp it quickly. But the design does not transfer from the disk to the stamper. So i tried to press it gently, then slowly and then hardly. But non of these works. So I search the net for techniques. Thanks to nailartstamp.com. I learned that I have to roll the stamper on the disc to transfer the design. I got it on the first attempt.  Hurray!  

I used Sansan Nail Polish in Amethyst for my base color and Caress Nail Polish in Pears for the design. I used Design Disc M20.

panda

I saw this image from New York Post. This was in China. They dyed their pet dogs to look like panda and other endangered animals like tigers. 

A Chow Chow dog, dyed to look like a panda, play at the Dahe Pet Civilization Park in Zhengzhou. The park bought four dyed Chow Chows and a Golden Retriever, dyed to resemble a tiger from a pet market in Sichuan as an attempt to attract visitors.

I find them very cute and funny. Well, the real pandas were really cute but you cannot just hug them like dogs, and  they are endangered animals. Although a lot find it cute, there were comments that these were animal cruelty, that these took the dog's dignity and the dyes may harm the animals etc. They do have rights, but  Dignity? really? 

The panda bear or the giant panda is native to China. Their diet is 99% bamboo. The giant panda is the rarest member of the bear family and among the world's most threatened animals.

I used Sansan Luxury Black as base for all nails. Sansan Sea Green for the bamboos and Caronia White Satin for the heads and eyes of the pandas.

I really enjoy doing this nail art and a lot of my family members and friends appreciates it. One of my male cousins (he's straight) asked me to put it on his nails. Look at those huge chubby hands! haha. But its cute though, just like the panda.

A Lady's Bug

According to The National Geographic, many people are fond of ladybugs because of their colorful, spotted appearance. But farmers love them for their appetite. Most ladybugs voraciously consume plant-eating insects, such as aphids, and in doing so they help to protect crops. Ladybugs lay hundreds of eggs in the colonies of aphids and other plant-eating pests. When they hatch, the ladybug larvae immediately begin to feed. By the end of its three-to-six-week life, a ladybug may eat some 5,000 aphids.

Ladybugs are also called lady beetles or, in Europe, ladybird beetles. Ladybugs appear as half-spheres, tiny, spotted, round or oval-shaped domes. They have short legs and antennae. 

After applying Caronia Nail Hardener and Base Coat, I applied Sansan Nail Polish in Ruby Red as the base color. Next, with the use of an old Eye Liquid Eyeliner from Nichido and Sansan Nail Polish in Luxury Black, I made a straight line at the center, from the bottom to the tips of my nails. Then, I made straight tips and fill it up with the same black nail polish. This will be the lady bug’s heads. With my dotting tool, I made black dots on the body and white dots on its heads which serve as their eyes. Lastly, apply a top coat, and we’re done. 

Philippine Independence Nails

I made this in commemoration of  Philippines 113th Independence day on June 12, 2011. he theme for this year’s Independence Day celebration is “Kalayaan, Paninindigan ng Bayan” (Freedom, Stand for it) described as the Philippines call to action. 

Sorry, I wasn’t able to make a tutorial video for this. But this is how I've done this design. Before applying Caronia’s Nail Hardener and Base Coat, I first draw, using a pencil, the Philippine flag as a guide to where the colors will end. Then, I apply the Blue nail polish from BNC No. 611 and Sansan Nail polish in Ruby Red. Be careful in applying white nail polish because it is very obvious when you make a mistake. I used Sansan Nail polish in French White. I used Caress Nail polish in Pears for my sun and stars.