Apple Nail Art

Fruits nail art are colorful, fun and easy to do. I've already done watermelon, strawberry, lemon and orange nail art on my previous post, so now, here's the apple nail art I've done.

First, I put a clear base coat. I used Sally Hansen Hard as Nails. Next, I started to draw the apples using San San Nail Polish in Ruby Red. I do not use any special brush to do it. I simply used the brush that comes with it. Then, using a thin dotting tool and San San Nail Polish in Seal Brown, I draw the stalk. If you do not have a dotting tool, you could also use a toothpick. I also used this dotting tool to draw the leaves, using BNC Nail Color #630, and the shinny effects, using Caronia Nail Polish in White Satin.

It just that easy, so you could try it too. Hope to hear from you :-) 

Ombre Love

The moment I saw this article on Glamour.com. I've tried it right away. I didn't get the results I wanted the first time (just like most of the other nail arts I made), but eventually, I did it.  

Nail Art Alert! How To Get Ombre Nails At Home

by The Nailasaurus
Young & Posh blogger Sammy is a beauty blogger who some might say has too much time and nail polish on her hands.

Here's my step-by-step guide to getting the fun and fabulous ombre nail art look at home.

Before you start, make sure you have everything you need and that it's easy to reach from wherever you're sitting. It's also a good idea to make a quick trip to the bathroom. There's nothing worse than creating an awesome mani and then ruining it because you didn't plan ahead!

What you'll need:

Two color polishes and a topcoat. You can choose colors that compliment or go bold and pick two that clash. Experiment with different combinations and see what works.

A sponge, a plastic sheet and toothpicks. I bought a big bathroom sponge and I just cut sections off when I need them. The sections don't have to be perfectly cut, as long as one side is flat it will work. You can use absolutely any sponge - a makeup sponge, washing up sponge or any other kind of sponge you can find.

If you don't have any of these plastic wallets in the house, raid the kitchen cupboards for some foil or baking paper.

The Fun Part!

Step 1: Using the lightest of the two colors, paint your nails and wait for it to dry completely.

Step 2: On a flat surface, paint a generous amount of the colors right next to each other on to the plastic. Make sure they're just about touching at the edges.

Step 3: Using a toothpick, swirl the two colors together in where they meet. The area where they mix will determine the length of the graduation. So if you want a long graduation, mix a bigger section of the colors, if you want less of a fade, just mix them together a tiny bit.

Step 4: Take your sponge and dab it directly down on to the polish a few times.

Step 5: Dab the sponge directly down on to your nail. Keep dabbing lightly and moving it very slightly up and down your nail.

(You can repeat this step as many times as you need to. Just make sure each layer is completely dry before sponging again otherwise you will start smudging the bottom layers and ruin the whole thing.)

Step 6: Add a topcoat. Or two or three! The sponging makes this mani very bumpy so you may need a couple of topcoats just to even out the surface.

Step 7: Clean up all the excess using a brush dipped in acetone or polish remover. I use a Q-tip dipped in remover for the big bits I can reach on my skin, then a small brush in pure acetone as I get closer to my nail and to make a crisp line near the cuticles.

All finished!

You could also click this link:

http://www.glamour.com/beauty/blogs/girls-in-the-beauty-department/2012/05/gradient-nails-picture-tutoria.html

And here's what I've done.
And I'm so proud of it!

I used a different colors, Teal and blue. 

Follow the bees....

It has been almost a year since my last post. Though I never stopped painting and designing my nails, I just could not make time to make some post. But I always make it sure that I secure some photos of my works. 

Starting from now, I will try to post the past designs that I made and share the techniques and tools I've learned and used. 

For my base color, I used Luxury Black by San San of HBC. For the yellow stripe of the bees and for the yellow dots on my index finger, I used Sweet Surprise by Caronia. To make the eyes of the bees, I used French White by San San. Lastly, for the petals of  the flowers on my thumb, I used a pink nail polish, SPK001 (i'm not sure if that's the code, almost everything is written in Korean), by Etude House. 

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