Mags' Halloween - Poison Apple Nail Art

Hello everyone!

Today i'm kicking off the start of October with some not-too Halloween but still Halloween nail art. I've done poison apples nails. And I even give you 2 ways to do the apples, one is a bit easier that the other.

Somehow the quality of my pics is shit, i blame either Google pictures or Picsart, blah!

The first version on my dominant hand, is the easy version, and ended up being my favorite!

 The second version is on my non dominant hand ,and it a bit trickier to draw but still not super hard!

I give you close ups of the apples to have a better idea of what's happening there:

I really like these nails, not too Halloweeny so early in the month but still quite in the theme.

I'll see you next time!
-Mags

Mags' BPS Review & Autumn Flowers Nail Art

Hello Everyone!

I know it's been a month since my last entry, but I've been on vacations and then had the business of coming back to work. But I'm here today to do another review from Born Pretty Store, this time on their nail art brush set:

The quality of those brushes is what you'd expect from the price range, nothing special but still decent enough to do detailed work. I will probably end up thinning some of them more, because it seems I can't find the prefect thin enough brush for nail art. But that's not a real problem. I expect them to have a lifespan of few month of heavy use, so really a good price/quality ratio.

Now let's get into nail art, fall is upon us, and it's time to set the neon's to rest and bring out the darker autumn colors. I set my eyes on the Barry M - Berry Cosmo, that I bought in the UK while on vacation. It's the perfect fall berry color. And added some flowers using the medium brush from the set.

Those messy flowers are very easy to make, just by doing small strokes from the center of the flower to the outside. Add some few dots in the middle and leaves and voilà, an easy nail art that takes few minutes only.

Don't forget that you can use the code BESG10 on BornPrettyStore to get 10% off.
I'll see you next time for another review  (a stamping plate this time) and a brand new nail art.

-Mags

Fabiana's Yellow Polka Dot Bikini... Nail Art

Hello, everyone!

It has been a while since I posted. Life, getting a new community Google+ up and running, work and a touch of laziness can be a deadly combination.

I haven't stopped doing my nails though.

So for this week's prompt in Nail Art Nation, we have the "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini". Which goes hand in hand with the #techniqueofthemonth "Dotticure". We are having fun with dots!

This was my plan from the start. I wanted to create a mani with a design I would want to see on a bikini. So here it is. Gradient dots over a taupe base of Essie "Chinchilly". :)

Polishes:

Essie "Chinchilly"

OPI "The IT Color"

Cover Girl "Electroglow"

Orly "Glowstick"

Yellow acrylic paint

Now, the best part. If you are looking for a great matte top coat. Look no further than Deborah Lippmann "Flat Top". It is a gorgeous, subtle matte top coat that adds just the right touch of elegance to the mani.

For now, I leave you with this super fun mani and hope you are having a wonderful weekend!

Much affection, Fabiana

Mags' Paradise Palm Trees Nail Art

Hello Everyone!!

Once again I'm coming here and sharing a palm trees nail art. Can you all tell I'm longing for my vacation to start? Two more weeks to wait, so in the meantime, I'm bringing paradise to my nails.
I did those in a hurry before meeting friends for drinks and diner so they aren't as prefect as they could be. Also the pics are not the best quality for the same reason :/

I've done a gradient again, mostly because I think it's what goes best with palm trees but also because I recently bought some liquid latex (yeah I know finally!) and couldn't wait to try it out. It works like a charmed and helps reducing the clean up time. I went to an "Halloween" shop in my City instead of spending a fortune on an indie website which just re-bottle liquid latex and humph the prices.

My dominant hand which needed a bit more cover up, as I have had some trouble with the gradient (yay for heat wave!).

As usual, the black is just plain acrylic paint. Which is easier to work with than polish.

I hope I made you travel with my nails, I keep looking at them and picture me on a white sand beach with a cocktail in my hand, the wind in my hair and the waves crashing endlessly. Sigh, 2 MORE WEEKS!

See you next time!
-Mags

Mags' Flower Pastel Gradient Nail Art

Hello Everyone!

It's been a while since my last mani, but with the crazy heat wave we've had here, doing nail art was not the first thing on my mind. But we have a bit of a breeze before the heat comes back so I took this opportunity to do my nails!

I've done a pastel gradient, and a flowery accent nail. The flowers are done using the one stroke technique but with nail polish and not acrylic paint. So it doesn't work as well but still looks nice. The outlines are done with black acrylic paint.

I am trying a new base coat, that I recently purchased, it's the P2 Brittle Stop. My nails have this stupid tendency to peel so I hope it will help with that.

Close up on the flower

The other hand

That's all for today, it was just a short post!
See you next time

-Mags

Fabiana's ManiSteal from Katolin

Hi, Everyone!

It's late on a Saturday night but I super wired. It has been exciting getting the new community Nail Art Nation up and running and seeing the enthusiasm of the new members! Not a member yet? Check us out!

So it's been a few days since I shared the massive post about neon and glow in the dark manis.
This Saturday, I want to share the manisteal I did from the ridiculously talented +Katolin O
 from Eccentric Whims. I picked her stunning lightning mani. I do not have her amazing freehand skills, but I tried my best!

Polishes

Zoya "Hunter"

Zoya "Sailor"

Serum No. 5 "Guiding Light"

Serum No. 5 "Pure Glow Getter"

Serum No. 5 "Moonlight"

Serum No. 5 "Twilight"

Picture Polish "Starry Night"

Max Factor "Fantasy Fire"

Here is Katolin's original mani and a link to her blog.

I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend!

With much affection, Fabiana.

Mags' Retro Palm Trees Nail Art

Hello Everyone!

When it's 30°C, the last think you want to do is do your nails, you'd rather plunge into a cold bath and read a book while you're slowly getting comfortable and cooling off. But you know, when you're addicted to nail art, you won't leave a chipped mani on for another day, so I had to do what I had to do!

I decided to recreate a design I saw on Pinterest (you can follow me there if you'd like). I really wanted to do a palm trees nail art again, they are one of my favs along with nautical nail art.

It kinda has a retro feel to it and I love that! I didn't want to bother doing a gradient, everyone who has done their nails during a heat wave of Hell, will avoid doing gradient or anything complicated as the polishes get gooey real fast!

I could have bothered and use tape for the lines but I didn't :) It's all freehand again, it was just quicker to do it that way.

The colors are perfect for this weather, would probably have loved doing them with neon colors, but like +Fabiana N I don't have that many neon polishes either. Yeah I know, it has to be rectified! I'm working on it!

I hope you enjoyed this manicure! Have a nice end of the week and see you next time!
-Mags

Fabiana's ManiSteal from Crystal Bond

Today, I have for you the #ManiSteal that I did from +Crystal Bond The Polish Plebe beautiful freehand neon stripes.

I really have to give it to her. This was a CHALLENGE. You do the black base. Then you do the white strips. THEN you paint over the white stripes with the neons...

#FACEPALM!

Let's start with doing your nails starting around 11 at night. Strike one.
I am horrible at freehand stripes. Striiike two!
The consistency of the neon polishes I used varied and most were on the "I don't feel like going on evenly!" lot. Striiiiike three, YUR OUTTA HERE!

I know... whine, whine, whine.

It took me a few hours, but the end result was really striking. Har har! The game was won... at a high cost of patience and sleep deprivation. ;)




Polishes:

Color Club "Glitter Envy"
Color Club "Warhol"
Serum No. 5 "Orange You Sunny" (I will be doing a post soon where you will be able to see just how glorious this glow in the dark is)
Serum No. 5 "Indi-glo"
Zoya "Charisma"
Cirque "Memento Mori"

Here is Crystal's original mani:

I really encourage you to check out her blog! :D The Polish Plebe 

Until next time, sincerely yours, Fabiana.

Fabiana's ManiSwap with Keely's Nails

Hi, Everyone!

This weekend was great and I am sorry it is coming to an end. I have been busy with the #ManiSteals and will have a few more to share. :) But for today, I want to share with you my #ManiSwap with the wonderfully talented Keely from Keely's Nails.

Keely chose my ILNP multichrome gradient.

For my choice, Keely had done a beautiful design inspired by the Christmas song "Fairytale of New York". Being a huge fan of New York imagery, I just fell in love with it at first sight. She captured New York on her nails with the Fall colors and evocative silhouettes.

I did my best, but my nails are shorter than Keely's so the effect was not quite the same. Still, I love it! :)

It was all freehand, and the star is Essie "Shine of the Times". The color shift is what adds the Fall colors to the mani.

Polishes:

Essie "Shine of the Times"
Picture Polish "Darcy"
Essie "Aruba Blue"
Sally Hansen "Pixel Pretty"
Acrylic paint

Here is Keely's original mani:

Definitely check out Keely's post with her recreation of my multichrome gradient. :D

Here are the four manis.

For now, I leave you to enjoy what is left of Sunday.

Much affection, Fabiana.

Mags' Freehand Lemon Nail Art

Hello Everyone,

here is a quick blog post on my lemon nail art. It's freehand, so there's not many things to talk about!
Just a tip though, do not do your nails, with tiny details when you haven't eaten anything all day, the shaking is quite difficult to work with ;p

Catrice - Blurred Limes
Claire's Neon - California Girl
Essie - Blanc
P2 Perfect nail hardener base coat
HK Girl Top coat
Picture Polish - Monroe
ESIS color 44

My dominant hand, a bit more shaky than usual (lesson learned, eat first, paint after)

I had to do a lemon shot, didn't I? 

Hope you all had a great weekend!
-Mags

NPQ Challenge - Ikat - Showcase

Yes, we can ikat! So last week we were all into the ikat design. Pronounced eee-cut according to +Deinitisa Amarawi. It was clearly challenging, but overall a great job done by all who tried it! Here is a selection for you to enjoy:

+Elie Corzo 

+Karen Sulkowski

+Deena White 

+Kelly S 

+Deinitisa Amarawi 

+Candace Allen 

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+Magali Neuville-Bisceglia

+Sarah Short

+Fabiana N

This week we are going delicate with a lace theme. :) Join us! :D