Fabiana's ManiSteal from Karen Sulkowski

Hello, Everyone!

I am so behind on posting. I am doing my nails constantly but not getting around to posting.

So when you last saw me, I had done a ManiSteal from Crystal Bond. Today, I have for you my ManiSteal from the lovely +Karen Sulkowski. Her wonderful cheetah, zebra print print rainbow mani inspired by +Robin Moses Nail Art - Nail Art Tutorials, Nail Designs, Easy DIY Nail Art Ideas, Nails was just spectacular so that is the mani I chose.

I am going to keep this post limited to the mani. However, keep an eye out for a future post where I will be talking in depth about glow in the darks, neons and my trials photographing them.

Polishes:

Sally Hansen "Vibrant Violet"

Color Club "Warhol"

Color Club "Glitter Envy"

Orly "Glowstick"

Serum No. 5 "Orange You Sunny"

Serum No. 5 "Indi-glo"

Serum No. 5 "Guiding Light"

Deborah Lippmann "Misty Morning"

This was so much fun to do! I started with a white base.

Then added the neons. Yes, it looked like a big mess!

Then I painted the black stripes and cheetah pattern in black acrylic paint. And then it all came together!

This is how the mani looks under UV light

This is the glow in the dark effect! There was no bad picture!

And here is +Karen Sulkowski original interpretation. You should definitely check her out in Google+ :)

Both Karen and I followed the tutorial by the super talented Robin Moses. Link to tutorial

For now, wishing you a happy July 4th, 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.