Twisted Peppermint

Hey Cuties!

     Since it’s the last day of November, I’ve figured it wouldn’t be too terrible to start posting for the holiday season. I was originally going to call this Hypnotized, and used black and white instead of green and red, but as I already said, it’s the Christmas season! This is a fun and easy design and very versatile. You can try different shades of green and red, no glitter, all glitter, white glitter, green and white, red and white, green and red and white, etc. Let’s get started!

Tools: 

     Nail Polish Colours: Red, Glitter Red, Green, Glitter Green

     Nail Art Brush

Steps: 

     1.) If you aren’t comfortable with drawing free-hand “waves”, as I’ll call the division of colours, start out with a very small wave. If you don’t like the curve, this is where you can fix it and start to make it thicker/the size you want. Another way you can go about the wave is to paint curved lines next to one-another until you get the thickness you like and then switch colours until your whole nail is done.

     2.) Once you’ve outlined the waves, either with one colour (see photo), or two, colour them in with your regular colours.

     3.) Using your glitter colours, paint over (as much as you’d like) each coloured wave. You can choose to paint red on red and green on green, or you may choose to paint green on red and red on green.

     This is a great design to start of the holiday season! As I said before the instructions, there are many different ways to do this design to make it your own. You don’t even have to stick to these colours! It’s a great design for any time of year, just make sure to pick the right colours. 

      Since this time of year is quite busy for most people, I’ve chosen not do to a design each day leading up to Christmas. BUT you can expect a holiday design every Monday in December, as per usual, and the week of Christmas, I plan on posting a design each day. If you don’t have time to read the blog throughout the month, check out my Instagram for a glimpse at the design, and don’t forget to follow me on there too! Until next time, stay fabulous!

Black and Pink, Oh So Chic!

Hey Cuties!

    Today’s design c’est un manucure chic! I don’t know where that French popped out from, but I saw a design similar to this one earlier in the week and figure I’d try something similar. Also, for some reason it looks French to me, or like a French pattern I’ve seen? I don’t know, BUT what I do know is that this is a fabulous design that can be worn any time of year. Here we go!

Tools: 

     Nail Polish: Black, Magenta

     Nail Art Brush

     3D Black Nail Art Bow (+ nail glue)

Steps: 

     1.) Paint your whole nail Magenta.

     2.) Using your nail art brush, paint very thin diagonal black lines across             your nail, evenly spaced.

     3.) Paint a thicker black line going across the mid-top part of your nail.

     4.) Glue the bow to either side of the thick line.

     If you don’t have the patience or the accuracy to paint these lines, check out last week’s design to learn how use striping tape to get the lines. Don’t forget to follow on Twitter and Instagram for updates of upcoming and new designs. In case there’s no new post between now and Thursday, Happy Thanksgiving to all the American Cuties that read this blog. Until next time, stay fabulous!

Colour Blocking

What’s up Cuties?!

     I’m pretty sure today’s design is the first one in a long time that hasn’t been based on a holiday or specific time of year. I spent the past week trying to figure out what to do because of it. I had the striping tape out from the Autumn Tree design and thought I’d give this design a try. I wanted to try it in a metallic, but for some reason tried it in pastels first (and yes, it is a weird time of year to be wearing pastels). It’s a fun and quirky design and you can either follow my design and colours or create your own. Here we go!

Tools: 

     Nail Polish Colours: Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink, White

     Nail Art Striping Tape

Steps: 

     1.) Paint your whole nail white. (That’s what makes the bright colours                really pop!)

     2.) Using your striping tape, create a design with lines going across your             nail, and across other lines. Make it however you want to!

     3.) Using your chosen colours, paint each section of the design.

     4.) Once there’s no more white to be seen on your nail, peel of the tape               for your finished look.

     It’s a super cool and easy design to do, and you can use any colour to match upcoming celebrations or events. (Christmas/Holiday. Parties. Wink wink.) I did also try a metallic version of this design with a black base instead of white (see below)! Until next time, stay fabulous!

Movember

Happy November Cuties!

     If you remember way back when, to a few weeks ago, I did a design for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This month is November, also known as Movember. Movemeber is all about raising money and awareness for multiple cancers in men. To raise money, men shave off their moustache/beard (if they have one) at the beginning of Novemeber, and spend the whole month growing it out. Moustache merchandise might as well be all over the place too, as they’re so popular all ready, so why not have one (or a few) as a french mani?!

Tools: 

     Nail Polish: Black, Brown

     Nail Art Brush

Steps: 

     1.) Using brown, paint your moustache on the tip of your finger. Shape              it/paint it the way you want it to look.

     2.) Using your black nail polish and nail art brush, paint an outline of                 the ‘stache and the lines on it for the cartoon effect.

     Simple stupid, ‘em I right?! Try out your own #moustachemani using the hashtag on Twitter or Instagram.  Until next time, stay fabulous!

Día de Los Muertos

 ¡Feliz Día De Los Muertos Cuties!

     Today is Day of the Dead in Mexico, and for those of Mexican Heritage. Without getting into a huge history lesson, Day of the Dead is a holiday where Mexican’s celebrate and remember their dead and their ancestors. A popular symbol of the holiday is the sugar skull, which I don’t know about you, but I saw tons of on Halloween. Now matter where you search online for a sugar skull, you’re sure to find unique and extravagant ones done with makeup and nails. 

     My version of the sugar skull is quite simple, as I don’t really care to go crazy with hard and intense designs to show you all, but there’s also not an “exact way” of doing this. The best way to tell you guys how to do it is layer by layer. So instead of doing my usually list of tools and steps, this will be more of a guided nail design. 

Tools: 

     Nail Polish: Bright Colours are suggested, but try to stick with the same                            colours.

     Nail Art Stickers

     Nail Art Jewels

Steps: 

     Eyes: I used flower stickers, because the eyes are usually flowers. You                     may choose to use flower stickers as well, or you can try painting                   on flowers.

     Nose: The nose is rounded-edge triangle.

     Mouth: The mouth will usually have teeth, or circles for teeth. Some                             have bumps on the bottom for the teeth, or you can copy me                           and use nail art jewels for teeth on top of a rectangle.

     Face: Add a design at the forehead, whether it be a spider web, a spiral,                  or a bunch of dots and squiggles like I did.I also chose to colour                      in the chin some.

     It’s a fun and easy design. Don’t overthink it! This is a very versatile design, and you have the freedom to design it however you want!¡Hasta la próxima, estancia fabulosa!

#fivenightsoffright: Vamp Glam (Night 5)

Hey Cuties!

     I totally got wrapped up in Halloween festivities yesterday and forgot to post the last night of #fivenightsoffright. This last one didn’t really turn out the way I expected it to, but it’s still pretty cool. I painted the fangs with a glow-in-the-dark nail polish, but it wouldn’t glow no matter how much light I put on it, just like my mummy design. Once again you can do this design with the glow-in-the-dark nail polish or not, and instead of painting the fangs, you can paint the face. Here we go!

Tools: 

     Nail Polish Colours: Black, Red, Glow-in-the-Dark, White

     Nail Art Brush

Steps: 

     1.) With your black nail polish and nail art brush, outline a heart.

     2.) Paint the top and bottom part of your nail black.

     3.) Paint the middle part of your nail white.

     4.) With your red nail polish, paint the vampire’s eyes. You don’t have                to copy my eye design, but if you like it, go for it.

     5.) With your black again, paint a nose and a simple line for the                            mouth. Don’t paint an open mouth,

     6.) This is where you would paint the glow-in-the-dark fangs. I painted              them first, then outlined them in black. It doesn’t matter which way              you go about it.

     7.) Put a small amount of red for blood on the fangs. 

     This isn’ too hard of a design, and it’s even better if you can find a glow-in-the-dark polish that will ACTUALLY glow. This was quite the successful Halloween series, and a big thank you to all of you who came back every day to check out the new designs!

     Tomorrow is Manicure Monday, and I will have a sugary treat for you all. So hasta mañana, stay fabulous!