New Nail Polish! :)

Hey guys! 

I have finally purchased my first OPI nail polishes, and I absolutely adore them. I bought a set of 4 mini’s in red shades called: Couture de Minnie – Runway Minnies.

The four shades are called:

·           A definite Moust-have
·         Magazine Cover Mouse
·         Chic From Ears to Tail
·         Innie Minnie Mightie Bow

Until now I have only tried on one of them – Magazine Cover Mouse. It is one with liquid sand and I love the texture of it. I have warn it for three days now, and there is minimum chipping.

I love them sooo much and look forward to trying the other colors!!

Have you tried any of them? 

Cute Nautical Themed Nail Art

Hi guys :)

So today, I tried to do a nautical themed nail art design. It took me FOREVER to do the stripes and I made many mistakes. 

First, I tried with tape, then a handmade brush but it just kept looking awful – like drawn by a 5 year old.

Then finally I tried a Posca pen, and it kind of worked - Much easier to handle and draw straight lines with, but I still need a lot of practice.

The thumb and ring finger is decorated with some decals that I made earlier today. I alternated some free Photoshop brushes that I found here. I think that they are sooo cute. 

Maybe next time I should do the whole mani with decals .. 

For this design I used: 

• Base coat & White nail polish from Depend
• Metallic red polish - H&M 
• Blue posca pen 
• Top coat from maxfactor - glossfinity 
• and home made water decals 

Butterfly Wing Nail Art Tutorial - Using Homemade Water Decals

Hi everybody 

Today I have been working on a butterfly wing design, which I would like to share with you. 

I know that I'm not the first to make a nail-art design of the wings, but think that it is soooo pretty, and I wanted to do a design that would make the process less complicated. 
You can find the print out in the bottom of this post.

Youtube tutorial on the design: Here

I decided to paint my nails in hot pink and I think it turned out so pretty and spring-like, perfect for the first days of spring – which will soon be here, hopefully. 

Making the butterflies:

1.     Always start out with a layer of base coat to protect your natural nails.

2.     Select your base color – I chose pink, but I also think that a minty green or other pastels would be so beautiful with this design

3.     Now cut out the decals to fit your nails (if you haven’t seen the post about how to prepare the decals, that would be a good idea to read as well.)

4.     Soak them in water for about 20 sec.

5.     Place them on the fingers and dry them with a cotton ball or some paper towel.

6.     Use a dotting tool to make the white spots in the black area. If you don’t have a dotting tool you can use a toothpick or a bobby pin

7.     Finish with a layer of fast drying topcoat to prevent your design from chipping

And then you’re done! 

Remember: the file is for personal use only
The file for the decals:

Easy How to Chevron Nail art with Homemade Water Decals

Hi everbody :)

So today we are going to do a Chevron nail art design with water decals.

I think the chevron design is SO beautiful, but so difficult to do with a striper. So I made the design on my computer, bought some clear water slide decal paper from ebay and that made it so much easier to do and very beautiful.

The tutorial is also on Youtube - for easy follow:

Tutorial on how to do this design:

Getting the designs ready for the nails.

1. Buy decal paper online or local store
2. Download the file I've put on here - and print it on normal paper first to check if the size fits your nails. 
3. Then print the design on the decal paper 
4. Cover the designs with clear nail polish and let it dry- IMPORTANT

Creating the design:

1. Apply a base coat to protect the natural nail.
2. Apply your base color - I chose a dark grey/ blue-ish color on mine and a silver metallic color for the ring finger. Let them dry completely.  
3. Soak the decals in water for 20-30 sec
4. Slide them of the paper with your fingers 
5. Place a drop of water on the nails, you want to place the decal on - this makes it easier to navigate it on to the right place. 
6. Use a cotton ball to dry the decal, once it's where you want it to be - and let it dry.
7. Place a drop of top coat onto your pinky and pointer and place a rhinestone on top 
8. Apply a quick drying top coat to seal in the design  

And you're done :)

The design is for personal use only. A4
File with the design: