Showing posts with label Nail Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nail Art. Show all posts
Monday, August 3, 2015
I am going to be completely honest....I love the way water marbling looks but DAMN it's hard to do. I still can't recreate the same pattern over and over again so my nails match. Of course, it also doesn't help that I am impatient and pull my finger out without checking to make sure everything is cleared away and if there are bubbles to slowly take them out. I get excited and want to see the design. I sometimes pick out the perfect area to then mess up getting the awesome design on my knuckle. Anyway, so let's go over this craziness.
The first thing I do is try to find some polish that is really going to pop on my nails. I picked Salon Perfect Yowza Yellow and Finger Paints Pink Perspective. I saw something similar to this on Instagram and I just had to try and recreate it. Something with the bright pink and the highlighter yellow just screams summer to me. So I figured I would try my own mix. I have never tried these two brands for water marbling. I usually will make a bulls eye and try it out first to see if it will actually show up and spread like it is supposed to on the top of the water. I tried it with these polishes and they did okay. It's hard to see the yellow but that's why I paint my nails white first.
I always paint my nails white to ensure the best eye popping color. For the white polish I use Funky Fingers Gesso. It's super opaque and you will only need one coat. I have had to add a few drops of polish thinner to the bottle just because it can get a little thick. I picked up this polish from Five Below. I have mentioned this before but I might as well keep saying it because I feel that everyone should save their money on basic color polish, something that you might use each week. Why buy expensive polish for that. If you are going to use a white base you really want one that isn't going to take nine coats to make it opaque. Funky Fingers is made by the same company as Color Club and Fresh Paint.
You will have to forgive the messy design because I seriously suck at this...I am not going to lie.
I know they aren't that great and I will keep trying it out until either I get the hang of or get completely pissed off to where I throw crap around the room, yelling profanity. I know there a lot of people out there (I have watched them on Instagram) that rock at this. They do it without any issues. I have tried different polishes, temperature of water, making sure my water is filtered, etc. I used all sorts of tools to drag the image as well. I was using a pin and then I tried a toothpick, a cuticle stick and now I use my water marbling tool from What's Up Nails. You can use what ever is easiest for you.
Do you have any tips and tricks for water marbling?
Tia~
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The first thing I do is try to find some polish that is really going to pop on my nails. I picked Salon Perfect Yowza Yellow and Finger Paints Pink Perspective. I saw something similar to this on Instagram and I just had to try and recreate it. Something with the bright pink and the highlighter yellow just screams summer to me. So I figured I would try my own mix. I have never tried these two brands for water marbling. I usually will make a bulls eye and try it out first to see if it will actually show up and spread like it is supposed to on the top of the water. I tried it with these polishes and they did okay. It's hard to see the yellow but that's why I paint my nails white first.
I always paint my nails white to ensure the best eye popping color. For the white polish I use Funky Fingers Gesso. It's super opaque and you will only need one coat. I have had to add a few drops of polish thinner to the bottle just because it can get a little thick. I picked up this polish from Five Below. I have mentioned this before but I might as well keep saying it because I feel that everyone should save their money on basic color polish, something that you might use each week. Why buy expensive polish for that. If you are going to use a white base you really want one that isn't going to take nine coats to make it opaque. Funky Fingers is made by the same company as Color Club and Fresh Paint.You will have to forgive the messy design because I seriously suck at this...I am not going to lie.
The polishes that I picked for this worked okay. Keep in mind that you will use a lot of polish just because you place several drops in the cup for each bulls eye. I don't use filtered water but I know a lot of people swear by it but I guess my tap water is pretty good. You can try and double up and dip two fingers in the cup.
Here's my attempt at water marbling. I am adding some other pictures of my attempts.
I know they aren't that great and I will keep trying it out until either I get the hang of or get completely pissed off to where I throw crap around the room, yelling profanity. I know there a lot of people out there (I have watched them on Instagram) that rock at this. They do it without any issues. I have tried different polishes, temperature of water, making sure my water is filtered, etc. I used all sorts of tools to drag the image as well. I was using a pin and then I tried a toothpick, a cuticle stick and now I use my water marbling tool from What's Up Nails. You can use what ever is easiest for you.
Do you have any tips and tricks for water marbling?
Tia~
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Monday, July 27, 2015
I recently bought some plates from Bundle Monster which included this plate, the BM-XL02. This was the first purchase I made from BM and I have to say I am really impressed! I placed my order and about two hours later realized I ordered two of the same plate. I frantically sent an email to their customer support regarding the issue and asked if I could switch a plate for a different plate. I didn't hear back from them however when the package arrived I was truly happy that the switch had been made. Super excited!
Now the polish I used for this was Funky Fingers Dark Knight, which is now my favorite black polish to use for stamping. It's super cheap (3 for $5 at Five Below) and it is nice and opaque. The white polish (Gesso) is a really great one coat white to use as a base coat. If it would behave it would be an amazing white stamping polish but it is super think will work if I thin it out.
Now, on to the stamping! Here's the plate:
I like to buy the plates that are meant for long nails (hence it being called an XL plate) because I feel I get better coverage with the stamp, Smaller plates I feel I have to line the image up and nine times out of ten I miss it by just a bit and have to redo the design. Pain in my rear. So we are looking at 12 different designs and have stamped them on a double sided stamper which I bought from Fancy Gloss but you can find them anywhere. There is just something about the white squishy stamping pad that makes the stamp jump out at you. I don't get the same feeling with the Creative Shop stamper which actually is best for me because it's HUGE! I feel that since the CS isn't opaque white like the stamper you will see I used for the samples, it just doesn't really stand out. You can find those here: Color4Nails or LLarowe (I'm sure there are other places out there).
I really love the way this shape came out. The polish really helped pick up on the small details in this pattern. Of course I have some mess from another design but that's not a big deal. Use some tape or even your finger to get rid of any unwanted stuff. I should be more careful with the amount of polish I am using while doing this next time.
This design is one of my favorites! It really is mesmerizing. It picked up easily and it's nice and big (that's what she said) so I can use any of the stamped area for my nail. I like having choices especially if I am not able to get the full image. If I missed the corner on the pick up there is plenty of extra wiggle room.
Definitely a good pattern for reverse stamping.
This snowflake/flowery pattern is a nice solid stamp, I would totally like to use this over a gradient. It was easy to pick up and I can see a few spots where it didn't quite get it but as I mentioned before this is a large stamp so I think it will be safe to use anyway.
Always nice to have a standard lattice-ish type pattern. This was also an easy pattern to pick up on the stamper. I love how this looks and I think I might try it with some reverse stamping in a alternating color pattern.
I was really excited to try this design out! It came out GREAT! Nice opaque black and no empty spots to be seen. Amazing! It was also an easy design to pick up.
This is the opposite to the lattice-ish design I talked about before. This was AWESOME! I love this ...I don't know I would like to use this one yet but the coverage is amazing!
Crazy circle chains....not my favorite but it would be pretty cool I guess for a reverse stamp. Anyway it did come out pretty clean and clear.
This intricate design was a little bit tricky to pick up. I had to re-stamp it several times. It didn't want to behave but I eventually got it. I would love to use this for reverse stamping or whatever else my imagination comes up with!
I can't tell if this actually picked up correctly just because this is some tiny crap to pick up. It plays tricks on my eyes so it's hard to see if it's right or not. However, the way it shows on my nail when I tried it out ...amazing. Funny how something so simple could be so awesome!
This is one of the designs I don't know if I like. I will have to try it out to see. I picked up okay ..no problems. I see a few areas that are missing some of the circle but I am sure it would have turned out better a second time.
Love love love this design.I can't wait to use this one. Picked up easily. Nice and smooth and the whole design was up without any issues.
This design, as you can tell, was a pain in the buttocks!! It did not want to behave what so ever. I had to re stamp it like 5 times and it still didn't pick every bit of it up.
I overall love this plate and am super happy now that it is in my collection!
Tia~
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Sunday, March 2, 2014
I had a party to go to so I thought I would try out a couple. 
I am wearing China Glaze Creative Fantasy (purple) and Sally Hansen Silver Sweep Insta Dri for the stamps.
I am wearing China Glaze Creative Fantasy (purple) and Sally Hansen Silver Sweep Insta Dri for the stamps. I had heard that the Insta Dri line was a commonly used polish for stamping. They turned out pretty cute I think.
Cute little owl.
I used an old gift card as a scraper. It makes it easier for some reason plus it isn't scratching my plate.
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