Fail

OPI-Alpine Snow from their soft shades collection. It's a great white. It gives full coverage after 2 coats. 

So I thought I would play with some striping tape and try some different sized lines.

I tried 3 different sized lines by putting/overlapping 2 or more tape pieces beside each other.

I then did a thick coat of polish 

So taking the tape off...fail...

the blue bled as well as I didn't overlap the tape well enough and the blue made it through the cracks 

I guess I need more practice...:)

IT SNOWED!

So I realize this has nothing to do with nails but I'm excited :)

We only get like one good snowfall of the season in December in the Lower Mainland. But we got some in February!! :) Its so awesome! I'm so tempted to call in sick at work so I can enjoy the snow (which would be sitting beside a window and stare at it). But that doesn't give me money... :( Well at least I get to work near a window today...and I get to see all the people coming in covered in snow.

But here is some snow nail art I did for my mom in December

I started with OPI's Keeping Suzi at Bay as the base then I sponged some of Sally Hansen's Hi Ho Silver onto the tips. Then with my white nail pen I drew a snowflake and added some smaller snowflakes (the dots) onto her ring finger.

French Mani

So I've been looking for a white gel polish so I can do a french manicure that will last. Until I found a Sally Beauty store in my town I could only find Quo by Orly gel polishes which didn't have white (which seems weird to me). I now have some, Yay! :)

I love the look of a frnech manicure, it always looks so polished. I was wanting to do it with gels to make it last longer. The gels also gave them a beautiful shine! They looked so profestional.

Pink Floyd

I grew up listening to Pink Floyd, being that they are my Dad's favorite band. So I made this one just for him.

I was unhappy with the colours I chose. I thought that they would be good but when I did it the rainbow didn't work with itself :( If I did it again I would have to go colour shopping and play with the colours before I did my nails. Overall I am very pleased with how it turned out. It also got great reception :) I am (sadly) not ambidextrous so I didn't dare try doing it on my right hand instead I wrote Dark Side of the Moon on my nails using a nail art pen :)

Now I need to do Another Brick in the Wall nails

Sally Hansen Polishes

Sally Hansen Polishes

I do and I don't like Sally Hansen. They have some really nice colours and a few of the collections are nice but I am usually more likely to buy another brand.

Sally Hansen's Complete Salon Manicure Collection Hi Ho Silver. It would look fabulous with a gown for a fancy evening :)

Sally Hansen's Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Collection. Perfect Pear-ing. This one caught my eyes on the shelf. It's so vibrant. And I have to say I like this Sally Hansen collection, it's cheap and durable.

Super Bowl

So I'm not a football person...But my dad is a little bit so just for him I made some Seahawks nails :)

For the eagle thing I made it using some refillable nail art pens.

The thumb is Suzi Says Feng Shui.

The pointer and pinky fingers are Queen Victoria Street

The ring finger is Cotton Candy with Quo by Orly Baby Yellow Instant artist

The middle finger is Suzi Loves Cowboys with Chic Chic Horray 

So this one got a really good reception :)

I love the simplicity of it. I don't usually do mix-matched art I usually prefer the look of one solid pattern, but this one worked really well. I tried to get my family to draw the eagle on my right thumb but they all laughed at me :( So I did it myself probably better than they could have done. 

Pokeball Nails ^__^

So I saw this on a friend's nails and I really wanted to do them since I am going through a very large pokemon phase right now. So pokeball nails...

Start with a white after your base coat.

Using a dotting tool, tape, striping polish and/or a small paint brush colour the top half of your nail red 

Once that is dry using a striping brush or a small paint brush draw a black stripe on the red and white border. The easiest way to make the line straight and uniform is to hold the brush still as you roll your finger

After in the center add a largeish black dot can use a dotting tool, or whatever you like (dotting tool, straight pin on an eraser, tooth pick, bobby pin, pencil...)

once dry add a smaller white dot

And you are done! :)

Icing Polishes

Polishes by Icing

This is Chic Chic Horray from Icing. I find it really smooth. It doesn't streak and it's white white. Works very well for any designs of mine

Water Marbling

So like everywhere on youtube there is water marbling I just had to try it. I tried 2 different times.

This is my second try

 So what you are supposed to do is start with a base coat.

 What I have seen is the colours turn out better if you use a white first

 Next is to wrap the finger in tape to lessen the mess

 

 These are the colours I used

The trick is to do it as fast as possible and if that isn't working as well then make sure you get some slow drying polishes to help. 

 So use as many drops as you want in each ring of colour as well as use as many colours as you want. 

 taking a toothpick, orange stick, sharp pencil or anything else with a point. Drag it through the polish without touching the very outer edge. Create whatever design you want, strips, flowers, anything.

 When you have the desired pattern dip the taped nail into the part you want.

 While leaving the finger in. Let the polish dry a bit (like 30 seconds) and clean it up with a toothpick, q-tip etc. If you try to take out the finger before cleaning up the polish then they stuff on the water could ruin your design.

 Take off the tape

 Repeat on each nail

This is my first try

 So the first nail I did worked out not too bad except there was a bubble on it... :P

 My second nail not too bad either but it went all smudgy.

 I tried 3 nails at once, but I let it dry too long on the water and I put it in with my fingers too close so the polish was all tacky and stuck in clumps to the tape and my fingers :P

Good luck