Opening Up

Instead of just posting about nail polish, I am going to start posting about make up, clothes, etc.  I just wanted to let you know before I did a post on any of that stuff.

Splatter Paint Tutorial

This is the tutorial for how to splatter paint.  I did it with some paints on a poster instead of my nails that day.

Materials: Straw, nail polishes, top coat, nail polish remover, and some paper towels

Steps

1. Layout the paper towels because splatters can get everywhere.
2. Drop some nail polish on the towels and dip one end of the straw in the polish.  Make sure the straw's end is fully covered.
3. Blow into the straw and onto your nail.
4. Repeat for all the other colors.
5. Paint on a top coat.
6. Clean up your fingers with the remover.

Splatter Paint

This was a poster I splatter painted for school, but this can also be a technique used as nail art.  Although it can get really messy, this was super fun and pretty.  I actually only used 3 colors, red, blue, and white, but I mixed 6 colors, purple, blue, red, and all the lighter versions of those colors.  I really love the medium-sized blue splatter with the two little squigglies acting like legs on the bottom right-hand side.  It's so unique.  I'll have the tutorial posted soon.

Stop Flyaways When You're Trimming Your Nails Tip

There are two ways that help me. First, I like the wet my nails before I cut them. It's hard to explain why, but you have to try it first to know. The best way is to tape the sides of the nail cutter. It traps all the flyways. When you're done, take off the tape, which will have all your trimmed nails on it, and throw it away. Here is a picture to explain what I'm talking about. It's hard to see the clear tape, but I just taped the opening.

Layered Valentine Heart Tips Tutorial

For my Valentine Mani I painted these tips on my ring finger.  It kind of looks like I ran a toothpick through the middle of three straight tips because they're curved.  


Materials: a dark red polish, 3 shades of pink polish, dark, medium and light, and a top coat

Steps

1. Paint on your dark red polish as a base color
2. Take your darkest pink polish and paint a curved "v" or tip of a heart.  The tip should take up half of your nail.  
3. Take your medium pink polish and paint the same thing.  That should take up 2/3 of your first tip (dark shade).
4. Do the same with your light pink polish and it should take up 2/3 of you second tip (medium shade).  This might take two coats.
5. Finally paint on a top coat.

Here's a close-up of the hearts

Here's the full mani

Layered Valentine Dots Tutorial

Here is the tutorial for the all the nails but the ring finger.  I think it's super cute and really vibrant.  It's perfect for Valentine's Day.  I love how each nail is unique with this look.

Materials: toothpick, 4 shades of pink polish, 3 shades of purple polish, and a red polish

Steps

1. Dot on some pink dots on all the nails before moving on to the next color
2. Do at least five dot of each color
3. Then dot on some purple dots on all the nails before moving on to the next color
4. Make sure you alternate between colors, because if you do all pinks and then all purples, the pink dots won't show up

Valentine Mani 2013

I did a Valentine Mani for the upcoming holiday <3.  I used shades of pink, purple, and red.  The layered dots really stand out from afar.  I just realized I layered many thing in this manicure, the dots and the heart tips on the ring finger.  I will have the tutorial posted for the two separate arts tomorrow and the next.  Here are the links to the Layered Valentine Dots and Layered Valentine Heart Tips.

Here is a close up of my ring finger.  I used 3 shades of pink to create the tip.  This is the Layered Valentine Heart Tips Nail Art.

This is the art I did on the rest of my nails.  I call it the Layered Valentine Dots Nail Art.  I just overlapped many dots to create this look.

Cut-Out Heart DIY

This is perfect for Valentine's Day.

1. Fold a piece of tape so it has sticky corners sticking out.  You don't want to fold it in half because you won't be able to open it later.
2. Draw half a heart on one side of the crease.
3. Cut out the heart.
4. Open the tape slowly, so it doesn't rip.

Here is a picture of the tape with half of a  heart drawn on it but not cut out, so you can see what it looks like.