Beauty Tips for Women: Easter Gradient Manicure

Posted on April 1, 2015 by admin

Easter is coming and I wanted a bright manicure to get me in the mood. For my gradient I choose two polishes from the Sally Girl Sweet Candy Dreams collection, Gummy Bear (pink) and Lemon Drop (yellow).
I started off with a base color of white using Milani White On The Spot. Using a makeup sponge I applied the gradient. I did three coats. I applied a coat of Wet n’ Wild Hallucinate/Hallucination. To seal everything in before stamping I used Seche Vite.

I decided to stamp using Cheeky Jumbo Plate C.

I stamped using Rica Whiteout and sealed it with Seche Vite.

I love how this turned out.

Beauty Tips for Women: Gradient Lotus Flower Manicure

Posted on March 28, 2015 by admin

For my gradient I choose two polishes from the Sally Girl Sweet Candy Dreams collection, Candy Coated (blue) and Grape Taffy (purple).

I started off with a base color of white using Salon Perfect Sugar Cube. Using a makeup sponge I applied the gradient. I did three coats. I applied a coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust. To seal everything in before stamping I used Seche Vite.

I decided to stamp using Bundle Monster BM-616, which has a lovely full nail image of lotus flowers.

I stamped using Rica Whiteout and sealed it with Seche Vite.

I love how this turned out.

Beauty Tips for Women: Sally Girl March Ice Cream Shoppe Collection

Posted on February 26, 2014 by admin

Beauty product review and manicure article heading your way. I had the great fortune to have won the entire March Ice Cream Shoppe Collection from Sally Girl Cosmetics & Nail Color. The colors from left to right are: Chocolate Chip, Mint Chip, Cherry Chip, and Grape Sherbert.

I decided to do a skittles manicure with no base color. I was able to get opacity with three coats for Mint Chip, Cherry Chip, and Grape Sherbert. Since Chocolate Chip is more of a translucent white, it took four coats and still it was very light but I decided to stop at four.

I couldn’t resist adding some stamping to this manicure. I decided I would play off the title of the collection and stamp some ice cream. I used Cheeky plate CH10, CH17, and Jumbo Plate 7.

I used the stamping decal method. I failed to take pictures of this step. I just simply forgot. Basically you stamp the image and let it dry completely on the stamper. Then you paint the image. You can paint it either with polish or acrylic paint and then let that completely dry. Add a thin layer of top coat to your nail and wait to it gets tacky and then stamp the image on. The squishy stamper is the best to us for this method.