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Beauty Tips for Women: Recreation of Hearts, Stars & Splatter Manicure by elleandish

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One of my favorite nail art ladies on youtube is elleandish.  She has some very lovely manicures and wonderful “do it yourself” tips for nail art.  She did a nail tutorial called Hearts, Stars & Splatter; I fell in love with the design of the manicure and color combination.  Here is a link to go check it out and while your there follow her: http://youtu.be/_8tA_J5t-JQ

I decided to recreate the look.  Unfortunately I didn’t have all the polishes she had to create the look, so I would have to make do with what I have.

Here are the polishes I used to make the look: (from left to right)
China Glaze – For Audrey
Venique – Wingtip White
Hard Candy – Black Tie Optional
Cover Girl – Disco Dazzle
Essence – Icy Princess
Poshe – fast dry topcoat
Venique – basecoat (not shown)
Konad – Black (not shown)
Konad – White  (not shown)

The stamping plates I used are: (from left to right)
Born Pretty Plate – KD3
Bundle Monster – BM311
Bundle Monster – BM303
Plus my Born Pretty plastic blade scrapper and Konad stamper.

I started off with my basecoat, then two coats of For Audrey and Wingtip White.  I did only one coat of Icy Princess since the silver glitter was going over it.  Unfortunately my silver glitter was not “chunky” like the one used by elleandish.

I had some major issues stamping with my Konad white; it was coming out very light no matter which way I scrapped. It is very noticeable on my thumb where the double stamping was happening.  For the hearts stamp I decided to stamp with Wingtip White and had a better outcome. I topped everything off with Poshe.

Overall, I think it came out ok.  It doesn’t look exactly like hers but still I love the look.

Beauty Tips for Women: Salon Perfect – Ocean Treasure

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On the blog is a swatch / review of Salon Perfect – Ocean Treasure.  This color caught my eye and I just had to pick it up.

 

Ocean Treasure is packed with silver, green and blue glitter in a light hint of tealish polish.  I used only two coats and topped it off with Poshe.

The formula was very thick but considering that it is so packed with glitter, that was to be expected. I loved the way it changed under different light and sparkled at different angles.  I tried my best to capture this.

I give Ocean Treasure 4 brains.

Beauty Tips for Women: Gradient Manicure Technique

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I have been in the mood to do a gradient manicure after seeing a different technique than the one I use.

I started off by painting all my nails one coat of Milani – White On The Spot. 

The other color in my gradient is Milani – Jiffy Orange. The gradient technique I wanted to try involved placing dots of the polish on a surface and mixing the area where they would meet to make the gradient.  In essence giving you more control of the gradient effect.

Once you have it mixed to your liking you pick it up with your sponge.  I use a make up sponge cut to fit my nail.

I struggled with this technique cause my nails are nubs and I didn’t feel like I got that gradient transition effect all the way through my nail.

My next move was to stamp with Sally Hansen Insta-Dry – Fast Fuchsia using Cheeky Jumbo Plate 7 – Home Sweet Home.  I topped it with Poshe fast drying topcoat.

Over all I was happy how the manicure turned out.  I wasn’t too thrilled about this gradient technique.  Perhaps I will try it again when my nails grow.