Beauty Tips for Women: Christmas Tree Manicure 2013

Posted on February 3, 2014 by admin

I’ve been so behind in posting that I have a handful of Christmas manicures that I did in 2013 that I did write a post about. I put the pictures up on my instagram, twitter and the facebook page when I did them. So now I’m back tracking and posting up the steps and polished used.

This manicure was a test in using my non-dominant hand and I did these on 12/2/13. I decided to do Christmas trees. I used a rhinestone wheel, nail art brush, Pure Ice Jaguar, Ulta Envy, China Glaze Winter Holly, and Color Club top coat.

I did two coats of Jaguar.

Using the nail art brush I did a triangle shape using Envy then topped it with Winter Holly. My proportions were all off and I should have used tape to get a better line but oh well.

I added some red rhinestones at the top and then finished it off with top coat.

I wasn’t very happy with how it came out but the only way to improve using my left hand is to keep at it.

Beauty Tips for Women: Retro Cat Manicure

Posted on January 30, 2014 by admin

For this manicure I was inspired by Jior Couture Cat’s Corn-er polish from their Halloween 2013 collection. Warning this post is picture intensive.

Cat’s Corn-er polish is a holographic thermal chocolate brown polish that is also candy corn scented. Application was smooth and the smell made me crave candy. I tried my best to capture the shift in thermal and the holorraphic effect in pictures.

I decided to stamp a cat to play on the title Cat’s Corn-er. I choose a lovely retro cat from Pueen Cosmetics plate Pueen40. I stamped with Maybelline Bold Gold.

The cat came across better when Cat’s Corn-er is dark brown rather than the light caramel color.

This polish packs a punch. I love how it changes colors and the different looks you can get. I’m glad that I just did a simple stamp cause I didn’t want to cover up the color.

I give Cat’s Corn-er 5 brains.

If you are interested in picking up your own set of polishes, check out their page www.jiorcouture.com and on facebook https://www.facebook.com/JiorCouture.

Beauty Tips for Women: Chinese New Year 2014 Manicure

Posted on January 30, 2014 by admin

Happy Chinese New Year! I was inspired to try my hand at a Chinese New Year manicure when I looked at Jior Couture – Light The Festival. Light The Festival is beautiful gold polish with small glitters of green, red, pink and silver.