Acrylic French Tips with Rhinestone Flowers

 So, last night I decided to give myself a full-on set of acrylic french tips. I don't really mess with acrylics too much and this was first time doing it full-on. I was actually pretty happy with the results. For a first-timer with the acrylic, I think I did well. Once the french tips were done, They looked good....but plain. So I wanted to add a little something but I didn't have a whole lot of time so painting was out of the question. I decided to go with some good old rhinestones. Quick and easy to apply and look very nice. I decided to do a flower of rhinestones on my thumb and ring finger and do a smaller heart with red dots on the pointer, middle, and pinkie fingers. First, I started with the flowers. I used 6 red oval rhinestones(teardrops or diamond could work too) for the petals and a silver circle rhinestone for the middle. I added 4 pink rhinestones coming away from the flower, curving toward the cuticle a little. I used another pink and put it at the tip of the nail, close to the middle. The thumb nail is pictured below.

 For the other fingers, I used a pink heart rhinestone, which  placed off to the side, very close to the edge of the tip and added 4 little red dots(not rhinestones but tiny decals) starting at the heart and curving upward, as seen in the picture to the left.

 Here a few extra pics of the design. Very quick and easy once the acrylic once finished. I had to do this fast and was able to make it look pretty good. Please comment, or respond with an interpretation. I would love to see some other rhinestone designs or other french manicure ideas. This could be for Valentine's Day too, I suppose but it wasn't really what I had in mind while doing it. Anyway, thanks for reading, hope you liked it and give it a try!

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Rhinestoned Tips/Valentine's Day Design

 Another Valentine's Day design! I really didn't have a vision in mind when I started this, I just let it come to me...I guess, lol. I am almost hearted out with all the Valentine's Day designs but here it is anyway.

 First, I started with a red base and I used China Glaze- Bing Cherry for the base. I only had to do one coat, but I made sure it was a little thick of a coat.




Then I used China Glaze-White Out and did the white tip, as shown below.

 Once the white tips were dry, I used KISS nail paint-Bikini Pink and made a diagonal line from the corner of the white to the top of the red.

 The hearts are a bit rough. Definitely not the best but they work. I did the pink hearts in China Glaze- I Wanna Lei Ya.

 Once all the colors were mostly dry, I used light pink rhinestones for my pointer finger, middle finger and pinkie finger. I placed the rhinestones where the red and white areas meet, and spaced them apart just a little. For the ring finger and thumb, I used red rhinestones. On the ring finger and thumb, I also used 3 silver rhinestones and placed them around the heart on the nail.

 Here is a pic of my thumb. Not too bad, but not super great either. I am still learning, but this was fun to do.

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Stripes, Hearts, and Rhinestones/Valentine's Day Nail Design

 I can't help but overindulge the romantic "holiday", since I think that pretty nails are romantic in themselves. I did another Valentine's Day design, using a few rhinestones and small heart decals. Sorry the pictures are not better quality but I hope you can still see it well. This is the design to did to my own nails tonight.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               First, I started with a regular white, french manicure. I used China Glaze-White Out, as shown in the picture below. After the white was applied, I used Kiss Nail Art paint-Bikini Pink, and made a stripe along the white part, as shown in the picture below and to the right.                                                                                                                              

 After the pink, i used Art Club's Red Striper lacquer and made a red line across the pink but curved outward toward the edge of the nail, which is pictured above and below to the left. After the red, I used a lighter pink color(blank bottle-Lilac Silk) and did the same that I did with the red but on the opposite side, going inward toward the nail. It is a little harder to see because the pink is lighter and my poor quality photos but you can sort of see those lines in the picture below and to the right.

 Again, it is hard to see but once my paints were mostly dry, I used a pink heart-shaped rhinestone and added that at the very edge of where all three colors meet, in the middle of the colors. Next to the heart but a little lower, I added another heart but the second one is a purple decal heart, as shown in the picture below.(again, i know these pictures are not so great)

 On the ring finger and thumb, I added 2 silver rhinestones, 2 red, then two pink in a small curved lie towards the cuticle area. After the last few pieces, I added two layers of top coat, just in case and Ta-Da! This was not very time-consuming at all and a very nice, stylish choices for Valentine's Day. Hope you like it and thanks for reading! Please comment or reply!

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Funky Pink French Tip with Heart/Valetine's Day Nail Design

This is a very easy to do design and can be done very quickly and in many different color combinations, just use the colors you like best. I am still working on different designs for Valentine's Day, since it is coming up so I used Valentine's Day colors.I started with a regular french manicured tip. I think for many designs, it makes it easier having the french tip on there. It me a better idea of space or helps me get as close to the exact middle as possible. Anyway, I used my hot pink polish (Sally Hansen-Bikini Pink), and drew diagonal lines on each side of the nail that met in the middle and top of french tip. Then I filled in that area with the same pink color.The pictures above and below show the pink area.

Then I used my red polish(ArtClub-red) and created a heart in the area the pink surrounded. If you shape the pink right, the middle makes the perfect bottom of a heart when you fill it in. The pictures above and below show the red heart I placed in the middle of the pink.

I grabbed my Migi nail polish pen, white color, and placed small little dots all along the edge of the pink on each side of the heart. The pictures to the left show the little white dots. I think this is a very simplistic but adorable design. I was happy with the way it looked. It kind of looks plain but I didn't want to add anything and ruin the cute look. Hope you like it and give it a try. If you try it, please take pictures or feel free to leave comments! Read Full...

Cute Valentine's Day Heart Nails

 I didn't take pictures of the beginning because I guess I just wasn't thinking! But I started this design with a Black base coat of polish (CoverGirl's Midnight Magic) and painted a pink french tip with Lilac Silk pink polish. Then I used a Migi nail pen, white polish, and drew a heart below the pink tip.

 Once the white heart was drawn, I used the red Migi nail pen and drew a smaller heart under the big white heart. Sorry that the above picture is blurry, you can see the red heart better in the picture below.

 After both hearts were in place, I used the red pen first and made small dots all over the nail, only in the black areas. Then I used the white pen and did the same thing, put little white dots all around the hearts in the black areas

 Here are two picture of the final product. This is very simple and cute. It is a really good choice for Valentine's Day, I think, because of the color combination. Let me know if you like it, or have a variation on it~ I would love to see other ideas or interpretations!

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Simple Bow nail Design/valentine's Day Design

 Again, the pictures don't do the design justice, because of the quality. Sorry they are blurry but hopefully you can see the design clearly! This is another design that can be used anytime, romantic occasions, or Valentine's Day.


First, I used red polish and did the French manicure style on the tip (#94-Fire Engine Red). Then I did two giant loops in the red area(using Migi Nail pens-white), near the center of the nail and the top of the red area. Once I had the loops drawn, I filled them ALMOST all the way, I left a bit in the middle for the ribbon loops to look realistic. Then i drew two lines coming from the loops down the red until the tip. These white lines create the hanging ribbon as seen in the picture. Once those were in place and I think I even let it dry for like 2 or 3 minutes, i did little dots along the edge of the red area on each side of the bow. End it with some top coat, and we are done! This was another simple but nice looking design. As my blog continues and I do more designs, I will post more pics of while I am doing the design and have more detailed tutorials. These are designs I had created and took pictures of before I decided to do this blog so I apologize if the tutorials are hard follow. I will have better ones up asap!

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Random French Manicure/Flower Design

So this is what I did after Christmas passed while on down time in between holidays. Christmas is over and Valentine's isn't here yet....so French Manicure it is! lol So I started by doing a regular French manicure tip on my big toe nail. I cheated on this and used a flower nail decal. It was a decal from a filo cane(i bought the decal pre-sliced but you can buy entire filo canes too). I added some top coat to my nail and placed the flower. i then used 4 small rhinestone pieces, although you can only see 3 in the pic. I put them in a small cluster next to the flower. The color for the rhinestones I used were dark purple, yellow, red, and pink. After those were in place, I used more top coat to seal. I used the same rhinestones and design on my smaller toes, without flowers. I didn't have enough space for the flowers on my smaller toes so I just replicated the rhinestone design and it came out nice. I also ended up painted small green leaves onto my nail, coming off the flower, but that is not shown in this picture(I did it the next day). After the leaves were painted on, I sealed it again with top coat and was finished. This was an easy way out, I usually try to paint everything but there still looked nice and kind of professional. Hope you enjoy! Read Full...

Quick change

I rocked my patriotic pedi through the holiday but wanted to get a new look with my toes without doing a complete polish change. The solution, just change polish on my big toe and add a few details. Voilà, from this



To this



A simple yet classy new look and all I did was red french on the big toe, add a little flare and a flower then dot the tips of my smaller toes. It took less then 10 minutes. Read Full...

KOTD: "Musical Notes"

HI there ladies... first of all i want to thank everyone who voted me on Jamie's Goodbye summer nail art contest.. it was really fun... & mostly i wanna thank Jamie for she gave me a special price as a "Honorable mention" (being 2nd placer on people's choice award) ohhh.. i was really surprised when i see the poll results.. i couldnt image that i could gather a 148 votes... a big hug & kisses to all of u..& again thanks so much!!



this is my KOTD the music note... i used my first holo polish its called "purple glaze" from Bobbie a local nail polish brand from Philippines i forgot to take some photos of the polish.. but i will post a photo on my next blog...

i also wanna thank my very dear friend MAE (ART OF NAIL) thanks for inspiring me.. pls visit her page she has a very artistic nail art designs...I met this girl online through my multiply accnt. she's also the one who force me to sell Fauxnad stamp kit online & some nail art stuffs coz its very difficult to look for a nail art store in Manila... the very fact is i havent seen any nail art store anywhere in Manila =( before i left Manila & moved here in Abu Dhabi we personally met & we really had great time..thanks sissy for being so sweet & very nice to me... i miss u so much.. see u when i go back in Manila maybe next year...

this is my all time fave nail art she made... & it really looks so yummy...right??

thanks for reading & have a great day!!!

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KONAD M69 FRENCH TIPS

HI there everyone.. hows ur week so far? i have only 24 konad image plates & the FACT is i havent try all the design that include on the image plate.. so i made this design just to try it out on my nails... & tell me will u wear this design & what else u could suggest in using this image plate design?? i want ur ideas & it would really help me to improve my konading...
sorry for my design its not in the center just like the way i stamped on my forefinger... i really had a hard time on stampin this design so it doesnt look great...

BTW... what's the best top coat u would suggest for me to use? as of now im using sallyhansen mega shine top coat.. i like how it makes my mani so shine but... my nail polish is easily chip & peel off =( i dont know why my mani didnt last for 3 days =( im looking forward for ur suggestion & thanks in advance...

POLISH USED:
NYX GOLDEN SPARKLE
KONAD IMAGE PLATE M69
KONAD SPECIAL POLISH "VIOLET"

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NOTD: "NUBAR CUPCAKE MAGENTA"

HI THERE.. ok this is my NOTD as i promise i will show my 3rd nubar polish its name is CUPCAKE MAGENTA...=) theres nothing special on this color its just a BRIGHT PINK MAGENTA color thats all i can describe it...

(L-R) Essence "fashion victim", YI-XIN nail art striper "black",(its made in korea)

Nubar Nail art striper" basic white",

Nubar " cupcake magenta",dotter & rhinestones

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"GOLDEN ZEBRA'

HI THERE... i made another nail art stamp again..I try to change the typical zebra color hehehe..
anyways..this might be look familiar to u but i really want this to try out for i havent try this color combination at all...

the tips were light gold shimmer glitz polish..

the typical zebra color (BLACK & WHITE)

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