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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Purple and green stripes

I did my mother's nails again! I already told you she likes purple. It's her favourite colour ever since she bought purple glasses (only the frame ;)) and from that moment on her collection of purple things expanded with more and more clothes, accessories, jewelry, eyeshadow, etc. Today I made her another purple manicure, combined with light green.

I used polishes and stripers with different finishes: creme, frosty/metallic, sheer (as a base) and also one with tiny glitters in it. The flower shaped rhinestones I added are purple, but they flash green in bright light (as you can see on the second nail from the left). I think the two colours go along pretty well, how about you? Read Full...

Sally Hansen Gray By Gray & Some Rhinestones

Sally Hansen Gray By Gray isn't gray! I would call it a dark cadet blue creme. Lovely color. I normally like wide brushes but this one kept bunching & twisting, maybe because the formula was too thick.

This is only the second time I've played with rhinestones but I like the effect this time. I could just add a red stripe or two and this would be a fun 4th of July manicure for next year!


Thanks for reading!
April

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Quirius Starry Night & Some Rhinestones

I have no idea why this is called Starry Night, as it's a dark purple creme! My camera hates purples & this polish is much less blue than the photos. It dries darker than the bottle color and has the same finish as Quirius Caribbean Turquoise without a topcoat. It's shown here with topcoat.

I've never used any sort of 3d nail art before and I obviously had no plan with this manicure! I just randomly threw these on. Not something I would do again but I learned how to place them properly the next time I want to use them.

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April Read Full...

Baby Phat

Hi Ladies..Im back from my short trip in Singapore I had a great time and love the place so much though, i haven't find a lot of nail art stuffs or polish I'm sure I would love to come back and visit again the FINE CITY!!
here's my Polish hoarder disorder weekly challenge "JUST TIPS"

thanks for looking!!

happy polish!!

POLISH USED:

OPI " the thrill of brazil"

konad sp "black"

chez-delaney H14
18k Baby Phat metallic sticker

fuchsia rhinestones & heart pearl rhinestones 

please check out The daily Nail nail art contest "theres no place like home" and vote for ur fave entry
heres my entry for the contest

 "a hot air balloon event that I went to with my family" 

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"ALL ACCESS" + KOTD+ONE WORD TAG

Hi every one...i 've said on my past blog post that i'm really lemming for essence "all access" and though I found an essence store here their products are limited... can u imagine the latest collection they have is the summer collection!! OMG!! its already freaking winter now! but anyways i am so happy when Maestra (PAROKEETS) told me that she will send the "all access" plus she will give me some s-he polish...WOW!!! honestly, i've seen this essence "all access" swatch from their blog (PAROKEETS)...and im really in love with this "all access nail polish" when my husband gave me the package..oh im so excited to open it...weeeeeeeeeeeeeee....!! thanks Maestra u're so sweet!! xoxo

happy polishing...xoxo!!

heres the photo of my KOTD...
what do u think about my KOTD?

i also found out that this essence "all access" are also good in konading

indoor light

essence "all access"

from Maestra with Love
s-he "469 and 466"

One word tag
I was tagged by Maestra (PAROKEETS) I have to answer the questions in one word.
So, I’ll try …

1. Where is your phone? bed
2. Your hair? straight
3. Your Mom? cool
4. Your Dad? strict
5. Your favorite meal? many
6. Your last dream? polishes
7. What do you like to drink? tequilla
8. Your dream? supergirl
9. In what room are you? bedroom
10. Your hobby? cooking
11. What are you afraid of? Spiders
12. Last travel? Dubai
13. Where were you last night? Bed
14. Something you are not? nagger
15. Muffins? chocolate
16. Wishlist? imageplates
17. Where did you grow up? Manila
18. Last thing you did? Blog
19. What are you wearing? Clothes
20. Your television? off
21. Your pet(s)? dogs
22. Your friends? cool 23. Your life? Great
24. Your temper? depends
25. Do you miss someone? yah
26. Your car? CRV
27. Something you don’t bring with you? cosmetics
28. Your favorite shop? candyshop
29. Your favorite color? pink
30. Last time you laughed? 20:30
31. Last time you cried? forgot
32. Your best friend? Kiko (my husband's nickname)
33. A place where you can go again and again? Mall
34. Facebook? hmmmm..
35. Favorite place to eat? kitchen (LOL)

Now, it’s my turn to tag. Here we go:
1. Azatoh
2. Sakura
3. Mae (ART OF NAILS)
4. Lucy (make up girl)
5. ByLuminus
6. Marie (http://moncoinamoua.blogspot.com)
7. LISA (GLAMMED UP)
8. NAIVE NAILS
9. TINI (MAGIMANIA)
10. ELMA (sassestampingstampede)
11.NATALIE (Nani's Nails)
12.MAYRA (MANICURE LATINO)
13.TULI
14. EMERALD SPARKLE
15. BROOKE (GETCHANAILS DID)
16. JENNIFER (KONADDICT)
17. ANITA (KONADOMANIA)
18. KAE (THE HUNGRY ASIAN)
19. DIANA (PAINTED LADY FINGER)
20. ALLYA (PAINTED TIPS)

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KONAD M39 "NAKED SACRED"

hi there ladies... im in the mood to wear a naked nails.. just a base coat & konading..this is just a very simple design...btw.. about the top coats u've suggested on me.. ill try to look for those brand & i will try them out...
what base coat u would suggest for me to use... as of now im using "KISS ULTRA GROWTH" a nail growth stimulator..this works for me so good.. it really made my nails grow & stronger...
i have a lots of nail design pics to upload.. so just stay tune & just have a lovely sunday...

what do u think about on this nail art design?

konad special polish white

green heart rhinestones

konad i.p M39

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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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