Expressions: 2014

Friday, April 4, 2014

Amazing Striping Tape Nail Design!

How To Grow Your Nails FAST!

Do you have small bitten nails? Well here is how to grow your nails quicker and healthier..

http://youtu.be/LNbN8vKeOXU

Step 1: Supplies

You need four items to get caviar nails of your own:

1. Microbeads - I found mine at Michael's - in the glitter isle. I should have known this would be interesting since they were next to the bane of my existence. Does anyone else think glitter should and must be BANNED? I'm with ya all the way!
2. Clear coat nail polish or nail hardener.
3. A shallow bowl. Not a plate...I repeat...not a plate.
4. Bare fingernails. Somewhat manicured is nice.

Step 2: Apply Microbeads

If you have ever put glue on a piece of paper and sprinkled glitter over it you should have all the necessary training required to apply microbeads to your nails.

Start by painting two or three nails with clear coat or nail hardener. While holding your fingers over a shallow bowl sprinkle microbeads on the polish while it is still wet or tacky. Voila! The beads stick.

Unless you are sloppy with the nail polish there shouldn't be much clean up of beads but if necessary move stray beads with a toothpick or dry fingernail.

Repeat until all fingernails are covered with microbeads.

Starburst Marble Nail Design

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Pink and Purple Nail Varnish (I used Barry M – they worked great)
A Plastic Cup
Some Scotch Tape
Lots of Q-Tips
A Couple of Toothpicks

STEP ONE

Fill up your plastic cup with water. Make sure the water is a a height where you can comfortably dip your finger into it!

STEP TWO

Begin with Red, Drop a single drop of nail polish into the water and watch it disperse!

STEP TWO

Get your Orange nail polish and drop another drop – directly inside the now large red spot. Wait for that to disperse, it should do with ease – if not, swirl the cup very gently!

STEP THREE

Now time for Yellow! Drop that drop inside the drop you just made.. And so on and so forth with all of your colours!

STEP FOUR

Keep going with your ‘bulls eye’ until you’re happy with how it looks.

STEP FIVE

Now, take your toothpick and very gently pull back the centre of the bulls eye making petal-like patterns

STEP SIX

Once you have a pattern you’re happy with begin to tape your nail. As you will be dipping your finger into the nail polish – you will get it on your skin. To avoid a messy clean up job – tape up all of the skin around your nails.

My Design!

My Nail all taped up!

STEP SEVEN

Once you’re all taped up, find a spot on your design that you want on your nail and dip your nail into that spot and immerse it in the water. (HOLD YOUR NAIL IN THE WATER DON’T LIFT IT OUT RIGHT AWAY)

STEP EIGHT

I couldn’t photograph this bit properly (See Q Tip in bottom left of picture) . But, while your nail is immersed in water – take your Q-Tip and swirl it around (AVOID YOUR NAIL) and pick up all of the excess nail polish. Once the rest of the excess nail polish is gone, lift your nail out of the water and you’ll be met with this nasty sight!

WHAT A MESS!!!

STEP TEN

Don’t fret – if it looks like this – you’re doing it right. Once the nail polish has dried a little bit (Not completely) then peel off the tape.

Repeat for all 9 other nails! It may take some time, but once you get better you can do 2 nails at a time!

TA DAAAA!!!

There you have it, rainbow water marble – simple as that!

Lots of Love,

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Stiletto Nails!

Want to get a marvelous nail design such as this design, step by step? This Amazing design is great for special occasions such as parties or even a night out with friends. Want to know how to do this cool shaped out nail design? Click on the Link Below to find out how you can make your own stiletto nails!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVj7cQr4ikU

Cute Hello Kitty Nails

Want a Cute Adorable Hello Kitty Design featured on your nails?

Steps:

Choose a background color, it should be light, like baby blue or lavender etc. Paint your nails with that color. But only use one coat for the best results.
Paint a Big white horizontal oval on each of your nails.
Give the ovals soft, rounded ears that point out.
Make a tiny pink dot at the center of each oval.
Add black dots and whiskers and you have 10 kitties! You can also add her a signature red bow design if you like.
Now you are Done. Enjoy your super kawaii(cute) Hello Kitty Nails.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8roRUOt_XIA

Perfect Manicure at Home

Do you have nasty chipped nails or tried to get that nail salon look well here is how to get the perfect manicure AT HOME!! http://youtu.be/bM5EQaT3y5k

Pikachu Nails!!!

Do you LOVE POKEMON or just love Pikachu? Well lets say you can carry Pikachu around with this fun nail design...... PIKACHU I CHOOSE YOU!!

http://youtu.be/3sjMLIfUKXg

Easy Tribal Nails

Want a New Look on your Nails?
This is what you need in order to create a Tribal Design on your Nails 4 Easy Steps! :

Three Nail Polish Colors of your Choice.
A Nail Pen or Brush

Steps:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPBRNxmfayI

Paint your nails with your base color. Our base color for the tribal design will be white.
Using the Pink Nail Polish, Paint a thick horizontal line close to your cuticle, leaving a space of white polish ( our base color) visible at the very tip of the cuticle.
Using the black nail polish , create three horizontal dots above the pink line.
Finish it off and paint three thick vertical lines to the top of the nails.

*There you have it, one of the hottest summer nail trends in no time! Sure, we chose the simplest design, but go crazy! Paint some triangles and more stripes, or even add more colors to make the design completely your own. Below are more photos for inspiration.

Friday, March 28, 2014

Ombre Nails!!

What You Need to get amazing beautiful OMBRE NAILS..

Makeup Sponge
Tooth Pick
Wax Paper or Plastic Sheet
Two Colors that compliment each other or go bold
Clear Top Coat and Base Coat
Nail Polish remover
Q-tip

Step 1: Protect your nails first and apply base coat let it dry. Than, paint your nails with the lightest color you choosed

Step 2: On wax Paper or Plastic Sheet paint a generous amount of the two colors you choose make sure they're just about touching at the edges

Step 3: With your tooth pick swirl the two colors where they meet

Step 4: Take your sponge and dab it directly down on to the polish a few times.

Step 5:Dab the sponge directly down on to your nail. Keep dabbing lightly and moving it very slightly up and down your nail.

Step 6: Clean around your nail by dipping the Q- tip in the nail polish remover and rub it around your nail where nail polish must have got on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FzzUsErDhE&feature=youtu.be

Galaxy Nails

This Fashion Galaxy in prints okay on high, right? And to have nails too, are the nails or nail art galaxy galaxy. As the name implies, this trend refers to galaxies.
The result is amazing, very different and full of shine.
Below is a tutorial explaining how to make your nails as cool as these!

Step 1: Prepare your nails. The best nail art is accomplished on a clean state, so prepare your nails in such a way to make them easy to paint. Clip of file them to your preferred shape, and then buff off the tops to create a smooth base. Add a clear base polish to seal the nail and prevent yellowing.

Step 2: Paint the background color, ideas of outer space conjure up images of swelling darkness full of stars. Recreate this deep and layered backdrop by painting the base-most layer of polish black. You can use shiny polish, but for an interesting effect try using matte nail polish.

Step 3: Add distant stars. To make your nails look like a realistic starscape, you need to give illusion of distance. Create the appearance of distant stars by adding a layer of clear polish with very small silver glitter flecks in it over the top of the black base. Do not use with large glitter flecks, because things far away should appear smaller while things cloe up appear larger.

Step 4: Choose your galaxy colors. We've all seen them- the swirling clouds of colorful nebulae captured the by Hubble space telescope. Galaxies come in nearly every color, so choose 2-3 of your favorite complimenting shades to recreate on your nails. If you aren't quite sure, find an image of a galaxy you like and pick out 2-3 of the primary colors in it.

Popular hues to use are bright blue, green, purple and pink.
Choose colors that are solid (Don't have any glitter) and completely opaque.

Step 5: Get your sponge ready. To add layers of color, you will be using a sponge rather than the brush that comes with the nail polish. Grab a makeup sponge and rip of a piece small enough to fit over the center of your nail without touching your cuticles. To keep your fingers polish-free in the painting process, you can use a pair of tweezers to hold the sponge.

Step 6: Sponge on your first layer of color. Choose any of your galaxy colors, and use the bottle’s brush to dab some of the polish onto the sponge. Aim for a very small amount, otherwise the polish will be too gloppy and completely obscure the backdrop you already created. Dab the sponge over different areas of each nail to create a cloudy blotch of color.

Step 7: Add subsequent layers of color. Use the same sponge and a different color to add layers and texture to your galaxy background. You can do as many layers as you want, but be careful not to blot out too much of the black background. In this case, less may be more.

Step 8: Clean up your nails. As a result of using the sponge, you likely have dabs of color along your cuticles and the skin around your fingers. Use a q-tip dipped in nail polish remover to get rid of any color on your skin and to add a finished look to the background color.

Step 9: Use a small glitter overlay. One option for making the stars on your nails is to find a clear polish with small glitter. If you wanted, you could use the same color that you initially painted over the black. Using this small glitter may not add as much depth, but it is easier than using 5-6 different polishes.

Step 10: Add larger glitter chunks. In addition to or instead of using small glitter, a clear polish with large pieces of silver glitter or confetti is a good option. Do a single coat of this over the top of your galaxy base for a finishing touch.

Step 11: Add small white dots. Use white nail polish and a dotting tool or pen to add small white dots to represent stars. Vary their size to mimic the appearance of stars in real life, and to add the illusion of distance.

Step 12: Draw on stars. Use white nail polish with a dotting tool to draw on small stars. Rather than trying to create a classic hand-drawn star shape, make small “x” marks to represent the glowing balls of gas. Similar to the dots, make every star a different size to add realism to your galaxy painting.

Step 13: Finished.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn2nlf2NSeM

Cheetah Print Nails

Step 1: Prep your nails. Remove any existing nail polish with a cotton ball and nail polish remover. Trim your nails to the desired length, and buff the surface of each nail using a nail buffer. This will help hold the color for longer.

Step 2: Apply two coats of base color. You can use cream, beige, or gold nail polish as the base. Brush the color in a thin layer from the cuticle to the tip of each nail, working your way from the middle of your nail to the outer sides.
Allow the first coat to dry completely before applying the second coat.

Step 3: Allow your nails to dry completely before continuing.

Step 4: Set up your palette. Dab a few drops of brown and black nail polish onto the index card(keep the colors separate) so that you can easily dip the toothpick into them.

Use Medium or dark brown polish.

Step 5: Dip a toothpick into the brown nail polish. Use the toothpick to draw small dots on each nail, creating a polka dotted effect. Make sure to leave enough empty space between each dot so you can still see the base color.

Wipe the brown polish off of the toothpick when you are done.

Step 6: Dip the toothpick into the black polish, and use it to create a black border around each dot. The borders shouldn't be perfect circles. Make them slightly boxy and squiggly, and leave some gaps in each border to achieve the cheetah print look.

Step 7: Allow your nails to dry completely. Finish with a clear top coat to preserve the color for longer.

Step 8: Remove any nail polish from your skin using nail polish remover and a cotton swab.

Step 9: Enjoy your new look!

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Awesome 3-D Nail Designs

Step by step tutorial :

Step1: First paint your nails with the base color of whatever the block color was going to be..

Step2: Next place 2-6 pieces of KKCenterHk gold circular glitter down depending how many bumps on the block you may want.

Step 3: After that , take out some nail glue , place a tiny bit on each piece of the glitter and stack another piece of glitter on the top of the original piece.

Step4: Then repeat the step above so each of the bumps consist of 3 pieces of glitter.

Step5: Take out acrylic paint and paint over just the bumps, focusing on the sides.

Step6: Go over the entire nail with the acrylic paint ( you may need to do this more than once if the base color of polish is slightly different than the paint)

Step7: Lastly i topped it off with a couple thin coats of top coat nail polish.