Radiation!

By Melanie



I did the sea otter nails after I watched the YouTube video below. I changed the colors and it reminded me of a radioactive sea. It could be I have just been playing to much fallout but I think with the gold, blue, silver, and black colors it makes it look radioactive. you can always switch up the colors to any design and get a different look maybe one of these times it will look like an Andy Warhol piece. colors are always fun to play around with. I think this design is really cute and fun. I hope you try it!


Sea Otter Nails

Janelle Estep

Newspaper nails

This is a really cute design. it is an easy design and it is one of those amazing looking nail design.



Newspaper Nail Art

by cutepolish

 

this tutorial is easy and it comes out looking amazing.

Which matte is the best matte

photo by Melanie

In this picture I have done to different matte methods. I haven't cleaned up around my nails yet so don't pay any attention to that. The two different colored nails have matte polish on them and the middle and pointer finger I made the polish matte by putting them over steam while they were still wet and the thumb is the normal polish. I think the already matte polishes looked nicer and they were more matte then the steam ones.

photo by Melanie

Hair spray and nail art

photos by Melanie

 

this was a fun DIY. first you paint your nails with any nail polish. next you sharpie your nails. any design will do. then spray it with hair spray let it dry the dryer the better and lastly you just put a top coat on. it made it so easy to design using the sharpies. the hairspray I did not like using because afterward your nails smelled like hairspray for a little while. I think I was a little to impatient because mine smeared a little but no enough to bother me and it gave it a little more of the animal fur look to it. 

Leopard Nail Art

 by cutepolish

 

this is what I based my print off of.

 

 

Nail Hack or Wack? Sharpie Nail Art

Nicole Skyes

this is where I seen the sharpie nail idea.

Half & Half

By Melanie Sanchez

I love this nail design. I just painted all my nails half with one color and half with another color. I love it. I just think of them as my to faced nail. I am really loving the copper nail polishes right now and I like the copper paired with the red but I really cant take credit for this color combination because I bought a Revlon nail polish with these colors on both sides.

Studs

by Melanie Sanchez

nail art studs are an easy way to vamp up you nails. there are many different designs and colors of studs. there easy to stick on and they stay on your nails for a long time. the only problem is if you chose colored studs like the ones that were on my nails is that after some wear and tare the color comes of little by little.

Now polish

photo by Melanie

When picking a polish brand can be important. I like the Milani nail polish it last longer but it depends what type of person you are. I look for durability and long lasting but if you change your polish more often you can go with any brand. I have different polishes from different brands and Milani is my favorite because they last long and Walmart has them for a little under a dollar.

photo by Melanie

Gel nail polish works good for some people. I love my gel polish that has to cure under the lamp but the problem with a lot of gel polish I found it not as durable as regular but I love that its just a couple of seconds under a lamp and its dry and ready to go. I tried the no lamp ones there about the same except you don't need the light and they take longer to dry. I even tried the off brand ones. I got them at dollar general and I do like them better because the off brand ones are more like regular nail polish so its more the best of both worlds and its gains more durability.

photo by melanie

The lamp is normally expensive but I found this one online for five. It is a one at a time light but I knew I wasn't going to be doing gel polish a lot, so I was going for as cheap as possible and it just comes with a cord to plug it in your laptop or out it. This one has to be plugged in to use it.