Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Leopard Print Nails

A bit late, but here are the leopard print nails I did for Halloween to match my last minute costume. Excuse my cuticles please.



What I used:
China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat
Sephora by OPI Neutral Beauty (tan base)
OPI My Favorite Ornament (white gold glitter)
Revlon Hot for Chocolate (dark chocolate)
Seche Vite top coat
dotting tool





So easy to do because you don't have to be perfect. Works for short nails and long nails. Try it with different color combos, too!

Happy painting!

Love,
Kat

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Pretty in Pink Girly Princess Nails

A nail design for the girly girls hiding inside of us who sometimes just want all pink errthang.



What I used:
China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat
Zoya Mia (pink base)
China Glaze Glitter Goblin
Zoya Purity (white stamping color)
Konad stamper
Konad scraper
BM-208 nail plate
BM-209 nail plate
Gold 2mm square stud
Seche Vite top coat

A bonus easy pink design using just glitter and a pink 3d 1.2cm nail art bow:



Happy painting!

Love,
Kat

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Tribal Nails

Tribal print is back in season! Here is my take on tribal nails using Sharpie Metallic markers. The markers were so easy to use; it was pretty much like drawing on paper.



What I used:
China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat
Zoya Raven (black)
Sharpie Silver Metallic marker
Sharpie Gold Metallic marker
Sharpie Bronze Metallic marker







Got the idea of using the metallic Sharpies to draw the designs from The Beauty Department. TBD said they had no problem putting on top coat without smudging, but when I tried putting on top coat on one nail (two hours after painting) it smeared SO badly :( so if you're going to try top coat, be careful and good luck. Don't say I didn't warn you! Unfortunately, without top coat, much of the Sharpie design came off by the time I woke up the next morning. But if you want sharp, clean designs on your nails for one night, I highly recommend these Sharpie Metallic markers.

Happy painting!

Love,
Kat

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Pink and Black Valentine's Day Nails

You know what day it is today?! Not Valentine's Day. BUT it happens to be the perfect day to post some cute classy pink & black vday nails!!! Cause I said so. HEHE



What I used:
Qtica nail foils my mom bought me from Taiwan
a nail file





Happy painting!

Love, Kat

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Classy Blue with Gold Spiral Overlay Nails

In love with these nails I did several weeks ago using my newfound nail plate technique. SO many compliments. "Classy blue with gold spiral overlay nails"... pretty self-explanatory haha.



What I used:
China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat
Zoya Bevin (blue)
Maybelline Color Show Metallics Bold Gold
Konad stamper
Konad scraper
BM-201 nail plate



Unfortunately, these nails refused to photograph well (couldn't capture the actual blue and gold colors well with my camera) so there's only two pictures. Sorry!

Happy Painting!

Love, Kat

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Zebra Print Silver Nails

Excited to return to this nail blog. Only fitting that my comeback post features the nails that got me excited to do my nails again!



Finally stumbled upon the correct way to use konad nail plates yesterday. I already had purple on my thumbs and silver on the rest of my fingers, so I did a design on just the thumb to test out the technique. It worked perfectly! And was so easy. So ready to try like 50 new designs haha.

What I used:
China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat
Zoya Neeka (purple)
Zoya Trixie (silver)
Zoya Purity (white)
Seche Vite top coat
Konad stamper
Konad scraper
BM-223 nail plate





Lovelovelove this silver. Can stand alone imo.

Happy painting!

Love, Kat