Easy DIY Valentines Day Nails

So I did these super easy Valentines Day nails. It takes little effort and skill. You''l need a heart whole puncher, I found one easily at my local craft store, clear tape, and two nail polish. Colors.

Step 1:
Paint base nail color. Let completely dry (this is important).
Step 2:
Punch a heart shaped holes into the middle of a piece of tape.
Step 3:
Place the tape over nail where you want the heart. Paint over the heart with a different nail polish color.
Step 4:
Quickly and carefully remove the taper right after you apply the polish
Step 5:
Wait till dry then apply top coat
Optional:
Take a toothpick and dot on dots inside the hearts.

Here's a visual aid:



Have fun :)

I'm in the March Issue of Cosmopolitan Latina!

So I was lucky enough to have my nail art featured in the the March issue of Cosmo Latina. I was asked to do an easy nail art design that featured three polishes. I really like how they turned out :) The kindle version of the magazine is available now but the print version will be available 02/02/2013. Check out the designs below:

Here is the shot of the page where the nail art is:

Please check out the mag :)

Halloween Nail Art Designs

Lately I've been posting my nail art on my tumblr page, but I figured it couldn't hurt to post some here. I did an entire nail wheel of Halloween designs and I'm pretty happy with it:

I also did these sugar skull designs on my own nails recently:

Let me know what you think! I love getting creative with nail art during the holidays. I don't go to parties or anything like that, so this is my way of getting festive. Oh, and if you are planning on using these images on your blog, please link back to my blog, thanks.

Girly Nail Art

I like to dabble in nail art every once in a while. I generally only do it on special occasions since it takes so much time and concentration (imagine using teeny tiny brushes to make tiny designs on a nail). I'm a little OCD when it comes to nail art, when I make mistakes it really bothers me but I've learned to accept the imperfections. Well anyways, my cousin's fiance is having a bridal shower that's Marie Antoinette themed so I want to do a nail wheel based on a girly/french concept.

I might have gone a little off concept but I think there's a few designs that stand out. I love the two cupcake variations and the roses.

Clicking on the pictures makes them larger.



Some close-ups:



Some turned out better than others, I'm kind of regretting the Eiffel Tower, but overall I like them. Let me know what you think.

Valentines Day Nails 2012

As you may know I am a big fan of doing holiday day themed nails, and I extra love Valentines day as it falls in my birthday month. Well here's what I came up with. I did a google search and found some inspiration. (Clicking on the pictures makes them larger)

Here's a collage of the steps I took for the owl and the cup cake:

I used really tiny art brushes and some regular old nail polish. I used Pink Friday by OPI as the base color.

Hope you enjoyed and are inspired to make your own creations :)

More Christmas Nails :)

So I already did my nails for Christmas but my friend Bree came over the other day and I really wanted to try out some other designs so this post will be the results. I attempted but failed to do a nail polish video tutorial, yet again...I'm losing hope of ever finding a way to film me doing nail art. Anyways...

You can click on the pictures to see them larger.

If there was a method to my madness I would share it but really it's all about taking your time and being patient. My advice, get some teeny tiny brushes from a craft store and act as if your nails are a small canvas. Try using acrlyic paint, but I prefer using plain old nail polish. Dollar General sells art deco nail stripers so grab those too.

Christmas Nails 2011

Every year I do holiday themed nail art, my favorite definitely has to be Christmas (after Halloween of course). I attempted to to a live video tutorial of each nail design but it didn't quite pan out well so I stuck to pictures (I don't know how cute polish does it!)

Onward!

Left Hand:

Right Hand:

Both:

In order to create these nails I used acrylic paint for the first time. I usually just use layers of nail polish so it was tricky for me to use it at first. I ended up using mostly nail polish and a few accents with acrylic paint.

The brushes I use can be found at Sally's, Ebay, and your local craft store. The thinner and smaller the brush the better.

If you are new at doing nail art I suggest you learn a lot of patience. You need to wait for every layer of nail polish to dry before you can continue painting. As in, draw the first snowman circle, wait for that to dry, paint the second snowman circle, wait for that to dry, paint on the scarf, wait to dry, draw the stripes in the scarf, you see where I'm going with this.

It helps to alternate between nails and drying times.

I uploaded a video to Youtube of a slideshow of the steps I took.

Enjoy:

Bumble Bee Nail Art Tutorial

Just posted this on my Youtube :)