Ice Tips

Sorry!!  It would take forever to explain why I've been away for so long.
Simply, I've been busy.

Here's a quick tutorial on this simple yet flashy look for this cold weather.

You will need:

• Le Chat Ultra Bond BaseCoat
• Essie in Cocktail Bling
• Sally Hansen Crackle Overcoat in Fractured Foil
• Silver glitter polish
• Le Chat Ultra Fast Dry TopCoat

Let's get started!

1.  Paint your base coat and then Cocktail Bling.  The best way I can describe this colour is that it's a pale greyish blue.

2.  Thinly apply Fractured Foil to about half of the nail.  Don't worry about it being evenly divided.

3.  Paint some glitter over the whole nail but concentrating on the silver tips.  Add a top coat.

I have a week off work so hopefully I can squeeze in some more tutorials before I get back to work.
Hope everyone has a Happy Holiday =)

- SheNailedMe

Galaxy in my Hands

Been seeing this look on Tumblr and wanted to try it out.  I love this but I would have to sport this in the fall/winter months.

You will need:

• Jordana in Black
• Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Blue Me Away!
• Jordana in Lemon Tropic
• Wet n Wild Mega Last in Soul Mate
• Wet n Wild Wild Shine in Sapphire Blue
• Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Strobe Light
• Seche Vite Top Coat
• Makeup sponge (or any dense sponge)

1.  Black base!  You can probably use another colour for a base but black looks best.

 2.  Put a drop of blue (Blue Me Away) on a piece of paper.  Dab the corner of your sponge in it and then dab off any excess on the paper.

3.  Carefully dab/sponge on the blue.  Do it in a messy pattern.  It doesn't matter if you're clean or not.

 4.  Using the same sponge, dip it in pale pearly green (Lemon Tropic).  I dabbed on the edges of the blue.

 5.  Next is a pearly purple (Soul Mate).  I dabbed this one over randomly to create some depth.

 6.  I used a pearly dark blue (Sapphire Blue) to balance it all out.

7.  Finally, I topped it off with some glittery polish (Strobe Light).  Remember to top coat to seal it on in =)

Now you have the galaxy in your hands.  This is actually a fairly simple design to do.

Some tips:
You should wait for the black to dry before proceeding with sponging.  Also, I used the same sponge for all the colours.  I'm not sure if that makes a difference but the colours seem to blend better.  And finally, you can also create larger stars by using a dotting tool and white polish.  Just dot on a few random large stars.

It's a tough one to remove from your nails but at least it looks good while it's on =P

Hope you liked this one!

- SheNailedMe

Bridal Bling

I was inspired by my friend Marianne to do these nails.  A simple white tip manicure with some sparkle and bling.
I'm so happy for you Marianne and can't wait for your wedding in September!  Love you!!

You will need:

• Color Club in Alabaster
• Kiss Nail Art Paint in Silver
• Jordana in Crystal Glitter
• Seche Vite Top Coat
• Manicure tape
• Clear nail gems
• Glitter

1.  Using the manicure tape, tape off the length of white you would like to have for your french tip.  Paint over it, and remove.

 2.  Then with a thin paintbrush, paint a silver glittery line where the white ends.  You can top coat the whole nail and leave it if you prefer to not have glitter in the next steps.

 3. Paint over just the white tip with a glittery nail polish.  While it's still wet, dip the tip of the nail in some glitter.  Blow and tap off the excess.

 4.  Put a dot of clear polish on the side of the white tip.  Then put a clear gem on it.  Top coat the whole nail twice to smooth out the glitter and secure the gem.

A simple french tip with a little bling.  Hope you liked it.

Sprinkled Pink

Pink sparkly tips!  Sparkles are very forgiving when it comes to accuracy.  That's why I love using sparkles because they're easy to use for a design.  The only part that is a drag is getting rid of it after.  But it sure looks great while it's on =)  This design almost looks like a pink gradient tip.

You will need:

• Jordana Island Fuchsia
• Sinful Colors Pinky Glitter
• Rimmel Clear
• Rimmel Top Coat

1.  Paint a pink tip.  You don't have to be super neat because the glitter should hide any mistakes.

2.  Paint starting just past the tip with glitter.

3.  Now go over the glitter with another coat.  Again, start a little past what you just painted.

4.  This step is optional.  While the glitter polish is still wet, add some sparkling decorations.  I added 2 glitter hearts to the side.  If you're finding it hard for the glitter to stick, paint a fresh clear coat for the decals to stick on.

5.  Go over everything with a top coat to blend it all together.

If you pick a glitter polish that is of the same tint as the tip colour, it will look better.  It's my first time wearing Sinful Colors glitters on my natural nails.  I haven't had much luck finding a glitter polish that doesn't chip the next day.  We'll see what this looks like tomorrow.

- SheNailedMe

Night Out

I'm going to have a night out with my classmates.  We're done with our program and we think we deserve a good time!  We have a graduation tea during the day and then a party at night.  I thought I should erase the pink and go with a clean but fun black mani.  Something to bring me from day to night.

You will need:

• Jordana Black
• Fine black glitter polish (no name)
• Kiss Nail Art Paint Silver
• Rimmel Super Wear Top Coat
• Sally Hansen Manicure Aid
• 35 mins

1.  Tape with a manicure guide and paint a black tip.  My poor thumb nail chipped today =(  So short!

2.  Paint thin vertical lines of black/dark grey glitter on the tips.

3.  Paint thin vertical silver lines next to the glitter you just painted.  Make sure to leave the black underneath showing on the other side.  So it should look like glitter-silver-black-glitter-silver-black...etc.  Yes, I did get a silver/glitter fine line polish finally.

4.  Remove the tape!  You can keep it like this or do the next step.

5.  Continue the silver lining down the nail.  I went from longer to shorter lines.  You can also continue the dark glitter lines too.  I did that later.

6.  Top coat! =)

Some people don't like the black french tip look.  You can always do it in another colour or the classic white.  This was a really quick and easy design.  My hands are ready to do some fist pumping tomorrow night =)

Goodluck!

- SheNailedMe