Peppermint Swirl

Peppermint candies remind me of the holiday season.  I especially love it when a peppermint candy cane is in my hot chocolate.

Here's another simple tutorial (if you have a steady hand).

You will need:

• Le Chat Ultra Bond BaseCoat
• Wet n' Wild French White Creme
• OPI Bullish on OPI
• Glittery polish (optional)
• Le Chat Ultra Fast Dry TopCoat
• Paintbrush
• Contact lens case

 It's gonna get sweet =)

1.  Paint your base coat and then white all over the nail.  I painted 2 coats here.

 2.  Paint a curved line from the center to the side.  Then from the same point in the center, draw another curved line but ending it at a different point next the the first line.

3. Colour it in!  You should have something like this.

4.  Continue on with the rest of the nail.  Start from the same point every time.

5.  It should end up looking something like this.  I did 4 little curved triangles. You can do as many as you'd like, but I stuck with 4 because it was easier to divide evenly.  You can add a wash of glitter or just top coat the whole thing.

As you can see, I also did some stripes instead of making all my nails peppermint swirls.
Hope you can have fun with this too!

I need a better camera =.=

- SheNailedMe

Let's Go Sailing!

I love nautical stripes!  It reminds me of sunny weather on the water.  This nail design is easy to do as long as you have steady hands to make horizontal stripes.  Shall we?

You will need:

• Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White on
• Wet N Wild Wild Shine Sapphire Blue
• Rimmel Top Coat
• Gold decorative beads
• Thin paintbrush
• Toothpick (to put the beads on)
• 45 mins

1.  Paint a white tip.  You don't need to use a guide.

2.  Paint on the navy horizontal lines over the white tips.  You need a steady hand but a good trick is to roll the finger you are painting on.

3.  For the ring finger, instead of painting just the tip, do the whole nail.

4.  Paint a top coat and add on decorative beads while it's still wet.  Make an anchor shape.  The go over it again with the top coat.

And there you go.  You can paint the whole nail for the entire hand instead of just the tips.  It might even look better.  I painted this before I went to LA.  Thought I would wear it but I'm a nail picker.  So I picked out the anchor while figuring out what to pack. =(

- SheNailedMe

Canuckle head!

It's true.  Canadians like their hockey.  The Vancouver Canucks have been doing great.  Although we lost last night, I have faith we will beat Chicago.  I'm gonna support our team one finger at a time =P

You will need:

• Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White On (white)
• Wet n Wild Wild Shine Sapphire Blue (navy blue)
• Joe Jade (green)
• Kiss Nail Art Paint Silver Glitter

 1.  Paint 'em white!

 2. Start painting that logo with a fine paint brush and blue.  I was looking at the logo on google images for reference.  I suggest outlining the image first and then filling it in.

3.  You should end up with something like this.  I outlined it with some silver to bring it all together.

4.  The next 2 fingers are just lines of blue and green like the jerseys.

5.  Paint the other logo.  This one is pretty straight forward.  Just a bunch of rectangles.  I thought I took pictures of painting it but it's not in my memory card =S

6.  The pinky and you're done!

Go Canucks Go!  Game on =)

- SheNailedMe

Mario Mushrooms

Whoever owned a Nintendo back in the day must have had at least one Super Mario game.  I loved playing Super Mario and I still do!  Why not decorate your nails to give your game a little edge?

What you will need:

• Wet n' Wild Red Red (Red cream colour)
• Sally Hansen White on (White cream colour)
• Jordana Black (Black cream colour)
• Paper clip
• Contacts case

  Game time!

1. Since we're working with red, you should put a base coat on so it doesn't stain your nails.  Paint on 2/3's of the tip of your nails in Wet n' Wild's Red Red.  Make sure you curve the paint so it's rounded towards the finger.

2. Paint the other 1/3 in Sally Hansen's White On.

3. Put some Sally Hansen's White On in a contact case.  Dip the paper clip in and make dots on the nail in the red section.

4. Put Jordana's Black in the contact case.  Dip the paper clip in and make two eyes in the white area.

5. You may put a top coat on if you want. Voila! You're done!

Gaming can be pretty too =)
This look is also great for short nails.

If you're curious, I don't paint on my own nails nor wear acrylics right now because of where I currently work.  I usually paint them on the weekends.  So that's why you see me painting on fake nails instead of my own.

Good luck!

- SheNailedMe