First I painted the tip of the nail silver and the rest blue with black gradation. To this I applied glitter polish with extra on the silver tip for very shimmery snow. I used silver stripper nail art polish to create garland on the tree, then I put silver glitter stripper nail art polish over that.
To make the tree, I used white acrylic craft paint with a very thin brush. I painted diagonal lines in the shape of an upward pointing arrow. After the craft paint was completely dry I used the glitter polish over it to look like snow.
The decorations I used for this design were silver mini beads, hot pink 2mm pearls and a hot pink star rhinestone. I put the silver mini beads over the lines of garland because the silver lines were barely visible. I used the hot pink mini pearls as the ornaments. And finally, I topped my Christmas tree with the hot pinks star rhinestone.
I hope y'all enjoyed my tutorial and learned some new techniques and also got some inspiration! Stay tuned, I'm working on another contest entry video and should have it uploaded by Monday.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Some of my First 3D Nail Art Creations
First of all I want to say that I hope everyone had a blessed holiday. I have many things to be thankful for this year. Today is my birthday and I am very excited about the year to come! I can't wait to see what's in store.
Now, I want to share some of the 3D nail art designs that I have been inspired to do so far. Below are pictures of my first nail art designs.
The first design is purple with clear rhinestones in assorted shapes and colors. This is the first design I attempted with nail art decorations. Honestly speaking its not one of my favorites but I learned what doesn't look good. This design taught me a lesson, so I'm not ashamed to show my bad work also. I'm definitely not a professional I just love nail art and I like doing it myself. I got all of these decorations from Michael's and you can usually find rhinestones and crystals there easily. They are a little bit more expensive than other places I get decorations but those places are online, and after shipping charges its just better to get them from Michael's.
This design is a french manicure in black with pink pearls and bows. I did the original video to show it as 2 variations of one style. For this nail art design I used hot pink 2mm pearls and and pearl bows. I got these decorations from Ebay. This design looked much better in person, its a shame the pictures really don't do it justice.
The next design I did for Halloween in a Goth style. For this nail art design I painted my nails red and covered them with black Tulle fabric. Again, I did different variation on each nail except the forefinger and pinky. The decorations that I used for this design were roses, rhinestones, and bows. I also got these decorations from Ebay. The effect that I was going for was a fishnet stocking look. I think it came across well and this is one of my favorites...so far.
Now, I want to share some of the 3D nail art designs that I have been inspired to do so far. Below are pictures of my first nail art designs.
The first design is purple with clear rhinestones in assorted shapes and colors. This is the first design I attempted with nail art decorations. Honestly speaking its not one of my favorites but I learned what doesn't look good. This design taught me a lesson, so I'm not ashamed to show my bad work also. I'm definitely not a professional I just love nail art and I like doing it myself. I got all of these decorations from Michael's and you can usually find rhinestones and crystals there easily. They are a little bit more expensive than other places I get decorations but those places are online, and after shipping charges its just better to get them from Michael's.
This design is a french manicure in black with pink pearls and bows. I did the original video to show it as 2 variations of one style. For this nail art design I used hot pink 2mm pearls and and pearl bows. I got these decorations from Ebay. This design looked much better in person, its a shame the pictures really don't do it justice.
The next design I did for Halloween in a Goth style. For this nail art design I painted my nails red and covered them with black Tulle fabric. Again, I did different variation on each nail except the forefinger and pinky. The decorations that I used for this design were roses, rhinestones, and bows. I also got these decorations from Ebay. The effect that I was going for was a fishnet stocking look. I think it came across well and this is one of my favorites...so far.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
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