Monday, January 31, 2011
Clarissa Nails: contenitore per pennelli!
Inutile dirvi che i prezzi fiera sono veramente allettanti. Ho pagato il porta pennelli circa 13,oo euro ed è stato proprio uno sfizio.
Della stessa linea c'erano anche ovviamente i trolley o le valigette tutte coloratissime e rigorosamente firmate Clarissa!

Possible V-Day mani and Konad tutorial
I decided to do a tutorial on nail stamping, since I have had a few request. This is the mani that I did. For this I used China Glaze Naughty and Nice as the base. Then for the red/pink lip image, I used Sally Hansen Color Quick pen in Red Chrome, Silver lips are China Glaze Millenium, and the tips are OPI Lincoln Park After Dark Matte.
I get all my items together first
This is the image plate I'm using
Once you choose the image, you take your polish and and cover the image.
Then with your scraper, you scrape over the image, removing the excess polish
Then with your stamper, you place the rubber part and press, transferring the image to your stamper
Excuse the pup hair, I didn't remove it before I took the pic, eeek
Finally, all you do, is place the stamper above your nail, where you want the image to appear on your nail, and in a rolling motion, press it onto your nail.
The best tip for stamping, is to only use 100% acetone. After you stamp, wipe the scraper and stamper onto a cotton ball/pad, that has been soaked in acetone. I use a green coaster, and pre-soak the cotton pad in acetone, and set it onto the coaster. Then after I scrape, I swipe the scraper onto the pad, removing the polish, and then after I stamp, I wipe the stamper on the pad as well. You should also clean the image plate in between each stamp. Although I'm guilty of not doing this, lol. Oh and you do need to work fairly quick, because the polish, since being so thin on your stamper, dries quick.
Here I did the rest of my nails, and then did it over again with China Glaze Millenium.
Once I'm done, I take my mani double pointed q-tips, dip them in acetone, and clean up the excess polish from stamping, around my nails. I then do a coat of SV, and TADA
Last of all, I added tips in OPI Lincoln Park After Dark Matte
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Nail Collection Pt 2
Hallo everyone ! Here is the second
part of my nail collection vid.
Finally managed to get it up lol.
I focused on my acrylic supplies, polishes
and briefly on my nail magazines that
I got from Korea/Japan.
Below are some pics of my nail polishes
in groups of colors. Its not all of em but
I chose my fav groups of colors
to post here.
If you havent seen the first part
and want to see it - you can click on
the link at the beginning of this
video.
x
Rodeo
I received these 3 precious babies from a swap because after seeing swatches, I definitely wanted them. Can you guess, here's a hint... Fall 2008 Rodeo Diva!
China Glaze Branding Iron
extremely beautiful burgundy! 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat.
China Glaze Cowgirl Up
shimmery red toned purple. 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat.
China Glaze Side-Saddle
brown-plum with gold shimmer. 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat.
Overall, the formula was great and the application was smooth and easy! I love love love these polishes and I'm so glad I got these! My babies haha♥ ;)
Don't forget to enter in for a chance to get Manhattan 610K! Just click the picture on the sidebar :D
Happy polishing!
<3katherine
China Glaze Branding Iron
extremely beautiful burgundy! 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat.
China Glaze Cowgirl Up
shimmery red toned purple. 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat.
China Glaze Side-Saddle
brown-plum with gold shimmer. 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat.
Overall, the formula was great and the application was smooth and easy! I love love love these polishes and I'm so glad I got these! My babies haha♥ ;)
Don't forget to enter in for a chance to get Manhattan 610K! Just click the picture on the sidebar :D
Happy polishing!
<3katherine
Hello Kitty Funky French Nail Art thanks to Born Pretty
Here is another item that was sent to me for review from Born Pretty. It's their nail stamping image plate, M71, stamper & scraper.
Here is the mani I did.....How freaking cute is this!?!?1 You know what....I might actually leave this on all day! Yep, that's a record for me, lol.
Here is the mani I did.....How freaking cute is this!?!?1 You know what....I might actually leave this on all day! Yep, that's a record for me, lol.
Here is what I received. The stamper, scraper and the image plate
Most image plates have a very thin film that you might not even see. Just make sure to remove it.
and here is my nail stamping set-up, lol. I've taken control of one of our TV trays, can you tell. It works perfect though for stamping. Then I always make sure to have 100% acetone, my green coaster, for the cotton ball/pad soaked in acetone, image plate, stamper, scraper, and polishes I plan on using. Oh and after I took this pic, I decided to not use the Konad polish in white, but instead used black.
Grandpa, the pup, well 16 years young, we adopted a few months ago, just had to watch, lol.
Before I started stamping, I applied 2 coats my base coat of Brand 10, color #415, Pinky Promise
Now on to stamping. I used the flower image on the plate first, and used China Glaze Millenium for them. Then I used the cute Hello Kitty image, and Konad polish in black for that :)
Finally I did my black tips with Sinful's Black on Black and added a tiny rhinestone to her bow :)
I LOVE this!! What do you guys think???
Also don't forget, if you plan on ordering from Born Pretty, don't forget to use my code: CHLOEK31 to receive 10% off.






















