Tutorial: Pink and Black Gothic/Lolita Nails

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Hey guys,

This is atutorial that I filmed early last year that I never got around to filming. I created this tutorial when I still had my gel nails, which I removed in June so that kinda gives you an idea of how old this tutorial is lol.

This is a really pretty nail design using pink, black and silver to create a contrasting and girly nail design that will get you a lot of compliments from your friends. Sorry the photos in this are so blurry but they were taken with my old camera, they still allow you to get the basic idea of the design

Getting Excited for IMATS Sydney, 2011

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So this year I am determined to go to IMATS in Sydney this September. I have been wanting to attend this amazing trade show since it was first brought to Australia 3 years ago.

For those who don't know what IMATS is, it is the "International Makeup Artist Trade Show", an exhibition of all the best makeup brands to be able to try and buy at trade prices and also a chance to attend classes taught by some amazing makeup artists in the industry. Youtube gurus are also sometimes invited to attend the trade shows and answer questions from their fans, last year Koren of Enkore Makeup presented at the Sydney IMATS (not sure he will be presenting there again this year, but I am hopeful!).

The following is a list of some of the products I am hoping to pick up at IMATS (please note that this list has been very well thought out and has been in the planning stages for the last three years ):

Tutorial: Smokey Silver with a Purple Pop Look

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Hey guys, sorry its been so long since I've posted a tutorial but as some of you may know I have been sick the past week or so and haven't been up to doing much of anything except sleeping and attempting to eat, hopefully you understand.

So, while looking through my tutorials recently I saw that I haven't done a silver/grey look in a while. I began playing around with colours and this is the look I came up with.

Tutorial: Electric Teal and Blue Look

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Welcome to the first tutorial of the new year. I hope that everyone's holidays were awesome and that you all had a happy and safe Christmas, received all the presents that you asked for and had a happy and save New Year celebration!

I was inspired by my Transformers T-shirt to do something bright blue but still a little bit smokey and this was the look that I came up with.

Giveaway: Born Pretty with Konad-licious

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Born Pretty is sponsoring a fantastic giveaway that Konad-licious is promoting on her blog.

The prize for this giveaway is as follows:
- 12 stamping plates with a stamper and metal scraper
- Disc of 1,800 assorted colored rhinestones
- Huge sheet of nail art decals and
- A bottle of Red Crackle Polish

To enter you need to:

Be a PUBLIC follower and leave a comment with your following name and email address ( 1 entry)
Blog about this giveaway, either in a post or in your sidebar, and leave the link in your comment (3 entries)

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Good Luck!

Giveaway: FORA Nails

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The lovely Dilek from FORA Nails is having an awesome giveaway on her blog which I think everyone should check out.

The prize includes nail polish and nail art bead which would look really awesome!

Here are the terms for the giveaway:

1.You need to be a follower.
2.Blog about this giveaway. (Extra)
3.Tweet about this giveaway. (Extra)
Leave a comment to this post 4.Just Including your name, e-mail and the links to the terms from the above address list.Leave to your blog.The deadline is December 20th, 2010, 11:59 pm.

Click the link here to go to her blog post and good luck!

Nail of the Day: China Glaze "Frostbite" and Starburst Blue Foil

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This is another one of the foils that I purchased from Dollar Nail Art. This is a really pretty foil

This is how this particular foil turned out on my nails:

I would describe this foil as a royal blue foil with a starburst pattern covering the entire length of the foil. This pattern can also be seen in Gold Starburst foil. The starbursts then reflect teal, light and dark blue and green depending on which way the light hits it creating a holographic effect

As a base for this foil, I used China Glaze "Frostbite" which is a medium dark royal blue with blue shimmer.

Nail of the Day: China Glaze "On The Prowl" and Tanzanite Fire Foil

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Here is another one of the trials of the foils I bought from Dollar Nail Art. This one is a bright purple holographic foil called Tanzanite Fire.

This is how the foil turned on my nails:

I'd describe Tanzanite Fire as a deep red based purple with a pattern on it resembling water in a pond. The ripple like effect on this foil reflects blue, purple, punk and red depending on where the light hits it creating a really pretty holographic reflect

As a base for this foil, I used China Glaze "On The Prowl" which looks like this:

Nail of the Day: China Glaze "Paper Chasing" and Green Lightbeams Foil

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I have been gradually working my way through my nail foils that I bought from Dollar Nail Art trying them out one at a time. This one of the foils I tried out recently called Green Lightbeams.

This is what it turned out like:

Green Lightbeams is a an emerald green based foil with lines of holographic lightbeams along the width of the nail. The lightbeams reflect green, teal, blue and gold depending on how the light hits it. The following photo will show the foil in more detail:

As a base colour underneath the foil, I used China Glaze "Paper Chasing" which came out with the Kicks Collection ('09).

By applying "Paper Chasing" under the foil any gaps from where the foil didn't apply properly will be disguised.

Nail Art Foil Collection: White, Black and Patterns

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This is the final post for my nail foils collection. There has been a lot to go through so I am kind of thankful that I've gotten to the end. All of these foils were purchased by me from Dollar Nail Art. In this post I will be showing you product photos, close up images and brief descriptions of each of the nail foils based on what I think they look like.

If you do not know what nail art foil is or how to use it please follow this link here to my Introduction to Nail Foils post for more information.

Nail Art Foil Collection: Rainbow

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Now we get to the interesting foils. These are the rainbow ones which I absolutely LOVE! Some of them have a silver base to them but I decided that they fit more into the rainbow category. These foils were all purchased by me from Dollar Nail Art. In this post I will be showing you product photos, close up images and a brief description of what these foils look like to me.

If you do not know what nail art foil is or how to use it please follow this link here to my Introduction to Nail Foils post for more information.

Nail Art Foil Collection: Silver

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The next installment in my nail foil series is the silvers. These foils were all bought by me from Dollar Nail Art with my own money. In this post I will be providing product photos, close up photos and also a breif description of what they look like to me.

If you do not know what nail art foil is or how to use it please follow this link here to my Introduction to Nail Foils post for more information.

Nail Art Foil Collection: Greens

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I was a little upset when I looked at the foils avaliable on Dollar Nail Art and there were not that many foils in green. I have found this with many nail polishes too that they don't produce a wide variety of green polishes within any company. Oh well.

In this post I will be showing you product photos, close ups of each foil and also giving you a short description on what I think they foils look like.

If you do not know what nail art foil is or how to use it please follow this link here to my Introduction to Nail Foils post for more information.

Nail Art Foil Collection: Blues and Teals

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The next installment of my nail art foil collection from Dollar Nail Art is the blue and teal foils. I bought these foils using my own money. This post will consist of product photos, close up images of each foil and a brief description.

If you do not know what nail art foil is or how to use it please follow this link here to my Introduction to Nail Foils post for more information.

Nail of the Day: China Glaze "DV8" and Peacock Dazzle Foil

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This was my first time using nail art foils and I wanted to try out one of the first foils that caught my eye when I opened my package from Dollar Nail Art. I applied a base colour of China Glaze "DV8" over my entire nail then applied Peacock Dazzle nail foil over the top

 This was the end result:

You can see in the photo above the holographic nature of DV8. I felt that it was a really good match for the foil.

The last two images show you the ripple pattern in this foil. It kind of reminds me of ripples on water.

This is China Glaze "DV8", the colour I used as a base for these nails

Nail Art Foil Collection: Purples

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Now on to my favorite list of nail foils, the purples! As most of you will know by now purple is one of my favorite colours so I was really excited to see what these foils would be like. I purchased these foils from Dollar Nail Art using my own money. In this post you will find product photos, close ups of the individual foils and also a brief description.

If you do not know what nail foils are or how to use them please follow this link to see my Introduction to Nail Foils post.

Nail Art Foil Collection: Pinks

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The following is the next installment of the nail art foil collection series. This one will contain all of my pink foils which will include photos of the product, close up images of the foils and also a brief personal description of them. These foils were purchased by me from Dollar Nail Art.

If you do not know what nail art foil is or how to use it please follow this link here to my Introduction to Nail Foils post for more information.

Nail Art Foil Collection: Orange and Red Foils

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The following is next installment of my nail art foil collection. This one will contain all of my orange (well technically there is only one orange one lol) and red foils. I purchased these foils from Dollar Nail Art a few weeks ago and have been working my way through trying them all out. This post will contain a brief description of the effect that these foils have on the nail when applied as well as product photos to make is easier for you to choose which ones you would like to purchase if you choose to do to.

If you do not know what nail art foil is or how to use it please follow this link here to my Introduction to Nail Foils post for more information.

Nail of the Day: China Glaze "Salsa" and Cherry O's Foil

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So this was a nail design that I wore a few days ago when I felt like wearing a red nail. I don't normally wear red nail polish that often, not sure why but I think after seeing what it looked like on my nails I might start doing it more often.

I felt like I needed a confidence boost and decided to apply China Glaze "Salsa" to my nails. this is a pretty basic red creme colour with a nice shine to it. Here is the swatch photo.

I decided that I wanted to amp up my manicure a little more by applying a nice red foil over the top. I chose to use Cherry O's for this. I purchased this nail foil from Dollar Nail Art

And this was the end result on my nails (I know I needed to clean them up a bit but I was so chuffed with the way they turned out I took the photo straight away)

Nail Art Foils Collection: Gold Foils

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As I said with my previous post, the following is a list of the nail art foils that I purchased from Dollar Nail Art. I decided that I would seperate the foils by their colour and make postings for each grouping making it easier for you to look through them and decide which ones you would like to purchase if you choose to do so.

If you do not know what nail foils are or how to use them please follow this link to see my Introduction to Nail Foils post.

This post will contain all the foils in the gold spectrum. I've also included a short description of the foil along with the photos giving my description of them. I've decided to start with the solid colours first and then work my way through them that way. I found that the solid metallic foils such as White Gold were quite hard to photograph because my camera wasn't able to focus on them as they were so reflective, therefore their photos are just a good representation of what colour they are.