Teen Titans! Mani Designs!

Raven, Starfire, Robin, Cyborg and Beastboy!

POLISHES

I had to do some mixing for some of these. 

so Raven :

OPI Skull & Glossbones

China Glaze Gothic Lolita, White on White, Blue Year's Eve

Sinful colors black on black, Amethyst

Starfire:

I put china glaze breakin as a skin base and then solar powered while wet til it mixed to get a lighter orange. 

Then mixed Breakin and OPI Big apple red for her hair color. 

Sinful black on black, china glaze white on white and sinful colors Irish green.

Robin is simply 

China Glaze Kalahari Kiss, white on white and sinful colors black on black.

cyborg is

OPI ogre the top blue, big apple red

China Glaze Brownstone, white on white 

sinful colors black on black

Beast boy is a mix of 

China Glaze west side warrior and opi mermaids tears for the skin

China glaze white on white, west side warrior for eyes and hair.

sinful colors black on black.

what I remember most when watching this series was another series they showed at the same time,

HI HI PUFFY AMIYUMI SHOW

they were so cute and did the Theme song for Teen titans. the style doesn't translate well to nail but... you can still tell yea?

Puffy Amiyumi is

China Glaze Kalahari Kiss 

sinful colors black on black

Wet N Wild Megalast Cadylicious/bon bon

Yumi's hair is:

I had to mix Sinful colors Amethyst and OPI Ogre the top blue to get her hair color.

Ami's hair is :

Wet N Wild Megalast Cadylicious/bon bon

see you next time!!!

maybe teen titans villains? Batman heroes? 

IDK!

Batman villains! Nail Wheel art!

Working on some Batman designs and love how they came out . Even the weird black and white one. 

Sooo here they are!!

So top left:

 Mr freeze, Harvey Dent/Two Face, Catwoman, Harley Quinn and a weird Batman drawing.

Using China Glaze White on White, Kalahari Kiss, Solar Powered

OPI Ogre the top blue, Big apple red

Sinful colors Black on Black 

Wet N Wild Mega Last Candy-licious/Rose Bonbon

Top right:

Joker acid flower in yellow and pink

His suits both with different colored flowers. I need the coat line to be somewhere between what those both are. and then a purple I tested for it. 

China Glaze Solar powered, Holly-day

Wet N Wild Candy-licious/Rose Bonbon, Sage in the City

Sinful colors Black on Black, Amethyst

Bottom:

joker Face, Penguin iconic items, Umbrella, Penguins Face, and the Riddler

OPI Big Apple Red

China Glaze White on White, Kalahari Kiss, Solar Powered, Trendsetter

Sinful colors Black on Black, Amethyst, Irish green

Little mini tut! Joker Jacket

Easy peasy! for the joker jacket I painted Sage in the city, about two coats, then add purple leaving a green triangle for his shirt (which can also be orange if you prefer I use the animated series for reference), Add a cute little bow on top for his neck. I then use black to add lines for his lapel and buttons. Then pink or yellow for his acid flower. 

Tutorial! Left 4 Dead Med pack nail! Bonus! Peelz!

So if you know me at all you'd know that Left 4 Dead/2 is my favorite game ever. period.

There are close runner ups (fallout, Bioshock, Star Wars) but I can play Left 4 Dead over and over. I buy all the DLC and have even cosplayed as a character :D

(image not mine)

So the finished Nail on a Nail wheel:

No top coat just the design.

So lets get the tutorial started! 

Heres what you will need:

White , red, black, base coat, top coat and some nail art brushes!

I used a long detail brush on my nails and on the wheel I used a flat brush and detail.

so after putting on a base coat, paint your nail white. 

I used China Glaze White on White 

Then take the detailed brush with black polish and make three lines two vertical and one horizontal to simulate the zippers on the med pack

I used Sinful Colors Black on Black and I didn't line around the nail just as a straight line.

Then Taking the detailed brush make a red cross and fill the top in red except for a rectangle that you can add black marks to make it seem like it says first aid or leave blank. 

I used OPI Big Apple Red.

Then you can top coat which should even it out. 

I used Seche Vite which is the best for nail art. 

and thats it! Easy peasy!

you can clean around the nail with a cotton swab or nail tees. 

There's also the water trick/shower trick where if you soak you hand in water you can peel the excess off very easily. There is also the Vaseline/ lotion trick where you put that around your nails first but I don't like it to get on my brushes. 

Bonus Round!

Peelz

(image not mine)

Nail Wheel Peelz

Tools!

Base coat, white, yellow, blue, red, gray, black and top coat. Detail brush as well.

So after Base coat another coat of white

China Glaze White on white

then the Yellow  in the shape of the yellow on the label. Kinda like a wave.

i also did it in a box ike a label instead of over the whole nail.

I used China Glaze Solar Power.

then Blue leaving a space for the red in the lablel.

I used OPI Ogre the Top blue

then fill in the red.

I used OPI Big apple red

Then i added a bit of gray for the label on the side, cant see it much but its like an "ingredients" list.

I used China Glaze Elephant Walk

and black on the other side for a barcode and some dotting on the yellow for words. Sinful colors black on black

Then white dotting on the blue label for words and the warning white line on the bottom.

Then top coat and clean up!

(Seche Vite)

Yes first Tutorials done! I hope to have more to come soon! 

xoxoxoxox

WNA

Nail art Template

Original size. So I made this to print, just simple to draw in designs to put to nail wheels. I generally draw the nails out but I like a template much better. I put lines next to it to give titles or ideas/themes. I didn't really work on any designs yesterday so I think I will today. After a vigorous search for my iPod again ....

It fits on the paper in MS Paint at 80% of original size 

even though the canvas was supposed to be 8.5x11in but maybe I'll scan in the designs next to the nail wheels so we can see the process , its also good to see if I ever improve. 

So please save and try it out for yourself! If you can improve lemme know and see the new template!

Summer Fun

I've started my Summer designs my first is this Rollercoaster

 down, up, loop de loop and that end rush with a You must be this tall sign.

Sky is China Glaze Kinetic Candy

Coaster is China Glaze Brownstone

China Glaze Elephant Walk(as rivets)

Sinful Colors Black on black

Clouds are China Glaze White on White 

The sign is China Glaze Solar powered and OPI Big Apple red

Summer Beach and Snow Cone with a strawberry <3

So I did a nice strawberry, always makes me think of summer and a snow cone! I absolutely adore it, OPI Stranger tides background, which I thought looked quite perfect. One of the polish was glittery which made me think of snow cone accessories as a pendent and the lot.

Then of course, the beach! a nice sailboat, sandcastle, lovely beach scene and what looks like a dolphin but i   assure you is a shark breaching :P and the wondrous Octopus! I quite liked the octopus, so cute! 

Mostly all the same polishes, 

OPI Ogre The Top Blue

OPI Big Apple red

OPI Mermaids Tears

China Glaze Kalahari Kiss

China Glaze Elephant Walk

China Glaze White on White

China Glaze Brownstone

my usual mix :D

 I may have one or two more designs as summer ends and fall begins 

I'm looking forward to the foliage as inspiration. (as if we have seasons around here that aren't fog or no fog)

love letters

So I was super excited to try the Newspaper print nails when I had found we had some newspaper around, so I got my rubbing alcohol and set to try it out with the Cute Polish youtube tut.
dip finger in rubbing alcohol for about 5 seconds, place newsprint face down like a temporary tattoo on your nails for about 15-20 seconds too long and the paper sticks too soon and it's very light which is a nice look too. I think faded is a cool look. But even if you get paper on it clear coats cover it up but you need two or 3 since the paper bumps through a bit.

I used

Gelous Basecoat

 OPI Steady as She Rose

New York Times Newspaper

OPI Big Apple Red

China Glaze White on white for my horrible letter xD

Sinful Colors Black on Black

China Glaze fast Drying top coat

I loved my tiny uber hearts and my roommate took to doing it on her nails too. 

(Shes trying not to have terrible,bitten onychophagy nails any longer, looks so unprofessional )

I think my next designs will revolve around video games and maybe some cute summer themes.

I really want to do strawberries >w<

Ta ta for now!

Adventure Time!!!

Finn Nails! 
OPI Ogre The Top Blue
China Glaze White on White
Sinful Colors Black
and my own nail plate for his skin

How to:
Make sure you use a base coat!
I use Gelous, which is pretty quick drying
and my go to.
Then Paint White until Opaque!
Mine took about two coats.
I then used the blue as a sky but also as a reference
to his outfit and painted above with two ear shapes
for his hat, about two applications using a detail nail
art brush. 
I then took a cotton swab and dipped it in acetone
and made a oval for his face (since I didn't have that color
and my skin is the same it looks great!)
Then I took black and used the nail art brush but a dotting
tool would be better and made two eyes! waited for it to
dry and used China Glaze fast drying Top Coat.
I apparently did it too soon and it smeared a little so do it
carefully and make sure its completely dry!

Lumpy Space Princess Nails
OPI Planks a lot
China Glaze Champagne Bubbles
Sinful Colors Black

So Basecoat Gelous
then Planks a lot on the 4 nails and champagne bubbles for the accent nail
its also used for the star on LSP's forehead.
We found a face of lsp's she liked and I painted it on with a detail brush
and used the brush for the star on her forehead (as best I could i'm terrible at Stars)
The Planks took about 2 coats and the Bubbles about 3.
Used China Glaze fast drying Coat and we're set!

Thanks for looking! I will be doing Beemo and Ice King next I think!