Monsters Inc.

 Halloween nails are my favorite. They can be so different. Things you would never do for a regular mani...

I'm also a big fan of Halloween colors like purple, orange, and black and this is the perfect excuse to use them all together!

This mani was inspired by a picture I found on helloadorable of Halloween decorations.

Here is the mani:

And here is the inspiration:

Background was OPI in Take the Stage

All shadows used Milani in Black Magic 

it was the perfect black for this because it is truly opaque but still very thin and easy to manipulate.

The only tools I used were a striping brush and 2 dotting tools (which made 4 different sized dots)

Now I will spam you with more pictures :)

Right hand! 

Left hand!

Right thumb!

Left thumb!

Tentacles

Many-eyed creature

Until next time ^_^

Cherry Blossoms

Another mani done for my friend :) 

She wanted cherry blossom this time

It was very easy. All you need is a striping brush and a dotting tool. 

We used For Audrey as the background... because For Audrey makes everything pretty :D

Until next time ^_^

Classy Red Nails

I did this for my friend for graduation. 

she wanted something red and with peals. I think it turned out pretty classy :)

"Lace" Pastels Skittle nails

sorry for not posting in such a long time. 

Free time has been lacking for a while...

Until things settle down (AKA when I am done with graduate school...) my posts might be more sporadic and  shorter but I will try and continue posting up my nail creations. 

Choose base colors 

Add diagonal french of a slightly darker shade. You could also do a different finish- matte, glitter, shimmer....

Using white liner brush, paint dividing line. then add semi-circles using a small dotter or paint pen.

Ruffian Peacock

I have tried (and failed) many times to recreate a peacock feather on my nails. It seemed that the artisty-detailed approach did not suit me so I opted for a more basic and easy method: layered ruffian!

starting from the top/cuticle:

Zoya in Charla

Zoya in Edyta

Sally Hansen Color Quick in Gold Chrome

Sally Hansen Color Quick in Turquoise Chrome

Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen in Black

I half love and half hate the Color Quick pens... Yes the colors are pretty and very opaque, but the brush is a mess and very difficult to work with even if all you are attempting to do is paint your whole nail....

I've mostly been using them for stamping these days. They work quite nicely for that and I dont have to deal with the brush!

So if you do a lot of konad, I recommend picking up some of these. 

Until next time ^_^

Graduation!

I am done with school! woooo

well until august...

I decided that graduating meant that I could bling up my nails more than I usually would. I also thought it would be nice to use my school colors, purple and gold.

Really, it's just a half-moon mani, but with some glittery details

Sally Hansen color quick in Gold Chrome

China Glaze in Medallion

China Glaze in Grape Pop

Pearls from Ebay

Rhinestones from Bundle Monster

So there are my schmancy nails!

Until next time ^_^

Giveaway Winner!

Congratulations to .....

Monik

who is the winner of the very first Asa Nisi Masa Nail Spot giveaway :D

She has 48 hours to confirm.

Thank you to everyone who entered, it was great to see your suggestions and comments. We must do this again some time

Until next time ^_^

Giveaway- If you haven't yet, Make sure you do!

Just a reminder :)

Less than 5 hours left to enter the giveaway!

Good luck to everyone

More stars! yay!

Wow... Definitely welcome to all of my new followers. I must say I was quite surprised when I logged on today to see so many people! So hello to all old friends and new ^_^

Life has been busy here at the Nail Spot. Between interviews for grad school, working on senior projects, and getting together my presentation for my summer research I have been sporting bare nails... Also, maybe it's stress, maybe it's the new basecoat Ive been using, but my nails have become quite weak. I dont mind if I break a nail.... In fact I expect it since I use them as tools (I know I know...) quite often, but right now, my nails are looking quite raunchy. Theyre short, theyre uneven, they just keep breaking... Hopefully the OPI strengthener will fix that up!

Since youre probably not interested in seeing my pathetic excuse for nails at the moment, here is something I dug up from the not labeled folder, or as I like to call it "the archives"

BB Couture in Sea of Cortez

LuciDarling in Silver Spangle

Sally Hansen in Celeb City

So celeb city was probably not the best stamping polish choice, as you can see it's kind of grainy looking... But it does have a cool effect if thats what youre looking for. 

Sea of Cortez is quite amazing. Beautiful shade with fantastic microglitter. It's really a unique polish.

Of course I cant get enough of the LuciDarling collection by Etude House. If you dont have them yet, buy them! they are truly amazing!

So its the last week to enter the giveaway, so if you haven't done that, go and submit the form now.

Little reminder, comment entries dont count.... you have to fill the form. 

other than that, I am quite amazed at the number of people who have entered. That google Doc is getting intense looking!

So good luck to everyone!

Until next time ^_^

Glittery Star

I was trying to figure out a nice mani to use mty Etude House "black" polish for and all I could come up with is a night sky... Original I know...

But I remembered this amazing tutorial by Blue Tape and Nail Tips for super cute shooting star nails. You can see her original blog entry here.

Since I dont have blue painter's tape, I use regular scotch tape.
Here are a few tips I have learned for taping manicures.

• cut all your tape pieces BEFORE you begin painting your nails. Scissors are not wet  polish friendly
• before you put the tape on your nail, stick it on the palm of your hand to remove some of the stickyness. This will prevent it from taking up the base layer.
• after you've placed your tape and painted one nail, remove tape immediately. Dont go on to the other nail until  the tape is off of the first one. You dont want the polish to dry on top of the tape and take off all of your hard work right?
• finally, wait until your base polish is just dry to the touch to tape things up. If it's too dry (like day after you painted your nails dry) the tape is more likely chip it off. If it's not dry enough... well you know...

tip wear. Partially due to seche vite and partially due to doing the dishes before taking the picture >_<

Green shimmer!

Purple shimmer!

Etude House in Black

OPI in Simmer  and Shimmer

Star is from Bundle Monster on Amazon

Thank you to everyone who has entered the giveaway and welcome to the new followers!

If you haven't done so already, enter the giveaway now! do it do it! Enter the Giveaway here :)

Until next time ^_^