Bianca Paul

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Neon Yellow Splatter Nails

The yellow was insanely bright! I couldn't take a picture of the true color. Neons are difficult to capture on camera, but I managed to take some good pictures. Splatter nail polish is very in this season, and for those who don't know what splatter nail polish is; it is typically black and white glitter of all sizes that look like polka dots when applied to the nail. Of course when a trend comes out, all brands must have it in their line, and guess who's the girl that buys them all! ;)

Polishes used:
Wet n Wild Pin' Em Slater
Icing Milky Way

Icing Milky Way: black and white hexagonal glitter, small round glitter and black bar glitter. (I believe I used two coats)?

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Friday, August 9, 2013

Attempted Giraffe Print

This looks nothing like what I had in mind. I love giraffes and why not recreate their print on my nails? My attempt failed! I used a very easy technique which required to paint a thick coat of my base color, and then let the spots color drip onto the nail to created irregular and elongated shapes. Now this was trial and error. First, I noticed if the base color was too thick, the polish had a tendency to run off the sides. Second, if the polish is too thin, the spots wont spread right, obviously. I did get it right on some nails and others not so much. Also, make sure the spots are close together as possible too. After this design was complete, I realized my nails look like chocolate chip cookies and not giraffe print. Total fail! If my base color was more of a yellow and not khaki, then it possibly would be more convincing. Overall, it was still a cute design.

Polishes used:
Finger Paints Don't Make A Scene
China Glaze Mahogany Magic

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Neon Summer nails with studs

Such a perfect summer look, so neony and such. Well it did brighten my day even though the weather in the CLE is bi-polar. LOL. The orange is China Glaze Sun Worshiper, which is very bright and thin. It took up to four coats to get it near opaque!! The blue is Sinful Colors Endless Blue. I also glammed it up a bit by adding silver triangle studs and orange rhinestones. If you don't have nails like mine, then don't panic! You can put studs on your nails too :))