Nail Art

VALENTINES NAILS 2012

2012-02-02T07:34:00.000-08:00

This set of nails is done with gel polish. I used opi black onyx and tapped a little Young Nails hologram into the smile line :) These bright pink hearts are from sparklesnailproducts.comThese cute fimo clay hearts are from beautytech.com

These circles are from nailsgallerysupply.com These conversation hearts are from beautytech.com. The purple hearts with white centers I purchased on ebay. The best part is they are very inexpensive! This hot pink is from artglitter.com it is called Shocking Pink! It is one of my clients favorite colors. The black hearts with white centers are from ebay and the chunky glitter is a mix I made from sparklesnailproducts.com. I recommend going to sparklesnailproducts.com and buying their sample kit. You get 12 fun glitters of your choice for $25. You really can't afford not to buy it. Your clients will love it and so will you. P.S. I don't work for them or get paid to say this. I drew the heart and painted the xo with a nail art pen from miginailart.com

JUST A FEW PICTURES TO SHOW HOW MUCH I LOVE MY JOB!

2012-01-15T18:27:00.000-08:00

NEW YEARS NAILS! 2012

2011-12-29T18:55:00.000-08:00

An icy winter wonderland! These are my last Christmas Nails of 2011. I had so much fun doing Christmas nails. I hope you enjoyed my pictures. It's time to start a new year. New Years nails! I hope 2012 brings some fabulous new nail art!This is a picture of the nails I did when I made my instructional videos that you can find on this blog. Love this glitter! #139 from sparklesnailproducts.com This is a warning: If you are my client and you let me do whatever I want on your nails you are pretty much guaranteed to get zebra print of some kind and purpleI am loving how the pinkies have just the solid animal print! New Years Party Time Nails! I just absolutely love this client. She is my most creative client. One day the time will be right and she will get her nail license and I will start taking classes from her! My signature one nail different nails lol!

3D SNOWMAN ACRYLIC NAIL ART

2011-12-25T18:50:00.000-08:00

On these nails I used acrylic from young nails block party collection in pool and from sparklesnailproducts.com I used Ocean Mist #63.
To create the snowman I used INM northern lights to create the body. For the eyes I used barbara trombley art glitter in nebula, for the carrot nose I used duck tail and for the arms I used a martha stewart brand glitter in brownstone.

HAND PAINTED SNOWFLAKE NAIL ART

2011-12-25T18:46:00.000-08:00

On this set of nails I did a fade with acrylic from Young Nails block party collection in pool, and from sparklesnailproducts.com in ocean mist #63. I used a migi nail art pen from miginailart.com to paint the snowflake.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2011-12-19T15:23:00.001-08:00

This is my absolute favorite purple glitter from Barbara Trombley's art glitter called Purple Passion. I faded the same brand glitter in D58 Party Time Dazzlers and wrote "2012" on the ring fingers with a migi nail art pen.

I love these winter nails. They make winter seem a little more fun. The chunky blue glitter is #63 Ocean Mist from sparklesnailproducts.com

This is a new glitter that I am obsessed with. It is from sparklesnailproducts.com #139 Rock candy. Couldn't get enough of it so I used it on the next 3 sets of nails. I found that this particular mix was easiset to use when mixed with a little bit of clear acrylic.

These nails are an acrylic overlay. I hand painted the animal print. My client went through and picked different glitters that I had from dollarnailart.com and sparklesnailproducts.com I mixed a little of each glitter together and made her a custom glitter mix!

This glitter is also from sparklesnailproducts.com I know you are so surprised right? LOL I can't help it I love their glitter mixes. This one is #144 Tis The Season.

These nails were done completely with gel polish. I used opi Big Apple Red and gelish waterdance. I also added a little hologram glitter from Young Nails. The snowflakes are nail decals.

These nails were actually just a regular fill that I did and then I completely switched them up with fun nail art on top to make the client feel like she had a completely new set of nails.

So much fun to do every nail a little different. I try to keep it looking uniform by using the same colors. When a clothing designer makes a collection the pieces go together but they are all different. I like to use this concept when I do a set of nails.

MORE ABOUT YOU!!!!

2011-12-06T17:22:00.000-08:00

I would love to gear this blog more towards YOU all of my blog readers. Please leave me a comment and let me know what you would like to hear or see more of. Also feel free to let me know what I should leave out. I certainly don't want to waste your time! Also I would like to say thanks for stopping by. I appreciate you!
On these nails I did a 3d Santa and then capped over with clear acrylic. To get the skin tone look for Santa's face I used Young Nails cover powder. The Santa was inspired by Kara the Nail Goddess. Much of my inspiration I get directly from my clients. I am very lucky to have so many amazing clients.

This silver is sparkles nail products #68 in shinedown. The tip is a gorgeous glitter I purchased at roberts craft store called Brocade. The brand name is Barbara Trombley art glitter. I mix 1 part glitter 2 parts clear acrylic.

On these nails I used a glitter from sparklesnailproducts.com #144 tis the season. I mixed it with clear acrylic. It was very easy to apply. I added a little silver at the smile line.

On these nails I did a 3d candy cane. First I outlined with a nail art pen where I wanted to place the candy cane. I used that as my guide as I applied stripes of acrylic.

On these nails I used a glitter from sparklesnailproducts.com #145 limited edition silver. It is a super cute silver with little silver balls in it and little flecks of red. I wish you could see it better. It was very easy to work with. Love it!

On these nails I used a sparkly pink on the nail beds. I use 1/2 french pink 1/2 frosted pink a little metallic red and a little crystal all from Young Nails. I used reverse application to get a crisp smile line. You can view how to do this on Youngnails.com click on get educated. I used a migi nail art pen to write "up up and away"

These are rasta nails. I used fimo clay circles from oaktreedollshouseminiatures.com. I also used impression tools from young nails to make the star and heart shape. I used acrylic to create 3d hearts on the ring fingers.

These nails were inspired by a facebook friend of mine Kara The Nail Goddess. She is so inspiring!

UNTRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS NAIL ART

2011-11-30T16:17:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I just tell a client to pick all of the glitters they like off my desk and then I mix a little of each one together and voila, fabulous nails! I love how this glitter pops against the white. This white is Northern Lights from INM.

Bah humbug! This client was not in the mood for Christmas Nails. LOL

These little swirls are from nailsgallerysupply.com When I do a smile line on the nails I use reverse application. You can view a video of how to do this through youngnails.com click on get educated.

To do this 3d Christmas character I first use green acrylic to shape the face, then I hand paint the red hat, I use a little white acrylic to put on a collar and fluff on his hat. Then I outline the hat using a nail art pen and add the details on his face.

I found that the easiest way to do the 3d candy cane is to first make an outline of where you want it with a nail art pen. Just follow the outline and cover the line just slightly as you go. On the penguin I used white acrylic for the body. The other details are hand painted with a small paintbrush I purchased from a craft store.

Just because it's Christmas doesn't mean you have to do red, green and white. I love the twist of using pink, purple, and black!

These nails were inspired by a piece of scrapbooking paper. I got the silver trees from sparklesnailproducts.com. I put a little green and gold tinsel/glitter on top of the green. It is from a martha stewart glitter collection.

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS NAIL ART

2011-11-27T08:43:00.000-08:00

I picked up a few sequins at Hobby Lobby the other day and voila! Christmas nail art. I applied red acrylic then I painted white stripes with a striping brush, then I capped in clear. I like Young Nails clear because it doesn't cloud at all. It is the clearest clear out there!

The pink nail bed on these nails is a mix of 1/2 french pink, 1/2 frosted pink, a little mettalic red and crystal glitter all from Young Nails.

The silver background on these is from sparklesnailproducts.com. I heard they are having a sale on Monday so check it out! I painted the black string with a nail art pen from miginailart.com and did the purple and green lights 3d with acrylic.

CHRISTMAS NAILS 2011

2011-11-24T10:35:00.000-08:00

This is a 3d bow I created with acrylic.

These snowflakes are fimo clay from kennickkreations.com

I love these candy canes. They are fimo clay from oaktreedollshouseminiatures.com

This is a Christmas grinch I created with acrylic and paint. Let me know if you like it and if you would be interested in seeing a video on how to create the grinch :)

MORE NAILS AS PROMISED!

2011-11-20T19:24:00.000-08:00

I hope you enjoy looking at my latest nail pics. If you have any questions on how I did any of these nails or where I purchase specific products just leave a comment and I will respond as soon as possible. Thanks for checking out my blog and enjoy!

HALLOWEEN 2011

2011-11-04T13:47:00.000-07:00

CATCHING UP

2011-11-04T13:12:00.000-07:00

It has been so long since I have done my blog. I apologize to those of you who look forward to seeing my pics. From now on I am going to try to blog atleast once a month. For now here are some pics I hope you enjoy :)

SQUARES

2011-09-03T19:09:00.000-07:00

I found a new nail art site nailsgallerysupply.com They have some really fun nail art. I have been going crazy with their cute squares.

BEAUTY AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

2011-08-03T13:15:00.000-07:00

I am starting to accept new clients on weekdays during the day. Call or text me if you would like to set up an appt. at 8016523007. Thanks!

MORE NAILS MORE NAILS MORE NAILS!

2011-07-12T20:16:00.000-07:00

I'm sorry it has been so long since I have blogged. I hope you enjoy these pics and it was worth the wait :)

HEADED TO VEGAS!!!!

2011-06-15T19:38:00.000-07:00

This friday I head to Vegas to the International Beauty Show. I can't wait to learn more about nails and find some fun new nail art stuff! Yipeeeeeee! Whoooo hooooooo!

READY FOR THE BEACH NAILS SUMMER 2011

2011-06-02T17:17:00.000-07:00

Woooo hoooo just 2 weeks away from the IBS Las Vegas show. Can't wait to learn some new techniques and purchase some new fun nail stuff!
I created a 3d coconut tree on the thumb and then capped over it with clear. I used beach theme fimo clay from kennickkreations.com on the other nails.

These nails were inspired by an amazing nail tech Nidia Casas. You can view some of her work at nailsbynidia.com

These are reggae inspired.

2 of my favorite things: animal print, and fimo clay dots from oaktreedollshouseminiatures.com

The lighter purple on these nails is a new color I just purchased from the inm collection long ago and far away.

SPRING NAILS AND MUCH MORE

2011-05-14T18:56:00.000-07:00

On these nails I embedded little flowers from elegant glass nails. I added accents with polish. They look like a little daisy garden.

These are another version of hello kitty nails.

These are little fimo clay flip flops from kennickkreations.com

HELLO KITTY NAILS

2011-04-29T18:14:00.000-07:00

Meow! This is my version of hello kitty nails.

On these nails I embedded lace for my very first time! Yep that is real lace on the ring fingers. I also used gold and silver confetti from youngnails.com On the pinky I used a #3 golden halo sparkles from sparklesnailproducts.com

These are natural nails with gel polish. I marbled different colors together. Gel polish lasts for 2 weeks or longer with no chipping!

Doing a full coverage nail is the new trend. I faded 2 glitters from artglitter.com. A chunky silver called biker babes and another glitter called pewter.

Another full coverage set of nails. The big glitters at the tip are #69 Dark Nite from sparklesnailproducts.com

Dragonflies with 3d flowers on the ring fingers.

This is 2 glitters I mixed together from sparklesnailproducts.com #123 Desire and #125 passion.

I did these nails to look like butterfly wings.

DESPICABLE NAILS

2011-04-16T14:58:00.000-07:00

NEON SEQUIN NAILS AND MORE

2011-04-06T16:50:00.000-07:00

GO SKYLINE!

SPRING NAILS

2011-03-29T07:59:00.000-07:00

I added "pixie stix" from sparklesnailproducts on these nails.

This is the most beautiful metallic coral powder acrylic from young nails. It has some sparkle in it that you just have to see in person.

I added a snakeskin print on the ring fingers on these nails. You can watch a tutorial on how to do this at youngnails.com click on Get Educated.

This is fimo clay from kennickkreations.com The acrylic is a glitter fade I created with 2 colors from artglitter.com in barbies and cotton candy.

I mixed 3 different glitters from sparklesnailproducts.com I added it on top of purple lame' glitter from artglitter.com

I created a little 3d flower and caterpillar on the thumb nail. So cute!

This is glitter #68 shinedown from sparklesnailproducts.com

HERE COMES SPRING

2011-03-18T08:17:00.000-07:00

HAPPY NAILS

2011-03-12T19:43:00.000-08:00

SPRING 2011 NAILS

2011-03-01T10:26:00.000-08:00

My newest glitters from sparklesnailproducts.com

ANIMAL MANIA NAILS!

2011-02-19T19:20:00.001-08:00

LAST OF VALENTINE'S 2011

2011-02-13T12:23:00.000-08:00

QUEEN OF HEARTS

2011-01-27T18:00:00.000-08:00

VALENTINE'S 2

2011-01-22T18:36:00.000-08:00

VALENTINES 2011 AND MORE

2011-01-19T16:26:00.001-08:00

CREATIVE NAILS!

2011-01-07T18:33:00.000-08:00

This is my first attempt at "bloody roses" nails inspired by amazing nail tech Alexandria Richter and Young Nails. I can't wait to try them in different color combinations.

NAILS 2011!

2011-01-02T14:49:00.000-08:00

LAST OF CHRISTMAS 2010

2010-12-23T17:17:00.000-08:00

I had a blast doing Christmas nails but I think I'm pretty much done for the year. I will be attending a nail workshop in January and one in February. I can't wait to see how I can improve my skills. It has been such a great year and I am so thankful for all of the clients that made it so amazing! I can't wait to see what 2011 brings :)

CARTOON CHRISTMAS

2010-12-09T19:10:00.001-08:00

JOY TO THE WORLD... I LOVE DOING NAILS!

2010-12-04T16:07:00.000-08:00

A LITTLE BIT CHRISTMAS

2010-11-25T20:21:00.000-08:00

A LITTLE BIT OF CHRISTMAS

2010-11-20T20:04:00.000-08:00

I will be attending another Young Nails class this Monday. I can't wait! It is going to be focused on Christmas nail art so look for new exciting Christmas designs to be posted. Soooo excited :)

DRAGONFLY

2010-11-11T19:18:00.001-08:00

This is hand painted bamboo and a dragonfly.

This is opi gel polish and then I painted designs on the top using regular nail polish.

AUTUMN 2010

2010-11-04T20:02:00.000-07:00

POSITIVE THINKING :)

2010-10-26T20:44:00.001-07:00

I have enjoyed doing Halloween nails sooooo much! I want to keep doing them for a couple more months. It is such a great time of year for festive nails :) I am sooooo excited to do some super cute fun fabulous nails for Christmas and some beautiful elegant stuff for winter and some blingtastic ones for New Years. It is a fabulous time of year for nails. Fun nails definitely cheer me up :)

HALLOWEEN OOH LALA

2010-10-13T18:37:00.000-07:00

Where do I begin to explain what's going on with all of these nails. Halloween is the time to just go super crazy on nails. Soooo there is a lot going on here. If any of you have questions on the specifics of what products I used etc... just send me an e-mail and I will do my best to respond.
This is mostly hand painting that I learned from a Young Nails class :)

The orange moons here are from dollarnailart.com. The purple is purple passion from artglitter.com

This is a set of nails that I did on a 10 year old for her Birthday. This is her very first set of acrylics and she knew exactly what she wanted!

Loving the swirl for Halloween.

On these nails I faded green, black and purple together. Love these colors for Halloween. I like how the spider pops on that green!

These are my sister-in-laws nails. I handpainted a gravestone and put her husbands (my brothers) initials on it. Heee heeee hee.

This is a cool effect I learned from Young Nails. I used black acrylic and then put "ice" glitter over the top. The way it reflects the light makes it look blue. Lovin it!

This is opi gel polish in black onyx with a coat of extra va ganza over the top. Had to add the 3d spider and web. SPOOKY!

This is a fimo clay witch on the ring fingers from kennickkreations.com. Also added the clay dots that I love from oaktreedollshouseminiatures.com

This is one of those sets of nails that I was dreaming about. It's weird a design or idea will get stuck in my head when I'm trying to fall asleep and I just have to get it out the next day or I go crazy.... Oh wait I already am crazy!

I'm just loving this design. Just a cute Halloween combination. The silver is one of my favorites from Young Nails. It is called Hologram. It works super good in a fade.

HALLOWEEN NAIL ART CLASS!

2010-10-06T07:50:00.000-07:00

This past Monday I went to the most AMAZING Young Nails Halloween nail art class. Amanda Dodge taught and she really stepped up her game. It was even more amazing than I had expected! (Young Nails is always amazing) Whooo hoo! So this first set of nails here is completely inspired by Amanda. Thank you so much for your fabulous class and inspiration!

This is a 3d spider inspired by Amanda. I put a red rhinestone in his butt lol. All of the acrylic colors are from young nails.

These are 3d ghosts that I also learned at the young nails class.

This is just a little bit of everything. Love purple and black for Halloween and we had to add some of the fabulous dots.

These are nails that I did for a wedding. Very elegant with a little bling!

This is ribbon on the ring fingers.

This is opi gel polish in Louvre me Louvre me not. I added a 3d spider with bright yellow eyes. I just love Halloween nails. Definitely my favorite Holiday for nails.... until Christmas comes... and then Valentines. Oooh I just love them all :)

This is a sparkles nail product glitter. I added spooky spider webs and a 3d spider.

This is a color fade with 2 colors and then I added sparkles on top from sparklesnailproducts.com. The leaves are from kennickkreations.com.

HALLOWEEN NAILS & MORE!

2010-09-29T19:31:00.000-07:00

Bewitching Halloween nails. This is a mix of stuff from just about everywhere lol.

New gel polish colors from OPI. I'm loving the new glitter colors.

More OPI gel polish.

The glitter is from sparklesnailproducts.com. The little clay leaves are from kennickkreations.com

I just love purple and green for Halloween. This client asked for tiger stripes a long time ago and she finally got them!

This is a glitter from sparkles nail products. So easy and so cute!

This is a glitter in #110 Caribbean Blue from sparklesnailproducts.com. I faded a little turquoise acrylic into it.

Surprise, surprise another glitter from sparkles nail art that I faded into a glitter from artglitter.com

SEPTEMBER 2010

2010-09-19T18:10:00.001-07:00

This is opi gel polish in yodel me on my cell. I added a coat of happy anniversary to add some shimmer.

I faded two colors of acrylic and added some new sparkles called seasons from sparklesnailproducts.com

I purchased these silver squares from artglitter.com.

This is opi gel polish in yodel me on my cell. It's even cuter in person.

These are not Halloween nails hehehe :) This glitter is called hocus pocus and it is also from sparklesnailproducts.com

A LITTLE TEASE

2010-09-15T22:55:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures... more to come soon!
This is shocking pink, black hole and shiney from artglitter.com. I added silver and black stars and hot pink moons. You can't go wrong with black and pink :)

The acrylic on this is from the dazzlers collection on artglitter.com. I just did a random swirly design with three colors and added 3d flowers on the top. I really enjoyed going crazy on these nails.

100 FOLLOWERS!

2010-09-14T16:37:00.000-07:00

Wow I can't believe I have 100 followers on my blog. SWEET! I want to let everyone know that I am now accepting new clients on weekdays during the day. If you are interested I am located in West Jordan and you can call or text me at 8016523007. To all of my clients out there I just got 6 new colors of opi gel polish with 6 more on the way. The colors are: black cherry chutney, lucky lucky lavender, meet me on the star ferry, yodel me on my cell, the color to watch, and ds radiance. Super cute colors! I also got 12 new glitters from sparklesnailproducts.com. I can't wait to try out all of my new stuff. I am also attending a Young Nails halloween nail art class on Oct. 4th and a Creative Nail Design class on Oct. 18th. Can't wait for more fun new ideas :) More pictures coming soon...

LAST DAYS OF SUMMER

2010-09-07T20:00:00.000-07:00

This is a handpainted design that was inspired by a Young Nails mentor Christie. I used purple acrylic and added 2 colors of purple mylar for the base. I painted the black and white design with nail art pens from miginailart.com

I love to do Calligraphy but I never thought I would be doing it on nails! Why not combine my only 2 talents to create some fabulous Hope and Love :)

OPI gel polish in opi ink :)

This is a mixture I created myself for my fabulous client that loooves pink. This color is officially called Cindie #2.

These are officially my first fall nails of 2010. I am excited for Halloween nails. It is the one thing that can cheer me up about summer almost being over.

Ooooh I had fun doing these nails. I used some black dazzlers from artglitter.com I mixed those with acrylic and made a little swirl on the nail. I also used blue acrylic and added blue mylar. Then I painted my new favorite design (inspired by Christie from Young Nails). Fabulous darling!

These nails have quite a bit going on. I actually had no idea how they were going to come together until right up to the end. I did every other nail different. I added the polish accents to tie everything together. Very fun!

HOW SWEET IT IS TO HAVE A JOB LIKE ME :)

2010-08-28T19:38:00.000-07:00

I LIKE IT, I LOVE IT, I WANT SOME MORE OF IT!

2010-08-22T19:02:00.001-07:00

Everytime I have leftover glitter pieces or mylar that I'm too lazy to put away I put them in an extra drawer I have. On these nails I took out all of my "leftovers" and put them randomly onto black acrylic. Soooo fun! I may have to do this more often. You just never know what you're going to get.

This is an opi gel polish design. I layered Happy Anniversary over Russian Navy. I also added little silver glitters for some bling. Everyone loves a little bling!

This client wanted red, white, black and fun. We both have a wild crazy creative side. So this is what we came up with. It is the perfect nail marriage. Thanks for saying, "I do!"

This client told me she's not too crazy about red after I did her nails.... oops my bad. Hopefully she still likes them. I must try harder to remember what each client likes and dislikes.

These are my nails. I didn't do them but hey they are fabulous so I still had to show them off!

On these nails I used xxx white acrylic from Young Nails. No marbling with the white at all which I loved! Anything to make it look like I'm a better nail tech than I really am. I added clear sequins and little clear glitters all over. They are very bling! Love them.

A crazy design for a crazy client what more can I say? LOL

Have I already posted a picture of this same design? I don't know I have done too many nails! I wanted to show the light lavender dots that I have just incase I haven't shown them before. They are from oaktreedollshouseminiatures.com

This is a design I did with gel polish. The flowers are stickers and I painted the polka dots on.

I love a white french manicure with a little surprise... a litte twist.

CRAZY, SEXY, COOL

2010-08-13T20:11:00.000-07:00

SUMMER PLEASE DON'T END!

2010-08-08T18:57:00.000-07:00

On these nails I took four different colors of purple acrylic and just randomly placed them across the nail. I painted white lines with a striping brush separating each color of purple. I added 3d flowers on the ring fingers.

On these nails my client picked out the 3 colors of stars she liked and then gave me permission to do what i wanted with them. I was inspired by the nails Krizia from young nails did. (there is a picture of them on a previous post) I really had a lot of fun with these.

These are some fun 3d acrylic flowers that I just had to play around with.

This is a really fun elegant look. This is a light pink from Young Nails called Sakura storm. I added some irridescent circle glitters as an accent.

This is black acrylic in nebula with a glitter mix in purple passion faded into it. I had to paint some little accents to make them super wild and sexy!

This is a glitter from sparklesnailproducts.com in chunky funk. I also added a random design on some of the other fingers to coordinate with the chunky funk glitter mix.

Recently I learned how to add little glitters in with gel polish. This is opi gel polish in "opi ink". I added some little silver cirlcles and small black dots.

This is opi gel polish in "kyoto pearl" I added some purple stars and dots.

ALL MIXED UP

2010-08-02T20:18:00.000-07:00

I recently attended a Young Nails Imagination Nail Art Class. It was amazing! The class was taught by owner Greg Salo. This is a picture of me with him. If you are a nail tech you have to find out how you can attend a Young Nails class. They are awesome and Greg is too much fun..... they are the shit!

These are some amazing nails done by Krizia. She is a Young Nails educator and she is amazing!

I actually had a dream about these nails before I did them. Sometimes I get little nail art ideas going in my head and it is so nice when I have a fabulous client that will let me just get it out of my system. It was actually a relief to finally do these nails so I could quit thinking about them. I'm crazy I know. The cool zebra confetti on the middle finger is from youngnails.com. I created the snake skin using into you netting from young nails also.

These may be the craziest nails I have ever done. I used a glitter from sparklesnailproducts.com in All Mixed Up.

These are last chance nails. Let me explain.... these are my sister-in-laws nails and she will be having a baby in two days. So I did her nails today and she did my hair. Who knows when she'll have time to get her nails done again with a newborn. Hopefully it will be a good baby and sleep lots so mom can still pamper herself. :)

These are my nails. I don't do my own nails because I like to spoil myself but I wanted to show off how cute they are!

This color is from young nails metallic collection. I added little silver diamonds as an accent.

This is gel polish on toes with some fun silver stars. I absolutely love the gel polish on toes. It doesn't chip! The gel polish lasts on toes for an average of 4-5 weeks. Love it!

Another simple design with silver circles as an accent. Sometimes simple is fabulous darling!

WHAT I DID THIS WEEKEND

2010-07-25T21:26:00.000-07:00

201 POSTS AND COUNTING....

2010-07-21T21:02:00.000-07:00

You have to click directly on this picture to get a better view of these nails.

The base acrylic that I used on these nails is called black and white ball from sparklesnailproducts.com.

These are my sister in laws nails. She is 9 mos. pregnant. She isn't finding out if it's a boy or a girl until the baby is born. So that is the story behind the one pink flower and one blue flower nail. Once she has the baby we can just change one of the nails! haha

These nails were a complete accident. We were going for something completely different and they just ended up like this. This is a perfect example of what happens when you have a crazy nail tech and a crazy client in the same room!

This is opi gel polish in black onyx. I painted a little "corset" pattern on the nails. It's kind of hard to see in the picture but it turned out very cute!

This is white acrylic with cotton candy art glitter faded at the top. I added 3d flowers on the ring fingers. Very summery :)

This is acrylic. I painted the black and white lines with a striping brush.

This is a 3d skull on the ring fingers that I made with acrylic.

This is a color fade with acrylic and then I handpainted a cheetah print. meeeow!

200 POSTS!

2010-07-16T18:16:00.000-07:00

Super cute toes and the picture actually turned out pretty good! Finally, it is soooo hard for me to take a good picture of toes. This is a glitter fade with glitter from Young nails in shock, pinkie, and sunshine. I painted tiger stripes on the top. Love these toes!

These are all colors from young nails that I marbled together and then I faded young nails hologram up into them.

This is gel polish. Happy Birthday Hannah!

MIX IT UP

2010-07-09T13:16:00.000-07:00

Click directly on this picture to get a better view. There are hollow dots so you can actually see through the nails. All of these colors are from the Young Nails neon collection. I painted the white circles with a nail art pen.

This is glitter that I purchased from dollar nail art. I mixed the glitter with clear acrylic to make it super easy to apply. The purple background color is lava lamp art glitter. The ring fingers have 3d stars and the green acrylic is art glitter in fishnet.

On these nails I painted an abstract design on the black. Scroll to the bottom of this post to view the matching toes I did with these.

I have done a lot of flags this July. They are each a little different. I call this one my Dr. Seuss flag it curls in at the end a little. Just always having to get a little artsy and creative whenever I can.

On these nails we were trying to achieve the color apricot. I wish you could see the color in person because it is beauuutifullll. I faded two colors together.

This is opi gel polish in black onyx with a base coat of happy anniversary.

I have done soooo many cute toes lately, I'm frustrated because it is so hard for me to get a good picture of toes. I just can't get the right angle or lighting and the coloring turns out all wrong in the picture. I would appreciate any photography advice. I did think these pics turned out ok but the toes were much cuter in person. Grrrrrr

STAR SPANGLED BANNER

2010-07-02T10:39:00.000-07:00

This is a custom mix of all different glitters that I had. I also put a glitter on the nail beds. As you can tell I am having a lot of fun doing flags on nails. It's just too cute not to. I can't help myself!

I made this flag using acrylic and painting the white stripes on. The stars I purchased from dollar nail art and mixed them with clear acrylic.

You can't go wrong with fimo clay dots. They are from oaktreedollshouseminiatures.com
I always love to mix it up by doing the ring finger just a little different. It's unexpected fun!

This is a marbling technique that I learned at a young nails class. This is acrylic. All of the colors are from young nails. I painted the silver stars and red dots with polish.

This is my favorite black called nebula. I added 3d flowers with acrylic in opposite colors.

This is just me having fun with some super cute colors purple and black!

This is opi gel polish in one of their newest colors Kyoto Pearl. I painted a cheetah print with my migi nail art pens.

PATRIOTIC

2010-06-26T10:53:00.000-07:00

Everytime I use the fimo clay dots from oaktreedollshouseminiatures.com the nails turn out so cute so I had to incorporate them into the 4th of July theme. I created the flag on the ring fingers with acrylic :)

This is OPI gel polish in Big Apple Red. I hand painted the design.

4th of July nails! I mixed this confetti with stuff I purchased from dollarnailart.com. The white stars are confetti from Zurchers party store.

This is a light blue art glitter called Mystery. I added fimo clay flowers from kennickkreations.com.

These nails have 3 different colors of pink with silver stars.

4th of July and Many More

2010-06-22T15:06:00.000-07:00

I just have to say this is an amazing client of mine. She thinks she drives me crazy but the truth is I love crazy! She is awesome because she makes me think out of the box and pushes me to be more creative and keep learning. This is the exact reason why I love my job so much. It would be so boring if I never had to use my brain. So thanks to this client and all of my other amazing clients! You're the best!

These are some little diamonds that I purchased from dollarnailart.com. The background silver is hologram from young nails.

This is a twisted version of 4th of July nails. Love these!

My new favorite fimo clay flowers.

More 4th of July nails. The white stars are made with an impression tool from youngnails.com.

The next two sets of nails are of amazing clients of mine. They ran a 188 mile relay race called the ragnar. They both wanted nails that went with their teams colors. I wanted them to both look different though.

This is me just adding a little spice on a regular fill on a client.

This is gel polish I did on my sisters nails and toes for her upcoming trip to disneyworld. Have fun!

This is opi gel polish in bogota blackberry. I added 3d stars and painted some little fireworks and accents.

This is a real dried flower on the ring finger.

This is a fimo clay lily from oaktreedollshouseminiatures.com. They are sliced super thin so they are easy to work with.

PEACE, LOVE AND HAPPY TOES

2010-06-14T14:17:00.001-07:00

This is a 7 year old client of mine. We did glitter toes and nails with lots of different colors. I added a peace sign with a nail art pen. They turned out so cute! Have a fabulous vacation Maddy!

These were a lot of fun to do. I used blue and green acrylic as the base. I also added little white dots of acrylic to look like bubbles. Next I added fimo clay fish from kennickkreations.com. To finish I painted some "seaweed" and used a gel top coat for some serious shine!

A little bit about how I did these nails. I used reverse application. Then I put pure black right up to the smile line, then I added the pink over the top of that. I need to keep practicing the reverse. Hopefully I'll keep improving. :)

This is a design I was dying to do. I found a really cool client to try it out on. I think it turned out super cute!

So it is time to do Fourth of July nails again! Whoot Whoot! I created a little flag on the ring nails.

On these nails I used a glitter called "All American" from sparklesnailproducts.com. I faded it into a silver acrylic. Very Patriotic.

This is a metallic white from young nails. I faded little silver bling into it.

The next 4 pictures are all opi gel polish. You can do so many cute things with gel polish. The pink french manicure seems to be popular this week!

I have to mention something funny about this picture. This is my almost 8 month pregnant sister-in-law. I made her bend over and put her hands by her toes. She said she would do her best but she might have to pee after she bent over. I think she did a fabulous job! Thanks for letting me torture you Haley :)

FUN FUN FUN!

2010-06-08T19:05:00.000-07:00

My client here found an amazing inspirational picture on the internet. This is our version of it. Very colorful and fun!

Light spring colors topped off with a little meeeooow!

If you look closely you can see I did an abstract light blue and brown background. Then I added the 3d flowers and some little 3d pearl dots. All of my nails are done with acrylic.

This is opi gel polish in "I'm india mood for love". I added a 3d cupcake. Yum!

Another set of nails that reflect my love of purple and stars.

Just a super cute idea that I stole from another nail tech. Sometimes other people's ideas are just so good that you can't resist!

REVERSE APPLICATION

2010-06-02T08:25:00.000-07:00

I am really excited about these nails because I used reverse application. It is something I have been working on. For all of you nail techs out there you can view a video on how to do reverse application at youngnails.com. This technique makes it possible to use hard to work with colors and you still get a fabulous smile line :)

This is opi gel polish in I'm india mood for love. I painted a little design on top. It's really hard to go wrong with pink and black. It always looks fabulous darling.

This client said I could do whatever I wanted. HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (evil laugh) I've been feeling very creative lately so when I hear "do whatever you want" it really is music to my ears!

This is just a fun but simple design with purple and silver. Of course you can't go wrong with purple either because it is my favorite color! Love it!

IMPRESSION NAIL ART AND MORE

2010-05-27T20:17:00.000-07:00

I'm going through a phase again this time it is with young nails impression tools. If you think these nails are wild and crazy you should meet this client of mine! LOL

This is one of the newest glitters from sparklesnailproducts.com. I added the white star using an impression nail stick from youngnails.com. Everything I have purchased from young nails has been amazing and has really made my job so much easier! Thank you Young Nails!

All of the dots (except for the black polish dots) in this design are done with acrylic. I used golden halo from sparklesnailproducts.com as the base color.

Super fun confetti nails. I mixed this confetti with clear acrylic. I just love when it's so easy to do something that turns out so cute.

This is opi gel nail polish in louvre me louvre me not. The white star is a sticker that changes colors in the sun!

I used 3 different colors of purple on these nails and added some moody confetti from young nails. I added some silver and black polish to really give them that extra edge! I loooove these!

A classic black and silver design.

I'm loving this bright yellow. It's from the neon glitter collection at artglitter.com.

The color of these nails is blue and yellow but my camera just doesn't like to photograph the lighter colors as well. I'm sure it's probably the photographers fault.

The rule when I do nails is if you don't decide on a design or color then chances are you'll probably get purple! I embedded all sorts of different things in these nails and also used an impression tool from young nails to make a star on a few of the nails.

JUST ANOTHER BLOG

2010-05-22T11:56:00.000-07:00

These nails were inspired by a photo my client found on the internet. You really can't go wrong with anything pink and black.

These nails are done with colors from the diva collection. I hand painted on the top. I used acrylic paint mixed with water to help it glide on. I also used a small inexpensive brush that I purchased from the craft store.

This is my first attempt at a 3d flower. The color on the nails is hot kiss with pink & yellow mylar added.

NEW DESIGN WITH GEL PAINT

2010-05-10T20:37:00.000-07:00

This client of mine is amazing. She is so creative and thinks of designs that I would never come up with! I absolutely love it. I feel like the best nail designs are always a collaboration. There is a lot going on here, the nails are acrylic with little glitter moons in them. The design on top is done with gel paint.

This is another gel paint design. I learned this technique at the ibs las vegas show. I love it because it is very easy to do but it looks so cool!

These are actually my nails. I had my amazing nail tech do them and then I added the gel paint design on the ring fingers. Hey I have to have a little fun too!

These nails have some little "keys" on them. I didn't have a plan just kind of went for it.

These are acrylic nails. I layered two colors gunmetal and purple pizazz from sparklesnailproducts.com. I added a real dried flower on the ring finger.

Gel Polish Cheetah and much more!

2010-05-06T19:57:00.000-07:00

This is opi gel polish in Pink Flamenco. I hand painted a little cheetah print to go with a super cute outfit my client brought for inspiration! Love the gel polish just can't get enough of it.

This client was in the mood for blue and green so that is exactly what she got! I hand painted some little swirls and circles.

These are some stars that I purchased from the IBS Las Vegas show. I just mixed them with some acrylic and went for it!

These are fimo clay flowers from oaktreedollshouseminiatures.com The glitter that I faded into the black is from sparklesnailproducts.com. Can you tell that I love internet shopping for nail stuff???

This is a glitter from sparklesnailproducts.com. I love their stuff! I just bought some of their new glitters.

These have fimo clay dragonflies and flowers from kennickkreations.com.

Baseball Mom! The baseballs are fimo clay from kennickkreations.com. Go Granger Lancers! Go #24! Woot Woot!

IBS LAS VEGAS

2010-05-02T13:02:00.000-07:00

I am back from the IBS Las Vegas nail show. It was amazing! I learned so many tips and tricks there. Now I just have to apply everything that I learned. I have a lot of practicing to do! Can you believe these nails I saw in Vegas???

I am inspired by Spring. Both of these sets of nails have cherry blossoms on the ring fingers. On both sets I did 3d blossoms and then covered over with acrylic. My son called these nails "cotton candy trees". He is too fun!

Tie Dye Toes! I put all sorts of fun glitter colors on these toes and then added a layer of mylar over the top. These are so cute in person because the colors change when you move and the mylar reflects the light.

This is a Sparkles glitter in New Moon Risin Pink! Love it!

While I was in Vegas I noticed everyone was just doing random crazy colors all over the nails and just having fun with it. So that's what I did on these nails. I added the silver with nail polish.

More fun stuff that I purchased at the Vegas nail show.

On these nails I added a glitter from sparklesnailproducts.com called slivers at the smile line.

This is a new color of acrylic that I got in Vegas. It has little pieces of mylar already in it.

MORE FUN NAIL ART TO COME...

2010-04-22T19:36:00.000-07:00

I will be attending the IBS Las Vegas show and I can't hardly wait! I am hoping to come back with tons of new exciting ideas for all of my fabulous clients. See ya soon!

NEW GEL POLISH COLORS!!!!

2010-04-14T13:44:00.000-07:00

I am having too much fun with the nail art this week. 1 more week until the Vegas nail show. I can hardly wait to go get all sorts of new nail art ideas! Whoot Whoot!

These are all temporary tattoo nail art.

This aqua glitter is from sparklesnailproducts.com

This a french manicure that I did with opi gel polish in black onyx. FYI to all of my gel polish clients I just got 8 new colors of gel polish! The new opi gel colors include: Kyoto Pearl, My Private Jet, Here today... Aragon tomorrow, Miami Beet, Barefoot in Barcelona, Cosmo-not tonight Honey!, Pink Flamenco, and Pink Before You Leap. You can try the colors on at opi.com

MONEY MONEY MONEY

2010-04-07T20:07:00.000-07:00

So this client came in with a bunch of money which is always fabulous! Ha ha! I have seen money in nails before but wanted it to be practical and functional for my client. The green glitter is from sparklesnailproducts.com. I painted the $ with my migi nail art pen.

This is also a glitter from sparklesnailproducts.com. The neon colors are from artglitter.com. I mixed them with acrylic myself. Too cute!

These are fimo clay dragonflies. I always love purple nails!

ED HARDY TATTOO NAIL ART

2010-04-05T20:51:00.000-07:00

These are ed hardy temporary tattoos I put a thin layer of acrylic on the nails and then covered over the tattoo with clear acrylic. I am loving these!

SPRING CREATIONS

2010-04-01T19:38:00.000-07:00

On these nails I was going for a layered 3d look. First I embedded gems into the acrylic. Then I also used an impression tool to make big purple circles. When I was finished filing I added 3d lavender acrylic dots and used polish to paint black dots.

On these nails the stars are temporary tattoos. I want to let all of my clients know that I bought a bunch of temporary tattoos that I am very anxious to use so watch out! Temporary tattoo nail art to be cont.....

This is a real 3D dried flower.

YOU KNOW YOU ARE A BLOGSTAR!

2010-03-25T19:53:00.000-07:00

I definitely go through different phases with the nail art. On these four sets of nails I went a little crazy with the nail polish and striping brush. A little polish can always take a design to the next level.

I bought some "sugar coating" glitter in pink, blue, yellow and purple from the craft store and mixed it together with clear acrylic to create this look. I added dried flowers to every finger for some spring time fun.

On these nails I faded two colors from sparklesnailproducts.com. I added clay flowers on the ring fingers and finished with my signature dots.

This is impression nail art with spring colors.

I added orange and yellow mylar on these nails to make them super sparkly!

ROCK STAR AND MUCH MORE

2010-03-17T18:46:00.000-07:00

SPRING IS COMING...

2010-03-12T20:52:00.000-08:00

3D acrylic shamrock

ST. PATRICK'S DAY

2010-03-04T13:49:00.001-08:00

These nails are done with a glitter from sparklesnailproducts.com called shamrock. I faded it with a gold and added some irish beer stickers! Too fun!

On these nails I grabbed all of my green glitters mixed them together and came up with this cute color. This client loves green so it was perfect for her.

I made these gold stars using an impression tool from young nails.

I always think any color looks best with a little black added. Love the green and black with a fimo clay shamrock for good luck!

This is an acrylic from the young nails block party collection.

These are fimo clay ying yang's from kennickkreations.com

This is nebula with pink and white fimo clay dots. I can't remember if I've already posted a similar picture of this on my blog. I guess you just can't have too much of a good thing.

This is a fade I did from side to side to mix it up a little bit. The hibiscus flowers are fimo clay.

On these nails I did a fade with pink and purple. I did each nail a little bit different.

NEON, MIRRORS, 3D AND MORE!

2010-02-27T15:08:00.000-08:00

I got this idea from Young Nails again! They are amazing! I am soooo glad I attended the Young Nails class I just wish they had one every week. These acrylic colors are from the Young Nails neon collection and I used polish to paint the tiger stripes!

I stole this idea from a very talented girl I met at a Young Nails art class. Thank you for the inspiration Krizia! I love your ideas!

This is 3d nail art that I created with acrylic. I put the 3d art right on the nail and then covered it with clear acrylic. The nail is smooth to the touch but you can still get the 3d effect. I have to admit I was proud of myself for doing these.

This is snakeskin print done on bright summer colors. I looooovvveee the snakeskin and this awesome client!

This is mirror confetti from Young Nails!

More sparkles nails!

This is some impression nail art. I love how vibrant these colors are!

MARBLE NAILS

2010-02-22T19:53:00.000-08:00

I went to another nail art class from Young Nails today. It was very inspirational! Here is a picture of my first attempt at marbling.

MARCH SPECIAL: GLITTER TOES $20

2010-02-20T16:06:00.000-08:00

I am excited to announce that I will be offering glitter toes for $20 during the month of March! It is time to get your toes ready for spring. This is a fabulous deal so make your appointment today!
So here they are my first St. Patricks Day nails. This is a glitter from sparklesnailproducts.com and I added fimo clay rainbows from kennickkreation.com

This is a sparkles glitter in "spring to me". I added some little mylar dots and to finish I painted silver dots.

More snakeskin... I am loving the snakeskin because there are so many different color combinations you can do. I can't wait to do it with some spring colors.

This is my client with the split personality! Ha ha! LOL :)

These nails have stickers that I layed into the acrylic. I had to switch it up with the ring fingers and do one of my all time favorite colors nebula.

On these nails I did some impression nail art and also added some polish.

This is a 3d acrylic flower. The sparkles are from sparklesnailproducts.com

On the ring fingers I added gold zebra confetti from young nails.

SNAKESKIN

2010-02-15T18:48:00.000-08:00

This is a sparkles nail art glitter in blue diamonds with white pattern snakeskin on the top.

This client was the first to create the look of doing the ring fingers just a little different from the other nails. This has become one of my favorite looks. Pretty simple but really cute.

KEEPS GETTING BETTER

2010-02-13T18:10:00.000-08:00

Here are some of the nails I've done this past week. I went to a Young Nails imagination nail art class on Monday. I was inspired by some amazing nail techs there. I can't believe how much more I want to learn and improve but I am really enjoying the journey!

WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE?

2010-02-06T17:40:00.000-08:00

These nails have just a little bit of everything. The acrylic is called "wild roses" from sparklesnailproducts.com. I added clay dots and 3d acrylic flowers.

Love these nails. The acrylic is also from sparklesnailproducts.com. I added little purple and green hearts and clay conversation hearts "hugs" and "love".

These nails have 3d acrylic hearts that I made using a mold. I purchased the mold from ebay.

SOCCER MOM

2010-02-06T17:34:00.000-08:00

These nails are for a soccer mom supporting her son. Go # 14!!!!

SHOCKING PINK

2010-01-30T18:42:00.000-08:00

These are acrylic nails in shocking pink and black onyx with 3d acrylic hearts. I used nail polish to paint the swirls.

These nails have clay dots and conversation hearts.