Unicorns and Glitter!!

Hey guys!

I always feel accomplished when I come up with an interesting title. :) Actually, the post is mainly about glitter, but for those of you who have seen the latest Progressive commercial, you'll know what I mean! So, I said in my last post (well, the last post where I talk about my actual mani) that I wanted to do something blingy next. Well, I have 6 VERY blingy glitters to show you, I just can't decide on one! Here they are all together:

Aren't they pretty?! Here are some close-ups. Don't forget you can click on the pics to see some major detail! These are pretty complex glitters.

Extra-Va-Va-Ganza Direct Sunlight

Extra-Va-Va-Ganza Flash

Sparkle-icious Direct Sunlight

Sparkle-icious Flash

Bring on the Bling Direct Sunlight

Bring on the Bling Flash

Glow Up Already! Direct Sunlight

Glow Up Already! Flash

Simmer and Shimmer Direct Sunlight

Simmer and Shimmer Flash

The Show Must Go On! Direct Sunlight

The Show Must Go On! Flash

 There they are! All 6 of them. I just love them. Now, your job is to go through all of them, and choose one for me to use! First to comment is chosen, and you will be featured in the post about that mani! Please do enlarge the pictures. You get great detail.

And just so I don't feel so bad about the title...:

Thanks for reading!

~Emily

Water Marbling: What and How!

Hi ladies!

Did you like my April Fools joke? ;) I hope you did! :) Anyway.. Today I am going to show you how to do a very intricate technique, called Water Marbling. It is kinda tricky at first, but the results are beautiful :) Here are some examples:

All images from Collette at www.mysimplelittlepleasures.blogspot.com

See! Isn't it pretty? Those are some of the different techniques, and it even works on small nails! So, here we go!

Things I use: Paper towel; Nail Polish Remover; Pointy Q-tips; Toothpicks; Dixie cup full of room temperature water; A select few nail polishes to marble with.

1.) Paint your nails with the base color of your choice. Mine is China Glaze- Lemon Fizz, a pastel yellow, that I love :)

3.) Tape off the nail to be marbled. I use regular Scotch tape, and I try to cover all skin areas. It's harder than it sounds.

4.) Make sure your cup is in the center of your paper towel, and all of the caps on your bottles are unscrewed.

5.) Start building a "bulls eye" with your polishes. I went: Lemon Fizz, Happy Go Lucky, Peachy Keen. (all China Glaze) until I was happy with the look.

6.) Start swirling! For this design, I anchored the polish to my cup, so it wouldn't move around, and just made lines! When you are happy with your paint, dunk your finger completely into the water, immersing your nail.

7.) This is what you are left with. All you have to do is carefully take off the tape, and see what you have then.

Also, it is a good idea to clean up the excess paint off of the surface before removing your nail, so as not to ruin it.

8.) After you take off the tape, you will probably have to do some MORE cleaning up. No problem!

Just take a pointy q-tip, and get some remover, and go over the spots of polish on your cuticles, and skin.

This is my final mani! :) I only did one finger, but as you saw above, You can do all of them! I always like marbling, but it is so messy, and time consuming. And it takes some practice, so don't give up on the first try!

Annnd my rarely seen right hand. Poor broken nail! I'm only showing this because I used a different technique on that nail. See how it kinda looks like a flower? Yea. :)

 Well, that's it! Water marbling! :) Keep in mind, this does take practice! It's fun! It never really is *perfect*! Also, this needs to be done fairly quickly, to keep the polish from drying, and becoming a skin over the water. I would love to see some of your tries, if you do! Email me pictures! :)

Thanks for reading!

~Emily

Candyland NOTD Series: Gloppy!!

Hey Ladies!

Today I am showing the "Gloppy" character from Candyland!

Personally, I think Gloppy is an under-recognized character. His name was even changed in the later versions of this game. Huff. Well, anyway! On to the mani!

 What I used: ChG- Innocence; Green, and brown acrylic paint; Seche Vite to make it all nice and glossy. :)

Final mani(: What I did was take a *tiny* brush and draw tips with the brown paint. Then I got a lot of paint, and made tiny blobs, then drew lines connecting them to the tips. For the molasses-pops, I a half-pill shape, the drew little green lines off of them. :)

Once again, this did not last long, lol. I feel like doing something suuuuper blingy next.. What do you think? Like all different kinds of glitter. :) Well, I'll keep on doin these crazy manicures! Even if they don't last long, they are fun to do. Lol

Thanks for reading! 

~Emily <3