Nail Art & Pretty Bits

Those of you who are associated with my twitter or Facebook accounts, or even me in person, would know that for years now my nails have been like my signature. The sheer length and size of them seems to attract comments such as "how do you do anything with those?" Well, after having acrylic nails for eight years I can tell you that I don't notice them - they are part of me and I've adapted to doing every daily chore without issue (well, except for opening the laundry trough cupboard, but I blame the magnet for that since I'm not the only person in the house who has troubles with it!)

Most recently my nail technician moved from doing french tip style nails on me to doing some full nail cover art. My first full cover was a CND Shellac "Rock Royalty" covered with a TieDye Surprise foil. The foil was applied in random patches as opposed to the full sheet effect. The nail was sealed with the CND Shellac Top Coat.

I became totally fascinated with the foil so I did a little internet searching. Having seen the vial my nail tech had containing the foil it was quite easy to identify the real product when I found the online supplier Dollar Nail Art. This is one of the greatest sites containing nail pretties and it's fair to say I became blinded by all the sparkly bits!

So, a friend of mine (also consumed by nail pretties) and I split an order of products from Dollar Nail Art. The haul cost $39, inclusive of postage and was delivered (from the US) within a week of placing the order. I was mightily impressed! We picked up stock of laser lace, nuggets, foil, glitter, ice chips and flats.

So here's the breakdown of the products above:

Purple and Gold Butterfly Flats, and Metallic Pink and Gold Heart Flats

Laser Lace in lime, raspberry, gold and sky blue.

Nuggets - Gold, Silver and Copper

Ice Chips in White AB, Fuchsia and Sky Blue

Foils: Gold Dots, Laced Gold, Roman Marble, Elven Gold, Gold Crush

Foils: Ocean Mist, Rainbow Swirls, TieDye Surprise, Silver Dots

Foils: Majestic Tides, Aegean Tides

Foils: Peach Burst, Rose Frost

Foils: Firelight, Laser Optics

Pastel Glitter: Green Pearl

There are some more blog posts coming up showing how these products have been used. Until then, enjoy the sparkly bits here!!