So, I'm making up for lost time here..... a spam-a-thon of nail art images and their product descriptions....
(I'm hoping this begins to generate some new nail art followers through the blog directly and via my twitter feed,
@gissy_manda.)
For the record, most of my nail colours are OPI, essie, Maybelline, butter LONDON, orly, ibd and China Glaze lacquers, and ibd Just Gel or CND Shellac.
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I was given a set of Manicare GlamNails nail art pens for Christmas and thought they'd make a lovely squiggle feature on these nails. Unfortunately the pens didn't set. I didn't apply a top coat either, but I suspect a wet pen mark would just smudge under a top coat.
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| ibd lacquers "She's Blushing" and "Black Lava" with OPI Matte Top Coat and Manicare GlamNails art pens |
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Hand painted fluoro leopard prints. Easy to do even with an unsteady hand.
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| Fluoro leopard spots using a variety of ibd lacquers |
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ibd Just Gel colours are easy to layer and create art. No colour bleeding and opaque enough to create a strong contrast.
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| idb Just Gel nailart using a dotting tool |
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I've found ibd Just Gel to be one of the easiest LED set gel colours available. The brush is plastic, which isn't always preferable, but with the consistency of this gel, the application is always smooth and flawless.
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| ibd Just Gel "Luck of the Draw" with sticker art |
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Like most nail art addicts, I've become a Born Pretty Store convert for my water decals! These are style G130
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| ibd lacquer "Smokey Plum" with water decals |
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I'm still trying to master sponged gradient. Perhaps my colour choices are wrong, or my application to the sponge is incorrect, but, this is one of the best attempts I've had.
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| OPI lacquers "Teal the Cows Come Home", "Blue my Mind", "Purple with a Purpose" and Essie lacquer "Secret Stash" |
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I don't have the details to hand about the lacquer colours here, but a single base coat was applied with random orange sponging over top. The stripes were achieved using thick black acrylic paint.
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| Tiger Stripes lacquer nail art |
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I first learned of Dollar Nail Art when I was looking for a reliable foil supplier. I'm always happy with the result of foil. They adhere well to tacky CND Shellac, or the provided adhesive, and they seal well with either CND Shellac Top Coat or ibd Just Gel Top Coat.
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| foil nail art |
 | I love this effect - it looks so much like Azurite with Chalcopyrite veins (that's my inner geologist talking there!) This effect was achieved by painting a blue base coat ("Keks" is an awesome not-quite-matte colour, with a rubber look - you have to try it to see what I'm talking about!) and dropping black lacquer in to a cup of water, as if for marbling. Then spray the black surface with hairspray and watch the black spread and break. Dip the nail. Highlight with gold glitter lacquer. |
| butter LONDON "Keks" with idb "All that Glitters" and "Black Lava" |
