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Jun 30, 2009

FrankenPolishing exirience - Part 2

It is about time to revel the secret of the kitty nails. In fact the base color for kitty manicure is my first official franken polish.
So after spending hours and hors trying to create somehting at least close to nice, and number of fails, i came up with the better idea. if you cant do soemthing ,see how others do it and do the same. I was admiring this color for a long time, since i seen it on Dr.Frankenpolish Blong , so decided just follow instructions given where. Except i used my own polishes, which are close in color to whose that she used, and i did not add any clear polsih, because i want it to be opaque.
May be one day i ll be able to make somehting myself, but so far, at least it worked, even that the idea is not mine. Thank you Dr. Frankenpolish - to be my guide on frankening.

One bottle used and 3 to go, stay tuned for more Franken Polishing experience




Jun 29, 2009

It is all about Hello Kitty

This is just one of whose manicures that no meter what, i just can not wait any longer to share it with you. I will revel some details about polishes i used here tomorrow. The only disappointment is that "giant stamping Kitty" fits only on 2 of my nails, i try really hard to do the same design on all the nails, but i gave up after many times, it just too big :)




FrankenPolishing Expirience - Part1

This is going to be a series of post about my experience with frankening polishes.
I was always inspired by people making their own polishes, especially i admire work of Frankepolish blog, and want to thank her for useful tips.
So i always wanted to try it - because it look like really fun to do, colors can be wonderful, and does not look to hard to make. (he-he)
Since i am not sure how it all going to turn in, i decided start to do it with the supplies i have, without ordering additional stuff. ( partially the hole decision to franken is based on the economical situation in my valet)
In this part i will provide you with some tips how to clean old bottles from polish, so you can use it for frankening,m instead of order empty bottles. It is not really hard task but require some pation :) Another good reason to start with old bottles, is because you can use smaller size bottles which will require less supply waste.
I started with picking some smaller size all polishes, and when added acetone to it. Actually to simplify this task i made a cone out of old coke can, just cut it with scissors.

i let the the polish melt for about 20 minutes and then located it upside down to let ti float from the bottle. You ll need to repeat it several times,letting it melt for 10-20 minutes each time acetone is added. I was afraid to drain this stuff in the sink or toilet ( glittery toilet is not my big dream lol ), so i used another coke can. it is also very cool that you can leave the bottle upside down, like this

After all those precedures you ll end up with clean enouth bottles that can be used for frankening and expressing your creativity

However i realized that i totally suck in mixing polishes.. i spent like 4 hours playing arround with samples,and i didn't like a thing... really, this is not as easy as it may look. So stay tunes for Part2 , to see if i can make anything to put in my clean bottles.

Purty in fuschia nail art

Purty in fuschia nail design
Purty in fuschia, originally uploaded by BlueBerryBlossom☆.

Purty in fuschia nail design

Flower Power Nail Art

Flower Power Nail Art Design
Flower Power, originally uploaded by BlueBerryBlossom☆.

Flower Power Nail Art Design

Blue Royalty Arabian Princess Nail Art

Blue Royalty Arabian Princess Nail Art
Blue Royalty, originally uploaded by BlueBerryBlossom☆.

Blue Royalty Arabian Princess Nail Art

Rockish Glitter Nail Art

Rockish Glitter Nail Art Design

Flinstone Style Nail Art

Flinstone style with black line and blue tips nail design

Stamping red flower nail art

red flower on nails design
Stamping nail art, originally uploaded by diva_cresent.

red flower on nails design

Jun 28, 2009

Last Dream in the Morning

This manicure reminds me of something light and fragile, that will just fly away from you forever if you ll try to catch it.
The base color is Essie "Carousel Coral" - amazing color, that i love so much, but cant use often, since it goes with nothing from my cloths or accessories, and not in my color type pallet. But i still just love it, and enjoy it on my nails from time time




Amazing Japanese Nail Art

Japanese Girl nail art with colorful flowers nail design
Amazing Japanese Nail Art, originally uploaded by tokyofashion.

Japanese Girl nail art with colorful flowers nail design

Jun 27, 2009

In Memory of Michael Jackson



This is so so super sad. End of ERA.
But his music is forever in out hearts....
So this is my way of expressing my sadness, please no comments on this post.





Jun 26, 2009

Dark Purple with Lemon Yellow Tips Nail Art Design

Dark purple nails and lemon yellow tips nail design
Nail Artz 29, originally uploaded by Abby Walton.

Dark purple nails and lemon yellow tips nail design

Clean Easy Nail Art

Nails on a jaz with easy and clean design
Nail Artz, originally uploaded by Abby Walton.

Nails on a jaz with easy and clean design

Shiny Purple Nail Arts Design

Purple nail design shiny
Nail Arts 41, originally uploaded by Abby Walton.

Purple nail design shiny

Pink leopard stripes nails design

Animal printing nail art design
nails 18.4.09, originally uploaded by xoxo♥mayumi.

Animal printing nail art design

Snow Black and White nails

Black and white nail design
Close-up nails, originally uploaded by utrax.

Black and white nail design

Skulls & Sprinkles Nail Design

Sprinkles Nail Art Design
Skulls & Sprinkles, originally uploaded by hvyilnr.

Sprinkles Nail Art Design

Skull Star and Cat Nails

Skull Star and Cat Nail Art Design Gallery
New nails, originally uploaded by hvyilnr.

Skull Star and Cat Nail Art Design Gallery

Orchid inspired Flower Nail Design

Orchid nail art flower design
orchid inspired, originally uploaded by Cor@zon.

Orchid nail art flower design

Peppermint nails design

Christmas peppermint nail design
peppermint nails, originally uploaded by celenajustine.

Christmas peppermint nail design

Easter Freehand Painted Nails Design

Easter Nails design handpainted
Easter nails, originally uploaded by celenajustine.

Easter Nails design handpainted

Candy Corn nails Design

Candy corn yellow nail art design
Candy Corn nails, originally uploaded by celenajustine.

Candy corn yellow nail art design

Hand Painted Manicure at Rose's Nails Art Design

Painted nails manicure flower design nail art

Jun 25, 2009

Silver Fantasy

This si another gradient that i made using zoya Kotori. It come up not that visible on the pictures, but in fact the gradient from dark dark blue to the lighter shade and glitter is in fact very noticeable, and even my friend asked me how i made this effect. The darker base is Zoya indigo, and then i put the layer of Zoya kotori starting from about 1/2 of the nail. Again, the koni on the top, helps to smooth the gradient.
More manicures are coming up this weekend, so stay tuned, for the review of the Zoya french manicure :)



Jun 24, 2009

Dream Cancun - Vacation Eddition

Oh my goodness, i want to go on vacation so bad, that i even draw it on my nail, to make me feel more like vacations. Does many of you are planning on beach vacation this summer?
I still don't know if something will work out for us, we kind of looking, but did not even decided anything seriously. All i can dream about right now is to be under the palm tree on the sandy beach :)
My husby is from Florida, so he does not really understand why i am so crazy about big water and palms. I am originally from a cold region of Russia, and the closest big water is 5 hours fly - and still it only will be arctic ocean. So palms for me is something really really cool. Haven' t seen it a lot in my life.



Nail Art 4th of July

Nail art and nail polish for 4th July Celebration
4th of July Nails, originally uploaded by Mazey Rider.

Nail art and nail polish for 4th July nail art design

Jun 23, 2009

San-Fran-Nails

Funky nail art on the mirror image base . This mani reminds me hippy , summer , and joy. Unfortunately i have incredibly bad mood today, after visiting a dentist, so i just wonder how could i come up with something that cute and happy on my nails? I guess "poet needs to struggle" ( i don't even know if where is a saying like this in English language) .
Anyway , i think that mirror image is so much fun, and i totally love it. I wish i can buy some more, because i am scared to run out of it.
My dream polish #1 right now, is any matte, i d kill for one of those. But can't really get any right now, unfortunately.