I’ve been seeing Leather effect nail textured nail polishes around for a while, but have only just tried it. The polish I purchased was Nails Inc of London “Noho” leather effect polish. I purchased this at my local drugstore, but you can pick it up at most major beauty supply stores, or online. It’s a little on the pricier side (about $11 in Canada/US) but…
December 2, 2013
Feathers, Feathers, Feathers – Feather Nail Art
Feathers, feathers, feathers. Wear them in hats, on your shoes or even on your dress. Feathers are a wonderful accent to an otherwise plain or boring outfit. Clearly, you don’t want to overdo the feather accent, but as you can see from some of these pictures, feathers can really add the perfect accent (not to mention – a lot of fun!). …
December 1, 2013
Cherry Blossom Nail Art
Today I had to create a some last minute nail art for the Nail Polish Canada Holiday Nail Art Challenge. You can vote for me on that page at the bottom 🙂 It’s a three week contest, with a new theme each week. The first week is due today (leaving it last minute I know, but I just found out about it) and the theme is…
November 29, 2013
No money for Black Friday? Nail Art solves that problem
I have one question for you. Who loves shopping? Black friday is around the corner, with many sales starting today. I’ve received more email newsletters with sales happening, than I know what to do with. But there’s just one little problem…my funds are limited on the amount of shopping I can do right now. Not only that, I know we all love a deal, but…
November 27, 2013
The First Snowfall – Pink Snowflake Nail Art
Today was the first snowfall in Toronto. I woke up early, looked outside and the leaves and trees were lined with a gorgeous carpet of white fluffy snow. For the last few weeks I’ve seen christmas, US thanksgiving and Hanukkah nails around the nail art community and I have to say, I just haven’t been able to face the thought of winter or any of…
Gold Foil and Heart Nail Art Tutorial
Has anyone else fallen back in love with gold over the last few years? I went from loving gold in the 90s to hating it in the 2000s and then for the last few years, have fallen back in love with it. Not only do I love gold again, I love mixing and matching gold and silver (a complete faux pas for me a few…
November 26, 2013
Smiley Faces Mix and Match Nail Art Tutorial
It’s grey and freezing in Toronto and the thought of christmas nails today just wasn’t exciting me. I need some happiness and joy in my life today (don’t we all on Mondays?) so I decided to do a smiley face! I love the look of mix and match nail art and I have a feeling I’m going to start doing them a lot! I had…
November 23, 2013
Hunger Games Catching Fire Nail Art Tutorial
Everywhere I look, it seems the whole world is obsessed with The Hunger Games and is/was gearing up for the Catching Fire release this week (my friend went to the midnight first showing opening night). I designed some Catching Fire nailart to help get in the mood for the film. I wonder if Jennifer Lawrence, aka ‘Katniss’ (who wouldn’t love to be named Katniss?) would…
November 20, 2013
Comic Book Nails – Betty Boom Nail Art
Comic book nails (Boom, Pow, Bang, Zap nails) have been hot in the nail art community for a while now. My favourite design was created by Naomi Misu at Tips Nail Bar in Toronto for the lovely Karen Kwan who blogs about Beauty and Swellness. Check out Naomi’s work on these nails! There are lots of variations to comic book nails that…
November 19, 2013
Glitter Placement Nail Art – Gold Meets Black
I’ve been playing around with glitter placement over the last few weeks, ever since I met the awesome Laura from http://www.polishallthenails.com/ who is the absolute expert when it comes to glitter placement. I have to say, it’s not nearly as time consuming as I thought and simple designs are a lot easier than I thought too! If you’re at all weary…don’t be. It’s fun, easy and…