Leaf Motif Nail Art using Nail Vinyls

I am on a vinyl practicing spree.

Base: ChG For Audrey; Accent Maybelline Bold Gold

Stamping: Maybelline bold gold

Stamping plate: BP L-003

Accents: Almaz Vinyls from twinkledT and metallic stickers on the ring

Topped with HKgirl

Gonna try and practice nail art using more vinyls and my loads of untried plates and polishes!

C ya soon!

Pastel Gradient

Just a simple gradient in pastel shades.

Base: China Glaze White out

Gradient: China Glaze For Audrey, PP Chillax and ChG Secret Periwinkle

Topper with China Glaze Fairy Dust

Sweater Nails

These are sweater nails I did sometime in late December. Now even looking at these makes me sweat. The heating is rising up in Mumbai! Yet I think these colors are a cute summer combo I'd like to use again.

Base: China Glaze For Audrey

Accent: Maybelline Orange Fix

Stamping Plate: Moyou Festive plate 06

Stamping Polish: Konad blue

Leopard Print Nail Art

 There was a time when I used to not like animal print and now I keep stopping at every place I see one. I even got a couple of tops in leopard print :D

So naturally a leopard print mani was calling me 

Base: Viviana's Outrageous Sky

Its a nice bright blue in creme finish, dried very quick unlike the Viviana's yellow.

Slightly streaky but goes completely opaque in 2 coats. I really loved this polish.

If you are looking for a bit o' splash of colour check this polish.

Added the light blue dots with a dotting tool using China Glaze's For Audrey

Then I added Black dots around it randomly using Colorama's Black.

For the accent finger I added pink dots and glitter on it using Sally Hansen's Strobe Light

Do you like animal prints?

Blue Sponging Nail Art

Hello Fellos!

Today's post is one of the firstest things I had learnt when I started to learn about nail art.

Sponging. The other day when a friend on twitter asked for suggestion for a nice mani but something that didnt take much time. I suggested this to her. I find sponging manis have a greater stare/hard work ratio than other techniques like water marbling or free hand drawing.

So that is my cheat code! Shhhh!

Here it goes:

Base colours:

Colorbar Exclusive 37 White

China Glaze: For Audrey

OPI: Dating a Royal

Stamping colour: Konad White

Stamping Plate: M51

Have you tried sponging yet?

My take on Nails @ NYFW Fall collection 2012

With all the fashion weeks happening all around, it's hard not to get drawn to them.

Below are a few pics of the Nail Trends at New York Fall 2012 Fashion week runway.

 Image source for all these images from NYFW: Here

I like these half moon manis in smoky colours

But the one below is something that I just fell in love with..its simple yet soo chic!

And here is my take on it..I wanted something a bit bright as summer is almost here in India

Base: Streetwear Nude

Freehand Cuban tips with striping Brush: China Glaze: For Audrey and OPI Dating a Royal

 

I tried but couldnt stop staring at my hands after I did this.

Nude polish makes your hands look longer, your fingers seem slender and the colourful tips give it a classy edge. It is also very appropriate for work wear.

Are you gonna try this?

Zig Zag Audrey

Hello Fellows, (just wanted to rhyme that :p)

This is my first China Glaze nail polish ever.

I got mine from an upcoming online store Spastore.in. Though it isnt operational yet, the founder said he'd get them for me since I was such a big nail buff. I ordered 5 of them from him straight away :D

This post is about: "For Audrey". It is a muted bright blue..more like sky blue or pastel blue. Very pretty.

The swatch doesnt do justice as I was trying to capture the pic at night time.

It a nice smooth creme finish with gloss. Drying time is decent. It is opaque in one coat, but very slightly streaky. I used 2 coats in the pics below to smoothen it out. I have a feeling it will work well as a stamping colour. Have you tried to stamp with it?

For the nail art below:

Base: CG For Audrey

Stamping: Sally Hansen insta-dri Pronto Purple

Image plate: S6

Hope you liked it. I will announce my giveaway winners this Saturday. Thank you all for your patience. I am almost done sorting the entries.