Show Off Your Talent - The Nail Art Thread!

[Kayla Shevonne]

^Love the colours together!

And yeah, like I said in my post, the design isn't mine but I have seen it around quite a few blogs and I've also seen video tutorials on youtube. Maybe the author of lacquerized. was the first to do it and if so, credit definitely goes to her. I just didn't know who had started the trend.

Also, here's my current mani, a very simple, classy and girly design:

(Left hand)

(Right hand)

I used:
China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat
GOSH - Silk (base)
China Glaze - Rainbow (on top of base)
Zoya - Nova (pink glitter tip)
L.A. Colors Art Deco - Silver Glitter (line under pink glitter tip and on top of black design)
L.A. Colors Art Deco - Black Sparkle (black design)
Seche Vite Top Coat

Unfortunately, now matter how many pictures I took, my camera wouldn't pick up on the pink opalescent effect of China Glaze - Rainbow.

 

[Daph_]

Haha aww I wasn't pointing a finger or something, sorry if it appeared that way.. it just looked familiar!

You did a lovely job on the design, I wouldn't be able to do it!

Nice mani again! Love Nova, it's an amazing glitter! You reminded me I should wear it more often

(dunno where to squeeze it in tho with all this polish I have)

 

[Kayla Shevonne]

Oh no, I didn't take it that way, I just wanted to clarify that it wasn't my design! No worries.

And I know what you mean, I have so many beautiful polishes and some of them just don't get the used as much as they deserve!

Today's mani is inspired by one of the best shows (imo) on TV right now - Dexter.

I used:
China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat
China Glaze - White On White
Nicole by OPI - Deeply In Love
Seche Vite Top Coat

*The author of The Daily Nail (check it out if you haven't already, it's an awesome nail blog) did a Dexter themed mani not long ago so I'm giving her credit for the design because she did it first. I will admit that I have wanted to do a Dexter themed mani for a while now but since she was the first to do it (and she did it awesomely, I might add), she definitely deserves the credit.

 

[Kayla Shevonne]

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month so today's design is based on that:

I used:
China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat
OPI - La-Pazitively Hot (base colour)
Revlon - Belle (glitter top coat)
OPI - Mod About You (ribbons)
Seche Vite Top Coat

 

[Daph_]

I also did a Pink Ribbon mani, mine's really simple..

I used H&M Love At First Sight as a base and Konad stamping polish in Pink for the ribbon and the pink nail

 

[Flaminbird]

I posted this in NOTD thread so I thought I would share here as well. My art is by far no where's near anyone else awesome talent in this thread so don't laugh

. This is the first time I've tried to do something other then Konad. I can draw really well on paper.....not on my nails especially the right hand. Not sure how all you gals do such a great job on both hands!

I got this idea from Goldiestarling's YT tutorial

 

[bellaboomboom]

Quote:

Originally Posted by equiworks My mother would have a fit if I showed her the PacMan nails!

I LOVE those! Just so damn cute. Could not get away with it at work tho.

 

[Kayla Shevonne]

Daph_: Your ribbon is so much nicer than mine; very precise!

And I LOVE the Frankenstein nails, they're so cute!
I might have to try something like that when I start my Halloween designs!

 

[Daph_]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kayla Shevonne Daph_: Your ribbon is so much nicer than mine; very precise! And I LOVE the Frankenstein nails, they're so cute! I might have to try something like that when I start my Halloween designs!

Are you kidding me? Your ribbons are way prettier!

And the frankenstein nails are AWESOME! I might steal that idea from you (and then credit you afterwards, of course)



I did another marble recently:

And because I like the way my fingers look afterwards, before cleanup:

Haha!
I used Orly Lemonade and Pixy Sticks as my marble colors

 

[Kayla Shevonne]

Your marbles always turn out SO nice! I remember the first (and last) time that I did a marble and I had to redo at least 4 of my nails to get them looking even a little bit presentable!
Great job!

I started my Halloween series today and my first design is Mummies!

The design is mine except for the inclusion of the silly looking eyes. I was originally going to do red eyes to make it more spooky looking but after seeing a mummy video, I much preferred the look of the more silly eyes.

I used:
China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat
A franken of China Glaze - White On White and OPI - I Get A Kick Out Of Gold! (mummy wraps)
L.A. Colors Art Deco - Black
China Glaze - White On White (white of eyes)
China Glaze - Liquid Leather (black of eyes)
Seche Vite Top Coat

 

[Kayla Shevonne]

And here's my second design in my Halloween series!

My inspiration:

My design:

I used (Spiderwebs):
China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat
Zoya - Julianne (base)
L.A. Colors Art Deco - Lavender (webs)
L.A. Colors Art Deco - Silver Glitter (on top of webs)
Seche Vite Top Coat

I used (Spiders):
China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat
China Glaze - Liquid Leather
Nicole by OPI - Nicole...Spotted!

I used (Jack Skellington):
China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat
Color Club - Almost Famous (base)
OPI - The "It" Color (detail on top of base)
L.A. Colors Art Deco - Black (eyes, mouth, nose, suit)
L.A. Colors Art Deco - White (face, neck, suit)
Seche Vite Top Coat

 

[Daph_]

That's awesome! I love how you did the little spiders. Might gonna copy that as well

(damn, my to-do list is exploding)

Really easy dots:

Pinkie: Snowcone with Pixy Stix dots
Ring: Lollipop with Snowcone dots
Middle: Gumdrop with Lollipop dots
Index: Lemonade with Pixy Stix dots

I want to do more nailart but I simply don't have the time

 

[dixie]

Wow, y'all are SO talented! Thanks for sharing all your fabulous designs!!

I only recently have started a nail polish collection and change my polish a couple times a week. I'm doing good just to get the polish neatly on my nails!

 

[dxgirly]

You girls are amazing. Seriously.

 

[Kayla Shevonne]

Love the polka dots! It's simple but the colours are great and the execution is perfect.

I decided to try the Frankenstein nails that were posted above as part of my Halloween series and this is what I came up with:

I used:
China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat
OPI - Who The Shrek Are You? (face)
L.A. Colors Art Deco - Black (hair, nose, mouth, stitches)
China Glaze - White on White (white of eyes)
China Glaze - Liquid Leather (black of eyes)
Seche Vite Top Coat

And my most recent Halloween manicure:

The glitter was an afterthought and I wish I would have thought about it before I started the design of the faces because it took much longer to try and get around the face designs with the glitter then it would have had I just used the glitter on top of the black base. However, when I finished it just seemed like it was missing something so I added the glitter to make it look more like night time and that the jack-o-lanterns are shining through.

I used:
China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat
China Glaze - Liquid Leather (base)
L.A. Colors Art Deco - White (base for face details)
Orly - Crush On You (lighter orange)
OPI - Brights Power (darker orange highlight)
Color Club - Si Vous Please! (glitter top coat over black base)
Seche Vite Top Coat

 

[jjjenko]

i love looking at your nail art! so cute! keep on posting them =]

 

[Modmom]

This is my first attempt ever at nail art. This thread was very inspiring and I had to give it a go! Next time I'll clean up the edges BEFORE I take pictures. LOL

 

[LittleMaryJane]

All of these are sooo awesome... But I LOVELOVELOVE your Frankenstein one, Kayla Shevonne!

 

[Kayla Shevonne]

Thanks everyone!
Also, those ghosts are really cute.

Here is the final design in my Halloween Nail Art Series - Cat Eyes. This one is pretty simple because I was short on time but that means it's also pretty easy to replicate if anyone wants to give it a try.

I used:
China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat
China Glaze - Liquid Leather (base)
L.A. Colors Art Deco - White (base for eyes)
OPI - Who The Shrek Are You? (green of eyes)
Nicole by OPI - Yellow, It's Me Matte (yellow of eyes)
L.A. Colors Art Deco - Black (pupil)
China Glaze - White On White (reflection points)
Seche Vite Top Coat

 

[Flaminbird]

Darn!! All these are great that you gals recently did. I totally forgot to check this thread and now I only have a few days before Halloween to do one of these. Arrrgghhh!! I was on vacation last week and had left over Ick-A-Body on and then left my nails bare after this past weekend. Oh well I guess I can do some of these next year. Kayla you've done such a great job! Thanks for sharing your creativity!

I have a two questions though....is that base coat what helps some of the peeling of the n/p? That Ickabody I used chipped and peeled the the very next day. Also where can I get the Seche Vite top coat without ordering online?