2 Types of New Year Nail Art for 2014

Hello dear readers!

Today I'm showing you 2 different types of new year nail art.
On the last 2 years, I usually do one nail art based on the Chinese New Yr and its zodiac. I did the yr of the dragon in 2012 and the yr of the snake in 2013. This time, I wanted to mix things a little bit by doing my usual Chinese zodiac-inspired nail art and and another one that represents new year generally.

More details below...

First, I'll show you the year of the horse nail art...

This is by far my favorite theme for new year. I like how you can incorporate the animal in the manicure; this gives endless possibilities for creativity

For this manicure I used Maybelline Colorshow in Sandstorm as the base. I topped it with a 24k gold flake topcoat by Ninja Polish. I painted the numbers and the horse head using Oumaxi acrylic paints. I added flower nail stickers for extra decoration. 

For the thumb, I painted a red square and stamped the Chinese Fú character that means "Happiness" or "good fortune" using QA21 stamp plate. 

 Now, on my 2nd new year nail art I wanted to capture the overall mood of celebration seen worldwide like the fireworks and people getting together to welcome a new year. 

For this nail art I used Revlon Top Speed in Black Star as the base. I stamped fireworks, people, 2014 numbers using designs from HD-E stamping plate.

That's it for my 2014 nail art...

♥♥Thank you to all of you who take their time to leave a comment on each of my posts. If you just prefer to come and read my posts, I thank you as well. You have made a very pleasant 2013 for me♥♥

Now, let's welcome 2014 with new hopes and inspiration!

I wish all of you a very happy new year. I hope 2014 is filled with happiness and prosperity  for all of us ;)

Happy New Year!

¡Feliz año nuevo!

明けましておめでとう!

Challenge: Stamping Over a Nude Base

Hello dear readers!

Last Sunday's challenge on FB group Adventures in Stamping was to do some stamping nail art on a nude base. I find this group very fun because it stimulates my creativity when I have no inspiration.

Well, here's what I came up with:

More details below....

The base color for this nail art was Palm Springs by American Apparel. Then I did some sponging using other lighter and darker nude tones to give more dimension to the background of my design.

For stamping polishes, I used:

-Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Mint Sprint (leaves and foliage)

-Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Presto Pink (Flowers)

-Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Snappy Sorbet (Flowers on thumb)

-Pop Beauty - Thirty Seven Foggy (Light grey foliage)

-Nabi - Black (Feathers)

For designs, I used:

-XL R plate (Bird on thumb, flowers, big feathers)

-XL F plate (Small flowers, leaves on thumb)

-XL M plate (Big flowers and foliage on ring finger)

-QA23 (Vines on thumb and pinkie)

-A49 (Flowers and leaves on  index)

-m77 (Small feathers and flowers on pinkie)

Here's a detailed picture of what I did on my thumbnail using the stamping decal technique

*I will do a tutorial on this next week

 What do you think of this nail art?

Stay tuned for my tutorial on how to do a nail decal using a stamping design next Monday ;)

♥♥Thank you so much for reading♥♥

Romantic Sakura

Hello! I'm finally back!

This time, I'm posting my nail art from the beginning of May. I called it Romantic Sakura because I was inspired by cherry blossoms, a gift of nature so sublime and romantic.

Here is what I did for this nail art:

I started with Orly's Prelude to a Kiss as the base, then stamped the branches from  plate QA21 using Kleancolor Dark Brown. Then, stamped kanji from plate QA7 using Kleancolor Pearl Fuchsia. I used fauxnad S9 to stamp the girl with kimono using Kleancolor Black and and stamped the clouds from QA21 using Konad white stamping polish. After that, I stamped a lacy design below the girl using plate A58 and Kleancolor Pearl Fuchsia as the stamping polish. To finish the look, I added cherry blossoms and butterflies nail stickers. I used Out the Door Fast Dry top coat to add shine and protect my nail art.

Did you like this nail art?

♥Thank you for reading♥

Easter Egg Nail Art

I just wanted to show you my manicure from Easter Sunday.

The main idea was to make my nails look like Easter eggs. I used nail stamp plates QA3 and QA15 for the decorative lines.

What do you think about this nail art?

Lacy Nails + Nail Stamp Trick

Hello girls! Thank you so much for reading my posts, commenting and following. I have 500+ followers! I know most of you have come to know this blog because of my giveaway and that is ok because that's the way I got to know many of my favorite bloggers. I hope that you can get to like my posts :)

Today, I will show you the nail stamping design I did using lace stamps from the QA plate series (QA 13, QA6 and QA 8). My favorite nail art design is lace and that's why I chose to do this mani.... There is some smudging because I brushed on the topcoat a little too much...

A nail stamp trick to avoid cleaning your stamper with acetone after each stamp:

Use a strip of clear packing tape and place the stamper over the sticky side so that the remaining nail polish sticks to the tape. In this case I pull the tape and stick it backwards on the same roll.

Can you see how long my nails have gotten?

By the way, I used Revlon "Gray suede" nail polish for the base and Kleancolor "Black" for the stamp.

Did you already use tape to clean your stamper? What other tricks do you recommend?

I always read your comments and answer questions. Don't be shy and feel free to comment ;)

Bunny Nails 1st Giveaway!

Surprise! Finally, I got everything prepared for my first giveaway, prizes and pictures.

This is my first giveaway as a celebration of having 60+ followers. I'm very grateful to you readers for reading my posts and leaving nice comments. Thanks for being partners in crime in this nail art/polish blogging.

Now, without further ado:

There are going to be 13 winners!

The prizes are:

1 winner: XL nail stamp plates A, B, C & D (same as magnonails)

1 winner: QA series nail stamp set of 19 plates (QA 1- QA 19)

1 winner: A series nail stamp set of 20 plates (A 01- A 20)

2 winners: 7 QA nail stamp plates 1, 2, 3 , 4, 12, 14 & 17 (Cartoon characters)

2 winners: 6 QA nail stamp plates + 2 A series stamp plates (random selection)

6 winners: 1 Kleancolor nail polish in Chunky Holo Black + 6 nail art sticker sheets

(Pictures can be enlarged)

 

(This is a pic of my QA plates so you can see them in detail)

 (detailed pic of Chunky Holo Black)

The Rules:

This giveaway is open internationally until February 17th, 2012 at 11:59pm pacific time

I will use random.org to pick the winners. I will notify the winners by email and they must respond within 48hrs,or else, I will draw other winner. 

To enter:

*Required: You must follow me publicly via GFC (New followers are welcome)
Fill out the Google form below ↓ to enter, no comments are accepted as entries.

If you have any questions regarding this giveaway, you can contact me at: usagui245(at)gmail(dot)com

 *Disclaimer below the entry form.

Good luck!

Giveaway  is over - Thank you for participating! Winners will be announced Monday, February 27th.

*Disclaimer: All the prizes of this giveaway have been provided by me and are brand new. I will provide pictures and proof that prizes have been mailed to their respective winners. I will package the prizes carefully, however, I am not responsible for loss or damage once the packages have been shipped out.