Dip dye clown nails

Few days ago I did this dip dye nail design.

Now, this experiment might not have been the most successful one. My nails look like something straight out of a clown show. However, I am going to share with you a small tutorial on how to do this dip dye nail design. Because.... well, why not :D

I started off by painting my nails white with Ciaté snow virgin. This color has become one of my favorite whites. It is really pigmented and only two layers is usually enough.

In order to achieve that dipped slowly fading look you need a sponge. Brush some nail polish on the edge of the sponge. The color I used here was Nyx girls grape fruit which turned out to be entirely wrong color for this design and really hard to work with. It is not really pigmented so I had to put on several layers.

The next thing you have to do is start dabbing your nail with the sponge. Add several layers depending what kind of look you want to achieve. To get the fading effect dab only one or one really light layer on the part were you want your color to fade in. Alternatively, you can add a little bit of the polish on the tip of your nail and dab it with the sponge to fade it out.

I finished my look with Seche Vite top coat.

There you go. Simple, huh? If you're looking for more subtle effect contrast to this circus look, use two similar shades were the other one is for example more of a darker shade and the other one more lighter.

Hah, what do you think?

Wedding nails

It's been a while since my last post. My apologies for that. It has been one crazily busy August. 

As a reconciliation :D I decided to cheer you up my dear readers with an easy wedding nail design. 

Items that I used: Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat, Orly Nail Defense, Viva la Diva mint green shade, Nail Art Paint in white, Ciaté snow virgin and Wild and Crazy Ticklish Toes.

It might be a bit over the top for some people but it's a fun and easy to do design. What do you think?

Easy Caviar Manicure

Few weeks ago I got the Ciaté Caviar Manicure set from Sephora.

I got the white version which is called the mother of pearls.

 

You can also get it in Rainbow and Black Pearls.

The set comes with one nail polish, small nail beads, a small funnel and a plastic case to collect all the beads in. It also comes with a full set of instructions so it is really easy to use.

Something that I really like about Ciaté is the super cute nail polish bottles. Those little bows are just so adorable.

Now here is the result of my Ciaté manicure.

And here is how I did it.

1. Prepare your nails

As a base coat I used Orly's Nail Defense and treated my cuticles with Nail Trek cuticle oil.

2. Apply two coats of the Ciaté nails polish

Now, the instructions only tell you to apply nail polish but to make the manicure last longer I added a top coat as well.

I used the Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat which I think is the best top coat around.

3. Quickly apply the beads before the nail polish dries off

This is where the plastic case comes into use. I mean it can be really messy when adding the beads. Those suckers just like to jump around.

Just place your finger over the plastic case, drizzle the beads on top of your nail and press them gently in. Do not press too much.

When you're done just simply put the nozzle on the nail polish bottle and pour all the fall out beads back to the bottle.

And there you go. Super easy and quick manicure.

Now, the manicure in itself does not last for very long (two or three days), especially if you did not use any top coat to really glue the beads on. But it is super cute, easy and quick manicure.

You can also do your own nail manicure set. Just use any nail polish that you have and mini beads from arts and crafts store. However, bare in mind that the beads are not meant to be used as nail decorations so they might have some toxicants in them which are not necessarily good for you.

What do you think? Have you tried the caviar manicure?

You can get the Ciaté Manicure set from here.

The manicure set pictures are from www.ciate.co.uk.

Coming up, Caviar...

Have you heard about this caviar craziness? No, I don't mean the food but the micro beads for nails. Well hold tight a review on Ciaté's caviar manicure is coming up soon.

Looks so yummy!