New Nail Art and a Tutorial Video!

I have a few new nail styles to show you guys that I think are pretty great! πŸ™‚

And I put a video together on the black roses I drew on the Flip Flop Fantasy mani. These roses are so easy if you have the right tool, which looks like this

I love these pens for drawing free hand nail art!

I picked mine up at CosmoProf Beauty Supply but you can find them on Amazon as well.

Here’s the video for the tutorial and a pic to go along with it. …

Las Vegas New Year’s “I want to go on a tropical vacation” Nails PLUS my third YouTube Video!

We are going to Las Vegas soon so I couldn’t wait to get my Christmas tree down off my nails (check them out here) and put some FUN nails on that would be inspiring for a New Year and make me think of a white sandy beach and turquoise blue waters! I keep seeing pictures on Instagram of a few lucky souls who are going to Hawaii, the Caribbean, or even my dream vacation The Maldives like Aaron and Lauren Paul did for Christmas. They seem like such a cute …

Festive and Merry Nails!

I’ve had a fairly busy week and created some cute stuff! A major accomplishment being I did my own nails! I sculpted out a super short tip with hard gel which I was dreading but turned out not being too horrible πŸ™‚

Anyway…here’s a few new photos for you!

And here’s a before and after of my new hands :)))

And the finished product!

All the colors and nailart are done with gelpolish. I used Axxium by OPI to sculpt my new set. I really like OPI hard gels but there are a few …

Vacation nails for me and #vacationnails from Instagram!

Avila Lighthouse Suites–the perfect California Beach Resort

It’s that time of the year again! Time for me and my hubby and Westin to go on vacation! I am super, duper excited! We are going to California’s Central Coast…Santa Maria for 3 nights and Avila Beach for 3 nights. My brother-in-law is from Santa Maria and he and my SIL are staying at his folks house the entire time, but my husband and I thought it would be fun to get a room right on the coast for a few nights. Three …

Black, white, and gold wedding nails with tuxedo and wedding dress nail art and diamonds and pearls…what more could a bride want!

My beautiful client and friend Jenna is getting married this weekend! I am so excited for her and her fiancΓ© Nick! They are the cutest couple and Jenna is going to be the most beautiful bride! They are heading to Las Vegas and Mexico after their nuptials for an amazing honeymoon too…sooo jealous :)))

I did a hard gel overlay on all her nails to make them extra strong and durable for the wedding week and then did all the nail art with gel polish. Alpine Snow by OPI for …

Brisa Lite Smoothing Gel—I bought it and can’t wait to try it!

I can’t wait to try my new Brisa Lite Smoothing Gel! I was supposed to do my sister Mandy’s nails tonight but she passed up her chance for hot yoga….what gives???? πŸ™‚

I’m really excited about the Brisa Lite system and am really crossing my fingers that it’ll perform as described. It claims that your gel polish will hold up for three weeks with the the new system. And the removal is supposed to be fairly easy.

So for professionals—you will use the new Brisa Lite base coat, cure, then the smoothing …

More Valentine’s Day Nail Art!

missconde from Instagram Anti-Gravity Nails

I love doing nails in February! I think Pink is probably my favorite color of nail polish and I have been using a lot of pink lately! Plus, it’s just nice always creating nails about love! πŸ™‚ I have seen some hilarious Valentine’s Day nails on Instagram that have a little bit different take on love, as you can see below….the anti Valentine’s Day nails. The nail artist’s username on Instagram is missconde and she does amazing work. These nails were actually inspired by another …

Busy day yesterday doing what I love to do!

I worked hard yesterday! And had fun doing it! It’s always a good day when I don’t get behind more than ten minutes….it turned out to be a great day! It didn’t hurt to look out the window and see a beautiful sun shiney day either! I am soooooo ready for spring!

Here are a few pics from my day….
These are sculpted gel with a hot pink gel polish layered with a sparkly red. I hand painted the hearts with acrylic paints….

These are sculpted gel with red and black gel polish …

My own nails

Here’s a pic of my own nails. I used gel polish and layered OPI Funny Bunny with Pedal Faster Suzi. I cured both color coats and then dipped my nail bed in a light pink glitter mixture and applied two top coats to smooth out the glitter. When you do glitter with gel polish it will be gritty on your fingertips but after you’ve washed your hair once the grittiness goes away. Don’t try to file the ends to smooth them out or else the gel polish wont last as …