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The cutest summer neon nails! Plus my first time using OPI Gelcolor Matte Topcoat!

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20 May

Gelish Neon’s All About The Glow

Make You Blink Pink, I’m Brighter Than You, Sometimes a Girls Gotta Glow

Funky hippie nails for Tennille!

Summer Nails with I’m Brighter Than You, Chevron, and Feathers

The new Gelish Neon Collection is PERFECT for summer! I was skeptical when I saw they were releasing another neon collection because they did the Rio Collection about two years ago and I didn’t think there was a need for more neon colors. However, there was! These neons are more like China Glazes neon …

Alpine Snow By OPI GelColor French Ombre

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These beautiful nails belong to my beautiful friend Dena who just got home from Hawaii :-))) lucky girl!

We use gel push on her and she usually gets at least four weeks wear time–she has THE best nails EVER!

I applied a base coat, cured it, then painted a generous amount of Alpine Snow on all five finger tips. I then sponged off around the nail bed with a makeup sponge and cured two minutes. I repeated another coat of alpine snow, cured, and then sponged in a generous coat …

Funky Vintage Nail Art—Gelish and Gelcolor

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15 Mar

Funky Vintage Nail Art using soak off gel polish

Studs, glitter, stripes, dots, flowers, leopard=fun!

Tutorial-Funky Vintage Nail Art

These nails turned out super fun! We started with a Brisa Lite base coat and smoothing gel application followed by three color coats of Gelish Seafoam, Gelish Princess Tiara, and Gelish Candyland Yellow with Opi Alpine Snow on the ring and thumbs. The pinky and pointer finger have a coat of Gelish Champagne as well to add a vintage flair. I hand painted all the designs starting with the flowers. …

Busy day yesterday doing what I love to do!

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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

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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 …