Not exactly sure what to call this mani .. they're not exactly spots nor were they splattered onto my nails. Here is a tutorial on how I achieved this look. Since I did this mani a few months back, I'm not exactly sure what polishes I used, sorry~ I received the silver chains from Born Pretty Store.
A few days later, my mani was still holding up strong so I reused the mani, switched up a few colors, added some studs, and changed my nail shape...
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Looks like I'll have to post using my Instagram photos for a while since I have a lot of manis to catch you up on & the whole computer thing is taking much longer than expected.
This design was inspired by Qui Eyelash Nail. I used OPI's Don't Burst My Bubble as base and Orly's Frisky (turq blue) & Essie's Mesmerized (royal blue) for the gradient. I don't usually use tape for my manis, but I did this time. I made a short tutorial on how I did this mani, you can check it out on my Instagram here.
here's the mani that i've been sporting for the past few days;
2 coats of China Glaze's Channelesque & 2 coats of Forever 21's Love & Beauty Dusty Blue. - - - can you believe i found a bottle of Channelesque?! i was so happy :) too bad its non B3F so it was a total stinker >__<
uhm, the tribal print thing has been going around tumblr for a while so i decided to give it a try. i kinda like it.
here's a realllllllllllly short video tutorial of my gold glitter gradient from a while ago.
i know there's other ways of doing a glitter gradient, but this is the way i do mine :P and i know, the quality sucks. oh well.
im done for now... hope you're having a good one!, <3KATRINA
the week is almost over & i think this is my second time posting this week? yea..its another slow week for me.. =/
anyway, here's my Orly mini-haul from last week; Prince Charming, Royal Navy, & Purple Crush.
heres my haul from yesterday; OPI's Fiercely Fiona, Whats With The Cattitude?, Funkey Dunkey, & Ogre-The-Top Blue.
an unnamed Charlotte Russe polish, China Glaze's Nasty, VII, & Ruby Pumps.
yesterday, i stopped by Sally's to pick up another bottle of cuticle cream & i also picked up VII & Ruby Pumps. i've been contemplating on Ruby Pumps for a loooong while now & i finally decided to grab myself a bottle. after Sallys, i went to the mall where i found a dress for my cousins wedding next weekend & i picked up the unnamed Charlotte Russe polish. on my way to the mall, i saw a new beauty supply store that just recently opened so i called to see if they are opened to the public..and thankfully, they are! so after the mall, i stopped by the store, which is called Skyline Beauty Supply. they had sooooo many display cases for OPI's & one huge case for Essie. then random little cases for Orly & China Glaze. at the counter was OPI's Shrek collection -- the one that i've been wanting to get my hands on since they first came out! sitting next to the Shrek collection was the summer collection of OPI. i asked the lady for the price of OPI's & she said "$5.95" and i almost lost it. i was so excited! $5.95!!!!!!!! then i picked up a bottle of CG's Nasty. CG are $4.95 at Skyline. sadly, after the mall, i only had $30 left =/ so i was only able to pick up 5 bottles of polishes...but trust me. im going back to Skyline soon!! :)
last night, i was able to make my second video tutorial. it was a request from Jakyla on tumblr.
in the video, it shows how i apply my rhinestones -- so for those of you who have been wondering how i put my rhinestones, pearls, or googly eyes on my nails..its in the video.
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last night, i was also able to try out my new unnamed Charlotte Russe polish. here are pictures from an hour ago..
here's 3 coats. 2 coats would've been fine, but i was painting my nails at 1am so i didnt do too well... =P its a dark, charcoal gray polish with silver & iridescent glitter. the polish kind of reminded me of a night sky with stars shining...so i added little stars onto my ring finger for something subtle.
personal opinion: the polish looks prettier in the bottle. look at that glitter in the bottle! its a beauty! i think its a little too dark when its applied.
its been long overdue..sorry! after my first attempt of uploading my video onto youtube, about two or three weeks ago, everything got messed up & i was so frustrated, i havent touched my video until today.
for some reason, youtube would only upload the first 4 minutes & 07 seconds of my entire video..so i had to split the last 1 minute & 10 seconds onto another video . [lame, right!?!?!?!] so i have two parts to this tutorial. sorry its not the best! -quality wise & detail wise! this was my first video tutorial so everything was a bit awkward for me. haha
here goes!;
hope you enjoyed it! if you have any tips for making video tutorials, please share!
yup! thats right! i finally made a video tutorial! i was a little hesitant on making a youtube account for nail stuff...cause youtube is a harsh community with a lot of haters -__- but i sucked it up & made an account:
http://www.youtube.com/user/katrinasnailvlog
yes, its a lame youtube name..similar to my lame blog name...ha. ha. please feel free to subscribe =) oh, by the way, i have a tumblr that i dont use often; i'll try to use it more often too.
anyway!..to the point..a lot of people asked for a tutorial on my rose nails...so here's to all my wonderful readers!
this is my first video tutorial so its a little...awkward at times? in some parts of the video, i was speeding up...i cant paint that fast. haha. and my background song is disabled...sucks!!! =(
please let me know what you think about my video..or if i should stick to picture tutorials?!
F A I L !
my uploaded video got cut off a whole minute short! so i removed the video & im going to try to upload it again tomorrow. this is a win-lose situation: its a lose cause i was so excited to share it with everyone! its a win cause now i can fix my disabled sound! yay! & boo! sorry!
