Dream catchers and Feathers

Hello readers !
 Like i mentioned in my last post, Im very behind and going to play catch up :)
So this particular design, i have seen floating around the internet nd sites and i decided, i had to try it ! It looks so nice and is fairly simple to do.
 It does take a little bit of a steady hand, which i actually dont have :p And it wasnt that hard to do.

 

The colors i used for this nice dsign are...

 

SALLY HANEN - MINT

SALLY HANSEN

STRIPE RITE - BLACK

STRIPE RITE - WHITE

SALLY HANSEN - CARDINAL

SALLY HANSEN - LIGHTNING

SALLY HANSEN

 

Step by step on how i achived this....

 

STEP 1

To start, apply your base coat and then you colors. the mint and purple.

 

STEP 2

On the mint colored fingers, to make the dream catchers. make you half circles with the black stripper. make 3 lines down your nails for the tails.

 

STEP 3

for the webbing of the dream catcher, make 3 little arches, on top of those, put 2, the 3 then 2. Its the simplest way i found.

 

STEP 4

now for details. take your dotting tool, or tooth pick, and apply 3 dots inside the webbing for beads. on the tails, i put 2 on the ends and 3 in the middle.

Dream catches, done !

 

STEP 5

for your fathers, make a slightly curved line on your accent nails with your black stripper. now, make quick little line on your line to make the feather. leave a little at the end.

 

STEP 6

Finishing your feathers, take your white stripper, and make even fewer smaller lines on your black likes. this accents you feather.

Add details, i put 2 dots on the ends of them for beads and 2 little strings.

 

DONE

*********SEE PHOTO TUTORIAL BELOW FOR BETTER INSTRUCTIONS***********

 

 

And thats it !!

first looking at this design it looks so difficult. but really, its not so bad. And it looks great !!!

So please,dont be shy, gimme a comment and let me know what you think.

and tell me how my quick tutorials are.

I know they are not consistant in style, so let me know which way you like most !

 

Thanks for reading again <3

 

-Miss TaraMelissa

Tropical !

Hello again !
I have really fallen behind by a few nail desins. so we're going to be playing catch up !!!

 Lets get right down to it. I did a this mani, i loved it  :) I did a tropical theme. Its been grey and damp here in Nova Scotia, and well, i needed a lttle up lift haha !!

 

I tried a different way of making the ombre on my nails. Its actually the way most tutorials say to do it, by putting the 3 colors on one sponge and sponging it onto the nails a few times. I have done it before, on different manis but didnt like how it turned out.

This is my problem with this mani. I did it that way and it didnt turn out as smooth and nice as i wished.

But not to bad. usually i sponge it on individually...which is very time consuming

 

 

As you can see in this picture, right around the cutical is where i have problems lol.

But overall, seeing it in person, the "messy" part isnt so apparent.which is nice lol

 

So anyways, heres the polishes i used :)

 

SINFUL COLORS - SNOW ME WHITE

SALLY HANSEN - BLACK HEART

SALLY HANSEN BLUE ME AWAY

SALLY HANSEN - SUN KISSED

SALLY HANSEN - LIGHTNING

STRIPE RITE BLACK

 

STEP 1:

Start off with your base coat.

then paint your nails with one coat of white. just so your colors show up better.

 

STEP 2:

**make sure the white is DRY!!!**

Next, take your make-up sponge, and make 3 lines of the colors. Dab it onto the white. You will have to do this 2, maybe 3 times. and then put on a FAST DRYING top coat. this smoothes out the colors and makes it look "blended"

 

STEP 3:

So, once you have your colors and they are dry. to make the dolphins....Take your black striper and on the thumb and ring, make...almost like a black banana. thats the body of the dolphin. next, make a little line under it to make the fin (ust the tip of your striper) do the same to make the fin and tail fins.

its actually simpilar then it looks lol.

 

STEP 4:

after that, to make your palm trees.. also with your striper, make a little "rock" just a line really on the tip of you nail.

Then make a line for the truck of your tree.

put 2 smal dots on the top of the tree, and from them, make the leaves of the tree.

 

DONE !!

Then, put on a fast drying top coat and TADA, u have the tropics on your nails !!

****PHOTO TUTPORIAL BELOW*****

 

 

 

my explaination sounds complicated, but once seeing the photos i hope it strightens out what i was trying to say !!

 

I hope these pictures help you understand what i was trying to say !! Im not very good with wording instruction !

 

Anyways,  really hope you enjoyed this and i hope you will for sure try it !!

Leave me some feedback and tell me what you think <3

Thanks again for reading !!

 

-Miss TaraMelissa