Fake Nails : Classy Black & White

Hi guys! This time I have a set of fake nails I made for my friend Katrina's birthday. I was kinda sad to let them go, I really like these, haha.

Here they are! Using Sinful Color in Black on Black, and Maybelline Salon Expert in Eternal Snow, I wanted them to be sorta classy looking (so really, no BAM POP kinda colours).

I used a Kiss striper for the black polka dots & black cross hatches. I also used silver rhinestones to make it nicer ^^ The larger ones (so the big circles & the squares) are from Sally's Beauty Supply, and I got them for around $6. Pretty pricey, since there were only 60 rhinestones.The smaller, more used circles are from Ebay! Hooray! I got mine from a seller named Ms.Agent. Prices were extreeeeemely cheap, though we did face some shipping difficulties. I didn't receive it for a month, so I messaged her - she resent it and I got it within a week! Yayface!

What do you think of them?

-Melanie

Fake Nails : Fireworks

I posted these over at my DeviantArt account a day or two ago - but I figured they belonged here as well!

Done with two coats of Icing - Dark Magic (matte), then a coat of China Glaze - Fairy Dust. To top it off, i made fireworks with white & pink polish with my nail pens.

What do you think? It was my first time really using the pens, and as super awesome as they are they tend to... Leak?  Even when not touching it, polish is still coming out of the needle. Very tricky to work with.

I haven't decided what I'm doing with these bad boys yet, for now they're sitting on some foam in my room, haha.

Do you paint fake nails? Do you use them?

-Melanie

Double Sally Hansen.

Back from my vacation! It's been hectic the past couple days - but I got some excellent shots of the polishes I wore! First up is this lilac polish from Sally Hansen's Hard As Nails line, #35 Applause.

Normally I hate the colour lilac. Pastels in general, usually (I like my colours bright and vivid, thanks) - but this colour... I'm really likin' it so far. It's a lilac that kinda goes darker in not-so-great lighting, and pink sometimes.

This is actually a one-coater, but I always put two for good measure. So, including base coat & my new Seche Vite top coat, that's only 4 coats. Cool beans!

 Next is the one I wore on my entire trip to Las Vegas [no chipping, just tip wear - 5 day trip!] on top of my base and under my Seche Vite top coat. It's from Sally Hansen's Salon Manicure line, #340 Black Platinum.

 This polish was a three-coater, and I absolutely fell in love with it! It's not quite black so it doesn't offend my mom, and it's like a gun-metal type dark grey that felt really chic on my nails. It's like instead of vampy black nails, it's a chic metallic look. Love, love, love!

Hopefully this double swatching makes up for the lack of posts during my vacation ~

-Melanie.