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An essential oil is a concentrated, hydrophobic liquid containing volatile aroma compounds from plants. They are also known as volatile or ethereal oils, or simply as the "oil of" the plant material from which they were extracted. So what does that mean to you for your natural homemade beauty recipes? Basically take the best benefits and attributes from plants, concentrate them and put them in a little bottle for you to add to your natural recipes. Check out Using EOs in your nail care recipes to understand amounts, cautions and mixing methods when making homemade nail recipes. When using Essential oils, a little truly goes along way!
I got a note last week after posting the Bettle Burnout Nails asking what I meant by corpse nails. Since I woke up a little early today (and was confident my doctor’s office staff had a good sense of humor) I decided to do a quick tutorial on how to sponge in this zombie-like manicure. Same deal with the beetle nails, this is all about the light sponging and layering. I started with a base of Essie Great Expectations in 3 coats (for a color like this, I don’t mind the extra work, and because it’s on the sheer side it’s a good match for this design) then used ZOYA Charity to sponge around the tips. Couple of things to note here: first, you see those spots near the tip where there’s basically no Charity? That’s because I had too much polish on my sponge and was picking up polish that I’d already put down. http://www.nailnerd.com/how-to-do-corpse-nails/

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DIY Drippy Nails

We were immediately inspired the moment we saw bare nails with blood-like, drippy polish accompany Prabal Gurung ‘s spring collection at New York Fashion Week. Halloween is one of our favorite holidays and thus, the timing couldn’t have been better to recreate this deliciously daring DIY for our phalanges. Though a more vampy, burgundy color went down the runway, I went for more vibrant red . . . but the best part about this tutorial is that you can make it your own with just about any color, for any season! You’ll need: Dip the toothpick into the nail polish bottle so that the tip collects a round bead of polish. http://honestlywtf.com/diy/diy-drippy-nails/
As a child (and, I'll admit it, full grown adult), my favourite princess was Ariel from The Little Mermaid. I love the idea of a beautiful sea siren with her flowing locks and beautiful jewel tone fish scales. Now that it's summer and I'm all about hitting the beach, I've been inspired by my favourite princess to bring you a mani fit for a mermaid! We first came across the fish scale technique on this blog and we loved the idea of easily creating it by just using your handy dandy dotting tool. It's definitely a good idea to play around with the colours on this mani too. We thought it was only appropriate to use aquas, teals and blues for an underwater theme.

Nail Art Tutorial: The Mermaid Manicure

http://www.chickadvisor.com/article/nail-art-tutorial-the-mermaid-manicure/
I've been wanting to try out paint splattered nails for ages now, however it seems like alot of hard work and also kind of messy! So me being supposedly 'savvy' and all I came up with a probably just as messy idea...but slightly more fun and prettier. Also it looks alot more delicate than having a paint splattered effect and alot less nail arty and more wearable. Now like I say... it is kind of messy so you will need at least one face wipe/baby wipe and something to do it on like the back of a magazine.

Dazzle Dust Nail Tutorial

http://www.makeupsavvy.co.uk/2010/11/dazzle-dust-nail-tutorial.html

This is messy, but it looks awesome and it's easy! ^-^ by mightyhedgehog Apr 3

CLOUD Nail Art

Did this on my toes and it came out super cute! A light touch is key. by mightyhedgehog Apr 3

1930s Style Manicure

I had trouble getting the crisp lines and making the polish even out. by mightyhedgehog Apr 3

Emma Watson Elle UK Nail Design

This is seriously one of my favorite designs that I've come across. I've tried to do it multiple times but it just never came out quite right. It takes some practice! by mightyhedgehog Apr 3

Water Marble Nail Art

This is fun but only do it if you have time. Rushing this will make it look terrible. I also thought the design looked a bit too busy on my nails. by mightyhedgehog Apr 3

Watercolor Nails Tutorial - Nail Art 101

This watercolor nails technique is really cool, but it takes a bit of practice. It creates a really soft look, kind of the opposite of water marbling! This was my first try and it was a bit of a mess, I'm going to try it again, for sure! In this tutorial I used Beauty UK in White, O.P.I in La Paz-itively Hot, NYC in Spring Street, Barry M in Spring Green, Nina Ultra Pro in Blue Blaze, and Seche Vite top coat. If you're here from Stumbleupon...welcome! http://www.nail-art-101.com/watercolor_nails.html

It takes some playing around but since the design is random, even "mess ups" look fine! by mightyhedgehog Apr 3

Newspaper Nail Art

This works like a charm! It's cute and easy! by mightyhedgehog Apr 3

Easy Galaxy Nail Art

This was not as easy as the title said or as easy as she made it look! But she makes everything look easy. =p It is gorgeous though! by mightyhedgehog Apr 3

Matte Young Punk Well, I’ve bought yet another eyeshadow that I’ll probably never use..but this one is glittertastic. It’s MAC Young Punk, a purple Mineralized shadow. It’s basically purple microglitter in a very fine black base. When I wear it, it looks like I got beat up. Somehow it looked better on the model.

Matte Young Punk « Nevertoomuchglitter’s Weblog

http://nevertoomuchglitter.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/matte-young-punk/

After seeing this I ran right out and bought a matte finish polish. I mattify everything now. =p by mightyhedgehog Apr 3

Hi, Today I'll show you a very useful tutorial for those really annoying situations when you have ten beautiful long nails and one of them breaks.

Konad Addict: How to fix a broken nail

http://konadnails.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-to-fix-broken-nail.html

This works, sort of. Maybe the tea bag I used was a bit too thick? I guess I gotta find thinner tea bags, it was obvious I had something on my nail even after a few coats of color AND THEN top coats. =/ by mightyhedgehog Apr 3

Nail Tutorial: Cute Cupcakes

I had a lot of fun doing this but a dotting tool works way better than a toothpick! Either that, or I'm just dumb. Don't spend money on a dotting tool either, just stick a sewing pin into a pencil eraser and it works just the same. And you can even disassemble your "dotting tool" and use the pin and the eraser again! Win/win/win! by mightyhedgehog Apr 3