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Office Supplies Nail Art Three Designs You Can Do At Your Desk. Ernest Hemingway once wrote, “When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest.”

Office Supplies Nail Art Three Designs You Can Do At Your Desk

Clearly, Mr. Hemingway never suffered through a it's-finally-warm-again sunburn. SPF is an absolute must in my routine all year long. But now that the weather is nicer and I’m spending more time outside, I have to be extra vigilant about protecting my complexion. Hybrid Manicure. I’ve been seeing lots of outrageous nail art lately on pinterest.

Hybrid Manicure

One hot new product that’s really caught my eye is adhesive nail polish strips. I love the funky designs and bold colors with these products, but they’re usually a little spendy for me. Galaxy Nails. Nails. Clouds. My Style ......My kind of Art / cute. - StumbleUpon. » Seriously HAUTE Nail Art! Seriously HAUTE Nail Art!

» Seriously HAUTE Nail Art!

Sun, 4 Mar 2012 HAUTE LOOKS | NAILSBy Huda Heidi Kattan. Create Ombre Nails With Just One Polish. After progressing from hair to fashion, the ombré trend has made its way to your manicure.

Create Ombre Nails With Just One Polish

The look is simple to recreate at home, and you don’t even have to track down five sequential shades. The secret: you only need color. To get a gorgeous gradient, just pick a single pretty hue and then create your own lighter and darker shades using white or black polishes. Here’s how to get the effect: Step 1 Select your base polish. Step 2. White/pink hearts. Ombre stain. Nail insiration ♥ 350 272 991 510 746 2076 173 926 70 63 210 591 245 769 236 262 1513 623 598 177 1348 830 1208 893 629 527 514 241 71 168 527 541 334 2019 1714 36 185 56 286 100 45 80 54 94 50 52 202 83 214 401 786 35 175 155 596 363 241 45 188 74 1164 178 25 268 1513 481 762 789 606 91 79 1204 920.

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Water Marble. Water Marble Tutorial.

Water Marble

Supplies: orange stick or toothpick, shot glass or cup (the smaller the circumference, the less polish you end up wasting), room temp. water, nail polish, tape (optional, but it helps with the clean up) I like to begin by prepping my nails with base coat and one coat of polish. 12 Amazing DIY Nail Art Designs Using Scotch Tape. Cheetah Printed Nails. Photos + post by Kristin Ess Cheetah print nails have been around for some time now but we’ve never actually done a tutorial on them.

Cheetah Printed Nails

We got a lot of requests after last week’s Mani Monday heart tutorial, so we’re going for it! TOOLS: 2 toothpicks, black nail polish (American Apparel “Hassid”), gold nail polish (American Apparel “Gold Flash”), clear coat. PREP: Use any color your want on the base of your nails. Make sure they’re fully dry before starting on these spots. Take your toothpick and tap it on the table or counter a few times to flatten out the tip.

Nail strips are great in cheetah print as well, but so often the stores run out of that pattern. Tags: black, cheetah, DIY, gold, how to, kristin ess, leopard, mani, mani monday, manicure, monday, nail dotting, nails, pattern, print, the beauty department, thebeautydepartment.com, toothpick. 10 Nail Tutorials Even a Newbie Could Do. By Jaime Morrison Curtis | Give your nails a little lovin’ with simple tutorials that take no time at all.

10 Nail Tutorials Even a Newbie Could Do

Have you seen the new galaxy nail trend? How to draw hearts. Photos and post by Kristin Ess So Valentine’s Day has come and gone… but it’s never too late to learn how to do this!

How to draw hearts

Heart dreamcatcher. Nail Art Alert: How to Get a Real Feather Manicure at Home (So Pretty!): Girls in the Beauty Department. I bought these feathers a few weeks ago and I knew they'd make a gorgeous mani.

Nail Art Alert: How to Get a Real Feather Manicure at Home (So Pretty!): Girls in the Beauty Department

Here's how to recreate the look. It'll cost you waaaay less than what you'd pay in the salon! You will need: A base color. Faded Floral Manicure. Photos + post design by Kristin Ess. Mint arrow. Fade to Black Manicure. Like this: Like Loading... Create your own Nail Polish. Here it is, finally! The Pigment Tutorial! For our purposes, pigment is a dry coloring material that can change the color or texture or a nail polish. Some pigment is loose, and some is pressed (think loose eyeshadow vs. the kind in the compact.)

Feather Manicure. Owl Nail Art Tutorial. For this design, you will need several colors of polish, I used OPI San-Tan-Tonio, Color Club Almost Famous, Color Club Twiggie, Sally Hanson Lacey Lilac and a Black and white. YOu will also need dotting tools, or your prefered method of making dots. I used a small detail brush for some elements, but you could also just use the dotting tools or a toothpick. I started with a base coat of San Tan Tonio, this color is prefection and a must have, in my opinion! I then used a large dotting tool to add two large circles connecting in the middle, this will make the mask for the owl, I used the same color and a detail brush to add the wings.

Next I added in white with the large dotting tool. The Usinga smaller tool, I added in the black to finish up the eyes I used yellow to add the little feet and a beak. Cheetah Printed Nails. Pink Batman Nails. Faded Floral Manicure. FAIRY MARBLE NAILS. Robin/Tim Drake Nails. Nightwing Nails.

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HandScrub. We get a lot of emails asking how to use brushes correctly so I hope this helps you out a little! A brow brush is designed to be stiff and angled for a reason. And we use the slanted edge to shade and the tip of the edge to outline. Put those components together and a brow brush is quite frankly a thing of perfection! Here’s how to use it properly: READ MORE… Last week we explored four different ways to wear Spring’s biggest Cobalt blue trend. This method has been around for centuries! A nod to the Uptown Girl, this look is very put together and polished.

Highlighting Pencil — Try Too Faced Instant Attitude Highlighting Pencil.Taupe Pencil — I used Le Metier de Beaute Pencil in Champagne. Note: This is a really light nude lip so to keep it as chic as possible, add a hint of blush to the cheek so you don’t get washed out. 27 Nail Hacks For The Perfect DIY Manicure. Comic Book Nails.