Stamping Saturday: Postcard Silhouette

Hi!
The idea for this design came from a manicure I was wearing a few days ago.
It was a tropical ombre manicure and I though that a palm tree would look nice with it.
After I applied my topcoat I thought the nail looked a lot like a postcard you would send to your friend when you are on vacation.

What I used:

Colors: Ciaté Big Yellow Taxi, Models Own Beach Party, Kiko 283, Konad Black Pearl.

Other Products: Stamping Products, Konad M29, Sponge.

Topcoat: Seche Vite.

1.Apply your base coat.
If your colors are sheer, you would want to apply a white polish before you move on to the next step.

2.Apply the colors in the orders that you want your ombre to be.

So I applied the yellow to the upper third of the nail, orange under that and finished with my pink color on the part closest to the cuticle.

3.Paint the polishes on the sponge in the same order that you polished your nail and dab the sponge over the nail to blend the colors.

4.Stamp your image onto the nail.

5.Apply your topcoat.

I hope you liked it.
Please comment.

XoXo

-ScissorNails

Sunset Tribal

Hi!

So I don't do a lot of one stroke flowers anymore but I paint a ton of tribal patterns.

I don't know why I get so obsessed with certain manicures, it just happens.

Here is another variation that I got from weheartit.com.

That day I just wanted to use yellows and oranges so I replaced the blue/green theme with yellow and orange polishes.

What I used:

Base Coat: China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat.

Colors: Paris Memories 234, China Glaze Style Wars, Ciaté Big Yellow Taxi, La Femme Gold Glitter, Black Acrylic.

Other Products: Sponge.

Topcoat: Seche Vite.

1.Apply your base coat and white polish.

2.Apply your yellow and orange to the sponges and dab the sponge on the nail to blend the colors onto nail.

Simply apply the polish underneath each other on the sponge making sure that the colors are connected to the other color.

If you are working with sheer colors you are better of by apply a coat of polish to the nails first.

So I painted the top half of the nails yellow and the bottom orange after my white had dried.

3.Make the tribal pattern with your black acrylic paint.

You could also use a black polish.

4.Apply your topcoat.

The camera I normally use broke and my old camera isn't my friend either so I have to use my iPhone to take pictures with.

The next few posts will probably be with pictures taken with my iPhone.

I hope to have my camera back soon so I can take better pictures.

The picture below is a picture that I took with my iPhone.

I hope you liked it.

Please comment.

XoXo

-ScissorNails

Swatch: China Glaze Deviantly Darling

Hi!

I have no idea how long these pictures have been on my camera or when I wore this polish.
I also thought I already had a swatch post on this polish but apparently I didn't do one for this polish yet.
So here is the swatch post for Deviantly Darling.

Deviantly Darling is like a peacock in a bottle.

It has that peacock teal tone but depending on how the light hits it looks more like a green rather than a blueish teal.

It is a nice polish, not streaky or sheer.

However if you are looking for a duo chrome polish you might want to skip this polish, the color shifting isn't obvious.

It has a metallic finish.

I used 2 coats.

I hope you liked it.

Please comment.

XoXo

-ScissorNails

Stamping Saturday: Rasta Ruffian

Hi!
M19 has to be my least favorite image plate by Konad.

I never understood why someone would stamp on a french manicure when painting one with tape and polish is easier and quicker.
After a lot of think I found out that these stamps could be used to create a ruffian nail art.

Also known as a reversed half moon manicure.

I do recommend you to use the large french manicure image, not one of the smaller ones.
If your image is shorted than your nail bed you have to stamp again to make sure that the line meets the other side of the nail but the largest image will do that with one stamp so you will have a nice sharp line.

What I used:
Colors: Ciaté Big Yellow Taxi, Essie Mojito Madness, Herome Toxic Apple, Konad Black Pearl, Paris Memories 236, Seche Vite.

Other Products: Stamping Products, Konad M19.

Topcoat: Gosh Matt Effect Topcoat.

1.Apply your base coat.

2.Apply your base color.
I chose for a rasta theme so I painted 1/3 red, 1/3 yellow and the last 1/3 green.

3.If you chose to use multiple colors as your base you want to apply a layer of topcoat to smooth out the surface.

I used Seche Vite.

4.Stamp on the image.
You want to stamp it in a way that the curve that would be on the end of the nail is now point toward your cuticle, following the curve of your cuticle.

5.Paint the bottom part of the nail the same color as you stamping polish.
Don't use the stamping polish though! It won't dry, use a normal nail polish in the same shade.

6.Apply your topcoat.

I used a matt topcoat on the black part but you can always just use your normal topcoat all over the nail.

I hope you liked it.
Please comment.

XoXo

-ScissorNails

Easy Tribal

Hi!

It's not a secret that I love tribal prints.

I have done multiple variations on a tribal print manicure.

But a lot of the time they are detailed and aren't quick manicures at all.

This variation however is a easier version of a tribal manicure.

What I used:

Base Coat: China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat.

Colors: Kiko 283, Paris Memories 234, Black acrylic paint.

Topcoat: Seche Vite.

1.Apply your base coat and white polish.

2.Make 2 thick pink stripes across the nail leaving a small space in between them.

3.Make thin black stripes next to both pink stripes and in between the pink stripes.

4.Make vertical lines at the bottom of the nail and triangles at the top.

5.Fill the triangles in.

6.Apply your topcoat.

I hope you liked it.

Please comment.

XoXo

-ScissorNails