Using metallic pens for nail art ^_^

Sorry I haven't been posting much on here, I've fixed my phone a few days ago and have been tweaking it since then. I'm just sad that my phone contacts can't be retrieved, it's my own fault anyway for not making contacts back up. Anyway.....

...in the intervals of setting up my phone I found that metallic pens can be used for nail art as well ^_^

Like I've said I'm very bad with free hand nail art, so this discovery has given me a small slice of hope in doing free hand designs.

So here's what I started with...

Two coats of Etude House BL501, it's a creme with a slight sheen to it. It's a bit streaky or maybe I just didn't apply it well enough.

I sponged one coat of Caress in Obsession on half of the nail, it's semi sheer with a thin consistency like most of their polishes.

Then I sponged Pulantn nail color in lilac (it doesn't really have a name, the number of polish under the bottle came off :/) on the tips. After it dried I swiped one coat of clear top coat.

So here it is.... I mainly used a copper gold metallic pen then a metallic blue just to see how it'll look like. I really liked how this turned out, I kinda wanted to call it 'Pastel Autumn' ^_^

I've never experience Autumn because we only have sun and rain here in the Philippines  :(

There's a downside to this though, the pens don't really dry up on my nails even if I wait for more than two minutes. On this nail I accidentally smudged it so I just wiped it off, it left a streak/mark on nail so I just drew on top of it again.

I applied top coat the way I apply top coat on stamped nails. Generously and the brush barely touching the nail so as not to smudge the design. I guess waiting for at least 3 minutes prior to applying top coat would suffice and drying it using a fan won't hurt :)

I then applied two coats of Caress in Tangerine Glitter, which is a nice dark orange glitter. I lurve it!!!

Just another pic of the nails with the glitter, this looked so much better in real life.

Like I said my phone is doing better ^_^

Thanks for hanging out here!

My first jelly glitter sandwich ^_^

 

 

I love how this turned out, well maybe I could've used more glitters ^_^

I used three different polishes, first I did one coat of Caress in Diamond Gay which is a sheer pale gray color. After that I placed one coat of My Posh in Blue Glitter, the glitters are quite small but they are pretty. Then I sandwiched it with Diamond Gay again, I wanted a luminescent effect so I placed one coat of Etude House polish in PK015 which is a very sheer pink that has fine shimmers of goldish pink.

Of course this mani would not be complete without some stamping action, I used BM11 and a pink stamping polish to make it look more sweet. :)

Gray and pink always look good together IMO.

I think I'll be doing more jelly glitter sandwich manis from now on, I do have some more sheer polishes I just hope that it would turn out as good as this one. ^_^

Pretty in Pink .... & Brown

I'm still not sure how to go about this blog, I'm thinking that I'll be doing reviews of my old photos of nail designs and maybe alternate it with some more current stuff. So here it goes....

On this picture I used Konad M14 stamping plate, it's one of my favorite plates because of the cupcakes, diamond and the 'sparkles'. I bought a fauxnad plate that had the cupcake prior to getting the Konad one but the outcome was so bad only the top part of the cupcake came out. The base polish I used was Klik's Touch of Tan and on top of it I used Etude House Lucidarling which is a very shimmery goldish pink (it doesn't have a name on the bottle, sorry). Stamping polish I used was Miss Beauty which is a dark brown with gold shimmers and it doesn't have a name as well, as you can see it wasn't that opaque but I still like how it turned out. The teal color on my middle finger is a Fab stamping polish that I got for free.

I really like this look, very girly and kawaii. If you want something that pops but would still look elegant this color combo is great! ^_^