Lightening Nails...

Lightning Nails...

1. Make sure your nails are clean and dry

2. Paint all nails with a good base coat to protect your natural nail

3. Paint all nails with 3 (or more) stripes of color. I used red, yellow and green

4. Wait a bit for the polish to dry

5. In an abstract manner, place pieces of the "striping tape" (see above) over the colored polish

6. One nail at a time, paint a darker color such as Essie Licorice over the entire nail. Remove strips of tape carefully right after you apply the darker color polish to reveal the colors underneath

7. Wait a bit then use a good top coat to protect your design

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Spring is in the air...

Bumble Bee Spring Nails...
So my name is Devorah in Hebrew which means "Bee"... That is where the inspiration for this design comes from...

1. Make sure your nails are clean and dry.

2. Paint nails with a good base coat such as Essie First Base

3. Paint your nails with a sky blue colour. I personally used a mood nail polish here which does two things. It changes colour with temperature and it gives a bit of a gradient effect

4. On one hand paint puffy fun clouds with a dotting tool dipped in white polish. Use a stippling motion to create the clouds. Be random

5. On the other hand you are going to create a bee on the thumb. Make a yellow oval shape for the body. Using a black striper make a few lines on the body of the bee. Using a white striper create the wings and outline in the black. Make a little stinger at the back with the black striper.

6. On all the other nails you will be creating the flight path of the bee by just making dotted lines in a abstract pattern to simulate the bee flying

7. Finish with a good top coat such as Essie Good To Go and you are done!!

Please feel free to leave a comment and ask any questions below!

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Cupcake Nails

1. Gather all the polish and tools you need to complete this fun mani

2. Make sure your nails are clean and dry

3. Using a good base coat to protect your natural nail, paint all your nails 

4. With the base color you have chosen, paint two coats of the polish on all your nails and halfway up your ring fingers (forming the base of the cupcake)

5. In a contrasting color, draw some vertical lines on the cupcake base

6. With a dotting tool dipped in white polish begin to create the icing on the cupcake

7. Allow the polish to dry for a bit then with a tooth pick or small tipped dotting tool, create some sprinkles with a red polish or polish of your choice and with a bigger dotting tool create the cherry on top

8. Allow your design to dry and then finish with a good top coat to seal in and protect your design

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#ShabbatProjectTO #KeepingItTogether nails

The Shabbat Project Inspired Nails

This week is The Shabbat Project...Jews from all over the world will be keeping shabbos together...
We are starting off here in Toronto with an AMAZING Challah Bake #kneadingittogether!
So this weekend was the inspiration for this nail design. On one hand candles, on the other a challah.
Enjoy!

1. Collect all the polishes you will need for this design.

2. Begin by applying a good base coat to clean and dry nails.
3. I started with the design nails and left the solid nails for last.
4. Using some various shades of brown polish, begin making the fishtail design (for our challah)
This is a great tutorial:  Fish Braid Tutorial

5. I then began making my candles on the other ring finger between stripes to allow a bit of drying time.

6. Paint the rest of your nails a neutral colour (I used Essie Marshmallow).
7. Allow to dry for a few minutes and finished with a good top coat!

You're done!!

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The Mismatched "Gilded" Mani

The Mismatched "Gilded" Mani

(for those of you who can't decide what colour to use... use 'em ALL!)

1. Choose the colours you would like to use. You can choose neutrals, brights, complimentary colours, whatever you like...have fun. I choose "Gilded" colours... all metallics and one neutral.

2. Use a good base coat to start.

3. Choose which nails will have which colours and paint two coats of polish on each nail.

4. Finish with a good top coat.

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Summery dots...

This week I have chosen a fresh, fun and simple dotted mani...

1. Start with clean nails. Paint a good base coat on your nails.
2. Chose a colour as a base. I chose an OPI called Pandamanium Pink.
3. With a dotting tool create some dots in a darker shade of purple. Repeat with another purple shade and perhaps a green like I chose. Use both the big and the small ends of the dotting tools for variation.
4. Allow to dry for a bit and then protect your design with a good top coat.


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July 4th Nails...

July 4th Nails...

Since I am American (Canadian too, but always an American!) I did some July 4th Nails for the holiday as well as my birthday trip to NYC!!


1. Paint nails with a good base coat.
2. Paint the first and second nail a red, Paint your middle finger a bright blue, your ring finger white and your pinky silver. Do the same on both hands.
3. Using a glitter polish, coat your index fingers with the glitter polish over the red.
4. Using a dotting tool dipped in white polish create a star-like effect on your middle finger by placing dots over the whole nail.
5. Paint a coat of a silver glitter polish over your white ring fingers.
6. Allow your design to dry for a few minutes and generously coat your design with a good top coat.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!


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