Haute Couture nails using Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear

Hi all
Today I am showing you my entry for Sally Hansen I heart nail art contest. This months theme is inspiration from the runway. I googles haute couture, and got a lot of hits, mostly bright colors and a lot of sequins. I finally ended up with a dress that had a lot of lines and was different from everything else I was looking at. After I chose my picture I needed to bring out my nail tape ( oh oh !) BUT!!!!!!I'm really proud of this mani !  I have to face it... I'm not very skilled at tape manis and this mani needed crisp lines which my art brush could not accomplish. Fortunately with the mercy of the nail polish gods, my lines came out super clean Yeay!

For this look I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Mellow Yellow, The grey is Zoya Carey and The black is Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Black out. I topped it all off with a coat of Seche vite. For my lines I used nail art tape. I have to say that the best tape I use is the white nail art tape. it doesn't bleed when it is painted over ( my red, blue, pink and green tape bleed :/) . I also waited about 10 minutes for the yellow and grey base coat to dry before adding tape. Hey this is for a competition so you know I had to be patient.

This is my inspiration Armani Prive 2013, I wouldn't mind owning this dress.

I love this mani, like I said in my information for this mani, yellow is a strong color but I think I successfully tones it down.

The art contest will be judged on many categories, photography, Creativity and originality, and use of Sally Hansen products and public vote. So if you would like to vote for me click here , my entry is under my name @Bibian Bard.

Thanks for reading enjoy!

My Valentines Mani Using China Glaze

Hi Guys!
Happy Valentines Day! Today Im going to give lots of hugs to my mom, my lil clients, my brother and of course my lovely Fiance. For me Valentine Day is giving love to everyone. Last year I showed all my love to mom, and bought my now fiance some candy.
Any way this years mani is very different from any I have done. If you look back at my other posts you will notice I have done a lot of pinks and reds, and so on. So for  today I wanted to try something different and cool. With this mani I feel like Frida Kahlo came and gave me inspiration. I love it.

I like the keys I made on my thumb. One is for my mother and the other is for my fiancé. They hold the keys to my heart :) ( today I can be cheesy right!)

All was done with a small art brush and dotting tool. 

Base coat used is China glaze liquid leather.

Happy Valentines Day everyone. Love and respect all who are special to you each and everyday.

 Thank you for reading my blog.  

Have a wonderful day!

Crumpet 31 Day Challenge Day 21 Melt/Merge

Hi I made it before the end of the day YEAH! Today post is melt/merge something I have never done before so I decided to do both. I think merge is gradient or ombre and the idea of something melting on my nails sounds pretty cool. So here it is.

Fo this I used China Glaze : Happy go lucky,OPI Strawberry Margarita, and Zoya Rekha. All these colors where used for the ombre and for the melting paint on the accent nail. The black used is China Glaze Liquid leather.

Its great  feel like my nails are on fire, but melting at the same time!

Enjoy

Pokemon Challenge Grass Pokemon

Hi All
I am super proud of this mani. This is something that took me a while to make ( I was doing laundry and nicked it a couple time and had to start over ) This week for the Pokemon Challenge is Grass type. I chose BELLSPROUT because it is so darn cute and as my first Pokemon, easy to execute.

 Nice profile pic of Bellsprout!

I had a lot of fun doing this. Enoy

Please check out the other ladies!

Crumpet 31 Day Challenge Day 16 Color Opposites

Hi
Today is Day 16 and it is opposites. There are a lot of colors to choose from so instead I decided to chose a color I have never worn as a base color. I chose yellow. Yellow is a very bright and lout color and what better way to tone it down then with its opposite purple. As I have mentioned before my purple stash consists of three polishes. With this mani I decided to use my favorite purple.

As mentioned before I used China Glaze Happy go lucky as my base coat. To tone it down I used China glaze Creative Fantasy, one if not the most beautiful purple jelly polish I have ever seen ( I loved this so much I already have a backup! With a dotting tool I made purple dots and then applied yellow again. On my ring finger I first painted 3 layers of Creative Fantasy, then applied two rows of stripping tape in opposite directions. I then sponged on Happy go lucky as a gradient.

I have never created a mani like this, so bold and bright. I couldn't help looking at my hands all day, it felt very Sci Fi on my nails.

Enjoy!