They use acrylic powder. You also need the special solution to melt it to make designs. If you buy all together with the brush and different colour powders,they will cost you quite a large sum. I have those but my skills are horibble

goosh.. !! *__* thankyaa.. gonna dl it. hrrrr ^__^

maaan, if i had that kind of nails, I wouldnt have touched anything, afraid of ruining them T__T

actually they are pretty sturdy and last long im pretty sure
cus its acrylic
i mean, you should still be careful tho =P

WHOA. that is the most amazing thing i have ever seen. (:
nicely done <3

BR1TT4NYy -- You should totally sell your artwork in the selling & trading section !!

edit.
haha, you didn't make these.
woops, my bad

^ hahha
well, if i do start and get good at it..
i would fake nails with acrylic art!!

what brand of nail glue/tape do you use for fake nails? and how long do they generally last?

For mines, the glue came with the fake nails... It lasted 2 weeks and that is pretty long...

here is the website
Broadway Nails

^ does the glue comes off by self or do you have to use some other product to remove the nails?

^ you just peal it off... it doesn't hurt like the ones you get it done at the salon... for mines, it came off by itself too.. like it was one for 2 weeks and so I went and grab something and it came off by itself....

Im about to go to the store to go and buy my some different ones... This brand is really good...

everyone thought I got it done at the nail salon until I told them that I bought it at the store and did it myself... they told me that it look good...

the nail is not cheaply made, becuss some are cheaply made and they are thin, but this brand is that too thick and thin. Its just perfectly made for fake nails glue it yourself.

Has anyone been successful in keeping fake nails on with the double sided tape? I tried it just to see if it'll work; the thumb nail came off before I got to my pinky.

are fake nails bad for your nails?

my friend says that they are and that they'll ruin her nails.. that's why she doesn't wear fake nails and she decorates her own. i wanna wear fake nails though but i'm scared it's going to ruin them >_< anyone know?

^ I think it depends on the type of fake nails you get. If you get the "do it by youself" kit then no, I don't think so, but if you go to a salon to get acrylics done, then yes because they file you real nails down so they can apply the fake ones on. When you want to remove your acrylics, go to the salon and they'll remove them for you for cheap. Removing acrylics by yourself by picking at them and such and flip and tear your real nails that are already thin and sensitive due to the filing.

thanks for the link, ~lin~. i'll go check out walgreens.

No... as you mention it fell off b4 you got to your pinky... double sided tape are cheap and it won't work, its a waste of money... GLUE is the best way round.

i have a survey up for nails in the selling&trading section if anybody's interested

http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=82079

go take a look ^^

I really want those fake nails from Japan like Eriko Nail because they are so pretty XD!! Those from other places aren't as nice..

I have this nail glue that contains cyanoacrylate. Can I use that glue for any type of fake nail?
And what's the best way to get rid of glued fake nails?

Did that yesterday.............

ah this thread inspired me to do my nails nowadays ^^;
ATM i have a simple green french tip design with a layer of glittery stuff(?) haha. oh and on my thumb there is a white heart in the corner.


ah.. i think it looks better in preson ^^;
my nail shapes are ugly x_o i know i never knew how to shape them properly hehe.

i got mine done in hk sorry no pics tho
but so cheap here
a box of fake nails = $20 HKD = $2-3 USD
if u want to buy the nail AND get them done for u right away... $50 HKD = $6-7 USD

^^

that looks pretty, i have the same green nail polish. i did mine with cream pink color but it looks more like hot pink. i'll probably post it later in this post.

edit:
RIGHT HAND. finally a pic of my right hand.


LEFT HAND.

^ oy~ I just did pink tips too~ ;D


my phone camera does not do my nails justice T^T

anyway. it's hot pink tips with a pearlish glaze. )))))

love your yellow nails. I'm totally into yellow now and a days.

I had that three months ago haha. It went with my graduation dress. :] I had like a rhinestone on every finger though.

Speaking of which, more rhinestones:

Regular french tip with an extremely light glittery pink on top. Web cam pics, sorry!











Reason why they're crooked:

I can't put on rhinestones with my left hand. :[

^ those are really nice.

My mom did my nails for my senior pictures. She messed up on my thumb a little, but I let her slide.




That white spot on my nail, it's been on my nail since God knows when. =/

pretty nice, it's always good to do something for yourself. ^__^ I'm so bored that I sometimes would just paint my nails with nail polish. other than that. play with my puppies.



your design on the rhinestones are pretty, although i rarely put them on it's because it'll always comes off when i'm washing my hair.

dulcet, your nails are so pretty.

I just did my nails for fun. It's nothing special compared to everyone else's, but its the first time I ever did a french manicure so it's something for me.

Ashley - very nice for your first time!

Ashley, it's very nice wow your first shot is good.. better than me when I did my first manicure. hehe ^___^

malevolent.- your mom did an awesome job!

ashley- it looks really nice. did you use tape?

Thanks. She better have done a good job, she's a manicurist!

oo i have a question, when it comes to painting the tips, do you just paint with one straight stroke, or do you paint it along the shape of ur nail (white bit) because mine is curved, and its hard to paint the tips especially around the edges ^^;

So Many Nice Nails! I Can't Grow My Nails, They End Up Cracking :'(

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malevolent.- your mom did an awesome job!

ashley- it looks really nice. did you use tape?

Of course. I can never paint tips without tape.

What brands of nail polish do you guys recommend for your french manicures? The white for the tips and the base colour? Oh and the tapes....they must be special tapes just for nails, right? IT LOOKS GOOD. I suddenly feel like giving this a try.

I'm thinking of painting mine checkers/ polka dots. Any tips? xD

use a toothpick for the dots and wipe off any excess nailpolish if it's sticky or suspicious hehe.
wait for your first layer of nailpolish to dry completely,,
last time mine was still a bit wet so i left holes everywhere and the paint got stuck to the toothpick and made ugly dots.

edit: lol i'm the first to post on page 62 and 63 now ^^;

Hmm I still on page 36.

because I changed the board view setting

im planning to paint the tips of my nails, but i've never done it before, can someone give me tips? also when painting tips, do you paint along the shape of the nail cauz mine are very curved... >.<

like mine??
:]
by the way where do ya'll get your nail polish..cuz sometimes i can't find like a good color green and yellow..and orange..
and dark purple, AND dark red..
:]
i'm just wondering

sry its soo blurry..my camera sucks

^uhhhh
sorry
but that reminds me of a bunch of skunks...
:X

aw, all the french tip nails are so cute! how do you all do the tips of your nails so well? are you just extremely extremely careful? xD

when i tried a few days ago they looked really messy and bad... lol

do you use the brush in an up-down motion or just swoop across left to right? when just doing tips?

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What brands of nail polish do you guys recommend for your french manicures? The white for the tips and the base colour? Oh and the tapes....they must be special tapes just for nails, right? IT LOOKS GOOD. I suddenly feel like giving this a try.

I used the Sally Hensen French Manicure Kit. It comes with the white and base nail polish and a lot of tape. ^_

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aw, all the french tip nails are so cute! how do you all do the tips of your nails so well? are you just extremely extremely careful? xD

when i tried a few days ago they looked really messy and bad... lol

do you use the brush in an up-down motion or just swoop across left to right? when just doing tips?

You can put tape on your nail to make that straight line or you can paint it free hand and then taking a qtip with nail polish remover to draw a straight line (didn't work well for me). I bursh in an up/down motion.

When I do polka dots, I use a really old lip brush and make dots with that. Simple and Easy~

>_< I wanna do my nails again but I cut them. I hate it when you have to wait for them to grow out.....

I hate it too... but now it's a good length. Yeah I want to re-do mine. I don't know what to do.

Thx a lot, Ashley! I'm off to buy that kit now