:] the yellow/gold one is OPI's Cabana Banana & my silver lining is from Sally's Beauty Supply. i think they only have one brand there for the small brushes brand. but yeah, any brand with small brushes works just as well.

oh wowwwwwww...everyones nails in here are sooooo PRETTY. and im really jealous of those taht can do it all hardcore on there own..@-@ i cannot do anything to my nails..haha its soo hard for me.

sighh..

anyhowss..is anyone selling or know a place online or watever thats selling fake nails with a zebra print tip..?? theres a picture of some i really like in someones banner on this thread..i think its the topic starters banner.haha..<3333333

Last weekend I did my friends nails and thought I share the results with u





what do you think?

the one below are my current nails.
my thumb nail's broken though =[

oooh. that's so cute! did you do those yourself? i tried drawing hearts on my nails, but they never turn out right.

did this on monday =]

i havent painted my nails in 3 months! I AM SOOOO HAPPY I PAINTED THEM.
Done by myself. (: Tehehehe.

Can someone answer my question please? X_x

Does this color look TOO bright?

Yea don't buff everyday.
you can try the UV thing. It a permanent shine. Mines lasted about two weeks.

Nope! I absolutely love it. I have a very similar color to this: Essie A-Red. I just haven't painted my nails this color because it's tooo hot. The bright red orange would make me feel hotterrr. HahaIf you buffed your nails correctly, the shine should last for up to two weeks, no joke.You're supposed to "gently" stroke your nails 10- 15 times. Are you using the right buffer? It's very smooth to the touch. Kinda feels like vinyl.

ON the video tutorial someone posted I think it only said to stroke it 4-5 time... next time I'll try to do more =P

Im using a Revlon buffer. I don't know what vinyl feels like X_x;

i love your nails . esp the last set. how/what did you draw the hearts with?

thank you =]
i use a small brush for designs.. but for the hearts, i used a q-tip with the cotton part removed. so it's just a paper stick with a circular tip.
but i messed up cause my white nail polish hardened a bit

wow now i seriously feel like painting my nails. but i can BARELY paint with my right hand (and yes im a righty ) and i have ugly fingernails THEY'RE TINY

anyways i have a question

if i were to do tips how would i do them? i mean i kno i should use tape but like if i did a base coat first, wouldn't the tape rip off the base coat?

mm what's a good nail glue to use?
i need a nail glue to glue on jewels on my nails.
or does anybody recommend doing anything else for it to stick?
thanks ~!

Got bored, so decided to play around with some toothpicks and bobby pins.
I got a bit impatient so the black dots smudged a little as I was layering on the top coat >_<

my birthday is on saturday and i went to the nail salon and got my nails done for free

no offence but i know why they did it for free.

the paint job is horribly done. you can see the line where the dark purple is (probably two coats) and the light purple (one coat). even the sparkles aren't even... sparkles are supposed to be the easiest thing to paint. If you were paying for this, I'd suggest you'd switch nail places for better services.

And I know when things are done incorrectly because I work at a nail salon.

eyy you cant really complain since its free..
other than that~ its cutee!

Agreed, I do like the style, if it was done a bit better...

j/w when you order those gems to stick on your nails, do they like have a sticky back or do you need glue? If you understand

Well, I've been stalking this thread for about a year. So I'm finally going to post up something. These are pictures of the nails I had in the summer. I still have the Liquid Gel nails but not the coloured die/dice? on the toes. Enjoy!


My LCN liquid gel nails, with white tips, and basic french manicure.


Picture on the side to show you guys how thick it was. Or thin?


And lastly, my toes painted with a dice design.P.S. All of you guys who does your own nails are really talented, and creative. :)Edit: P.P.S. Sorry for the big picture of the toes.

No what you do is just dip a stick/toothpick with a clear polish to pick up the gem, and then stick the gem onto nail polish that's not dry yet.

I just bought a small french manicure kit... and I also ought this thing called "hard as Nails" that strengthens my nails. Should I put that one first, wait for it to dry and then do the manicure? This is my first time! Tips please! Hahah. Here's what I'm planning to do:

1. wash and dry my nails, of course
2. trim and buff nails
3. put on one coat of the 'hard as nails' thing
4. wait for it to dry
5. do the french manicure.

does that look okay?

self-painted lt. green french tip w/glitter (my favorite combo so far ^^)
used OPI hey! get in lime! & etude silver stone

That is helladiculously cute. Did you pick the design? Btw happy birthday

I love to polish my nails!! i need some DIY though..
can anyone help??xD

^oo those are sooo pretty!! i want to redo my nails like that now since i jus bought green nailpolish!lol jus wondering how did u do the tips??? >__< i tried to do mine with tape but keep messing up..anybody have any good tips?

i just painted like half my nail with two layers of the green, let it dry..
and used a brush constantly dipped in nail polish remover to make the smile line

BR1TT4NYy: I love the design of your nails
and the shape of them too ^0^
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Whheee~ back with another design ^0^
Again, free-handed, real nails, and done by
my sister in-law, who is a professional
manicurist ^-^

^ omg that is sooo pretty =)
how did she did the flowers?

I think you should just put the hard as nails strenghtener last because when you do french manicures, you usually use a brush dipped with nail polish remover to make a perfect line right? well when you dip your brush in nail polish removie to make the line it'll remove away all the hard as nails strenghtener that was there already. do you understand what im say? lol it's a bit confusing when you say it.

^I have those strips of paper to make teh perfect line. I don't have nail polish remover liquid, i have wipes =P

The nail hardener says to clear nails of all polish before applying though... I guess i'll test on one nail to see what i should do

meiseen: thanks~! she did the flowers by using a
dotter or something like that and made five dots, she did
the five dots on all nails first (so that they can dry a tiny
bit) and then she took a tooth pick and sort of made a line
in each dot to the middle...sorry if that isn't clear enough XD

1lasthope: I recommend that you put the nail
strengthener as the bottom and top coat. My sister in-law
said that the 'Hard as Nails' nail polish should normally be
used as the bottom layer because how else would it work
if it's the top layer? and just in case, i suggest that you
put it as a top/protective layer as well.

omg that is gorgeouss!

Here's a boring set this week. I go through so many sets but I can never remember to take pictures. =(

Just gel nails with red tips. I love all the Japanese style nails posted in here! I can never get 3D nails because of work...but ONE DAY....just one day....haha...

wahhhhhhh..everyone's nails are soo prettyy..@_@ and to all those free-handerss..omg. talented. ahaha..i suck with nails..>.<;;

and for ^ what are gel nailss??

where do you guys go to get gel nails?
they look so natural and pretty.

uhh it's my first time painting my nails..it came out better than I thought xD

usin a friend's account

question... is it possible for me to use acrylic powder to make 3d nails? (like a bow or something), if so how long will it take to dry? and do i just make it on the nail? or do i have to make it somwehere, then dry, then put it on the nail?

i like the designs you guys do

It's your first time? Seriously?! It's way better than what I can do! lol. they look nice!

wahh Wonderland T_T nice nails ! i hope to one day get my nails done in a salon, and i wanted gel too! but since i recently bought a whole bunch of super junior stuff online, it's not gonna happen for awhile =(


gold glitter tips i like these so far.i had seen my japanese teacher's nails like this so i went out and bought some gold glitter nailpolish :]

& pink tips! i don't really like these though. looks weird.

+_edit
WOAH. i didn't realize how big my glitter picture was. sorrrrrrrry!

two new ones




weird thing about this one, i didn't even use a blue polish at all. i used a dark purple, some pearlescent purplish colour (i think this one might've given the blue tint) and black to make it darker. i was just playing around to see if it would actually give me a navy and it kinda worked

and since my last post everyone else's nails are pretty, once again!

How long does nail polish usualy last? I used a base and top coat and my nail polish is already chipping off!! It's only been about 2 days =( i think it's because I put it on too thick (the colour) When it starts chipping do you guys jsut use nail polish remover and do a new thing or leave it? XD I'm too lazy to redo it =(

preencess: i love your navy colored nails! they're very cute! ^-^

yepp, you use acrylic powder to make those cool japanese style 3d nails.
it drys really quickly, so you gotta work fast
but it does depend on the brand you use so make sure you let it dry for a sufficient amount of time
you place the drop on the nail and shape it

well if you're going to use the strips of paper then you should put the hard as nails on the bottom.

Blurry pic. ^^; .. Highlighter colors!

i just wanted to tell everybody that has an ulta nearby their homes..
that they are havin sales on certain opi shades... especially from the
garden party collection.. yuo guys might want to check it out

i do my nails when im bored, im thinking of making fake nails and selling them because i spent too much money on supplies x_x'' i'm pretty broke...
tell me if you're interested... maybe i'll make a soompi store