oil = hot oil = oil manicure. they probably just stick ur hand into cuticle oil or some kind of oil and do a manicure for you. hot oil is when they heat it up.

spa = water. like spa pedicure, you sit in a massaging chair and water comes out in a pool. etc.

regular set = acrylics.

Can someone tell me if its necessary to use Konads nail polish for their stamp designs or can we use our own nail polish?

^ i think konad's nail polish is thicker? im not sure tho.
i dont have a konad stamp set so i think other ppl like bunnylicious would know this! =)

konad's nail polish is kinda rubber-y...allowing it to transfer from the stamp to your nails..i dunno about regular nail polish, but i remember bunny tried it before and it came out fine..just lighter?

yeah, regular nail polish works, but the result is not bold, it comes out lighter / a bit sheer because regular nail polish is watery, not thick like Konad nail polish.
Some people said very old nail polish could do the trick. I dunno, never tried it out.


Cute design =]
Are those real nails?

Btw, you should remove your signature before you get warn by the mods, it breaks the rules.

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Ah ok, cuz i've been getting my nails done for years and starting to get sick of the inconveniency. I have alot of nail polish so i thought it'll be pointless to buy more for the Konad stuff =( But thanks for letting me know! =D

I did this last week; done by hand lol
I love simplicity


Does anyone know how to achieve this?
I roughly know how it's done, but I can't seem to get the same results...

Wow...those nails are hot.

i'm curious. are there any people who know how to do their own acrylics? like, you've gone to school for it?
i bought this kiss nail sculpting thing but i think either i'm doing something wrong or the materials aren't all that great?
plus i was looking up vids on youtube and sorta got freaked out reading comments for this one vid
cus they said liquid monomer is toxic and not to get it on your skin but i'm pretty sure i got some on mine lol
sooo if anyone has any tips do's and dont's it'd be much appreciated ;D
i'm thinking of just going downtown and buying some supplies.

what do you guys think of napoleon perdis nailpolish?
and does anyone feel coral nailpolish is reallyy popular this season

NOT MY NAILS. I found these and they are pretty IMO. (:

the first one is pretty, love the glitterish.
I need to get glitter polish.
The ones I have aren't glitter enough

Mmm! What a helpful thread. I can get ideas from here and try them out!
Thanks everyone!

Anyways, tomorrow is my junior prom and my nails were long enough to paint on.
So, I did a french manicure with designs and then did my toes.






These are my real nails, and they were all done with a toothpick and nailpolish.
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regular nail polish is toxic also.

so acrylic is pretty much 2x worse as nail polish.
u should go to school. but if u get ur nails done alot, and u know how to do it, practice will make it perfect.

acrylics are pretty out right now, gels are in. BUT acrylic designs are in.

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omg i always get nailpolish on the skin around my nails coz im always doing something else while applying it
what happens if a lot gets on??

Omg, so many pretty nails.
I was about to look through this whole thread, but i stopped at page 30. LMAO.

So preeeeeeeetteeeeh.
I just did mine yesterday, I'm already starting to chip them off cause it's a bad bad habit. D:


yahh, they look kind bad.
but i was bored.


i want to know how to do that zebra printttttt.
I tried doing it with a toothpick...but, didn't work out too well. D:

pretty!

i love browsing this thread
people are so creative with their nails!
i've been wanting to have nail art pens but i can't find any here in the Philippines,
so one night, after getting inspiration from this thread, i did a freehand drawing of hearts on the upper right of each nail using the usual nail polish[the one with the thick brush],having the gold nail polish as the base
here's a pic.





i usually keep my nails short cuz of photography
if ur wondering why my pic has a credit,it's becuz i got so fascinated that i submitted it on my deviantart account
you can check them also here : LABYRINTH-014@DEVIANTART

^ Those are cute.
does it feel heavy when you have them on?

Self done.

my friend got her nails done at a nail show and they look sooo cool



she got tips and someone painted on a skull for her, freaky but awesome (;

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that is super freaking cool. holy damn haha talk about talented.

uhm. if u put it on, your actual nail itself soaks the chemicals in. LOL. so, yeah. ur nail already gets it.
the skin, at least u can wash it off.


THATS HELLA COOL!

I just painted my nails the other day. These are my real nails and done with free hand.
The background is silver




sorry for the huge pic, too lazy to resize

EDIT: ^^i freaking love the skull design!

QUOTE (l-ing @ Apr 26 2008, 05:23 PM)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/l-ing/DSC00812.jpg

Those are so pretty! Sparkly~

QUOTE (L.Li-style @ Apr 26 2008, 07:31 PM)

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5672/dsc00185im2.jpg
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/3006/dsc00190sb4.jpg

Self done.

SO cute. SKILLED. =D

QUOTE (pandie @ Apr 26 2008, 10:01 PM)

my friend got her nails done at a nail show and they look sooo cool

http://photos-g.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-...405118_6219.jpg

she got tips and someone painted on a skull for her, freaky but awesome (;

That is amazing! I love skulls. xD

Current nails..

Fake nails, rhinestones, nail polish :3

Left:


Right:


They were poorly glued on x.x I was in an extreme rush

CORRECTION:
now i know what they're called they're called APPLAUSE in Sally Hansen's Advanced Hard Nails

can anyone do a tutorial on zebra prints?

I changed my nail color again yesterday
Need to buy stronger glitter polish later

yayay i finally got a chance to post up


mine mine.. i go to a nail salon to get my acrylics +fills.. then i bring em home to jazz up myself




^these are the ones i currently have on..


and these are from the last two weeks :





i love love the pearls the most

getting your nail done...
hm... i heard that it's really good to get your nail done before you go to a beach..
but I just think that's stupid...

your one & only
-wonnie

Just wondering, do any of you guys use the store bought nails? I usually get mine done at a nail salon but it's so expensive that I can't keep doing it all the time!! It costs like 45 dollars each time I do it because I like to go all out with my acrylics.

i see some people that i used to work with+ some of my patients at work have them.. they get the plain glue on ones at the drug store or nail supply shops (not the tips, the whole nail), and file them to fit their nail perfectly, then design them to their liking. thats convenient bc you can change your nail sets whenever you want, and take em off and reuse them whenever.. however (not positive about this) but those little tape padding to stick on your nails doesnt seem that stable. i assume if you lightly hit something, it would come off.. i even see some premade ones online that are gorgeous!! i would love to buy. but.. yeah, i dont want it falling off every so often. thats weird.

For my nails (previous page) I got a bunch of supplies from ebay, 1000 fake nails for 20$, 4000 rhinestones for $15ish and nail cutters and glue for about $5.00

With that I can make 100 pairs of nails~ Super cheap considering the supplies only cost about $40.00

that is pretty stupid .__. but i personally don't go and get my nails done at salons. that's what my own nail kit is for

<3 stars..as u kan c..lol

does it bother anyone else that their feet nail polish doesnt match their hands?
let im getting nails done for prom. Orange glitter tips for hands. for feet i watch a french tips but I think im going to add on a orange glitter line under it. (: (: any sugguestions?!

i second this! T_T...

dang that's really pretty.... I like that... so different.



I think it would look better if both hands and feet match the color... I was going to do that once but the lady said it will look better if I do matching color and so ask the nail lady that you are going to get your nail done at.

I'm so jealous of you girls with nice nails I HATE how short my nail beds are Is there any possible way to extend them? T_T i don't think so right ToT i'm hopeless! forever ugly nails >_>

i have a quiestion...
after you apply fake nails, just the ones you like glue on,
not the ones tht you get at the salon and have to get all the refils and everything on,
does it ruin your actual nail?
my stepmom keeps telling me it will and keeps on trying to stop me from getting them
but i wanna get them this weekend, so does it olike warp your nail and ruin it?

omg...your nails look SOOOOOOOOOOOO cool. i'm in love!!!

does anybody here reuse their rhinestones/charms?

It doesn't warp your nail or ruin your nail as long as you remove it the correct way - never ever rip them off or force them off, use a special product that "dissolves" the fake nail or makes it softer so it will come off without any force.

It is probably wise to use some sort of nail strengthener still, just in case. Plus nails look better if they are healthy anyways

damn. that's...so hot

May I ask some of you soompiers who get acrylics done if you develop brown dots on your acrylics? They look like tiny brown dots. Sorta like acid fell on your nails and dissolved the acrylic a tiny abit so there's a ditch where the brown dot is; or an air bubble that rose to the surface of the acrylic and popped (if that is possible). It doesn't occur all over your nails but probably 1-5 on a nail and not on every nail. Weird.

I don't always get this everytime and its hardly noticeable but when I do, Its hella annoying! I've been doing my nails for 3 years and I only started to have this problem this year. (or maybe I didnt notice before?)

Someone please let me know. Its bugging the crap outta me. I didn't get my nails done for it be ruined within afew days. Even though Its not noticetable, it makes me feel crap.

Did you do those yourself?! They're so frickin awesome! I L0ve stars, so they're right in line w/me When I go get my nails done I think I'll get that lol. They rock!!

I asked this beforeee, but no one answered.

How can you do pretty zebra prints?!
I've been trying to do it with a tootpick, but it's super hard and doesn't turn out right.
i've looked on google and youtube. but zip, nothing.

pleeaaaaase, someone guide meee.