Beauty Quickie: Hydration, hydration and say it with us…hydration! Gain stronger nails by making sure that your cuticles are well hydrated. You can achieve this with the application of cuticle oil or any excess eye cream.
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Painting Toenails 101: Why Use a Separator?
Beauty Quickie: When painting your toenails a toenail separator will help to ensure that the nail polish does not smudge before it can dry completely. What if you do not own a separator? Take a tissue and roll it up then zig zag it between your toes. Doing this will create the same separation that a foam version would in order to ensure your nail application looks professional.
Preventing Discolored Toenails
Beauty Quickie: The natural color of your toenails can become discolored due to various nail polish shades such as blue or purple. To prevent this from occurring use the same tactics as you would on your fingernails. Apply a base coat to each of your toenails before any nail color application.
What Causes Those White Lines on My Nails?
Beauty Quickie: Have you ever noticed white lines developing on your fingernails? These lines are created due to a protein deficiency. The old adage is true, “You are what you eat,” so it is very important to take in vital nutrients to keep your body including your nails healthy.
Cool Nails! Degen Fall/Winter 2014
It’s an old adage that fall and winter fashions have to be drab, dark colors. Spice things up a bit this season by incorporating bright, bold shades even in your nail designs. Designer Lindsay Degen teamed up with OPI in order to create a nail design to complement her fun, colorful fashions that even included reflective fabrics as well as knitwear. The Look: Cloud blue skies with a rainbow accent nail. Cute!
Nailed It: ModCloth Summer 2014 Collection
What inspires you to do your most creative work? Is it nature, music, paintings or even your family and friends? No matter what it is that causes that little spark to grow into an artistic wildfire it is safe to say that design is simply imagination brought to life.
Personally, I have always had a love for nail design. Since the days of stealing my mothers nail polish off her creamy ivory dresser to the beginnings of using my allowance to purchase my own collection, my love of nail art has never wavered. Throughout the years some of my best designs have stemmed from the fashions I have chosen to wear.
I recently came across a stunning little number from ModCloth’s Summer 2014 collection that really got my nail juices flowing!
Their Luxe Redux Dress is stunningly chic and sophisticated. It inspired me to want to grab a few bottles and do work. I kept to the color scheme, but wanted to emphasize the lush embellishment. I tried to encompass the sparkle overlaid on the black fabric by creating black tips lined by crystals.
Loving the flowy, flirty aspect of the dress I designed an accent nail with a flowing Victorian style design. I chose this route because I felt the dress is quite regal as if for a princess. Hope you love the nail art and be sure to surf over to modcloth.com to see their complete collection. Hey most likely you will gain some inspiration too!
Just for fun check out ModCloths other dresses and see what you can come up with. We all would love to see your creations.
http://www.modcloth.com/shop/dresses
ModCloth Nail Art Inspiration
Truth be told, I always get giddy when I see fashion and art collide.
This is especially so when I saw the beautiful nail art inspiration created by Nail Klub. I believe art and fashion do go hand and hand….no pun intended, so I took it upon myself to see if I could create a nail art inspiration from one of ModCloth’s fabulous dresses for summer.
Trust me ladies this was such a big feat. Why? Well, ModCloth has so many cute and flirty dresses that a girl just works up sweat from gazing at all these frilly summer dresses. However, I continued on for the sake of fashion.
So then, my inspiration came from the Humbly Haute Dress in Red. This dress and me, I do believe are meant to be… thank God we found each other. It’s that mixture of pin-up rockabilly vibe that I love plus when you add on the color red with polka dots whew it’s to hot to handle.
I created red and white polka dot nail art where there is an ombre effect from solid red to these bright shiny polka dots. It was so much fun trying to come up with a look that I feel that embodies this dress. Your thoughts, did I nail it? Just for fun check out ModCloths other dresses and see what you can come up with. We all would love to see your creations.
http://www.modcloth.com/shop/dresses
Make Nail Color Last Longer!
Beauty Quickie: Want to make your nail color last super long? Good, its a quite simple trick, all you need to do is make sure your nails are squeaky clean before you start painting. Removing all excess dirt, oil or moisturizer from your nails will ensure that the polish adheres properly. Therefore, invest in an acetone-based cleanser and always wipe nails with your cleanser very well before any nail polish application.
OPI Brazil Summer 2014 Collection
Since we are on the topic of nails (check out our previous post) we wanted to just show off the entire OPI collection for this season. As mentioned the OPI Brazil 2014 Collection has an amazing coral shade that will knock your beauty boots off, plus several other luscious tints to garnish some “hey look at me” attention. Every color will help to show off your summer sexy so just have fun with it! Check out the colors for yourself and be sure to tell us what you think of the collection. Happy painting!
Beauty Side Notes: Aren’t these names just the coolest! We love them!
Hot Nail Color Trend: Coral
Don’t neglect those nails this season ladies, they play a vital part in a diva’s ensemble. What is trending now in the nail shade world? Peachy corals have become all the rage and numerous nail color companies have released their version. We are loving the coral shade that is found in OPI’s Summer 2014 Brazil Collection. It’s festive, fun and sure to snap up some style attention. Get yours now!