Ehi guys! Check out my elegant feather nail art tutorial for @nailitmag 

http://www.nailitmag.com/nail-art-how-to-elegant-feathers/

Elegant feather nail art

THINGS YOU NEED:

-      Kiko 3 in 1 matte base

-      Pupa Lasting color sheer white

-      Barry M Silk nail paint in Pearl

-      Barry M Royal Glitter collection in Lady ( sparkling glitters nail polish that looks like snow)

-      Barry M Royal Glitter collection in Duchess (sparkling glitters rose/pink undertone with silver glitters)

-       striping thin brush

-       make up sponge

STEP 1:

After using a clear base for all of your nails, start by painting your index and ring finger with the sheer white nail polish. Paint the other three nails with the Barry M silk white. This particular polish has a beautiful silk sheen, the white is pearlescent and almost matte. You can achieve a similar effect with an iridescent white and a matte top coat.

STEP 2:

After the base colour is dry, apply a mix of Barry M glittery nail paint in Lady and Duchess on the corner of a make up sponge. Dab the sponge from the cuticle area to the free edge. Repeat this step until you create a delicate gradient effect.

STEP 3:

Now it’s time for the feather design! With a striping brush and a white nail polish draw a simple curved line from the cuticle to the tip.

STEP 4:

 Start building the shape of the feather with some light strokes on each side of the line. You don’t have to be too precise, fill the gaps to create a feather-like effect.  Repeat the design on the ring finger, you can vary the position of the feather as you like.

STEP 5:

To enchancethe design I used the Barry M glitter nail polish in Duchess and placed it along the shaft of the feather. Don’t forget to seal your design with a top coat.

Peacock feather nail art

Hello everybody!
Today I would like to show you a colourful nail art for summer!
I recently received some items from Born Pretty Store. They were so kind to let me chose some items and send me some samples to try.
I choose a peacock pattern water decals and some triangle nail art decorations. (click on name for the link). I think these two items match perfectly for a nail art.

You can use my coupon code at check out to get 10% off RASX31 on www.bornprettystore.com


It was my fist time with water decals but I can say these were pretty easy to use.
The waterdecals are protected by a trasparent sheet. You can select the size and the design you want, cut it with a scissor. Don't forget to remove the plastic sheet.
Now you can plunge it into water and wait for 10-20 seconds.
The design will separate from the paper, and it's ready to use.
The instructions suggest to place it on  the nail and blow dry. (I skipped the last part because it's very hot today and the design dried fast). The last step is to secure it with clear nail polish.

You can cover the whole nail but i decided to do something more creative.
I used a white nail polish as base and I applied the decals vertically or across the nail leaving some space and adding a gold sand effect nail polish (from Essence).
The design is beautiful, there are some peacock feather, a colorful and iridescent plumage, and the main colour are light blue and yellow. The design it's perfect and you can't achieve this detailed drawing with stamping or free hand.

On two nails I used white, yellow and light blue and I added some decorations.
These decoration are very particular, they are triangular and have a delicate texure. I like it in golden but you can find them in silver too. You can apply them with a dotting tool and some clear nail polish used as glue. They are quite small so they stay well on nails.

Let me know what you think!
Thanks for reading!

Laura

White and gold nail art with Born Pretty Store products

Hello everyone!
Today I would like to review some products from Born Pretty Store. This is an on-line store that sells a wide range of products from clothing to make up and beauty, of course nail art tools too!!!
They were so kind to send me some products to review. I was really inspired so I decided to do a nail art with some of them and share my impressions with all of you.
Moreover you can use my coupon code at check out, you will get 10% off your order! RASX31

As base I used a Barry M polish, new Silk collection in white pearl

I was really facinated by this stamping plate
Born Pretty 48

BORN PRETTY STORE PLATE 48 (click on the name if you what to know more)

The round plate BP 48 gas a wide variety of designs: two remind me of an arabesque pattern, then a peony or a rose, a nice butterfly and a lace design. The plate is 5,6 cm (diameter); designs are very large they can fit on longer and wide nails. the plate comes with a protective blue plastic cover which prevent it from scratches and damages but it needs to be removed before stamping. The quality is very high and the design is very detailed.

I decided to stamp with the Gold Nail Art Stamping Polish Born Pretty

Born Pretty Store Gold Stamping polish is a yellow toned gold with some sparkling glitters. The formula is very thick and pigmented, for this reason it's perfect for stamping. I can say it gives a really good result even if used as a regular polish (as you can see on my pinky).

I stamped the rounded part of the arabesque over my point and ring finger, on my pinky I stamped with a white polish over the golden polish.

For index and ring finger I created an half moon and I added some ultra thin charming decoration (click if you want to know more).

These charms are very thin. I placed them on a layer of top coat. Finally I decided to add two White Pearl Flat Nail Studs (click to open the link). I love these pearls I think they give an elegant touch to the whole nail art.

You can see in this short video how easily you can apply these 3d decorations

Thanks for reading!

Laura