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Hello Kelsey! I am inlove with your mermaid mani! I was just wondering if you could explain how you did it! I would love to try it out myself! Also where did you get all your gold studs and jewels? They're so unique!

Asked by
ccpinheiro

Thanks! For this mani I did a regular gradient, then on top of that I blotched some iridescent color on top and while it was still tacky I pressed some fishnet fabric onto it, pretty simple! I get my studs and jewels from all over the place, but mostly dollarnailart.com, nailartsqueen.com, and bornprettystore.com 

Hello again! I would just like to ask how you did the stone looking texture for the pastel studs and stones mani! I adore it too! Thanks again

Asked by
ccpinheiro

Hi there! For this mani I used foil to create the stone texture. I get my foil at dollarnailart.com and for this I used one layer of Jade and one layer of regular Gold foil. Press it in random patterns to get the speckled look :D

Hi Tumblr, it’s been tooo long! I have been keeping up with my nails but not with posting, so busy lately! Here’s a turquoise set I did weeks ago… Miss you! High-res

Hi Tumblr, it’s been tooo long! I have been keeping up with my nails but not with posting, so busy lately! Here’s a turquoise set I did weeks ago… Miss you!

I have to know how you did that mani! Dabbing on the holo with a sponge over black? Gah!!! Gotta know!

Asked by
snackystyle

Thanks for asking, glad you enjoyed this mani! Here’s what I’ve been doing for stone-style nails:

1. Use a base coat of your choice (I did Dior ‘Blue Label’ for this, a gorgeous navy cream)

2. Dab on a few blobs of color: I would recommed 1 glitter, 1 metallic, and 1 cream shade that’s lighter than your base.

3. Dab a crinkled piece of shrink wrap to marble the blotches of color.

4. Repeat until you have a look that you like.

5. Wait until this dries completely.

6. If you use gel polish, coat with a clear topcoat and cure. If you don’t, coat with a few blotches of nail foil glue.

7. Dab randomly with nail foil (got mine at dollarnailart.com) until you have a nice look.

8. (Optional) Add a coat of water-marbled irridescent polish such as Ciaté’s ‘Oil Slick’

9. Topcoat and done!

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