I'm really not into crackle. It just looks strange to me and not in a good way.
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Thursday, 4 October 2012 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
yeah I'm not convinced
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 4 October 2012 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
I've got a few essie polishes and the colors are good but not very opaque--can take like 3 coats to get full coverage. Not very effective.
In love with China Glaze and OPI tbh.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Thursday, 4 October 2012 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
OPI seems p good, I've seen quite a few on blogs that are one-coaters which is v appealing to moi
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 4 October 2012 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
krazy glue?!
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Thursday, 4 October 2012 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
"Hard as Nails XTreme Wear" is the one coater that I got for $2.50 (on sale) - I forgot I could GIS!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 4 October 2012 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah! It didn't totally break off, it just cracked on one side, so I glued the crack together and smoothed the surface and painted over it.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Thursday, 4 October 2012 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
must paint:
http://www.blogto.com/upload/2012/10/2012103-nail-art-toronto.jpg
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 5 October 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
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― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 5 October 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
AAAAHHHHH@@@!!!!
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Friday, 5 October 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
how do you even do that? <--- nail-art challenged
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 5 October 2012 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
Right?? RIGHT??
VG they sell tools that you can use to make tiny lines.. I've also seen suggestions you could use a mechanical pencil or toothpick.. pour some black polish onto tin foil, dip nib in, pretend you are old timey person with quill and ink? I'm not great at it.. this girl must've had someone else do it IMO.. or is just amazing
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 5 October 2012 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
dayum
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 5 October 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah looking at it I think it's free-hand! I thought stencils, because the hard part is getting the ends of the narrow lines squared off, but the letter shapes are SLIGHTLY too irregular to be stencils. Like the A. Being freehand painting makes it even cooler!
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Friday, 5 October 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
It's pretty masterful! A stencil is not a bad idea though - an exacto knife and masking or painter's tape could get that job done, I bet!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 5 October 2012 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
Pre-made stencil and nail pen, I'll bet.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Friday, 5 October 2012 15:56 (eleven years ago) link
The image was from the top of an article about nail salons in Toronto, but they didn't say if it had been done by one of them. I found this - not a bad idea tbh: http://manicures-pedicures.wonderhowto.com/how-to/make-nail-art-stencils-0132784/
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 5 October 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
Those nails...so badass!
― The Most Typical and Popular Girl Rider (Crabbits), Friday, 5 October 2012 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
xpost wow that's a cool technique! That'd be harder to do with letters though - less 'real estate' to pick up with the toothpick
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 5 October 2012 16:04 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.xojane.com/files/morticianails.jpeg
This was done with gel pens. !!!
― The Most Typical and Popular Girl Rider (Crabbits), Friday, 5 October 2012 16:06 (eleven years ago) link
holy shit
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 5 October 2012 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
okay I have had ZERO interest in my nails until like two days ago and now I want to make them look amazing like THAT
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 5 October 2012 16:08 (eleven years ago) link
damn!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 5 October 2012 16:08 (eleven years ago) link
and if you can do it with freaking GEL PENS I am all in
I doodle on anything I can get my hands on, why not my NAILS ffs
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 5 October 2012 16:10 (eleven years ago) link
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e66/LimitedLiabilityGirl/Blueleop.jpg
Second-ever attempt at leopard, already getting better!
Man, flat white nail polish is a disaster, it goes on HORRIBLY. The only thing you can do w it is use it as a background and put other stuff on top because it's really streaky even after 3 coats.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 14:46 (eleven years ago) link
Some fingers turned out better than others, I will re-do some maybe tonight or tmrw.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 14:47 (eleven years ago) link
Nice!
I'm rocking some nail stickers at work (an OPI Sephora set that is a black lace pattern over a peach/Caucasian nude background) and nobody has said anything so I guess I'm cool. Well, not cool like cool, just cool like not getting the side eye for ostentatious nails.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 14:59 (eleven years ago) link
Ooooh, you did it! Can you get a photo? I've seen black lace on a red background but I think I like the sound of peach better.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
I took a picture but I can't remember my shitting Yahoo ID/password to sign into Flickr to post it. I'll email it to you.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
nice bow!!
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
artfully done, orbit. they look gr8!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
hey do you want to hear something freaky?I noticed around February this year that one of my big toenails had just stopped growing. It was actually a little worrying. The polish would start to grow out on all my other toes except that one. About a month ago it started growing back again, like a new nail under the old one. It takes ages though. My mate who had a baby noticed that the pedicure she got about the time she found out she was pregnant still hadn't completely grown out after she'd had the baby :/
― kinder, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 21:10 (eleven years ago) link
Heh the bow is the scarf from a 1940s persian lamb ladies' coat that died a long time ago, but this grey silk with orange pagodas on it was the lining fabric and I kept the neck tie. It's the perfect shape to make those Victorian heiress-style draping bows.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
Mission totally accomplished: my boss grabbed my wrist yesterday and pulled it closer to her eyes and then pushed it back at me vehemently and said "WHAT DID YOU DO to your nails?" She hates them.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Thursday, 11 October 2012 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
That's like yr parents noticing and hating your music as a teenager. WIN
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 11 October 2012 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
Pulled myself together long enough for this:
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e66/LimitedLiabilityGirl/Polka.jpg
Not showing you the mani in between because I didn't really like it. I used a dusty orange that looked great on me a month ago and I thought would be fall-ish but without a tan on my hands it didn't look as good. Save it til next summer.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Thursday, 18 October 2012 22:49 (eleven years ago) link
OMG I LOVE THAT
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Thursday, 18 October 2012 22:52 (eleven years ago) link
Huh. I didn't think it was that great, and it photographs even worse. I don't have any spring or apple greens, which I think this combo needed. Not happy w my color choices. Light pink base coat btw, that's not bare nail.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Thursday, 18 October 2012 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
I mean, thanks! I'm just filing it away for "could be improved."
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Thursday, 18 October 2012 22:56 (eleven years ago) link
it's cute, I like it!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 18 October 2012 23:03 (eleven years ago) link
i like it and feel you should develop this concept
― real men have been preparing manly dishes for centuries (elmo argonaut), Friday, 19 October 2012 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
^^^ agreed
Did you use the dotting tool or whatever its called?
I'm in the midst of attempting that black matte/shiny French manicure. It's going about as expected.
― carl agatha, Friday, 19 October 2012 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
I did use a dotting tool set!! But none of them are big enough for big dots, so I tried using a q-tip but it makes them too uneven because the cotton gets heavy with polish and distorts out of round. I need to think of something about the size of a pencil eraser that applies perfectly evenly.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Friday, 19 October 2012 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
carl, may I absolutely strongly suggest using scotch tape before you paint the gloss tips? I've tried that thing twice and removed and given up both times because freehanding the gloss part, even with a flat-tip brush from my new set, did not work at all.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Friday, 19 October 2012 16:25 (eleven years ago) link
IO - what about actually whittling a pencil eraser slightly to make it a bit smaller? Might be hard to make a smooth circle, but maybe not!
I have seen mechanical pencils as a suggestion for extremely small dots as well.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 19 October 2012 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe smaller than an eraser, but at least a 10pt dot.
The dotting tool set comes with LOTS OF REALLY SMALL TIPS but not much selection of big ones! It's annoying tbh.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Friday, 19 October 2012 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
I think the reason the tools don't come larger is that the polish doesn't go on flat, it goes on in a...dome. The middle of the drop is always higher. And the bigger the dot, the bigger the height of the middle. So at some size you get domes that just don't make sense on a nail.
An eraser is the right idea, but not...spongy enough? Needs to make contact evenly over the curve of the nail.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Friday, 19 October 2012 16:37 (eleven years ago) link
orbit, what about those eyeliners that comes with a sponge smudger on one end? -- those can be pretty spongy, you might find one that would work as a tool. Maybelline has one that's p cheap
also if you do find a pencil eraser soft enough, you can make it smaller by putting that end in a pencil sharpener. I used to do it all the time in high school when my erasers got pen ink on them.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 19 October 2012 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah but can I get the polish off the end of an eraser with acetone? It has to be cleanable, too. Actually the make-up applicator is a good idea.
My nail art brushes, I tried them. My hands are NOT steady enough for this shit, I have to say. Such sad and terrible results. BUT ALSO of course acetone takes the paint right off the handles, which means no sticking them INTO the bottles, I have to pour out the polish onto a bit of paper or something! Seems wasteful. Have not quite worked this all out yet.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Friday, 19 October 2012 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
you might need a paint pallette, the hardened plastic kind with the little dips for paint
and maybe an art supply store would have small spongetip brushes of diff sizes that are relatively inexpenive.
but you're right, def test the polish/acetone on the sponge first. the latex might break down, I'm not sure tho.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 19 October 2012 18:27 (eleven years ago) link