HANDS, NAILS, ETC.

oooooooh I can use my upcoming b'day as an excuse to wear fun nails! Lemme cook up an concept!

The friends I have in mind who did purchase nails either are into heavy-metal, or really girly. So I would suggest maybe something studded, black, etc.

And maybe also throw up a picture of blank nails and offer custom designs for an extra five dollars? As in, tell people to email you a picture or description of what they're looking for

Thanks! I'm doing a baby blue leopard + glitter set right now for the girly, will throw in something pink after that. I have some basic metal gems on hand but a better set coming in the mail sometime in December (ugh shipping from China), but I'll do some matte black with metallic details soon!

The item description does mention custom work but you're right that I should create a new item for it with a good work-in-progress photo. Good idea!

I'm also not 100% sure how to package these although I'm seeing some cardstock printed with my upcoming logo and some double-sided tape to hold them in place, then that in a plastic bag in case any come loose, and then that in a padded envelope. Do you think that's enough padding in case they put the package through a sorting machine? The nails are pretty thin but maybe could crack if they were really flattened?

Like, for instance, I can get 1000 ct of 4 x 6" recloseable baggies for 5 bucks, lightly stick the nails on a piece of preprinted card topped w the LN logo, and then seal into the bag. Step 4: PROFIT!! I hope.

facsimilous copy of Lloyd Banks' tattoos on m hands/arms, nails are black blue red whatever color

I'm...not sure I understand the request.

I am really torn between a deco set and a custom "DEAL W/ IT" set.

How about...custom colored quotation marks? With coordinating other fingers.

I really like those newspaper print type ones

christmas/winter stuff! snowflakes etc

im about to go get a mani for xmas themed acrylics tbh

i think you should also link to a gallery (or tumblr or w/e) for ppl to get ideas, or you could post some examples on etsy

https://www.etsy.com/shop/LiabilityNails

Okay for roxy I will try to think of something Christmassy that I can stand.

At this point almost too late for Christmas themed but definitely get a few "sexy" ones up for Valentine's day!

I was going to put out some glitter bombs and studded ones for NYE first? Jeez this planning ahead of the holidays thing is hard.

Okay I painted some snowy pinecones on a branch. What else is naturey and not too commercially Christmas-related?

re examples -- i mean more than 4 examples! you have a zillion possible design options that you've developed over the last 12 mo, so i was thinking it might be useful for ppl to see the things you've done so they can choose which they want for their custom set. it's for the customer's ease!

Hm, I see. I have to fill out a longer "About" section of the "shop" so I should put the tumblr/fb links there.

You think I should put pics of hands on there to represent the designs one can get as acrylics? I don't know why, it seems like no one else who sells nailsets does that so I didn't think to do it. I could, though?

It might set you apart. I think it's a good idea for people to see what the designs look like on hands.

agree

Okay, project for tomorrow. And I just got my first custom order, hurrah!

i just had this vision of glittery white nails with tiny little 'hoof prints' indented in them

no idea how you do that or if you could but that is my suggestion

Oh that's cute!! I could do it with this brown shimmery polish that I have. Little wolf tracks perhaps.

I mean I know you meant like reindeer ones, which I could also do! But wolf prints make me think of hippie tshirts and that makes me think of elmo and rrrobyn, which is nice.

any animal prints would be great

wolf prints totally otm

I have to say that taking nice photos of well executed nails and putting my work in one place like this makes me really proud.

you should be! mad creative

You're doing great work! I love the hoof tracks idea.

I put up the winter scene for now. :) :)

https://www.etsy.com/listing/171226583/whispering-cedars-acrylic-press-on

I stuck that longer set to my hands w double-sided tape last night and it was hilarious to wave them around, unable to type or touch things. I have a feeling I won't do many orders in that length.

Okay I painted some snowy pinecones on a branch. What else is naturey and not too commercially Christmas-related?

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snowflakes!

icicles!

tbh i should have said winter instead of xmas

I just put my first set of "nail order" acrylics in the USPS!!!!!!

Thanks to Julep's online Black Friday sale, I got 7 bottles of their polish, which is normally $14 per bottle, for a grand total of 22 bucks. This is AMAZING and I am rich in outrageously colored nail potential, but holding their little tubes has also alerted me to the fact that their bottles only hold HALF AS MUCH as the non-indie brands like China Glaze, OPI, Essie, etc. So really they're TWENTY EIGHT DOLLARS FOR HALF AN ONCE. That's crazy.

They're only 8mL each! Even my Estee Lauder, which was previously my fanciest shit, is 9mL.

Yeah, it's insane. Also be careful - the bottles are insanely fragile imo.

Oh good, that will make it easier to get them home in my luggage with 52 other bottles!

bought some matte top coat so going to play with it today

Have fun! I like it best when I do a normal gloss topcoat first and put the matte on that. Just putting it on the polish shows up all the drag lines and unevenness.

Ah I should've done that. It's gone a bit cack-handed!

I love this pastel mani I just did, so here's an update on my love for fishnets in all forms.

https://31.media.tumblr.com/505605b6e59fb03d0c4913cc5e22a3e5/tumblr_n17iusB01S1s9ce2qo1_500.jpg

https://24.media.tumblr.com/b559e8c2a7874ac25a16f4454b8190a2/tumblr_n0wbt7xUqS1s9ce2qo3_1280.jpg

https://31.media.tumblr.com/7bfd091151d58f740231bfd7dabe81ab/tumblr_n0w0n3fljQ1s9ce2qo1_500.jpg

As always, liabilitynails.tumblr.com!

i like the strokes on the leftmost heart a lot!

Me too! That brush-stroke thinning effect that trails off at the end is one of my favorite techniques, even though those are kinda faked because my brush is now so thin it took like three strokes to build those up. :)

There are nail artists who use tiny tiny pens and who can cut the tips down even more to get inconceivably thin, straight lines, but since I only use a brush I try to capitalize on the specific effect.

oh hi nail ladies I have a question

I got a very basic no-frills manicure for my bro's wedding while I was in oz. I don't know what kind of polish they used, but they did like 3 coats, it's v thick and shiny. they're not gels or anything, I think it might be shellac? but I'm not sure.

anyway, now they're starting to crack a bit and growing away and I want to remove it because they are looking kinda busted now.
I tried soaking in acetone last night but I sat there for 15 minutes and it didn't budge at all.

do I need to go to a salon to get it removed? what is my best play?

Acetone-soaked cotton balls applied to each nail and held in place with aluminum foil is what the nail folks on MUA always say. Are you sure your polish remover is 100% acetone? It may be weaker sauce.

hmm yeah not completely sure. I'll double check