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
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 30 November 2013 03:04 (ten years ago) link
Oh that's cute!! I could do it with this brown shimmery polish that I have. Little wolf tracks perhaps.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Saturday, 30 November 2013 03:07 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Saturday, 30 November 2013 03:08 (ten years ago) link
any animal prints would be great
wolf prints totally otm
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 30 November 2013 03:09 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Saturday, 30 November 2013 03:10 (ten years ago) link
you should be! mad creative
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 30 November 2013 03:25 (ten years ago) link
You're doing great work! I love the hoof tracks idea.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Saturday, 30 November 2013 06:00 (ten years ago) link
I put up the winter scene for now. :) :)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/171226583/whispering-cedars-acrylic-press-on
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Saturday, 30 November 2013 15:32 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Saturday, 30 November 2013 15:34 (ten years ago) link
Okay I painted some snowy pinecones on a branch. What else is naturey and not too commercially Christmas-related?
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Friday, November 29, 2013 6:13 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
snowflakes!
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Sunday, 1 December 2013 04:19 (ten years ago) link
icicles!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 1 December 2013 04:58 (ten years ago) link
tbh i should have said winter instead of xmas
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Sunday, 1 December 2013 05:01 (ten years ago) link
I just put my first set of "nail order" acrylics in the USPS!!!!!!
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 21:46 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 03:00 (ten years ago) link
They're only 8mL each! Even my Estee Lauder, which was previously my fanciest shit, is 9mL.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 03:01 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, it's insane. Also be careful - the bottles are insanely fragile imo.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 03:06 (ten years ago) link
Oh good, that will make it easier to get them home in my luggage with 52 other bottles!
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 03:13 (ten years ago) link
bought some matte top coat so going to play with it today
― kinder, Sunday, 5 January 2014 17:06 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Horreur! What are this disassociated lumps of (in orbit), Sunday, 5 January 2014 17:20 (ten years ago) link
Ah I should've done that. It's gone a bit cack-handed!
― kinder, Sunday, 5 January 2014 18:31 (ten years ago) link
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
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 19:53 (ten years ago) link
As always, liabilitynails.tumblr.com!
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 19:54 (ten years ago) link
i like the strokes on the leftmost heart a lot!
― we slowly invented brains (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 20:00 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 20:02 (ten years ago) link
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?
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 23:55 (ten years ago) link
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.
― quincie, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 02:48 (ten years ago) link
hmm yeah not completely sure. I'll double check
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 03:05 (ten years ago) link
ugh ingredients list has a bunch of other crap as well as acetone, so obv not 100%
back to drawing board. thanks Quincie!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 03:08 (ten years ago) link
That method has always worked for me.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 03:08 (ten years ago) link
Shellac is a trade name, I think it's a CND product? Basically I think it is a gel manicure even though they say it's a unique process (probably so they could trademark it or w/e).
Oh yeah: http://www.komonews.com/news/consumer/122994693.html
You'll need actual acetone, like quincie said, and some soaking.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 04:26 (ten years ago) link
You might want to gob a lot of lotion on your fingers first, because that acetone will straight dry out your cuticles.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 04:28 (ten years ago) link
yeah p sure this was a knock-off version of shellac
good to know, thxorbit!!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 04:31 (ten years ago) link
Orbit OTM. Out of all the gel polishes Shellac is definitely the easiest to remove and it doesn't damage nails at all. Some of the others (particularly Gelish brand) are really fucking awful to get off and require a lot more soaking and scraping. I try to avoid those and only get Shellac and one other kind but I can't remember it's name now. If you leave the cotton balls tin foil wraps on for enough time you should be able to gently push the polish off with an orange stick but if it's Gelish or similar you might have to scrape hard. :(
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 13:17 (ten years ago) link
done! there was some hard scraping & a good 20-30 min of soaking, but i got there. i forgot i had a buffer stashed away in a cupboard, so i got them cleaned up pretty well
i was whining abt them on instagram and this girl i know that i wish i liked more but i reaaaaaally dont commented "blah blah i do mine every week it should only take 10 min" yeah good for you sister thanks for yr #protip PFFFFFLLLT showoff
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 22 February 2014 08:58 (ten years ago) link
got squavol acrylics... still loving my acrylics!!!
http://i60.tinypic.com/34eylxe.png
― homosexual II, Thursday, 6 March 2014 21:55 (ten years ago) link
NOT THAT
THESE haha
http://i60.tinypic.com/2wd0x8m.png
― homosexual II, Thursday, 6 March 2014 21:56 (ten years ago) link
Ha nice spreadsheet.
I love that nail color!
― carl agatha, Thursday, 6 March 2014 23:02 (ten years ago) link
hey no reason you can't combine the two:
SPREADSHEET NAILS
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 6 March 2014 23:16 (ten years ago) link
oh god I need spreadsheet nails. And HTML code ones. I wish I could afford/could stand to wear LN acrylic nails!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 7 March 2014 08:44 (ten years ago) link
I love those obviously! So sexy. My nails are shorter because of so much typing :( Can't quite code effectively with long nails.. yet
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 7 March 2014 08:45 (ten years ago) link
Look at this! Somebody do this for meeeeee:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JRZwmG6sKJU/TZhtsUgpJII/AAAAAAAABBg/2Xu0EoHNfuo/s1600/koala+nail+art.jpg
― kate78, Monday, 10 March 2014 23:42 (ten years ago) link
Come to mama.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Monday, 10 March 2014 23:43 (ten years ago) link
Yeah! Or you c'mere! I'll letcha sleep on my couch.
― kate78, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 00:00 (ten years ago) link
Lol I can't even afford to do my laundry. I'm about 12 hours away from stomping on my clothes in the bath tub.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 00:06 (ten years ago) link
*Bump for finefinemusic*
― StanM, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 03:14 (ten years ago) link
ha i was just about to do the same
― just1n3, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 03:40 (ten years ago) link
Thanks dudes! I'm sorry - searching ILX on iPhone can be so frustrating! I wrote:
Nails thread not on ILS & no search fnctn in Zing, so.. Are fake toenails a thing? Hear me out :( I'm a lifelong ingrown big toenail sufferer so this winter I cut insanely deep Vs into them to try to fix. It's working, but not fast enough and toenail baring season is upon us. Was thinking maybe I could paste fakes on top of my big toes then paint and hide the bad stuff? I hate bare foot season :( xp
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 02:05 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 04:09 (ten years ago) link
This is the third time fake toenails have come up in conversation in my life this week and, yes, they're a thing! I know a couple people that have had them. I'd leave it to the professionals and ask what they think but it's definitely possible.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 10:33 (ten years ago) link
Yes, you can def get acrylics on your toes! Go to a salon that does it on the reg, though, you know? I've never had acrylics so I'm not sure what they do if there's no nail covering the area you want? But let them advise you on that.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 13:51 (ten years ago) link