Fellini Couture ~ Christmas Gown
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Sunday, December 25, 2011
Thursday, December 22, 2011
De-Glitterize
I mentioned here that removing glitter nail polish was not exactly the best part of my fun, sparkly manicure. After some good ol' fashioned web research, the consensus is (drumroll, please...) :
Step 1: Saturate cotton with acetone or polish remover (a remover with acetone works best).
Step 2: Place the cotton on the nail and wrap each finger in aluminum foil. Press down.
Step 3: Leave on for 5 minutes.
Step 4: Pull the foil off and your glitter polish will glide off, too!
The above text was snaked directly from the Refinery29 website, which is a great beauty site that tends to always offer the best summations of info. So there you have it - A little time consuming with the 5 minute wait time, but I say wrap 'em all at once, and it will be nearly time to take them off again by the time you finish the prep work on the 10th digit.
Better than taking a granite sander to your fingers, anyway.
Step 1: Saturate cotton with acetone or polish remover (a remover with acetone works best).
Step 2: Place the cotton on the nail and wrap each finger in aluminum foil. Press down.
Step 3: Leave on for 5 minutes.
Step 4: Pull the foil off and your glitter polish will glide off, too!
The above text was snaked directly from the Refinery29 website, which is a great beauty site that tends to always offer the best summations of info. So there you have it - A little time consuming with the 5 minute wait time, but I say wrap 'em all at once, and it will be nearly time to take them off again by the time you finish the prep work on the 10th digit.
Better than taking a granite sander to your fingers, anyway.
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Sparkle & Shine... Some More.
Another ...Love, Maegan inspiration - The accent nail!
Because let me tell you : Scrubbing off glitter polish from every nail made me want to just drink the polish remover and hope for a quick demise. I'll be working on researching a better method and if I find one will be posting it here pronto!
Anyway, using the same two colors from the previous post, here's what my digits look like now :
Because let me tell you : Scrubbing off glitter polish from every nail made me want to just drink the polish remover and hope for a quick demise. I'll be working on researching a better method and if I find one will be posting it here pronto!
Anyway, using the same two colors from the previous post, here's what my digits look like now :
I gave my ring finger on my right hand the same treatment. Fun and subtle, and definately not tough to execute. Winner!
Check out Maegan's original post about rockin' an accent nail here.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Sparkle and Shine
Don't know about you, but I seem to have a hard time not being attracted to anything coated in glitter during the holidays. So you can see why when I saw ...love Maegan's Maegan Tintari take on a neutral nail with a hint of sparkle I had to try my own hand (haaaaaa.) at it.
Glitters-but-not-too-much and goes with everything? Yes. You can see her tutorial here.
For my own digits, I used Revlon's Sheer Cotton :
Excuse the Instagr.am quality, but you get the idea. I'm thrilled with the outcome. The glitter is uber-durable, and a chip in nude nail polish isn't very noticeable, which combined are making my life easier.
Grab the Revlon Sheer Cotton here (on sale for $3.99) or at your local drugstore for around $6. Pick up the Sally Hansen Gem Crush in Big Money (or any of the other DELICIOUS colors) in person only at this point - Not available anywhere online that I can find including the Sally Hansen website, which is currently down. Regardless, I think it will run you right around $6 too.
I plan on quite a few more spin-offs of this mani in my future... Stay tuned.
For my own digits, I used Revlon's Sheer Cotton :
Image courtesy of tinroofnails.com
...And a swipe of Sally Hansen's new Gem Crush line in the color Big Money :
Image courtesy of AlisNailNews.blogspot.com
Those colors together along with Maegan's single-swipe idea turned out looking like this on my hand :
Grab the Revlon Sheer Cotton here (on sale for $3.99) or at your local drugstore for around $6. Pick up the Sally Hansen Gem Crush in Big Money (or any of the other DELICIOUS colors) in person only at this point - Not available anywhere online that I can find including the Sally Hansen website, which is currently down. Regardless, I think it will run you right around $6 too.
I plan on quite a few more spin-offs of this mani in my future... Stay tuned.
Color Run Of Gem Crush Line ('Big Money' 3rd from left)
Image courtesy of AlisNailNews.com
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Holi-Daze: More Inspir-WRAP-tion
When Julie of Julie Ann Art offered up a collection of gorgeous gift wrap ideas, I knew I had to share. Some uber-simple, some tough, but all just lovely and inspirational. Click here to see!
I especially loved this one - Who hasn't run out of gift wrap for that last box and not known what to do? Voila : Find a coordinating color, a piece of ribbon, and make it look like it was meant to be!
And this collection, while falling more into the whoa-that's-complicated category, is so beautiful, isn't it?
Loving the derivations from the traditional red + green + gold. Happy wrappin'!
I especially loved this one - Who hasn't run out of gift wrap for that last box and not known what to do? Voila : Find a coordinating color, a piece of ribbon, and make it look like it was meant to be!
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