What nails are you sporting today?

[CocoAllure]

Thanks, I think I might have a glitter addiction ........... Don't think I'm on my own though!!!

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[Sara-Jane]

Todacusa sell good drill bits, pretty fast shipping too x

 

[Cindy2021]

Todacusa sell good drill bits, pretty fast shipping too x

That's where I have bought mine X

 

[Struckbyastar]

Wish I was ambidextrous because trying to draw these patterns on the other hand is a pain in the arse!

Whenever I have to do patterns or even stamping I do it on my nail mat! It's latex and so I put a layer of topcoat then do my designs, then topcoat again. Once it's completely dry it peels off with tweezers and I apply like a decal! These are a few things I've done using the mat; the first nude one was stamped, the second hand painted!

Before my mat I used a plastic wallet! Xx

 

[cheeka]

Whenever I have to do patterns or even stamping I do it on my nail mat! It's latex and so I put a layer of topcoat then do my designs, then topcoat again. Once it's completely dry it peels off with tweezers and I apply like a decal! These are a few things I've done using the mat; the first nude one was stamped, the second hand painted!
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Before my mat I used a plastic wallet! Xx

I've been using a sandwich bag that I've drawn some vague nail type shapes on!

Can I ask what top coat you used? I tried using seche vite, but it was so solid and inflexible when it dried, it was like trying to apply a pane of glass! I bought some clear nail polish today (not a top coat, just a clear polish) for my next attempt at decals - I read somewhere that it should be more flexible - but I'm really interested to hear what other people use.

PS Those nails are lovely!

 

[Sara-Jane]

Whenever I have to do patterns or even stamping I do it on my nail mat! It's latex and so I put a layer of topcoat then do my designs, then topcoat again. Once it's completely dry it peels off with tweezers and I apply like a decal! These are a few things I've done using the mat; the first nude one was stamped, the second hand painted!
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Before my mat I used a plastic wallet! Xx

I keep looking at the Moyou London mat, but I'd also need to invest in some regular nail polishes too, I used gel to draw mine, I'm assuming gel polish wouldn't work well with the mat method? x

 

[Struckbyastar]

I've been using a sandwich bag that I've drawn some vague nail type shapes on!

Can I ask what top coat you used? I tried using seche vite, but it was so solid and inflexible when it dried, it was like trying to apply a pane of glass! I bought some clear nail polish today (not a top coat, just a clear polish) for my next attempt at decals - I read somewhere that it should be more flexible - but I'm really interested to hear what other people use.

PS Those nails are lovely!

Thanks Cheeka, I don't often post photos of my nails on here as I don't feel they're anywhere near as good as they should be or like the standard I see on here!

To be honest, for these ones I just used Barry M's Plumpy top coat!! You need to make sure both the base layer and the top layer are thick enough to encase the design and to be able to be picked up with tweezers rather than flaking off.

Sara-Jane, I have the uberchic mat which works fine, although someone else brought out another one with little "wells" in that you can watermarble in so wish I'd stuck it out and brought that as every watermarble attempt so far has been a failure! I only just thought about whether you can use gel polish on the mat recently; I got into nails by doing nail art whilst struggling with insomnia so I have hundreds of normal polishes- but I think I might give it a go with gel as it's the only way to find out if it's possible!
x

 

[helencowleard]

A few from this week

 

[Stook]

CND shellac, additives and Sasha Gossen stamping

 

[SteffHodgkiss92]

Mermaid glitter and sharpie nails I did not so long ago.

 

[SteffHodgkiss92]

Another few sets I koveeeeeed creating

 

[Sara-Jane]

Where's Ciderella with the nail porn (over on the thread about what she's been hauling) [emoji30]

 

[Sara-Jane]

View attachment 198133 CND shellac, additives and Sasha Gossen stamping

They look very pretty [emoji4]

 

[CocoAllure]

Where's Ciderella with the nail porn (over on the thread about what she's been hauling) [emoji30]

Yea that's right lol

 

[Sara-Jane]

Yea that's right lol

And you with your enailcouture! Don't think I've been missing these lovely buys [emoji57]

 

[Cindy2021]

Where's Ciderella with the nail porn (over on the thread about what she's been hauling) [emoji30]

I think I'll do my nails tomorrow, I just can't decide what I want to do [emoji20]

 

[CocoAllure]

Omg I had two massive nail nails today

 

[blossom]

Some acrylics with decals over polish that I did for a festival-goer

 

[CocoAllure]

Some acrylics with decals over polish that I did for a festival-goerView attachment 198142

So pretty

 

[CocoAllure]