What nails are you sporting today?

[ladybird]

Shellac and foils

Beautiful neat work

 

[tracey louise]

done using gelish over gel extensions

 

[DONSLJ]

Mine today shellac romantique with gold glitter fade.

 

[pinkcouture]

Azure wish, Silver VIP & rainbow using additives

How do you get the rainbows so neat?

 

[Jojo@salongeek]

done using gelish over gel extensions

Live these. Especially your thumb nail. How did you do this? xx

 

[TLC Lisa]

Lovely! Which stamp is that please chick? X

Very nice what polish do you use with the plate ?? If you don't mind me asking ?? Xx

 

[Arty*Rox]

Azure wish, Silver VIP & rainbow using additives

How do you get the rainbows so neat?

Lovely work, I'd like to know this too

I just read on another thread that you can mix the additives with IPA to make a paste then paint with it, the IPA evaporates to leave the design. Maybe that technique was used here? Might be getting the colour pops out to have a play

 

[Conny]

Lovely work, I'd like to know this too

I just read on another thread that you can mix the additives with IPA to make a paste then paint with it, the IPA evaporates to leave the design. Maybe that technique was used here? Might be getting the colour pops out to have a play

Maybo a stupid question, but what is IPA? Can i compare that to alcohol?

 

[nicole333]

Loving these Nicole,beautiful work xx

Why thank you. :biggrin:

 

[IzzyBpink]

My nails today - base colour of OPI You're such a Budapest, and the bird and flowers handpainted using a variety of paints and pigments x

 

[tracey louise]

Live these. Especially your thumb nail. How did you do this? xx

Thanks jojo I did it using a dotting tool xx

 

[Smellenor]

My nails today - base colour of OPI You're such a Budapest, and the bird and flowers handpainted using a variety of paints and pigments x

These are just amazing, I am very impressed! I could spend all day going through this thread. Gives me something to do whilst waiting for this baby to pop out!

The bird is particularly cool

 

[IzzyBpink]

thanks - I was quite proud of the bird. Good luck with your little hatchling ;-) xx

 

[Arty*Rox]

Maybo a stupid question, but what is IPA? Can i compare that to alcohol?

Yep it's Isopropyl Alcohol, what we remove the tacky layer of gel with

 

[Conny]

Yep it's Isopropyl Alcohol, what we remove the tacky layer of gel with

That, i have :lol:
I'll start right now practising ;-)

 

[natlaw]

done using gelish over gel extensions

Very nice Tracey love the shape x

 

[Holliex]

Just finished mine. Done with gelish and sharpie x

 

[ShellacMad]

Lovely work, I'd like to know this too

I just read on another thread that you can mix the additives with IPA to make a paste then paint with it, the IPA evaporates to leave the design. Maybe that technique was used here? Might be getting the colour pops out to have a play

Thanks
It took me a while to get the hang of additives. The trick is less is more.
I use it out of the lid & an absolute minimum amount. You can always go back for more
I use the smallest brush that's angled from the additives kit & gently dabbed each colour in an arch. Once the rainbow was done I blended with a bigger brush & just tidied around with dsperse (ipa) The purple is actually lilac longing.
Hope this helps

 

[Jodie4156]

Live these. Especially your thumb nail. How did you do this? xx

I've also done this with a black striper for the outline, couldn't get the dotter to look neat lol, design looks gorg I might have to steal it xx

 

[Taylormadenails]

Thank u to the geek who came up with these! I did them on myself today and every 1 loves them x x x