Mega update! Acrylics & Shellac

Been working a lot at the salon so I don't have much time to do my own nails but here is a mega-update of client's nails I've done :)
Been trying to work on my smile lines (French acrylic)

Pink & White with 3D acrylic bows

Teal  with glitter fade

Did these on myself, pink/purple glitter fade

Black glitter with 3D acrylic bows

Shellac with glitter

Leopard mani

Shellac with glitter & hand painted leopard

Shellac with glitter accent nails

Gunmetal glitter fade
These are all various UV Gel Polishes (Shellac, Gelish, ManiQ)

with glitters & hand painted designs :)
Enjoy!

1st Place!!

I'm very happy to announce that my Grinch nail set has won FIRST PLACE for Best Overall Creativity :D

This week so far! UV Gel & Acrylics.

 Here's what I did in school this week!

We had a representative from professional nail product company Young Nails come to the school and do a demonstration, and I got to be the model!

She gave me a bunch of different Holiday themed nails :)

 Here's a simple holiday mani I did on a class mate.

It's UV gel as a base with Shellac gel polish on top, and on the accent nails I added some encapsulated glitter and hand painted candy cane stripes!

Here is a full set of tips, each nail is a completely different design!  There are various inlays of acrylic including marbles, mylar flakes, glitters and confettis :) 

The shiny stuff on her cuticles is actually just cuticle oil, I always use cuticle oil to help replenish any moisture that might have been lost during the nail service!

Another view!

 This is a sculpted set of stiletto nails.  There were no nail tips used, instead I sculpted the acrylic on a form into the shape that she wanted!  

On the accent nails there are 3D acrylic black roses and hand painted black chevron tips over OPI's "Pink Friday" polish.

Chevron is a style of a French tip, in the shape of a V rather than the classic U shape, and I suggested it to her because I thought it would look very sexy on a stiletto shaped nail!

We also did a variation of "Louboutin" nails, but instead of red bottoms, we went with black bottoms to match the pink & black theme!

I really love these nails!

You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch!

We are having a "Grinchmas" themed nail/hair competition at school, so this is my entry! 

There are 7 nail tips across the bottom covered in acrylic and painted as the floor.

The Grinch, his dog Max, the bag of toys, presents, train cars, tree & ornaments are all sculpted out of nail acrylic! 

I hope I win! :)

 Sorry the photo is so big, I wanted the small details to be visible!

More Adventures in 3D Acrylic Art

Hello my dear friends :)

I have FINALLY gotten a replacement phone (P.S.  Sprint SUCKS)

So I have uploaded some photos from the last week or 2 that I've been wanting to share with you!

Here is my first full set of sculpts and my first attempts at doing 3D acrylic rose nail art!

A sculpted nail is different than tips because there aren't any tips on these!

We use a weird looking thing called a form, it's almost like a very rigid sticker, wrap that around the finger and just mold the acrylic from the short natural nail out onto the form :)

 

I also tried a little something I had seen on Instagram a long time ago - "Red Bottoms" or "Louboutin" nails, you paint the underside of the nails red.  It's very sexy and it really does remind you of Christian Louboutin's sexy red-soled shoes!

And here is my second attempt at 3D acrylic cupcakes.  

I think they came out a little better than the first ones, practice makes perfect!

Have a great Monday :D

Learning: More Acrylic Art!

Some more acrylic nail art that I experimented with yesterday at school!

(Yes, more creepy fingers but it's okay you will get used to them! haha)

 Green & black marble, various rainbows, 3D bow  - the rainbows were so much fun to do!

3D kissy lips & 3D hearts

My work station at school :)

Hope everyone is having a great Saturday!

Learning: 3D Acrylic Art

Yesterday at nail school was a very busy day!

We had an event called "Professional Day" and everyone was allowed to wear fancy clothes, 

and we even decorated the school.

There are also a lot of students at this school studying cosmetology and aesthetician.

Each section of the school had to pretend that they were a real salon, so there was a "manager" and we kept track of how much "money" we made doing services.

 Our "nail salon" won an award for top performance! :)

We also learned a little bit of simple 3D acrylic art.. 

It was a nice change from just doing pink and white acrylic.

Don't mind the weird plastic fingers, it's what they give us to practice on but they are kind of creepy!

 

3D Acrylic cherries, bows, and hearts over colored acrylic tips and painted leopard spots over red acrylic tip.

Here is a small Hello Kitty done on a regular pink & white, using 3D acrylic bow and striper brushes.

 My new friend at nail school loves pansies, and her mother's name is Pansy so I tried to create a 3D acrylic pansy flower.. here is my first attempt!

It was difficult!

Since it was professional day, I made my boyfriend come in to get a manicure so I could make more "money" for the pretend salon hehe :)