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!

Learning: Acrylic & Gel Inlays

 Here's a little update on what I've done at school.

The latest things we have learned is called "inlays" or "encapsulating".

This can be done with UV gel or acrylic.

The trick is to work with very thin layers & creating a base, color, an item to be encapsulated, and then a clear layer over the top to seal it in.

You can encapsulate almost anything: glitter, confetti, lace, googly eyes, candy wrappers, feathers, etc.!

Here are some encapsulations or inlays I've done on classmates.

 This encapsulated glitter was done with UV gel and a brush. 

UV gel is a bit different than gel polish, it's VERY sticky and can be a lot messier!

 Here are some acrylic inlays, done on the end of a French tip and some fades as well.

4 different glitters, acrylic polka dots, heart & star confetti and marblized acrylic!

Here's another view of the acrylic.. and some palm trees in the back haha (so difficult to get a good photo of these nails!)

Learning: Glitter Acrylics!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my friends & followers!

I hope you are all having a wonderful day, and watch out for crazy people if you are doing any Black Friday shopping!!

Just thought I would share a pic of what I learned in school yesterday!

 

These are super fun glitter acrylics!

The two on the left are 2 colors faded together, and the others are french with 2 colors faded into the french tip :)

I tried to blur out the creepy fingers to enhance your viewing experience lol.

Enjoy!