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DIY Water Marble Nails

Classy meet edgy. Recreate these stunning water marble nails with this easy step-by-step tutorial! DIY Water Marble Nails      Recently, we posted an article about our favorite minimalist nail art designs and today we’re totally drooling over this stone water marble nail art. Because we can’t get enough of its chic, easy design, we’re recreating the look with this step-by-step tutorial that’s so easy all you need is a few materials and 20 minutes. Products Used In This Tutorial Nail polish (3 colors) Plastic wrap Warm water An alcohol-based liquid in a spray bottle (can be hand sanitizer, hair spray, perfume, or body spray) Colorless top coat I’m excited, you’re excited, so let’s get started! Step 1: Apply base coat Your base coat can be any color. We recommend trying this look with a black base coat. IMAGE VIA Cute Polish Step 2: Ball up the plastic      This will be your tool to creating the stone marble effect. The secret to creating a nice marbl

Stone Marble Nails?!

Hey guys! This video will show you how to easily create a beautiful and unique stone marble nail art design! I'm loving this manicure so much and i hope you do too :)

Here’s How To Get A Professional Manicure At Home

LA’s top nail artist shares her tips and tricks for achieving the perfect manicure at home. Keep on reading to learn how!  The Perfect DIY At-Home Manicure      While we love nothing more than going to our favorite nail salon and getting our nails did, we also understand and accept the financial reality of our bank account which makes trips to the salon a privilege rather than a right.      However, that doesn’t make going without our mani/pedis any easier. Instead, we’ve had to adapt to the good ol’ DIY approach: shaking off our dusty nail polishes, attempting to push back our cuticles and filing our nails only to see the finished result and think, “Meh. That could’ve turned out way better.”      Thankfully, there’s light at the end of the traumatic at-home manicure tunnel and it comes in the diaphanous form of an infographic from one of LA’s top manicurists, Madeline Poole.      Madeline goes over every step of the process — from filing to top coats — to make manicures

12 Fresh Spring 2016 Nail Art Trends | Makeup Tutorials

As Mugatu would say, “These nail art trends… They’re so hot right now.”  12 Fresh Spring Nail Art Trends      The birds are chirping, kids are painting Easter eggs and with the amount of chocolate bunnies I’ve been stuffing in my face, it’s safe to say that Easter is here and spring has, officially, sprung.      As we’ve been saying all year long, spring is the time for fresh trends that breathe life into our stale, now-overdone transitional winter wardrobe. This means it’s time to think outside the box which is exactly what these nail art trends do.      These designs are taken from the S/S 2016 runway and will breathe new life into your spring style.      Keep on scrolling to see the freshest spring nail trends from chrome to opalescent. 1. Chrome      This spring, chrome will be big, big, big. From chrome polish that reflects off of interior lighting to futuristic stripes that predict minimalism’s long residency in fashion, it was all about metallic. Get closer

DIY Shattered Glass Nail Art Tutorial

This viral trend is not going anywhere, anytime soon. Learn how to DIY shattered glass nail art with this step-by-step tutorial.  DIY Shattered Glass Nail Art Tutorial      Without South Korea, our skin would be in shambles and we would be entrenched in a life where shattered glass nail art doesn’t exist. While it certainly seems as if we can’t get enough of Korean beauty (probably because we can’t), there are so many great trends and looks to try that we can’t help but write about all of them. This leads to a lot of posts with the word “Korea” in there, something we’re definitely not opposed to (they clearly have their beauty game on lock). So, bear with us as we fangirl for a bit about shattered glass nails and how it’s, quite possibly, one of the most inventive trends of the social media age.      Created with iridescent cellophane, shattered glass nails are an easy look that gives your nails the appearance of having been dipped in shards of broken glass. The result is a

DIY Shattered Glass Nails [Korea Trend]

In today's DIY nail tutorial, we're looking at the hottest trend in the nail art world right now: Shattered Glass Nails This nail art design originates from South Korea and it's absolutely stunning! It's really easy to recreate and looks so gorgeous on. You won't be able to stop staring at your nails :)

Flamingo Nails | BONUS DIY Nail Polish Sticker

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Easy DIY Nails Art | Amazing Nails Art Compilation 2016 - Part 3

GREEN SPLASH NAIL ART – DIY TUTORIAL

     The look of these nails is very similar to how quail eggs look and it is a combination of two shades of green. If you tried out nail tutorials before that involve you to use water, it is great, if not, it is great again, a good opportunity to start trying out some. Once you will make some, you will get into the fever and will enjoy doing different models and patterns. Today’s tutorial is very similar to some we presented you in the past and the uniqueness of it is given by the colors used. What you will need: – dark green nail polish; – light pearled green nail polish; – a small container with water; – some alcohol in a spray bottle. – some acetone and q-tips to remove the excess polish; – top coat (optional). Directions:      1. Paint all of your nails with the dark green shade and let the polish dry very well;      2. Take the small container with water and start putting a few drops of the other polish in it (the light green one).      3. Spray some alcohol over th

HOW TO MAKE GRADIENT MERMAID NAILS – DIY NAIL ART

     When we were kids, at one point we all would have wanted to be or become a mermaid. All the movies and cartoons that had mermaids in it made us be charmed by their strength and beauty. Even if you have got over that fantasy long time ago you can still be chic making some mermaid inspired nails for yourself. What you will need: – turquoise nail polish; – royal blue and emerald green nail polish (preferably with glitter in them); – sponge; – some fishnet; – small nail decorations that look like gems; – top coat; – acetone and q-tips to clean out the excess polish on skin. Directions:      1. Start with applying one layer of turquoise nail polish on your nails and let them dry very well.      2. Take the sponge and apply the other polishes to it, the green and blue, because you will have to dab them over every nail. Before dabbing make sure you hold the fishnet over the nail.      3. Repeat for each and every nail, and soak the sponge with polish as many times you need

TRY OMBRE LIPS THIS FALL!

#1 MEANING OF OMBRE      The word “ombre” is a French word, which means “to shade”. Today ombre is popular phrase in beauty and fashion: ombre hair, ombre clothes, ombre decor, etc. This fall, ombre lips are looking fresh, new and exciting especially for the coming holiday season. via http://lolzepic.com/ #2 CENTER LIGHT & OUTER DARK LIPS      Keep in mind these three tricks when recreating the ombre lip:      1) Lip pencil is your friend. It prevents bleeding outside the lip line as well as defines the lips.      2) Generally stick to three lip color products and a lip brush.      3) Remember to follow the light, by mimicking the way light naturally hits a glossy lip in the center, AND don’t be afraid to go bold! via http://i.huffpost.com/ #3 PINK/PURPLE OMBRE LIPS      Moisturize you lips with clear lip balm before applying the lipstick to allow a smooth ombre blending of color.      1) Outline the lips, using your darkest purple shade.      2) In the middl