Nail Art World - gallery of nail design

Gelish Little Princess French

2012-02-06T10:24:00.000-08:00

Hello All

Below is a a new french manicure with gelish "little princess"

I added a design and also a matching ring.

I think it turned out really well, especially with the ring.

Red Carpet manicure SOG - After Party Playful Fail

2012-01-30T11:40:00.000-08:00

Hello All

Here my new nails with "After Party Playful" - so disappointing! It fades dramatically and really quick. First picture is taken right after i was done - Saturday night, and second is today - Monday morning. Absolutely different color. I put some regular glitter polish on the tip, and you can actually see that color under this glitter is brighter than the rest of the nail.

Gel Polish nails

2011-12-30T10:08:00.001-08:00

Hello All
I recently got a red carpet manicure system from ulta - and i love love love it!!!! Super durable on nails, i also got few gelish polishes that work perfectly with RCM base and top.
Here are my most recent nails:

2011-12-04T08:48:00.001-08:00

New stylish nail design

Nails with gold foils

2011-10-10T09:15:00.000-07:00

Hello All
Here are my nails with the use of gold nail art foil, I also have matching pedicure

Fall colors on nails

2011-09-14T22:07:00.001-07:00

Hello All
Here is my new manicure

Fruit ninja inspired nails

2011-09-05T19:14:00.001-07:00

Hello my Sweet Nail- Art Lovers
I m checking if I can submit posts from my phone, so here are some fresh manicures.
Green one is inspired by a popular fruit ninja game :) I just can't stop aging it

Summer Pedicure for a Friend

2011-08-09T08:23:00.001-07:00

Hello All

here is a pedicure i made last night for my friend Lena.

She normally goes with "french and BIGGG flower" manicures, but last night i finally talked her into solid color. Didn't have time to edit pictures, so as is, don't be scared. lol I still think it turned out peaty well , especially considering my recent lack of practice.

Arty Nails

2011-06-28T19:00:00.000-07:00

Hello my Sweet Nail-Art Lovers
Art and music inspired manicure, i realy love how it turned out.

Zoya Swatches

2011-05-15T17:32:00.000-07:00

Hello My Sweet Nail Art Lovers

On Friday, got a ton of samples from Zoya for review, so here are some swatches of Zoya's new summer collections - "SummerTime" and "Sunshine"

Sooki
Tamsen
Areej
Kieko
Mira
Breezi
Reva
Kimmy
Apple
Tanzy
Rika
Faye
Bonus Swatch - Beautiful Zoya Lolly Matte

Vanilla Flower Manicure

2011-05-08T18:21:00.000-07:00

Hello My Sweet Nail-Art Lovers
This manicure is hand painted and inspired by light fresh flower of vanilla, look very light and perfect for spring. I also added a little bling with the nail foil. I hope u like it.

Black heart manicure

2011-05-08T18:15:00.001-07:00

Hello My Sweet Nail Art Lovers
Some days u just get sad because of love, not like a real broken heart, but just a light sadness for something that might have happened but never did. And on one of days i did those nails - pink and playful but still with punched black hearts.
Sorry for not posting for so long, just took a brake from blogging, i sure do deserve one :)

St. Patric Manicure

2011-03-16T20:10:00.000-07:00

Getting ready for St. Patric Day!!! Tomorrow giong out for some green beer :)

Zoya Marley Sneak Peek

2011-02-19T10:37:00.000-08:00

Hello My Sweet Nail-Art Lovers
Today i am posting a sneak pick of one of the most gorgeouse polishes from Zoya new colelction called Intimate.
I ahve the whole colection for review which is coming soon, but for now jus some nail-art on the irresistable Marley.
The color is very beautiful, i especially like a perl finish on it - perfect for spring and greate for any kind of Nail-art, becaus eit is very opaque.

Older Manicures

2011-02-05T16:19:00.000-08:00

Hello Sweet Nail-Art Lovers
I know it have been a while since my last post, but unfortunatly i had a really short nails for the past month, so didnt make as amny nail arts as usually.
Today i am posting few older manis, just so you wont forget me.

Christmas manicure

2010-12-24T13:11:00.000-08:00

Hello my Sweet Nail-Art Lovers
I wish all of you great holidays and here is y christnas manicure. The idea of the car is "stolen" from some icture from interent, i loved it so much that could not resist to have it on my nails.

Some winter moode manicures

2010-12-21T18:14:00.000-08:00

Hello My Sweet Nail-Art Lovers
Here are some manicres to inspire holidays winter modes. I did those in the last few weeks but nether had a chance to post it, so i hope you ll enjoy my nail art.

Congratulations to the winners

2010-12-19T13:46:00.000-08:00

Hello My Sweet Nail-Art lovers!
I am hapy to prononce winners of flowers nail art contest.
The winne rof first prize (readers choice) is entrie number 2 made by super talented and very famoust Thriszha from Fub you nails blog. Congatulations !!!
The winner of the second prize (my choice) is entrie number 6 made by Ramona. She runs ANDAYN NAIL blog where she post tons and tons of mind blowing creative nail designs.
I choose this manicure because i believe it is very well excuted, consisten wiht the contest theme, very well executed and hase a personality. I really like it, so congrats to ramona.
Winners please e-mail me your mailing addresses so i can mail your prizes ASAP.
Great thanks for every contestents and Marry Christmas to everybody :)

Contest Voting

2010-12-13T08:18:00.001-08:00

Hello Dear Ladies
Sorry for the short delay with posting all the contest entries. I got really sick this weekend :( Anyway, than ks to all of you who sent me your flower manicures. They all are very beautiful and creative, and the voting will be open until Midnight Saturday. The entree Nubder 16 came late, and i cant include it in the poll now, so if you want to vote for #16 leave a comment please.
LADIES! VOTING IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BLOG, VOTES IN COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED ONLY FOR NUMBER 16, TO VOTE FOR OTHER ENTRIES PLESE USE POLL ON THE RIGHT SIDE BAR. THANKS
So here are the entries for voting.
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16

Flowers Nail-Art Contest

2010-12-12T13:32:00.000-08:00

Hello My Sweet Nail Art Lovers.
Great news!!! Here is you holiday treat from Nail Art World, participate in my Nail Art Contest for a chance to win new super hot “Flame” polish collection by Zoya. International followers are welcome!
First Prize - "Fire and Ice" collection by Zoya (6 polishes) (renamed as "Flame")

Second Prize my 2 of my favorite polishes from summer “Sparkle’ collection - “Charla” and “Mimi”

Here are some Rules:
The theme of this contest is "Flowers Nail Art", since i have been recently painting so many flowers on my nails, I am so curious what would my followers come up with. So, roses and daisies, colorful or monochromatic, romantic or Gothic, painted, stamped, decaled or marbled – everything that you only can imagine is welcomed to participate.
Protocol:
- Must be or become a follower to participate
- Please submit one entry per person to the nailartworldblog@gmail.com include no more than 2 pictures of your manicure. Subject line Flowers Contest, please also include your name and e-mail.
- It is preferable that you do new manicure specially for this contest, come on Ladies, lets have some fun doing the nails :)
- You can submit a second entry, if you post in your blog about this contest, please include the link on the post in the e-mail. However i encourage everybody to spread the news about this contest in your blog or twitter, and i appreciate your help with it.
SCHEDULE:
Contest is open until Saturday - December 11 2010
I will select a second prize winner, and 10 best entries, that will be published here for voting to win a first prize.
Readers will select a first prize winner. Voting will be opened from Monday – December 13 till Thursday- December 16, and the winners will be announced and notified by e-mail no latter then Sunday – December 19.
I hope that this is not too many rules :) Can not wait to see all those beautiful manicures !!!!

Newest Manicures

2010-11-30T18:49:00.000-08:00

Hello My Sweet Nail-Art Lovers
I am posting today couple of m newest manicures that i recently made.
Also Plese check out my Nail art CONTEST
I still didnt get any entries, but got few e-mails from ladies who were interested. I am getting a bit scared if anybody is going to take part at all. Please write a comment to chear me up to let me know that youa re planning to participate. Thanks. I love all you :)
Here are the manicures:

Zoya Fire And Ice Swatches

2010-11-21T09:42:00.000-08:00

Hello My Sweet Nail-Art Lovers
Today i am posting a swatches of new Fire And Ice collection by Zoya.
I was so impressed with the colors that even ordered another set from ZOYA.COM, to be a prize in my upcomming contest.
My Favorite color from the entire collection is probably deep sparkle cherry Valery.
Another interesting thing is that i think they have renamed this Fire and Ice collection to be called Fame. Bow the same set is listed and Fame on zoya.com, but those that i got are called Fire and Ice, even though the colors are identical.
Tiffany
Tiffany

Gloria

Lisa

Sarah
Valerie
Crystal

New Manicure For a Week

2010-11-14T15:38:00.000-08:00

Hello My Sweet Nail-Art Lovers
JUst a quick post to share manicure i amde today for next work week. I would give it a 4 out of 5, but i think it still looks nice.
I promiss to make more stamping manis, i know i didnt stamp in a long while, but just cold not quit playing with my new paint.
So anyway let me know whta do you think about this manicure and be prepared for big event - a nice holiday contest is comming up here- at my Nail Art world blog, as soon as i get the prizes in my mail. Have a great week. Your L.

Right Hand

Just Cant wait to share

2010-11-06T13:42:00.000-07:00

Hello My Swet Nail Art Lovers
I am so excited to share this manicure with you, because i really love it. I ecently figured a better way to handle acrylic paint for better gorgeouse gradient effect of ne stroke hand painting. The trick is to put some water in the paint to make it thinner. I am so thrilled with the results and feel liek this is the whole new level in my painting attempts.
I hope you ll like my manicure and pedicure.

This is is my right hand
And here are my new toes

Fall in Colorado Manicure

2010-11-04T19:30:00.000-07:00

Hello My Sweet Nail Art Lovers
Todyas manicure is inspired by the beautiful golden fall - here in colorado.
This is just ubelievable how quick everythinbg turned to gold, yellow, red and cabernet coulor. I swear changes happened in a single week. So i felt like something delicate and goldy on my nails for at least couple days of this beautiful season.
And where are also more one stroke nails on a way for you, so stay tuned.
Thanks.

Halloween Manicure 2

2010-10-31T16:08:00.000-07:00

Hello my Sweet Nail Art Lovers
Just a quick post to share my halloween manicure i made for last nights party and tonights candy hand out. I wish all of you a Happy Halloween :)

Nice pair

2010-10-16T12:56:00.000-07:00

Hello my Sweet Nail-Art Lovers.
I cant believe that i totally forgot to post for you this sweet pair. I did this mani and and matching pedi a while ago and it turned out really delightful. I wore it for the gitls night out that i recently had with my college girlfriends. Came home at about 4 am with 2 broken nails - ha ha , but still worth it :)

2 Fall hand painted manicures

2010-10-16T12:52:00.000-07:00

Hello my Sweet Nail art lovers.
Since i was so lazy and only been posting once a week, today i am going to spoil you with 2 Automn themed manicures. I like the red ne better, but i hope you will enjoj both. Thanks

One stroke preatyness

2010-10-10T18:34:00.000-07:00

Hello My Sweet Nail art Lovers.
Here is my my nail art from last week, i was working really hard to make this manicure, and i believe it turned great. Unluckily pics dint turned very well, these light paints always gets invisible by the flash of the camera.
Anyway i recently got some more paints, and planning to do more hand painted manicures. I hope you ll enjoy this one.

Zoya Wicked pictures

2010-10-03T13:16:00.000-07:00

Hello Sweet Nail Art readers, here is th rest of Fall collctions from Zoya - "Wicked"
I love love love quality of zoya polishes, i personally believe that Zoya is the best polish i ve ever wear in terms of quality and lastings. Zoya is so reliable - i know this polish will make it for the entire work week without cipping and cracking.
So here are my pictures of wicked collection:
To begin with some floral Nail-Art i made last week on a Edyta
Cheryl
Julieanne
Kym
Karina

Carrie Ann

ZOYA Wonderful review

2010-09-26T12:43:00.000-07:00

Hello my Sweet Nail-Art Lovers.
Today i am posting my review of new "Wonderful" collection by Zoya, that i recently received in my mail. I will Also soon post the rest of Zoya's Seasonal called "Wicken" .
Even that i was so excited to get it and try these colors out, every time i look at these polishes i have a deja vue feeling. I mean don't get me wrong, colors are gorgeous, and quality is as always outstanding, however some of the polishes really reminded me other colors by zoya.
I also want to mention that i was surprised with how colors came out on the nails, some look way much nicer that my first "bottle" impression. My only wish for Zoya, is to stop cloning redish colors and add a litle spalsh on something unexpected. May be more in blue tones...
Anyway, here are pictures, so you can judge yourself.
Shawn

Cola
Kristi
Burke
Stacy
Kelly

Pastel Beauty

2010-09-21T18:55:00.000-07:00

Hello my Sweet Nail-Art Lovers
I was so excited about this manicure that decided that i cant wait till weekend to share this one wiht you. I love it!!! I think this is one of the best i ever made.
Unfotunateley pics could have came out better, but still, the mani is gorgeouse!
For the base sponginh i used essie resor collection polishes , than added some two-tone stamping and little blig.
I hope you will enjoy this one too, i mean come on, isn't it super cute?

Night Watch Manicure

2010-09-19T12:03:00.000-07:00

Hello My Sweet Nail Art Readers.
I am posting today a darken manicure in support of my new blog design, i hope you like it.
I am not really getting a Halloween spirit this year yet, i guess because i am too busy all the time.
So i guess this is first Halloween manicure so far this year.
Please let me know what do you think about new blog design, i got a background at the cutest blog on the block, and header as always i made myself.
Thanks

Juicy Nails from Sparkly Nails

2010-09-12T19:07:00.001-07:00

Helo My Sweet Nail-Art Lovers .
Todays fruity manicure is sponsored by Ali from "SPARKLY NAILS" Nail Art Supply Store lovated in UK. She was so kind to send me some fimo fruit slices so i can finally try it off.
Please visit her store, she carries a tons and tons of very useful nail-art goddies, and store design and navigation are really convinient.
So in this manicure i used fio slices and some bubly stamping, to create a wipe creame effect.
Well i dont know how creamy these nails look to you, but they are deffinately super juicy and i just want to eat it. I love fimo slices and effect it can deliver for nail art.

Taste of Victory

2010-08-24T20:21:00.000-07:00

Hello my Sweet Nail-Art Lovers
I call this manicure Taste of victory because it seems like we won.... Long story short is that Diana from Painted Lady Fingers have notified me that someone stole my header and all the content of my blog together with hers and some other fellow bloggers.
We collectively contacted blogger team and it seems like they just turned down a scam blog.
Oh, gosh that feels good to know that blogger team is on our side and help protect our blogging initiative copyrights.
So this is the manicure to celebrate our little victory.
My only hope is that scam blog will stay down from now on.

This is my right hand, to eb honest i like this one even better :)

The Kitty is Alive

2010-08-20T20:12:00.000-07:00

Hello My Sweet Nail-Art Lovers
Today's manicure is a clone of one i did last summer and it involves hello kitty stamp.
This time i went with blue pallet again, but in my honest opinion kitty ended up looking a bit too blue, that would be a perfect drowned hello kitty :) Fortunately kitty is alive and manicure survived almost 5 long work days.
As a lot may wonder how i achieved this look - i simply stamped kitty first, and than put the glitter around the stamp using thin brush. I am thinking to make more manicures in this technique, i guess some flowers would look cool too.

Hacky Summer Green Nails

2010-08-14T13:45:00.000-07:00

Hello My Sweet Nail Art Lovers
Here is my manicure of the week and the last picture of nails being long. As it always happens to me, i was just trying to trim it, but went kind of really short. You will see short version in my next post.
I am not super crazy about this look, however i admire how long can my nails get, i hope you ll like the manicure

Pink tea rose

2010-08-08T19:47:00.000-07:00

Hello My Sweet Nail-s
I was really pelased with the manicure that i am posting today.
Yes it took me quite a time to hand paint these beautiful roses , but i think totally worth it.
I see now that i deffinately need more practice, and should make more hand painted designs. I used to be able to do painting much quicker.
So i hope that this manicure will please you too, please enjoj and feel free to comment.

This is my right hand

Raggae Manicure

2010-08-01T18:41:00.000-07:00

Hello Sweet Nail-Art Lovers.
Thus weekend we attended a 6th annual reggae festival at the heart of the rocky mountains, here in colorado. I could not pass on the opportunity to make a theme inspired manicure for this special ocasion. I as in a hurry so it came out a bit sloppy in my opinion, but i am still blown with the look and the whole idea, and i hope that you ll like it too.

Strawberry shake 2

2010-07-25T19:13:00.001-07:00

I found this manicure in one of the blogs, and just fell in love with it, such a fabulous idea. I can not remember who did this manicure originally, but if this is you please let me know and i will link to the original mani here.
Anyway here is my interpretation of a strawberry shake nails, i live this look.

Aqua Rose on Blue base

2010-07-16T20:46:00.000-07:00

Hello my Sweet Nail -Art Lovers
What a wonderful time summer, i love it, even despite the heat :)
I love swimming outdoor and i swim everywhere lakes, reservoirs and pools - i love it. I really wish to move some day closer to the ocean, so i can have even more water to swim.
So here is my aqua manicure, i just got so inspired after jumping into the pool that came up with this mani. I know it is just a flower on a blue, but it really makes me feel like i got a splash of fresh cold water on my nails.I don't do much hand painting those days, due to the busy schedule, but i think this one turned out great. What do you think?

This is my right hand, i actually like it even more than left

Stone Art and Failed stamping

2010-07-11T09:31:00.000-07:00

Hello my sweet Nail-Art Lovers!
Yesterday i felt an irresistible urge to do somehting arty. Luckily for me, idea came along when i saw the rocks around the house. So i created some "Stone Art" using the same one stroke technique that use for Nail art. I also used some Nail-art decal materials to enhance those little gray stones, and i really hope that you will like this.
As for a manicure, i stamped black flowers on a white base color, but however dint allow it to dry completely, so when i tried to cover it the the top coat, i totally screw the design. I took one picture of my right hand before top coat, so you can see the difference. I had to wash this manicure off, and will have to come up with something new tonight.
With top coat
Before top coat

Silver Sparkle + Marshal

2010-07-08T20:14:00.000-07:00

Hello my Sweet Nail-Art Lovers.
Since i did not have much time lately to make a any really epic manicures (i ma also experiencing a lack of supplies, but hopefully will be able to fix it soon) i will treat you today with some pictures of my one only orange miracle - Marshal :)
And the manicure is nice too, it is silver and sparkly, and metallic, i hope you will enjoy it

Hello, remember me?

Comment Moderation is ON now

2010-07-06T09:22:00.000-07:00

Hello My Dear Nail Art Lovers.
This is just a quick post to let you know that i decided to enable comment moderation, due to the increased number of SPAM comments at Nail-Art World Blog.
You will still be able to leave comments, but however won’t see it immediately, because i will review it first. I hope it will help to keep my blog clean, And a big shame on those who live all those spam comments, just FYI, i use a special tag so links from spam comments are not getting indexed by search engines.
More information about this special tags can be found here
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/01/preventing-comment-spam.html
Thank you, and i wish a happy day for everyone.

4th of July this year

2010-07-02T11:33:00.000-07:00

Hello my Sweet Nail-Art Lovers
Here is my 4th of July manicure this year.
I used Zoya polishes for this look. i really love how it turned out, especially color combination. To be honest this is one of my favorite themes for manicures, but due to the lack of free time, i created this mani in like 20 minutes last night, so it is not perfect in terms of accuracy, but i still like it .

Happy summer nails

2010-06-27T20:51:00.000-07:00

Hello my Sweet Nail-Art Lovers
I missed you all week long, because i had this gorgeous manicure to share with you. And guess what? I even have a matching tows. In fact tows came out first and i really loved how this idea looked so i decided to make a matching manicure. This is not exact match but kind of look alike and made with the same base color and same decals. I really like the 3D effect that this yellow circle added to the design.
By the way this gorgeous base color is an amazing Zoya "Robin" from summer Flash collection.
So here are my tows and nail and i hope you ll enjoy, i had a blast wearing this sweet bright pair this week. Have a great week, and stay tuned next Sunday :)

Conservative office manicures

2010-06-20T20:35:00.000-07:00

Hello my Sweet Nail Art Lovers.
I miss you all so much, and i am so excited right now, writing this post.
Today i will post you manicures that wore during the first week of my new job. Well it is pretty conservative, but however looked perfect in the office environment. And those gorgeous colors are from Essie Resort Collection - i love it. The last manicure is a clone of my San Francisco manicure from last summer, but done on shorter nails. I really love the combination of morrow shine chrome polish and bright details. So what do you think? Woukd those nails be apropriate for your office?

My Sweet Nail Art Lovers

2010-06-13T13:09:00.000-07:00

Hey hey hey, long time did not post anything, by bad.
Due to the changes in my life i am unfortunately have to reduce my postings to a proximately once a week, where i ll post the best nail -art, or a few images of nail that i been wearing this week, i hope you will still come visit my blog.
So here are some manicures that are about 3-4 weeks old, but nether got a chance to post it, One is butterfly kondad and another is a hand painted flowers.
I think both those are gorgeous, and i hope you ll enjoy it as well

Simple , but nice

2010-05-26T20:55:00.000-07:00

This is a really simple but in the same time super nice ring + nails set.
I know i have not been posting a lot recently, i guess i need a little break and also having a very very busy life right now.
I still have tons of pictures of my nail art, and i hope i ll catch up with posting soon enough.I hope you enjoy the mani.

Calla Lillies Manicure

2010-05-20T12:56:00.000-07:00

Hello Dear Nail-Art Lovers.
Callas are my great weakness, this is probably first time i came up with something that i can present to you with callas. I like how the flowers came up, however the leaves looks like a cabbage to me. Well where is really a lot of room for improvement.

Cherry Punch Manicure

2010-05-11T21:13:00.000-07:00

Hello Sweet Nail-Art Lovers.
I really like the way this manicure turned out, very alluring. I think the base color is gorgeous - this is one of my favorite nail polish shades ever. It is Zoya "Demi" fall 2009 collection "Dare".
I also made a matching ring to compliment this manicure.
The pedicure is not the exact match however it also has cherries, just played out little differently .

Red Rose with Black Leaves

2010-05-09T13:07:00.000-07:00

Hello my Sweet Nail-Art Lovers.
Today's manicure turned out really great, however all the pictures ended up king of faded.
The idea of this manicure is stolen from some picture that i found online.
Unfortunately can not find the original image any more.
I used stamps to make red roses, and i painted leaves with black acrylic paint. One day i ll definitely make a pedicure with the same design, it will look super cool on the toes.
I apologize for not very nice pictures, and i hope you can still enjoy this manicure. Thanks.

Painted Flower manicure

2010-05-04T22:31:00.001-07:00

Here is my bright hand painted flower manicure made in One stroke technique, hope you ll like it.

Are you starving for some cute...

2010-05-02T21:58:00.000-07:00

Are you? Well, unfortunately nails today are not that cute,but i have however some really cute pictures of my Marshal to share. He seems really enjoy this pose, and been captured laying like this many times. We call it a flying squirrel pose, but however all the ideas about how to name this are kindly welcomed in comments. He is my sweet orange chipmunk, isn't he super cutey?
Marshal:

Nails

Zoya Perri Vio-Fio

2010-04-30T13:39:00.000-07:00

Hello Dear Sweet Nail-art Lovers.
Finally got some inspiration, it is been a while that i made some one stroke nails with acrylic paints. The base color is Zoya Perri - love it - so perfect for sponging and gradient look, and overall just a really nice shade.
I also sponged the ring with this nail polish so it matches color of the nails. I hope you like it.

Spring Daisy Manicure

2010-04-29T21:23:00.000-07:00

Hello my Sweet Nail-Art Lovers.
Here is my spring Daisy manicure, which is hand painted with polishes. Quite a rare thing for me those days wit all those stamps and acrylic paints.
I really love how it turned out, kind of simply bu intricate. I used Zoya Dana (flash collection) for the base color and i think this is what helped pull off this manicure. Dana is probably my favorite color from the entire collection - it is very smooth and bright.
I hope you ll enjoy this nail-art

Finally - Zoya Spakle

2010-04-26T22:33:00.000-07:00

Zoya Sparkle is a a collection made of unique and very sparkle colors that are just so exciting and beautiful, so here are some pictures and some nail designs with those lacquers.

Nidhi
Gilda
Alegra
Charla
Ivanka
Mimi

Orange Juce manicure and pedicure

2010-04-22T23:48:00.001-07:00

Love it!!! First time in this year finally wore flip flops.
Base color is beautiful Zoya Jancyn from flash collection

Glam-Rose with gold flakes

2010-04-19T23:12:00.000-07:00

Hello my Sweet Nail-art Lovers.
Personally i really really love the manicure that i am posting today, i was honestly wearing it for more than 4 days which is absolute record for me. I think i nailed this design. The secret formula of the success is - a little of Konad, a little of glitter, and a lot of golden flakes.
I think this is a cool technique of using nail-art foils, since it is really hard to shape it, so i just randomly applied flakes around my design.
Please let me know how do you like this design and especially flakes. Thanks

Funcky Nails with Zoya Flash

2010-04-17T21:28:00.000-07:00

This Leopard manicure is very bright and juicy, i made it using polishes from flash collection by Zoya. I usually don't enjoy wearing orange nail polish, however this shade seems to be really sweet and goes well with my skin tone, unlike most oranges.
And another great news is that i am all done with my final project and defense, and now i am all done with my Master degree. This is a really big step for me, and i am glad that all this hard work finally came to the conclusion.
So this is what looks the nails of someone who have just got a master degree in computer information systems :D

Zoya Jolene in Action

2010-04-12T08:10:00.000-07:00

Hello my Sweet Nail-Art Lovers :D
This manicure and ring set demonstrates a Jolene polish from flash collection by Zoya.
Again it is a bit brighter in life than in pictures, really hard to catch real color.
I love this shade - very summer and extremely girly.

Zoya Flash Swatches

2010-04-07T23:55:00.000-07:00

Hello my Sweet Nail-Art Lovers.
Today i am posting a swatches of new summer 2010 collection by Zoya - "Flash", that was kindly sent to me by Art of Beauty for review.
From the first glance the whole collection is an eye catching blast of color and joy.
All the colors are so alluring and beautiful, but i wold not say that any of those are truly unique. I found a close match for almost all the colors from this collection in the polishes that i own - and i don't even own that many. However it is good to have it all packed together in a Flash collection with the exceptional quality of Zoya polishes.
It does not look like this in the bottle, but i d say that Flash polishes are more on the sheer side - which means most of it will work awesome for nail-art and especially gradients.
My pictures turned out not really great. Lacquers from this collection acts like a neons when it comes to taking pictures, they are super bright and don't look like in real life. But unlike neons it does not fry mate, but glossy creamy and gorgeous.
Jancyn
Maura
Jolene
Dana
Perrie
Robin

Just a random Zoya bottle upgrade :D

Holo + Painting

2010-04-06T00:46:00.000-07:00

Here are my holo + painting nails.I can not say that it turned out great, but i still decided to post it .Holos are so tricky they are really gorgeous on the sun, but inside i just get super bored of it. This particular holo polish is China Glazee.

Mnaicure that did not win

2010-04-04T23:19:00.000-07:00

Here are the nails that i submitted for the Charming Nail contest, the requirement was to make a nail-art with the use of color club. I did not win, but i really like this manicure anyway, i had a blast wearing it for few days :D
And on the first picture you also cna see my ring box :) So, this is how row rings look like before i paint them.

Breath of spring

2010-04-01T23:41:00.000-07:00

Hello my Sweet nail Art Lovers.
I called this manicure "A breath of Spring" because even that it is gray, it still look a lot like spring to me.
I know my writing kind of suck last several months, but i am doing so much writing for my final paper that my mind just go wiped to write something for blog. Pictures are more important, right? Who even reads all the crap that i am writing :D

Joy me on facebook

2010-03-31T23:19:00.000-07:00

Hello my Sweet Nail-art lovers.
Good news for all the facebook fans, i finally got my own page where, and i am inviting everyone to joy me where. I hope you guys will comment your butties off where, and also please share your own Nail-art, in my album "Fans Nails".
Nail-Art World on Facebook
And here is the manicure :)
I know it is spring now, but this just what my mood was like.

Very busy , but beautiful Nails

2010-03-28T21:43:00.000-07:00

Hello my Sweet Nail-art lovers.
This nail design that i am posting today is kind of busy looking, a lot is going on on those tiny nails. It actually started as just a diagonal stripes of different shades of purple. When i decided to add a little gold, and when some stamp on the edge, and more stamp and the rhinestones.
I hope you ll like, because i am really thrilled with the result, even thought the design came to me really spontaneous.

Surprisingly Orange Nail Art

2010-03-25T22:32:00.000-07:00

Hello my Sweet Nail-art lovers.
I am not kidding today calling this design "Surprisingly" Orange.
Originally flowers were painted in red and white, but after i put on the top coat white paint turned yellow. That was super wired, it nether happened before with this paint. And i used different top coats, so it was not a top coat issue.So wile color changing is a misery, i think i even like it better this way. I really like the design, and looks really bright and summer like.

China Glaze - Peachy Keen

2010-03-24T23:57:00.000-07:00

Hello my sweet Nail-Art Lovers.
The moment i saw this polish on the promo pictures, even before the colelction was relesed, i knew that i get to have this color. So i finally recently got it and sharing pics with you today.
I know i can play it out with much more fun, and i will, i promise, it is just that super busy those days.

Pretty Pedi

2010-03-21T22:53:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear Nail-art lovers.
Today is a pedicure post, because my finger nails are still busy with the pretty classy stamping design from he previous post.
By the way, answering all the questions about the rings, i got row rings from e-bay sellers, it called resin rings - you can get like 50 of it for 10-15 bucks. I got 2 different styles - 50 count of each, and simply paint them to match my nail art.
And here is today pedicure .I only have 1 picture that turned out well, and i honestly don't know why my tow nails are different size - they are just always like this ,one is just bigger i guess, or grow faster :) Weird.

Konando-Set + Announcement

2010-03-20T22:03:00.000-07:00

Hello my sweet Nail-Art Lovers!
Today i am posting a beautiful Nail+ring set that i made with Konad Stamps. I just as up for the bolder look, that is why used Konad. I still believe that nothing beats Konad, this is the only way to achieve this really polished and professional look.
About this set, most people, especially strangers, asked if i painted my nails after the ring :) So they think that the ring was first :) But actually who knows what goes first - nails or ring lol , the reality is that Koand work perfect to create awesome nail-rings sets.
And i also would like to tell you that i am going to have a give way some time next week, nothing too excited, but you d better stay tuned, and not to miss it.

Nails and ring set

2010-03-17T23:52:00.000-07:00

Here is another ring-nails set that i came up with recently.
It looks a little more like winter rather then spring, but i still like it.
I sponged the light green transparent ring with the same zoya nail polish that used as a base coat for my nails. I was trying to make keep the ring semi transparent, but it did not turned really great, and a ring is nos as bright and even as nails, but however i am really pleased with the drawing on the ring.
I really love to make nails-ring sets - i think all together it looks fantastic, and catch lots of attention. Everybody are asking me where did get this service. lol

St Patrick nails vol. 2

2010-03-16T20:19:00.000-07:00

So here is the second green manicure that i promised you yesterday. Here i used different shades of green then in previous Mani. I like those shades better.
Also i decided to update my blog design to something spring looking. So the green design is not about St. Patrick day, but however represent a spring and dreams about summer.
Check out my new header - this is actually first time i don't have a nails or manicures on my header, but i think i came up with the pretty creative one ,and crazy as well.
It suppose to look like the grace is draining out of the nail polish bottle, and form the grace island that host the tron. And the nails polish bottle is actually located on this tron... I know this is crazy... but do YOU like it?

St. Patrick Nail Marathon

2010-03-15T22:17:00.000-07:00

Well may be not really Marathon, but i have 2 green manicures for you this year, one for today and one for tomorrow. I finally remembered about this holiday, this is my first year to remember :)
That was a pleasure to make this manicure, because i recently realized that i have a quite broad selection of different shades of green in my Nail polish collection.
So, on this particular manicure i created extra dimension effect with the additional layering holo green stamp underneath the leave. That was quite hard to capture on the pics, but it actually turned out interesting and playful.

Spring in Japanese Style with French Touch

2010-03-13T17:26:00.000-08:00

Hello Dear Readers.
Despite the fact that today's manicure is made in the Japanese style it was inspired by sheer and beautiful Color Club - French Kiss Collection that i recently got.
I dont even know how i came up with the idea, i am generally not so good at drawing sakura.
However i like the result, and i am so impressed by the new polishes.
I actually looked up online how to spell "SPRING" in Japanese language. It is represented by several characters so decided just to pick one that i liked the most.
Of course, i did not manage to make exact spelling, so i woudl say that my drawing is just inspired by this character -the last one.
Spring: Haru, はる, 春
And if any of you know some Japanese, please dont pay attention to the character i added in photo shop, it is just random character and i have no idea what it means, i just got the picture from internet. Hope it does not say anythign bad :)

This is right hand

Bright Rainbow Nails

2010-03-07T21:59:00.000-08:00

Hello my Dear Nail-art Lovers.
I guess my mind is still blown out by the beauty of San Francisco, so today i felt an urge to create something super bright and funky on my nails. And what can be brighter and crazier then a rainbow. I complimented this design with some extra white lines stamping and added some jewels from Color Club for extra blink.
How do you like this manicure?

This is my right hand

I am back

2010-03-06T23:33:00.000-08:00

Hello my sweet dear Nail-art lovers.
That was an amazing week for me, i fell in love with San Francisco and California. We had such a great time where, and i am truly amazed by this city. Those of you who live in around SF - you, guys are so so lucky :) I ll later post some pictures from the trip, as soon as i get a chance to look at it.
Anyway, right now i have for you a manicure...
I had some really weird experience in the San Francisco exploratorium - we went through "Tactile Dome". In a few words - it is a spherical path that you have to crow in the complete darkness, with only scene of touch as a guidness. If youa re interested you can just google it or read this review - which i find really cool and vivid - http://itotd.com/articles/236/the-tactile-dome/
The sad thing is that i did not really get to enjoy it as much as a writer of this review, because i freaked so bad, that right now i am even ashamed of it. Likely Eric was where with me, and i hold his hand the entire trip - so again i did not really get much of the tactile experience :( I just wish i was not so afraid ,and i regret now not going second time.
So this manicure is inspired buy this interesting experience in tactile dome.

See you on Friday!

2010-02-28T21:19:00.000-08:00

Hello my Dear Nail Art Lovers.
Tomorrow morning we are leaving for the San Francisco trip - gosh i am so super excited, this is going to be my first time in California. We going to spend where 4 romantic days full of all kind of exciting plans. So as of right now - bags are packed and nails are done.
I am going to post today nail that i have done for the trip, i hope that glitter top coat will help it last for 4 days, and neutral colors will not annoy me.

And here is a picture of my Wonderful and beautiful Kot Marshal - i guess your are so surprised on how big is he now :) He is wonderful, amazing, very loving Kot (Kot means cat in russian, but htis is how we call him around here) and i am goign to miss him so much. My friend is going to coame take care of the kot and dogs 2 times a day while we are gone, so special thanks to her :)
I hoped i can use this cool picture of Marshal as an excuse for not posting much lately.
When my Dad saw this picture he said that it must be called somehting like - "Mmmm... Those owners were delicious..." :D

Also please check out my post that i made earlier this year, with the manicure that i called San Francisco Nails :) I guess i was just inspired by the dream of cisitng Sanfran, and i am so happy that my dream is cumming true.
SAN FRAN NAILS POST

Area Rug Nails

2010-02-23T21:49:00.000-08:00

I think this manicure reminds me of the red area rug :)
Anyway it was a really quick stamping , with a little bit of bling on it.
i hope you like it.
I recently broke to nails and had to cut it gain - i hate short nails, i am so ready for it to grow long back. I even seriousely considering to may be get a gel nails or something.
I think i screwed my real nail by putting acrylics on top ,now then acrylics is gone my nails are in the really bad shape, even that i wore acrylics for only 1,5 weeks.

In support of Russian Olympic Team

2010-02-23T01:34:00.000-08:00

What a joy is the Olympics, i only wish i had more time right now to watch it.
I am so proud of Russian athletes, and for Americans as well.
Right now Russia is on 4th place of the overall medals count, with the total of 11 medals.
The red thing on my nails represents an Element from Russian Olympics uniform.

Passion or Innocence?

2010-02-17T22:25:00.000-08:00

My manicure have chipped today so i had to take some time off from working on my project and spend it enjoying doing my nails. I also made a matching ring again - i really love it! making matching rings double the fun of doing nails and triple the style of the nail look. At least in my opinion. I left the ring semi-transparent now, and it look really amazing.
So what is your opinion, is this manicure passion? or Tender and innocent?

This is closer capture of the right hand, i actually like the drawing here even better when one on left hand

Soemthing Blue..

2010-02-16T00:21:00.001-08:00

A really quick nail art post. Just wan tot share with you another hand painted nail design, i used to have this one on right before i made a V-day manicure.
Girls from Russian nail art community seemed to really love this one, even thought usually they are way more judgmental and likes to criticize a lot, because most of the Ladies are real professional that creates a state of art nail designs. I ll definitely make another post about Russian Nail-art some time soon, and for now i ll just share my "Something Blue" manicure.

Nailed Valentines Day Manicure

2010-02-13T19:01:00.000-08:00

Happy V-Day for all my readers :) I wish you all to love and to be loved. And I love so much all of you , thanks for sharing with me my Nail-art Journey.
So here is manicure i made for this Valentines day. I used purple glitter as a base, because this is my husbands favorite color, he is really crazy about purple.
For the design i used acrylic paints, but this time was trying to achieve a pin up "poster looking" effect. I also painted the ring to compliment this design.
I think i totally nailed it, i did not even expect the result to turn that cool and i hope my readers like it too.

Guess who is watching you? Oh yeah - this is him - love of my life my sweet Orange monkey Marshall :) he just came by to say hi...

This is Right hand, got a little lazy to paint a full set, and decided to go with only middle and thumb. It is really hard for me to paint thin lines with my left hand

Busy Busy time

2010-02-07T23:10:00.000-08:00

Hello dear readers :)
I feel so guilty that my blog is kinda a little on hold right now and i am not posting as much as i used to .The reason for that i guess the same excuse all the bloggers use - real life gets on the way. Specifically - i am trying to finish the project and the paper that needs to be done in order to complete my master degree. The project is huge and it takes all my time and soul at the moment and it became my number one priority.
So here are some manicure i have done in the past but nether had a chance to post.
I ll keep posting every now and then ,so i hope you wont forget about me.
I do not consider any of those manis a success, but i guess i ll let you to be judge

From all my heart !

2010-01-29T23:42:00.001-08:00

Yes with this manicure i am giving away a piece of my heart to my beloved reader :)
Wow, i guess this is the most "Hearty" manicure i ever had.
I realized that i missed stamping a lot, recently i was all about hand painting,m that have not done much of the Konad.
I am eying really hard all those new image plates available at OC Nails - they are delightful, i should definitely get it.

New nails and ring

2010-01-27T22:38:00.001-08:00

This is what i came up yesterday . I really love love love the colors and the design, especially how it is on the ring, however it looks for me, like i need longer nails to really pull it off.
I ll keep the ring and do this design again, on longer nails

Custom rings to match Nail design

2010-01-25T22:15:00.000-08:00

Hello my Dear Readers.
I want to introduce you thE idea of custom made rings that would match nail design. I saw some pictures online and i think it looks really polished and stunning. The minute i saw this idea, i decided that i am going to have it :) For those sets i made freehand painted design, but i believe that Konad Patterns will work really great as well
As a base, i used transparent resin rings that comes really chip and in variety of sizes - i ordered it from e-bay - for about $8 for 50 pc. Rings can be painted with both - acrylic paints or regular polishes - to match fingernails designs.
When design is gone from the nails i guess ring can be left as a souvenir, or thrown away as disposable.
Please let me know how do you like it? On those pictures rings and nails that i made for my girlfriends this weekend, i was glad to know that they loved it. Would you try it yourself?
Sakura for Natasha

And sexy "Viktoria" for my friend Vika

Star Sky

2010-01-25T00:22:00.000-08:00

Hello Dear Reader.
Having this manicure makes me feel very romantic, looking at those nails is like watching starts in a night sky with someone very special. :)
I think this turned really pretty.
Also i apologize for the lack of posting all the last week, it s just that none of my manicure ideas turned well enouth that i would like to share with you guys. However, i got my inspiration back tonight, so i have plenty of fabulous looks for this week. Stay Tuned

Aquarium Nails Again!

2010-01-21T23:21:00.000-08:00

Hello my sweet dear readers and Nail-Art Lovers.
For a long time i was wondered about aquarium nails - is it for real? Can you really have it on your hands? How those are done?
(By the way if you still wonder what aquarium nails are, please read this post, that i had long long time ago POST )
So today i want to share with you 2 videos that i found on youtube recently. OMG! If i will ever get acrylics, i want it to be like this! I know a lot of people dont really love it very much and think that aquarium nails looks weird, but i probably have a weird nail taste, i think those nails are just amazing. I will definitely go for those, if ever find a local technician who could do those.
So here is the video od the aquarium nails on the actual hand, do you like it? The only thing i woudl change, is that i would not make a bottom transparent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnJ8Fi1cTjo

and here is the video that explains how to make those nails, really worth watching, because it does revel the history, and i am so thankful to the author.

Some old Nail-Art

2010-01-20T00:07:00.000-08:00

Since i have not done anythign arty on my nails recently, except just polishing it with CG "For Audrey", i am posting some previously made nails, when it was long :)
I did not really like those design, but finally decided to share it with you, let me know what do you think.
And also i want to thank all of you for all the nice words you post in the comments, i read everything from my e-mail, but unfortunately almost nether have time to answer, and i hope you ll forgive me for that. I love you all so much and blogging is a great part of my life ,the only thing i regret - i should have started blog few years earlier :)

Valentines inspired nails

2010-01-17T23:07:00.000-08:00

I guess after some shopping today, i got inspired to make some valentines related nails.
I am so sorry my nails are so short now, where is not really much i can do with it right now, but i hope, you, my friends will be patient enough until it grow back long

Retro red nails

2010-01-14T23:06:00.001-08:00

Hello dear readers.
I am super tired right now, so i ll just make a quick post with some pictures.
Unfortunately i broke few of my nails recently, so i had to cut it all off.
So decided to march my short red nails with my pedicure, and in fact i really love the effect.
A little Vamp but i believe very stylish looking . What do you think?

Zoya Reverie Review - Part II

2010-01-14T00:03:00.000-08:00

Hello Dear Readers!
Today is time for Part II of the new Zoya Reverie Collection
4) Reece - is a shiny berry based light fuchsia - the color is adorable and have lots of shimmer in it.

5) Adina - this is a total hit of the collection and an absolute "must have" for spring. It is a deeply shimmered dual chrome with the satin tender violet base - ADORABLE! I was so excited about this particular polish and it did no disappoint me. I think it will be also perfect for pedicure and as a base for patterned stamping in white or black. I am also dying to see what it will look like under the matte top coat

6) Laney - Last bu not least :) At first this polish look a little ordinary - just another silver polish. But unlike other silver polishes in my collection, this one have no structure in it, and look very smooth and oily.

To sum up - the Reverie Collection from Zoya is a very nice thing to start your spring with.
Each of the colors is very special, and i am deeply in love with all of those polishes.
Stay tuned for some shocking news about my nails - that are coming up tomorrow

Zoya Reverie Review - Part I

2010-01-12T22:20:00.000-08:00

Hello Dear Readers!
Art of Beauty was sp kind to send me new Zoya collection for review. As always i am sharing with you my honest impression of this new collection .
When i just look at the promo pictures of reverie it make me feel like the spring is really already around the corner. New Juicy and vibrant colors ,trendy duo-chromatic effect, and perfect formula - all of this is brilliantly combined by Zoya in this collection . I did fall in love with the colors from my first look, especially when i saw all this beauty in real. it felt like someone just read my mind and came up with exact colors that i was looking for to refresh my nail polish collection and prepare my nail drawer for spring .
By the way, any idea about what i used as a background for this picture ? :)

1) Lana - it looks very orange in the bottle, but once on nails it is much more pinkish and the chimer in it makes it even a little cooper looking.

2) Gwin - this one is a good candidate for the perfect orange. It is very vibrant and really nice shade of orange with the touch of pink. In fact very opaque, will work awesome for gradients and as a base for the fruity nail art

3)Happi - This is probably my favorite color from all this collection. this rose shimmer looks very fresh and vibrant. And it has a 1000 different looks . Love it!!!!

The rest i ll post tomorrow, so stay tuned for more beautiful colors from Zoya Reverie collection

New designs and about acrylic

2010-01-10T22:57:00.000-08:00

Hello my dear nail art lovers!
I have 2 deigns to post for you today. Why such a spoil? This is crazy but i make different designs on my right and left hands.
I also decided to try put acrylic over my natural nails, to make it stronger. Because right now my nails are at the point when they always brake - and brake painful.
I have been thinking of it for a long time, but finally decided to give it a try.
Even cheap drug store acrylics turned out to be really easy to apply but ridiculously stinky :)
So far nails feel really well and protected under it. First i tried it on my pincky and have been wearing it for 2 weeks, and today i covered my all nails on the right hand.
Pluses : Nails looks and feels stronger, better shape of my curvy nails, hopefully i ll be able to grow it pass my dead zone.
Minuses: I guess only non acetone polish remover works with acrylics, and this is not really cool, for people like me who paint nails really often. For most population it will be however a plus, because polish stays on nails as long as you want - no chipping and acrylic.
Now i am thinking to order a professional colored acrylic set and try to learn how to sculptur acrylic nails on myself. Most purpose is to make some cool special effect designs.
I know i am a Nail-Art junky, and i can go really far with it.
So here is my acrylic covered right hand with some decent comics style flower

And here is my festive right hand, i know this is crazy to have both hands painted differently, but i really wanted to try out this design, but cleaning black from acrylic will be pain in a Butty, so only left hand got this one

Stamping over marbeling

2010-01-08T23:59:00.000-08:00

Hello dear readers. I spent wonderful Thursday walking in the city of Denver with friends, we did some mild shopping, just walked arrounf and ate in teh surprisingly delicious indian restaurant.
By the end of the day i was super tired but also inspired to make something special on my nails.
I started with making some water marbles. In this manicure the base is silver textured polish by Zoya, And for the marbling i used light violet and dark purple .I really like the effect of the light transparent violet layer over the silver - turned out wonderful new shade.
I finished this manicure with some partial stamps and Jewels. I think this mani look kind of different - and OMG! I cant believe i finally figured water marbles.
P.S. Just a friendly reminder - if you struggle with water marbling too - the useful tip from me is to use worm water, rather when cold one.

This is my right hand
This is full right hand too

Metallic Sponged nails

2010-01-06T01:49:00.000-08:00

I hope you, guys did not get tired of my painted nails, it is just so much fun to do this one stroke on the nails, that i just cant resist. My konad is crying is asking me to come back...
Those painted nails are just so cool looking in real life, especially now, that i am getting better at it. Do you guys miss my Konading?
For this manicure i used China Glaze Khrome and sponge - i mean for background. I did not believe that this was gonna work, but in fact turned out that those metalliks are so cool lookign for sponging.

Garden Rose

2010-01-05T01:08:00.000-08:00

I have been drawing many roses recently, here is another instance.
Unfortunately, the paint is not very contrast on the pictures.
I base is sponged Zoya polish, i realized that sponging works really well as a base for painting, because it creates a nice background and also uneven structure, that allow paints lay better on the nails.
I think this manicure is very tender and nice looking.
Now i only spend about 20 minutes on left hand and about 25 on the right. However drawing on the right hand is still not an easy task for me. I hope you like this manicure

What is on nail right now

2010-01-03T00:50:00.000-08:00

Hello dear, nail-Art lovers!
I did some more nail painting today.
So, this is what i have done today and this manicures is actually on my nails right now (i dont know for how long)
I ope you too think that i am making some progress in painting, and some manis comes out nice.I am finally starting to get some depth in my drawings. I also just realized that i need to use more contrast colors for better results

This is my right hand, and i think i did a really good job on this one. usually painting with the left hand is a disaster for me

Happy New Tiger Year!

2009-12-30T23:03:00.000-08:00

Happy new year to all my wonderful readers and all the Nail-Art Lovers.
I am so excited, to start the year of the Tiger, according to the Chinese Calendar.
Tiger is the same as Cat just not domesticated, and i love cats so much.
I made 2 tigers manicures, first i made orange one, but when i realized that it is the year of the white tiger, and had nit done again tonight.
So, i hope you ll like manicures and have a cool holiday.