new project s-lacquer: You will need: two nail polish colors, make up sponge, acetone/brush for clean up, tape (optional) 1. Apply your base color of choice until it reaches full opacity. Allow to dry. (Don’t forget to use your base coat!~) 2. Generously brush your second polish (color you want on the tips) ONTO the flat surface of your makeup sponge—it will absorb polish relatively quickly. Starting from the tip of your nail, slowly and gently dab sponge towards the middle of the nail, working tiny sections at a time. Repeat this step until the tip of your nail is opaque. Do not worry if you were sloppy! You may tape around your nail to avoid cleanup. 3. To correct any inconsistencies in the previous step, brush both colored polishes above each other onto the makeup sponge—don’t forget to apply polish generously on the sponge. Now you will dab up and down slightly on your ENTIRE nail so that the gradient will become very fluid. (:4. Remove tape if used and using a tiny brush dipped in pure acetone, clean up the cuticle area and around the nail. Top with top coat!!!! If you use my tutorial for your own creations, please tag me! I’d love to see how awesome you guys do! Also, you can follow me on Instagram for more frequent posts via slacquerr!Meanwhile, don’t forget to enter my giveaway featuring Revlon’s Whimsical amongst other fun polishes! Ends 4/30

new project

s-lacquer:

You will need: two nail polish colors, make up sponge, acetone/brush for clean up, tape (optional) 

1. Apply your base color of choice until it reaches full opacity. Allow to dry. (Don’t forget to use your base coat!~) 

2. Generously brush your second polish (color you want on the tips) ONTO the flat surface of your makeup sponge—it will absorb polish relatively quickly. Starting from the tip of your nail, slowly and gently dab sponge towards the middle of the nail, working tiny sections at a time. Repeat this step until the tip of your nail is opaque. Do not worry if you were sloppy! You may tape around your nail to avoid cleanup. 

3. To correct any inconsistencies in the previous step, brush both colored polishes above each other onto the makeup sponge—don’t forget to apply polish generously on the sponge. Now you will dab up and down slightly on your ENTIRE nail so that the gradient will become very fluid. (:

4. Remove tape if used and using a tiny brush dipped in pure acetone, clean up the cuticle area and around the nail. Top with top coat!!!! 

If you use my tutorial for your own creations, please tag me! I’d love to see how awesome you guys do! Also, you can follow me on Instagram for more frequent posts via slacquerr!

Meanwhile, don’t forget to enter my giveaway featuring Revlon’s Whimsical amongst other fun polishes! Ends 4/30

wussup

wussup

this blog makes me want hamburgers so badly.

this blog makes me want hamburgers so badly.

(Source: nailburgerlar)

On the left: “It’s Real 18k Gold” over some great neons by nails inc.

On the right: “It’s Real 18k Gold” over a clear base coat (can you see my yellow-stained nails?).

this polish is golden - literally.

It’s happened: OPI for Sephora has come out with a glitter top coat made of flakes of 18k gold.  It’s $30 a bottle, and normally I’d say it is worth it - I mean, it is 18k gold - but it doesn’t actually look that different from a regular thin glitter.  It looks good, but I can definitely get the same effect with a $4 glitter.  I’m going to have fun telling everyone that there’s 18k gold on my nails, though!  

On a side note, I feel as though I should have a press pass and get free manicures on the condition that I write about them.  If not that, I at least deserve free samples!

celebrity nail art at the MoMA party

The MoMA had it’s annual high society garden party on Tuesday.  My boss, who clearly knows me really well already, sent me this link to a pic of one of the party attendees’ nail art.

My OPI gold always stains my nails :(

My OPI gold always stains my nails :(

This is a couple days old because I kept forgetting to take pictures, but here are my current awesome nails.  I started with a couple coats of an OPI gold, and then put down some v-shaped nail stickers in the patterns that I wanted.  Painted over with a couple coats of a pink OPI, carefully peeled off the stickers, at Bob’s your uncle (maybe my uncle).  Top coat after, of course.

weird nail things, glamour.

These are all dumb except the coffee one.  I don’t think the nail polish should be caffeinated (dumb), but I’m into the latte art designs.

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