Kawaii Nail Art 2011

Kawaii Nails in 2011

When it comes to nail art, it can be a bit difficult to decide what you would like. After all, if you go to the salon, they expect you to be—for the most part—ready to go! However, if it’s your first time, you may not be sure if you’re ready or you may want to wait a little. Luckily, Kawaii nails give you the chance to choose your nails and match them to your style. There are probably at least two hundred styles to choose from. Some may seem similar at first, but once you check into the nails further, you see how different each style truly is.
 

Kawaii Nail Art

When using the navigation bar on their website, you can choose several options, from the color to the size to the different styles. It’s up to you what you want. However, you need to keep in mind that not all of these nails are appropriate for everyday use. You might find that you only wear them for a few days or potentially for a week, etc…luckily, they also give you information on how to wear them for only a few weeks or only a day. They also give you detailed information on how to take your nails off. You can also custom order your nails. If you have a certain style that you would like recreated than you can send them a picture and they will get back to you on how much it’s going to cost and whether they feel that they can recreate it.

WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE?

These nails have just a little bit of everything. The acrylic is called "wild roses" from sparklesnailproducts.com. I added clay dots and 3d acrylic flowers.

Love these nails. The acrylic is also from sparklesnailproducts.com. I added little purple and green hearts and clay conversation hearts "hugs" and "love".

These nails have 3d acrylic hearts that I made using a mold. I purchased the mold from ebay.

CREATIVE NAILS! For Your VALENTINE DAYS

This is my first attempt at "bloody roses" nails inspired by amazing nail tech Alexandria Richter and Young Nails. I can't wait to try them in different color combinations. For Yours Valentine Day.

valentine nail designs
 

CREATIVE NAILS! For Your VALENTINE DAYS

CREATIVE NAILS! For Your VALENTINE DAYS

CREATIVE NAILS! For Your VALENTINE DAYS

CREATIVE NAILS! For Your VALENTINE DAYS

CREATIVE NAILS! For Your VALENTINE DAYS

CREATIVE NAILS! For Your VALENTINE DAYS

CREATIVE NAILS! For Your VALENTINE DAYS

CREATIVE NAILS! For Your VALENTINE DAYS

CREATIVE NAILS! For Your VALENTINE DAYS

VALENTINE'S NAIL ART

So I guess this is what happens when you are done with winter! We are moving on to bright fun colors and even some Valentine's nails. Woo hoo! I am just too excited to do Valentine's nails. I couldn't help myself. This is pink acrylic in "barbie". The little red hearts I embedded into the acrylic and I painted on the red and white stripes.

These nails have 3 different colors of purple clay dots. The dots are from oaktreedollshouseminiatures.com. I also added a little coordinating clay flower on the ring fingers.

These are acrylic nails in purple passion. I added all sorts of different pieces of glitter strips, dots, sparkles, and sequins. They are extremely sparkly!

China Glaze Poolside Collection

YELLOW POLKA DOT BIKINI
Very bright neon yellow. A bit hard to work with, I had to do four coats. I think white polish under would solve the problem. Still nothing one can´t handle and the result is worth it. It really shines!

 

SUN WORSHIPER
A beautiful neon orange. This will make a great pedi color. It was also a bit harder to work with. But I expected that and again used four coats.

FLIP FLOP FANTASY

I love the name of this bright coral neon. It is a lot on the pink side and I just love that. This applied very nice, three coats.

 POOL PARTY

This stuff is radioactive! I think it is the brightest of the whole collection. A hot pink neon. I will be wearing Pool Party a lot in the summer, I am sure of that. Great application, had no problems. Three coats.

 

TOWEL BOY TOY

Another great name for a polish. This is the only one with shimmer and I wouldn´t call it a neon, although it dries matte. It a beautiful blue with shimmer. I added a picture in the sun, so that you can see it. My favourite of the collection. Three coats.

 

KIWI COOL-ADA

Neon green, very bright. This applied very nice, although four coats were needed. I don´t have anything like this and again it will be a great pedi color.

Overall I really like this collection. Some of them were harder to apply, but if you follow the application tips, you are ok :) In this collection, you get all you need for summer. Fun, bright neon colors, that will make you always stand out! Can´t wait to walk on the beach with these beauties!
P.S. too bad there is not a purple neon, but I want a purple polish in every collection, so don´t listen to me :P

China Glaze

It is raining outside and it will for another week, that sucks! I decided that I need a mani to cheer me up and the choice was Flip Flop Fantasy from the Poolside collection. This color is really so much fun, it is so positive :) Black konad looks great over these bright colors, so I went for something simple and summery. Image from plate m28. Oh and guess where China Glaze is from? Yes, California!

Detail of the konad image from plate m28:

Eyeko Punk

Eyeko has two new limited edition polishes and I got the chance to try them out! Although I am a big fan of dark and vampy colors for fall there is nothing better that a bright pink to cheer up those cold and rainy days. And Eyeko Punk is not just bright, it is super bright!

Eyeko Punk is nearly a neon. It doesn´t dry matte but satiny. Still if you want it to shine, just add a top coat. The polish is super creamy and very well pigmented. I think you could do just one thicker coat, I did two. Honestly I think this polish is my new favourite bright pink (I think it will replace Essie Pink Parka, will do a comparison soon). I LOVE it!

The second new polish is Chi Chi. It is a warm pink glitter. I think this one will work best as a top coat, so I tried it on top of Punk polish :) It looks very pretty, don´t you think?

Both polishes are already available on the Eyeko site for £3.50 each. I really recommend you get the Punk Polish. I like it so much :)

OPI Burlesque Collection Holiday

I am a bit late with swatches of the OPI latest collection but I still think these are worth looking at again and again :) The Burlesque collection consists of twelve polishes...six shimmers and six glitters. I wanted the collection so bad since I first saw the promo pictures. From that time many months have passed and I saw a lot of swatches on other blogs. Some wrote the collection is overhyped. You want to know what I think? Well read on :)

The swatches are all without a base or top coat and are in natural daylight (no sun or lightbox).

TEASEY DOES IT!

Amazing dark brown purple. I love colors like this. Just look at the close up. This is what makes the polish look really pretty. This was two coats.

LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU!

One of my favourites. I love reds with pink sparkle. It glows so much and it is really sexy. Can´t wait to wear it as a full mani. You can do either two thick coats or three normal for full coverage.

ALI’S BIG BREAK

This is a classic Christmas red. I am sorry about the vnl, it wasn´t visible until I saw the pictures in the computer. This was two coats, next time I will do three, just to make sure :)

TAKE THE STAGE

I will be repeating myself but this glows like crazy. It is a nice warm orange. I don´t normally wear orange or colors like this but I can´t wait to try this one because I really like the way it goes with my skin. Two coats.

THE SHOW MUST GO ON

This is just so perfect. Another favourite. I have no words, just have a look at the pictures :) Two coats

RISING STAR

Goldem shimmer. Not the champagne kind of gold but reall rich gold. Great color for Christmas! Full coverage in two thicker coats.

BRING ON THE BLING

The first of the gilletrs. Like the others this has multi color glitter and looks amazing! It was also very easy to apply. Two coats.

GLOW UP ALREADY!

This is maybe my least favourite polish from the collection. I just don´t like light green on me. Two coats.

SPARKLE-ISCIOUS

On the other hand this might be my favourite glitter. I love the combination of colors used. Pink, blue, gold...they work great together! This is the only glitter polish that needed three coats.

SIMMER AND SHIMMER

Icy blue glitter, great for winter :) This also needed only two coats.

SLOW IT AN GLOW IT

Light purple, silver and other colors mixed together. Here is another favourite of mine. How many are there already? :) Two coats.

EXTRA-VA-VAGANZA

The last glitter is mostly orange. But look at the close up how many different colors are there. Amazing. Two coats.

So this is it. All twelve of them :) As for the shimmers, I know I will be wearing each and every one of them. There might be some shades that are not so unigue but there is always that brush factor which makes the OPI polishes winners for me. I also like the fact that most of the polishes are only two coaters. As for the glitters, I must apologize for my pictures but I tried my best. You just have to see these under artificial light to see the full beauty of these. They will be just the perfect thing for christmas parties. Tomorrow I am going to celebrate my birthday and I will for sure wear one of the glitters, just have to decide which one :)

I will also be posting a video, hope it will be helpful :)

I am sure a lot of you have these at home. So tell me, which are your favourites?