Democrats Vs. Republicans

Hello,

How is everyone doing? Tomorrow is a very important day for the people in United States. I really hope that those of you who are eligible to vote will vote. I do not care which party you choose but please vote. I will be voting as well but I won't disclose my preference (drama free zone). I am also volunteering to be a poll worker and good news is that I am stationed at a Fire Station (Super Hot Firemen :D). The only downside in that I will be there from 6 in the morning till 9 at night.

For this, I applied 2 costs of Essie Blanc. On accent finger, I made a Democrat sign using Primary Red and Deep Ultra Blue and for the white dots I used .015" white hex glitters. Using the same colors I drew the Republican sign on my middle finger. On the remaining fingers and thumb I drew stripes using the Red acrylic paint and on top of the one-third of the nail I used blue acrylic paint and applied silver holographic stars. 

Team USA

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It's official. I'm a slacker. I always promise myself that I will write a blog post tomorrow but unfortunately that tomorrow never comes (at last it did!). I have so much stuff planned out for my blog, so many new ideas but I just have to put myself together. This post is a super late as tomorrow is the last day of olympics but I thought it might be good for closing ceremony. Go team USA!

For this, I applied 2 costs of Essie Blanc. On accent finger, I made stripes using the Red acrylic paint and on top of the one-third of the nail I used blue acrylic paint and made dots on it using a dotting tool and white acrylic paint. On the middle finger I made 5 Olympic rings using the acrylic paints (you  can check the name of the paints at the bottom of the page) and wrote 2012 using the black acrylic paint. On index finger and pinkie I used the paints to draw the lines (same ones as middle finger).

Black and White Nail Challenge

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Black and White Challenge Day 10

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I am so excited that my spring break started. I have the whole next week off which is awesome. I apologize again for not uploading this post yesterday because I was on road going back to my parents home. It feels really good to be back home. It is so hard to believe that this was the last nails design for the Black and White nail challenge. I had so much fun doing this nail challenge and I enjoyed looking at the designs of all the girls who were participating in this challenge.

For this, I uploaded a step by step tutorial for you. I think this is most hardest design I have ever done on nails. But I love garfield so I loved every bit of it. I did this design a couple of days ago for a nail challenge which I did not win.

PS: I have a giveaway going on right now. Enter here.

Black and White Challenge Day 9

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This is my ninth post for the Black and White Nail Challenge. The theme for today's nails was  water marbling. It is hard to believe that this nail challenge is almost over, only one more nail challenge day left. This is the first time I did water marbling and I had such a hard time. I experimented with so many polishes that did not work at all. 

For this, I applied 2 coats of Essie Blanc. After it dried I started working on the water marbling. This is the order I used the Polishes for water marbling: Zoya Raven, Essie Blank, Zoya Trixie, China Glaze Adore, and at last China Glaze Admire. I really like how my ring finger turned out but other than that it is a mess especially my pinkie and index finger. Hopefully with practice I will get better at this. 

PS: I have a giveaway going on right now. Enter here.

Black and White Challenge Day 8

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This is my eighth post for the Black and White Nail Challenge. The theme for today's nails was to create a manicure using Sponge. I apologize for uploading this tutorial late as I had the most busy day yesterday and came home very late and was too tired to work on a mani and upload it. 


For this, I applied 2 coats of Essie Blanc. After it dried I mixed a little Wet N WIld Black Cream with Essie Blanc to give it a very light grey shade and sponged it. I repeated this step again a couple of times every time increasing its intensity by adding a little more black polish. In the end I sponged the tips using the same black polish. It gives it a gradient look.

Black and White Challenge Day 7

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This is my seventh post for the Black and White Nail Challenge. The theme for today's nails was to create a manicure using black, white, and glitters. I am still not feeling well but much better than yesterday. Yesterday, I was so miserable that I went to doctor first thing in the morning and I can see a little improvement. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.


For this, I applied 2 coats of Essie Blanc. Then waited for it to completely dry and placed a scotch tape covering one-third of the nail at the bottom and applied Zoya Trixie. I removed the  scotch tape when the polish was still wet as it doesn't give thick edges. After Trixie dried, I again applied a scott tape covering the two-thirds of the nail at the bottom and applied Wet N Wild Black Cream and removed the tape when the paint was still wet. It is very important to have nail polish completely dry before you apply scott tape otherwise the polish will stick to the tape when you will try to remove it and will ruin your manicure.

Black and White Challenge Day 6

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This is my sixth post for the Black and White Nail Challenge. The theme for today's nails was to create a manicure using a color base with something white. I am not feeling well today so I settled with a stamping manicure and I like how it turned out.

For this, I applied 2 coats of OPI I'll Take The cake. Then using the Shany (2012) image plate SH21 I stamped the design on all the fingers using Konad white stamping polish. After it dried I made a french tip using Essie Blanc. Then applied purple glitters along the french tip.

Black and White Challenge Day 4

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This is my fourth post for the Black and White Nail Challenge. The theme for today's nails was to create a manicure using a white base with some color. This is my first attempt at doing one stroke flower and I really like how it turned out. I learned this technique on youtube from Tartofraises1


For this, I applied three coats of OPI Fit for a Queensland which is an off white color. Then using the red and yellow acrylic paint I drew a flower on each finger except ring finger on which I drew two half flowers. It may look kinda messy in the beginning and the flowers don't make any sense but it turns out fine when you put everything together ( I almost removed it after doing my first flower because it looked like a blob of paint). After it dried, I used a black acrylic paint to draw an outline of the flowers and some random dots on the side. Then using the brown acrylic paint and a dotting tool I made some dots in the middle of the flower.


PS: I am planning to have my first giveaway when I reach 100 members on my blog. So spread the word ladies. 

Black and White Challenge Day 2

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This is my second post for the Black and White Nail Challenge. The theme for today's nails was to create a white on black manicure. This is an easy freehand nail art using white acrylic paint. When I was doing this mani I was having such a hard time using only the white color. I wanted to use all the different colors but I forced myself to stick to the challenge and use only white.


For this, I applied two coats of Zoya Raven. Then using the white acrylic paint I drew flowers. There is one flower on each nail except my ring finger which has like three half flowers. I first drew the flower on my pinkie which explains why it is kind of asymmetrical as compared to others. In the center of each flower I made really small dots using my spotter brush. 

Black and White Challenge Day 1

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This is my first post for the Black and White Nail Challenge. The theme for today's nails was to create a black on white manicure. I like how this mani turned out and when applying top coat I was praying Please don't Smudge! Please don't Smudge!

For this, I applied 2 coats of Essie Blanc. Then using the Bundle Monster image plate 209 I stamped the dots design on all the fingers using Wet N Wild Black Cream. I missed the design in certain spots but its not too bad. Black Cream is one the best and cheap black stamping polish and I even like it better than the konad black.

Black and White Challenge!

Hello,

I will be participating in a Black and White nail challenge which is starting from tomorrow. I first read about this challenge on Wacky Laki blog. Dolores of Colorful Bottle and Mateja of Purple Glitters are the ones who created this challenge. This is my first nail challenge and I am really excited to be a part of it.

Black and White nail challenge will continue for the month of March and I will be making blog posts on these topics every third day. I am really looking forward to this nail challenge.

If you need more information on this challenge please contact Dolores or Mateja (click their blog name above and it will take you to their blog). You can also check this link too: http://mateja-nails.blogspot.com/p/black-white-challenge.html

I will appreciate any suggestions or comments.

Thanks for looking.

Simran

Valentine's Day Nails 6

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This is my sixth post of the Valentine's Day series. I want to start this post by thanking Leslie of Polish Art Addiction. I have learned so much from her blog specially cartoon themed nail art. If you want to look  at more cartoon nail art then click on the link above.

For this, I uploaded a step by step tutorial for you. I did not get it right the first time I tried. Heard of a phrase "Practice makes you perfect" well I am no where near perfect but with practice I did improved a little.

Valentine's Day Nails 2

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This is my second post of the Valentine's Day series. It is a very simple design using stamps and I hope you guys like it.

For this, I applied 2 coats of OPI Fit For A Queensland. Then using the Red Angel Plate 106 I stamped the heart design on all the fingers using Zoya Sooki. On the accent finder I added a silver heart rhinestone in the middle and small silver glitters on the big red heart outlining the small heart in the middle.

Nicki Minaj Inspired Nails

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I did this nails for an OPI contest which finished last week. The theme of the contest was based on four Nicki Minaj dresses and the contestants have to choose one. I did not win in fact I got very few votes. 

For this, I chose the Nicki Minaj's dress the one she wore for Victoria's Secret show. You can see the dress at the bottom of the page.

I started by applying 2 coats of Wet N Wild White Cream. After that I sponged my nails based on the colors of  her dress and drew other random figures from her dress. Just for little shimmer I added one coat of OPI's Heart of Gold. I chose her Victoria's Secret fashion show dress because it was full of colors and that's what I wanted on my nails too. 

Christmas Nails

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Merry Christmas! I am really late for posting my Christmas nails as I was busy traveling and visiting my family. I am having a very good time with my family and glad that my semester is over.

For this, I used Zoya Holly (click Holly to see the swatches) and Essie Blanc and also used some red and golden micro beads that I brought from Ebay. I do not like these beads at all as they bleed really bad. I have to dab my top coat on so that the red color from the beads would not bleed onto my white nail polish.