Show Me Your Nail Art!!
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:. BTW, love your nail art, they're terrific matches the holiday season perfectly. All the post here have great nail art. Love em
Ive been watching a few tutorials on nail design and i see some of them painting a pink 'polish' on the skin around the nail so after they sponge on a design they peel this rubbery polish off and dont have to clean up the mess in the skin. Anyone know what this is and where i can get it? Is there a brand better than others?
It's a liquid latex barrier that you put around your cuticle area to minimise clean up from messy nail art (stamping, water marbling etc.). There are loads of brands out there.
If it's a pink one you've seen, it could be Bundle Monster's Latex Poli-Peel Cuticle Nail Protector. Bliss Kiss do one called Simply Peel that Simply Nailogical uses all the time (if you follow her you tube channel). There are loads of them available. I personally have only used one, which is a no-name brand from China, which does the job well. I've seen lots of good reviews about the Bliss Kiss product, but it's quite pricey to get to Australia, so I haven't bought it myself.
Nearly a week and no lifting
. I do however have some chipping of the decals on my left hand, which is really weird. I'll attach a photo so you can see what I mean. It's only on 3 fingers. The photo shows the thumb which has the largest chip. This is my hand that had 2 coats of Top it Off. My right hand, which had 2 coats of Gelaze top coat, is fine. All nails look the same as the day I did them (apart from the inevitable nail growth), no chips. I'm thinking it's because the Gelaze is a thicker top coat (as the top coat was the only difference between hands, I'm putting it down to that). If I used TIO again, I'd probably put a coat of Structure Gel on first as it's thicker than TIO.
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I just finished my snowflake mani...
Gel Polish: Elite99 Shellac #40548 "Midnight Swim"
Accent Finger: FingerPaints Gel "Principles Of Art"
Accent Finger Mini Snow Stamp: CND Vinylux "Midnight Swim"
Accent Finger Lg Snow Stamp: Sally Hansen Miracle Gel "Sugar Fix"
Thumb Lg Snow Stamp: Sinful Shine "Wisp"
Stamping Plates: QA86 and QA58 from Born Pretty
Gel Polish: Elite99 Shellac #40548 "Midnight Swim"
Accent Finger: FingerPaints Gel "Principles Of Art"
Accent Finger Mini Snow Stamp: CND Vinylux "Midnight Swim"
Accent Finger Lg Snow Stamp: Sally Hansen Miracle Gel "Sugar Fix"
Thumb Lg Snow Stamp: Sinful Shine "Wisp"
Stamping Plates: QA86 and QA58 from Born Pretty
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Love it 😍 😍 😍! Tomorrow I'm going to my nail tech and then I'm planning on nail stamping! I hope they look as nice as yours! 😅😅
Very pretty and love you nail colr. Can't believe they lasted that long! That's awesome!
Very pretty combination! Dying for that purple 😉. I used to use water decals and found they lasted better by applying the base coat on top of the decal, curing, then applying too coat. It's kind of like stripping tape. Gel hates that stuff 😝😏.
Your nails are beautiful!
I really like the Born Pretty's Nail Art Stamping Plates, I have always had great experiences with them. I will definitely have to search for these plates on their website or on Amazon.
That's a good idea, hadn't thought of that, thanks.
If you have Gelaze top coat, might be worth trying that. I've had no lifting, chipping, peeling etc. with the decals on that hand at all. It's only the Top it Off hand that's had some chipping.
I know what you mean with the striping tape and gel. I find nail vinyls a bit tricky with it too. Good to have these little challenges to keep us interested.
That's a good idea, hadn't thought of that, thanks.
If you have Gelaze top coat, might be worth trying that. I've had no lifting, chipping, peeling etc. with the decals on that hand at all. It's only the Top it Off hand that's had some chipping.
I know what you mean with the striping tape and gel. I find nail vinyls a bit tricky with it too. Good to have these little challenges to keep us interested.
I have not tried gelaze. I keep forgetting it's a gel polish. When I finish my top coat, I'll try that one. I went through a phase where I didn't care for my nails, but now it's back and in full force! I tried the nail stamps and I got it to work. It was frustrating finding the right placement. I bought the clear stamper because I wasted so much time replacing, lol. I don't know what I'd do without this forum. 😊😊❤