Day 11 - Polka Dots

Hello everyone! 

  As I promised, here I am a week later to upload my Day 11 - Polka Dots nails! It's a really fun design. And this is one in a million, 'cause when we talk about polka dots, we can talk about a million of different designs! And all of them beautiful! This is out my nails turned out to be: 

  Swirls! Why not mixing up polka dots with swirls? It's such a great idea, and I love it!.

To make this design you will need:

a) Base/Top coat nail polish;

b) Light purple nail polish;

c) White acrylic paint/nail polish;

d) Dark purple acrylic paint/nail polish;

e) Dotting tool. 

  And all you need to do is:

1) First of all, take a good care of your nails and apply a base coat. After that, paint all your nails with a light purple nail polish.

2) After it dryed, use a dotting tool to make a swirl made of white dots, just like the one I show you in the picture above. Be sure that fits another dot between your waves.

3) Now, with a dark purple, make another swirl in the opposite direction.

4) Let it all dry out and apply a top coat.

  And that's it! Super easy to do and really funny looking. Hope you've enjoyed this.

  Kisses, 

  Patrícia :)

Daily tip - A Few Recommendations

Hello everyone! 

  How are you all today? I hope you have a great week, starting today! Well, I've made a mistake recently, with my "31-Day Nail Challenge", I've missed a day and I didn't even noticed. I jumped from Day 10 - Gradient Nails straight to Day 12 - Striped Nails! It was a huge mistake, so my bad. I've already made my "Day 11 - Polka Dots", but I will only upload them next week. I hope you like them! 

  I came here with the purpose to give you some recommendations. As you know, I'm not even close of being an professional nail artist, all I do is for fun, and for your joy. Sometimes to make my nails I inspire myself in other nail artists, and as I don't want to take any credit for them, here's a small list of websites I follow and inspire myself: 

1 - Robin Moses Blog - she's an amazing nail artist and she was the one that got me into this nail thing.

2 - Miss Ladyfinger Website - she constantly uploads nail art related to the latest fashion trends, and it's really cool.

3 - Cult Cosmetics - well, this ain't a website with tutorials, it's more like a nail art/tools market. But I like to check them out once in a while to see what other artists are making.

4 - The Nailasaurus Website - this is a website I found on Facebook, and I believe the author makes some beautifull nails, so I enjoy checking it out.

5 - Nail Art Design Website - I've also found this on Facebook, and it's probably the website I follow the least. But it's also pretty good.

  So, I hope you like these nail artists as much as I do! I also follow some of them on the other social networks, but I have no need to share them here 'cause if you visit their websites you'll be able to find them right away. 

  Kisses,

  Patrícia :) 

Suit And Tie Nails

Hello everyone!

  First of all I wish you a great 2014, or just like we say in portuguese: "Bom Ano!". 

  So, these are my very first nails I've made this year, and they look beautiful. they're not the prettiest I've made so far, but they're okay. I've inspired myself in Justin Timberlake's music - Suit and Tie (you can hear it here), 'cause he's coming to Portugal in a few months, and I felt excited with it. Here's how they turned out to be: 

  My nails are super small, as you can see in the picture above. I'm not the kind of person that wears fake nails, so even though my nails are short I keep painting them, it's harder but I still love it. 

  To make these nails you will need:

a) Base coat nail polish;

b) Black nail polish;

c) White nail polish;

d) Grey nail polish;

e) Striping brush;

f) Matte top coat nail polish.

  I've painted all my nails black, except for my middle finger. For this particular nail you will need to:

1) Take a good care of your nail and apply a base coat. Paint it white.

2) With a striping brush (or a toothpick) and black nail polish (or acrylic paint) make a shirt collar and a little tie.

3) After that, make a small suit jacket using the same materials.

4) To add more details, use grey nail polish and a striping brush to make the jacket flaps. After it dryed, apply a matte top coat to all of your nails.

  And that's it. Super easy to do and good looking aswell. I hope you've enjoyed.

  Kisses,

  Patrícia *