Crossing the Blues

Friday, January 21, 2011

Some Nails

I am really tired and falling asleep, so today just a quick post with some nails :)
Let me know what do you think about this manicure

Valentines inspired

I guess after some shopping today, i got inspired to make some valentines related nails.
I am so sorry my nails are so short now, where is not really much i can do with it right now, but i hope, you, my friends will be patient enough until it grow back long

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Garden Rose Nail Art

I have been drawing many roses recently, here is another instance.
Unfortunately, the paint is not very contrast on the pictures.
I base is sponged Zoya polish, i realized that sponging works really well as a base for painting, because it creates a nice background and also uneven structure, that allow paints lay better on the nails.
I think this manicure is very tender and nice looking.
Now i only spend about 20 minutes on left hand and about 25 on the right. However drawing on the right hand is still not an easy task for me. I hope you like this manicure



New nails art and ring

This is what i came up yesterday . I really love love love the colors and the design, especially how it is on the ring, however it looks for me, like i need longer nails to really pull it off.
I ll keep the ring and do this design again, on longer nails


Surprisingly Orange Nail Art Design

I am not kidding today calling this design "Surprisingly" Orange.
Originally flowers were painted in red and white, but after i put on the top coat white paint turned yellow. That was super wired, it nether happened before with this paint. And i used different top coats, so it was not a top coat issue.So wile color changing is a misery, i think i even like it better this way. I really like the design, and looks really bright and summer like.



Nigth Club Martini Nail

Today i am sharing with you my attempt of Martini glass manicure. Where are many different variation of this manicure, and almost everyone who does some nail-art have tried this one, or at least was thinking of it.
I think my turned out not bad at all, i did all the design with nail polish strippers. Special thing about it, and something think is really cool, is little "olive" dot in each glass - i made it using China glaze khrome polish.
So i hope this mani will spice up your weekend a little. And another excited news is that i died my hairs today - it is now dark auburn. I have not died my hairs for a really long time, like since i was 16-17 y o. I like my naturaly rich and dark color, but i guess just want to try something new. I cant say that i hate the result, but i definately have to get used to the new look, so far it feels weired. :)


Sunday, January 2, 2011

Nail Art For Valentines Day Manicure

So here is manicure i made for this Valentines day. I used purple glitter as a base, because this is my husbands favorite color, he is really crazy about purple.
For the design i used acrylic paints, but this time was trying to achieve a pin up "poster looking" effect. I also painted the ring to compliment this design.
I think i totally nailed it, i did not even expect the result to turn that cool and i hope my readers like it too.




Guess who is watching you? Oh yeah - this is him - love of my life my sweet Orange monkey Marshall :) he just came by to say hi...


This is Right hand, got a little lazy to paint a full set, and decided to go with only middle and thumb. It is really hard for me to paint thin lines with my left hand

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Some old Nail Art Design

Since i have not done anythign arty on my nails recently, except just polishing it with CG "For Audrey", i am posting some previously made nails, when it was long :)
I did not really like those design, but finally decided to share it with you, let me know what do you think.
And also i want to thank all of you for all the nice words you post in the comments, i read everything from my e-mail, but unfortunately almost nether have time to answer, and i hope you ll forgive me for that. I love you all so much and blogging is a great part of my life ,the only thing i regret - i should have started blog few years earlier :)


Just flower Nail Art

Here is the manicure i did today.
I think it looks pretty, but with short nails i am so limited.
I am so excited, because next week we are going to San Francisco for 4 days with my husband.
That seems like we are going to have a lot of fun where.
By the way if anybody of my readers are from SF, can you please give me some info about the weather and what kind of outwear will be appropriate? Any tips are so welcome, and enjoy the manicure.



Here is right hand

Pretty Pedi Nail Art

Hello my dear Nail-art lovers.
Today is a pedicure post, because my finger nails are still busy with the pretty classy stamping design from he previous post.
By the way, answering all the questions about the rings, i got row rings from e-bay sellers, it called resin rings - you can get like 50 of it for 10-15 bucks. I got 2 different styles - 50 count of each, and simply paint them to match my nail art.
And here is today pedicure .I only have 1 picture that turned out well, and i honestly don't know why my tow nails are different size - they are just always like this ,one is just bigger i guess, or grow faster :) Weird.

Breath of spring Nail Art

Hello my Sweet nail Art Lovers.
I called this manicure "A breath of Spring" because even that it is gray, it still look a lot like spring to me.
I know my writing kind of suck last several months, but i am doing so much writing for my final paper that my mind just go wiped to write something for blog. Pictures are more important, right? Who even reads all the crap that i am writing :D

Orange manicure and pedicure Nail Art

Love it!!! First time in this year finally wore flip flops.
Base color is beautiful Zoya Jancyn from flash collection

Flower manicure Nail Art

Here is my bright hand painted flower manicure made in One stroke technique, hope you ll like it.

Red Rose with Black Leaves Nail Art

Hello my Sweet Nail-Art Lovers.
Today's manicure turned out really great, however all the pictures ended up king of faded.
The idea of this manicure is stolen from some picture that i found online.
Unfortunately can not find the original image any more.
I used stamps to make red roses, and i painted leaves with black acrylic paint. One day i ll definitely make a pedicure with the same design, it will look super cool on the toes.
I apologize for not very nice pictures, and i hope you can still enjoy this manicure. Thanks.


Sweet Nail Art Design

Hey hey hey, long time did not post anything, by bad.
Due to the changes in my life i am unfortunately have to reduce my postings to a proximately once a week, where i ll post the best nail -art, or a few images of nail that i been wearing this week, i hope you will still come visit my blog.
So here are some manicures that are about 3-4 weeks old, but nether got a chance to post it, One is butterfly kondad and another is a hand painted flowers.
I think both those are gorgeous, and i hope you ll enjoy it as well



Metallic Sponged nail art design

I hope you, guys did not get tired of my painted nails, it is just so much fun to do this one stroke on the nails, that i just cant resist. My konad is crying is asking me to come back...
Those painted nails are just so cool looking in real life, especially now, that i am getting better at it. Do you guys miss my Konading?
For this manicure i used China Glaze Khrome and sponge - i mean for background. I did not believe that this was gonna work, but in fact turned out that those metalliks are so cool lookign for sponging.