Hi There
Success I have finally got my phone to connect to my computer yey. So I can now show you what I have been up to whilst I have been away. I will show you some pictures and then I will do a tutorial of one of the designs for you. If you would like step by step tutorials on any of the other designs I have done please let me know in the comments section and I will do post with the process step by step.
Let's get started here are some images of the nails I have been designing whilst I haven't been around, I only passed my course in January so they aren't perfect so please bare this in mind, also not all of them contain stamping but I thought I would show you anyway.
This design has black Gelish polish, diamantes and a cameo from Born Pretty Store and nail foil from Amazon.co.uk.
This design used NSI Purely Pink Masque for the nail bed and NSI Radiant White for the tips. I then used a water decal that I got from Born Pretty Store and tried my hand at 1 stroke painting by drawing the flowers myself using acrylic paints.
This design is on my natural nails and I used NSI Rose Blush for the nail bed and then radiant white on the tips I then added a decal from Born Pretty Store to my ring finger and top coated with NSI Glaze n Go to protect the art and make the nails shine
This design I did on my mum, she wanted to have a stiletto nail just to see what it was like so I can up with this design which uses 3 different glitters that I bought from ebay she loved the design but could only wear it for a couple of days because it kept catching on everything lol.
This design I did using NSI Rose Blush for the nail bed and then I used Organic Nails Wonderland Collection in Snud to create the design I also used some diamantes from Born Pretty Store to finish the design
These nails were practise nails for my partners sister in law for Easter. I bought a new machine that can print images onto your nails without the need for stamping. You can print any design you want onto them as long as you can find it on the internet. It also has a built in camera so you can have pictures of you or your friends or both on your nails.
These nails I did for me (can you tell I like french manicures yet lol). for this I used stiletto tips. I used NSI extreme pink for the nail bed and as I had used a natural looking tip I just coverd this in NSI Totally Clear and used NSI Glaze n Go to make it shiney
We can now have a bit of a tutorial. I got bored of having the nails natural looking so I decided to give them a paint job.
Here are the materials I used
So from left to right my Creative stamper and scraper, ASP Wow It's Dry Super Fast Top Coat, Morgan Taylor in Little Black Dress and Ruby Wing in Kitten Heels. The Plate I used was Mo You London Gothic Collection 05.
I painted all of my nails black using Morgan Taylor Little Black Dress apart from my ring finger which I painted pink using Ruby Wing Kitten Heels.
Next I took my Mo You London Gothic Collection 05 plate and stamped the image of the cross on my ring finger using Morgan Taylor Little Black Dress and my Creative Shop Stamper. I then top coated using ASP Wow It's Dry Super Fast Top Coat.
Here's the finished design
Now back to the pictures
For the blue nail I used NSI extreme Pink to build the nail and then used Organic Nails Acrylic powder in blue. I had some blue iridescent circles that I got from Ebay and I popped these on the end of the nail and some blue glitter at the bottom of the nail I then encapsulated it in NSI Totally Clear.
The black and purple design was done in the same way in that I used NSI Extreme Pink to build the nail and then used NSI technailcolour in Basic Black to add colour to the nail. I then added glitter to the top of the nail using NSI Secrets Sparkle Glitter on Radiance. At the bottom of the nail I added some angel paper which looks gorgeous in the sun and then encapsulated in NSI Totally Clear
The next nail is a baby boomer nail I used for this NSI Rose Blush for the nail bed andNSI Radiant White and used my brush to blend the 2 colours together until I got a nice blend and the nail was built up to a nice shape. I then filed and top coated with NSI Glaze n Go and added 3 diamates that I got from Born Pretty Store
The copper nail was made using an Edge tip and built up using NSI Extreme Pink I then used Organic Nails Cosmo Glitters in Ground Cosmo and Totally Clear NSI Acrylic Powder to cover the entire nail and then added a water decal I got from Born Pretty Store and encapsulated the design using NSI Totally Clear
Now for the thumb I used NSI Secrets acrylic powder in Conceal for the nail bed and for the tip I used Diva powders by odysseynail.com in Jazz and Shimmy from the Diva Collection. I then used a striping tape that I got from a sale in Sally salon services to add a bit of extra detail down the middle of the nail and encapsulated the whole thing with Totally Clear by NSI
These nails I wasn't happy with they didn't stay on long. I had been to an acrylic skills course and I decided to practise on myself but as I said I wasn't impressed with this effort and removed them the day after, I think part of the problem is that they were too short as I like my nails quite long.
For this design I used NSI Rose Blush for my nail bed and then I used 4 different glitters from my stash mixed together for the tip I encapsulated the whole nail and then used stamping plate FUN 14 from Fab Ur Nails and Mundo De Unas stamping polish in Purple and stamped the flower onto the nail. I then used a dotting tool to add a few dots on the nail.
Now for another step by step tutorial
Here are the materials that I used
From left to right Crystal Nails in Diamond, Black Kiko Polish in 275, OPI Alpine Snow, ASP Wow It;s Dry Super Fast Top Coat, NSI Glaze n Go, Washi tape or a low tack tape of your choice, Water decals with zebra's on them, French tip guides, NSI Radiant White Acrylic Powder, small diamantes and Konad nail plate M57.
So the first thing I did was to create 1 french tipped nail and 1 normal nail for the french nail I used Crystal Nails Diamond acrylic powder and then I used the NSI Radiant White to crate the tip I created the other nail using Radiant White acrylic powder by NSI and then painted that with 2 coats of OPI in Alpine Snow
I painted the white nail with 1 coat of ASP Wow It's Dry Super Fast Top Coat and then used nail plate M57 by Konad and stamped the Zebra design onto the nail. As the nail was long and these images are small I had to stretch the image to fit across the nail and had to double stamp to get full coverage
Next I moved onto my french nail I took the french nail guides and put them underneath the french I had just created and then used the washi low tack tape to cover the rest of the nail
I then took my Black Kiko Polish number 275 and my creative shop stamper and scraper and stamped the same image from plate M57 over the nail tip
Now you need to remove the tape and tip guides and you end up with something like this
I think this looks really good. So now I moved back onto the white nail and took the zebra water decals and stuck the word Zebra on the top of the nail and a Zebra's head on the bottom of the nail and then I put some stripes from the decals across the middle to hide the join
Lastly I went back to the french tip and added small diamantes around the edge of the tip and top coated the design with Glaze n Go by NSI this is the finished design
I really like this design even though I wasn't sure how it would turn out when I first started it
Now another tutorial
Here are the materials I used
From left to right NSI Extreme Pink Acrylic Powder, Kiko Black Polish number 275, Bluesky Top Coat, Bluesky polish in 048 (this is a chameleon polish). nail foil glue, Mo You Mother Nature Collection Plate 14 and nail foil.
I painted my nail with 2 coats of my Bluesky Polish in no 48 and stamped the nail with the swirly tree pattern onto the nails using my Creative Shop Stamper and Scraper and Kiko black polish number 275. I then took some of the Nail Foil glue and a tiny dotting tool and placed the glue on the areas that I wanted foil and let it dry. I then took my foil and rubbed it over the glue this is the finished design
Unfortunately this one is only a picture but I think this is my favourite
I used NSI Rose Blush for the nail bed and Crystal Nails acrylic powder in Budapest which is a gorgeous red with glitter that is so sparkly for the tip. I used Mo You London plate Suki Collection 06 and used Kiko black polish number 275 to stamp the image onto the nail with my Creative Shop stamper and scraper. I still thought that the nail was lacking something so I added a black stripe around the tip of the nail using a detail brush and acrylic paint. I still thought it needed a tiny bit of something and I found some studs in my stash so I took a square stud and placed it on the nail with nail glue in a diamond shape and as I say it is my favourite nail so far.
Thanks for hanging around through all these images and tutorials I now think that I have covered everything.
Oh before I forget I have got a new dog he's a pug and hes gorgeous
He's my baby
I have now also got a salon in Doncaster
If you live in the Doncaster area and want to pop in for a nail treatment message me below or email me at beautifulnailsbyyvonne@gmail.com and I will get back to you. You may be wondering why I have changed my watermark to Beautiful Nails By Yvonne. This is because this is the name of my business, but don't worry I won't change my blog address. So you can hopefully keep looking at my new designs.
Thank you for reading all my ramblings have a wonderful weekend
Yorkshire Rose (aka Yvonne) xx
Hi There
Just a quick note to apologise for not being around alot lately. I have been doing an acrylic nail course and trying to set up a business at the same time so I have been quite busy.
I have however passed my course and am well underway getting my business started (not quite there yet though).
I thought I would just drop a line to say that I haven't gone anywhere and I will soon be back with new stamping and other designs
See you soon
Yorkshire Rose xx
Hi There
Today I am going to do a steampunk design and I was inspired by Absolute Nails on You Tube. If you have time check her out she is excellent. I have done a different design to fit around what I have to play with.
Let's get started
Here are the materials I used
From left to right China Glaze Community, Avon Metallics Gold Leaf, Revlon Parfumerie Chocolate Truffle, Gold Foil, Foil Glue, Micro Glitter Powder in Coffee Bean, Nails Inc Kensington Caviar Top Coat, 10g Bag of Tiny Watch Parts, Mo You Gothic 07 plate and Messy Mansion MM43 plate.
I started by painting all my nails in China Glaze Community
As I was putting Gold Foil on them I started with my index and little fingers. I took my foil glue and painted it onto the nails.
As you can see from the picture this sends the nail a milky blue colour but it does dry clear. I then took the Gold Foil and rubbed it over the glue and this was the finished result
With these nails done I moved on to my middle finger. I painted my nail with one coat of Nails Inc Kensington Caviar Top Coat and then dipped the nail into the Micro Glitter Powder in Coffee Bean. The colour is beautifully glittery but unfortunately as usual we are having typical British weather and it is dull and raining so you can't see the beauty of the glitter
Next I took Mo You London Gothic Plate 07 and stamped the steampunk image of the clock onto my index and little fingers using Revlon Parfumerie in ChocolateTruffle
I then used Messy Mansion Plate MM43 and stamped the image of the cogs across the top of the nail on a slant using Avon Metallics in Gold Leaf and then added some of the Tiny Watch Pieces along the edge which I love
The design is now complete here are all the nails together in the finished design
I hope you like this design as much as I do
Thank you for reading
Yorkshire Rose xx
Hi There
Today I have used some foils that I bought from Born Pretty Store and various stamping plates to achieve today's look.
Let's get started. Here are the materials I used
As you can't see the plates very well in the first photo I decided to do another photo of just the plates that I used.
I will start with the top photo first from left to right
China Glaze Boho Blues, China Glaze Sun's Up Top Down, Nail Foil from Born Pretty Store, Foil Glue, China Glaze Pop The Trunk, OPI You're So Vanilla, China Glaze Capacity To See Beyond, Kiko 275 Black, China Glaze Exotic Encounters, China Glaze Fairy Dust, China Glaze Licence & Registration Please and China Glaze Adventure Red-y. Now The Nail Plates
My Online Shop Plate MJ Special Edition, Mo You London Sailor Collection 04, Mo You London Fairytale Collection 09 and Mo You London Festive Collection 17.
I painted all of my nails with China Glaze Capacity To See Beyond
I then added glitter to the middle two fingers using China Glaze Fairy Dust
I had to take this picture with a flash so you can see the glitter as it is very subtle
Next I applied foil glue to my index and little fingers and when this was tacky I stuck on my nail foils
I thought that the lines on the foil looked like the tentacles of Ursula the evil octopus in the little mermaid and then I remembered that she stole Ariel's voice so I took Mo You London Plates Fairytale 09 and Mo You London Festive Plate 17 and stamped the musical notes from these 2 plates onto the foils using Kiko Black 275 polish
Now I took my Mo You London Sailor 04 plate and stamped the seaweed onto my middle and ring fingers
I next created a decal of Ariel using plate MJ Special Edition from My Online Shop and Kiko Black 275. I coloured the decal in using China Glaze Exotic Encounters for her eyes, OPI You're So Vanilla for her skin and Pop The Trunk for her hair
Next I created a decal of Flounder, again I used my MJ Special Edition Plate from My Online Shop and the colours I used were Kiko Black 275, China Glaze Sun's Up Top Down for his body, China Glaze Bo Ho Blues and China Glaze Licence & Registration Please for his stripes and Adventure Red-y for his mouth. I also used Licence & Registration Please for his eyes
When they were dry I stamped Ariel onto my ring finger and Flounder onto my middle finger
This is the finished design
As these nails are plastic I haven't top coated them but I have found that if you want to top coat your nail foils the best thing to use is a gel top coat as this doesn't damage the foil like normal topcoat
Thank you for reading
Yorkshire Rose xx
Hi There
Welcome to my first post of 2015 hope you all had a lovely holiday whatever you were doing. As everybody has been doing Christmas and winter themed nails for the whole of December I thought I would do something a bit different. I have therefore done a pink gradient mani using the advanced stamping technique and have also used some nail stickers
Let's get started
Here are the materials I have used
From left to right China Glaze Giver Collection in Friends Forever Right?, China Glaze from the Road Trip Collection I Brake For Colour, China Glaze from the Road Trip Collection Pinking Out The Window, Kiko Black 275, China Glaze The Hunger Games Collection Fast Track, China Glaze Giver Collection Seeing Red, Sinful Colors Snow Me White, Dappen dish filled with water, Tweezers, Dotting Tool, Chez-Delany Nail Plate Asiatique 002 and Nail Stickers
For this design I will be using plastic nails as I do all my practising on these and it is too late tonight to do the design on my natural nails. I haven't used a base coat because of this but I would recommend that you use one if you do any design on your natural nails.
So to start I painted all my nails with 1 coat of China Glaze Friends Forever Right? from the Giver Collection
I then created a circular gradient using China Glaze Friends Forever Right? in the centre. I used China Glaze Peeking Out The Window next and for the outer ring I used I Brake For Colour. I did this on my index and ring fingers
Next I did a normal gradient using the same colours from China Glaze, Friends Forever Right? Peeking Out The Window and I Brake For Colour. I did this on my middle and little fingers.
I put a topcoat on both sets of gradients to smooth out the gradient. and then started on my decals. I took my Chez-Delany Asiatique 002 plate and my Kiko Black 275 polish and stamped the image if the Geisha with the parasol. I then took Sinful Colors Snow Me White, China Glaze Fast Track and China Glaze Seeing red and coloured in the decal using my dotting tool.
When the design was touch dry I stamped the image onto the fingers with the circular gradient.
Next I took my nail stickers and placed them into a dappen dish filled with water
After about 10 seconds I removed them from the water and took them off the backing paper and stuck them to my little and middle fingers which had a normal gradient.
This is the finished design
I hope you like my design as much as I do
Thank you for reading
Yorkshire Rose xx
