Sunday, February 19, 2012

Crystal Bling Nails

Hellooooo! I feel like I haven't posted in a while, been hanging with my bf's cousins since a few more came down from Melbourne. I wore this mani for a few days (I was hoping to wear it for longer but it started getting really annoying!) and took it off just yesterday. I loved it while I had it on though, shiny & sparkly nails :)

It's a shame that they didn't photograph the way I'd hope :( Have a look for yourself!


Initially, I had done this mani, but loved the bling so much that I decided to do it on all fingers. Here's the end result.

Indoor

Indirect sunlight

Indirect sunlight

Direct sunlight

Direct sunlight blurred

Indoor flash

The first 2 fingers that I did (the thumb and the ring finer) was stuck on indivdually using clear polish, but I decided that it was making the rhinestones murky so I went to find anther method that was less time consuming while retaining the crystal shine on the rhinestones.

 Instead of the clear polish, I used double sided tape cut to the shape of my nails and stuck them on first. Then I arranged the rhinestones on the table and used clear tape to stick them down and then trasnferred it onto my nail and if there were hanging pieces, or gaps, they were removed/added accordingly. Finally I sealed the sides and tip with clear polish. Results are super sparkly nails!

If you decide to try these out, let me know! I'd love to see it :) I'll probably be posting less often because I will slowly be getting busier and it's almost time for uni (nooooooo!). I hope you'll all be patient hehe. Till then,


//Linda

20 comments:

  1. Both are too awesome! Love blingy nails!

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  2. The one that has the bling mixed with the flowers is gorgeous :)

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  3. wow this looks freakin' amazing
    but how do you remove this? xD
    this won't be easy i think .____.

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    1. Luckily for the double sided tape i could just peel it off! Though for the ones I stuck down with polish, I just rubbed it with some remover and then used a small nail clipper to twist them off my nail

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  4. So pretty! I love the funky french too!

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  5. I did just my ring finger for my birthday but I put on way too much top coat because I didn't want any to pop off and it got kinda "cloudy". I'll definitely try the tape idea!!

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  6. This is fabulous! I love the idea of using 2 sided tape to achieve the look. You might be a genius for thinking that one up. I just discovered your blog today and I'm loving it! ^_^

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  7. WOW! Linda these are AMAZING! But I would probably get annoyed with the texture, which it sounds like you did too. :) LOL. Really gorgeous for a special occasion though. Thanks for sharing the double sided tape tip!

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  8. WOW SO CUTE!
    I'm following your blog!

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  9. Very good idea to use the tape, this reminded me of Michael Jackson & makes me wanna do a design in his honor, love it!

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  10. This is an amazing mani, very Japanese-style!!

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  11. love the blingy style! What size are the rhinestones that you used?

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    1. thank you! I used different sizes for this and they include, 1mm, 1.5mm, 2mm & 3mm :)

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