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Showing posts with label Claudia. Show all posts

04 May, 2013

Band Nails - One Direction Nail Art

Tomorrow I will be on my way to Denmark to go on a concert and I just had to paint my nails for this special occasion. I'm going to see One Direction, my favorite band. I seen them before and then I had nails inspired by them too.

One Direction Nails by Elins Nails

Since all the nails are different I will explain how I did them one by one. First I put on base coat on all my nails. 

On my index finger I have the Irish flag, because Niall in the group is from Ireland. I started with two layers of white. Then I actually used the nail polishes brushes to paint the green and orange on it. 
For the middle finger I started with two layers of red and then with a striping brush I wrote TMH which stands for Take Me Home which is the name of their newest album and the tour. 
On the ring finger I painted the british flag because the four other members are from UK. For this I started with two layers blue and with a a striping brush I painted the white and then the red on it.
And then my pinky I wrote the first letter of every member. I started with two layers of white and then with the colors I used for the rest of the nails I wrote it with a striping brush. And then with a small dotting tool I made a heart. 



One Direction Logo Nail by Elins Nails

And on my thumb I did One Directions logo with a striping brush. Started with two layers of red first. 

The nail polishes I used- 


Don't forget base coat.
White - OPI - Alpine Snow
Red - Claudia - All Red
Blue - H&M - Turquoise 


Orange - Ciaté - Speed Dial
Green - Ciaté - Mojito
Top Coat - Ciaté - Seche Vite




16 March, 2013

St. Patricks Day Nails

Tomorrow is Irelands national day, also called St. Patricks Day. It's the day you are suppose to wear green, or else people have permission to pinch you I just read online. So you better wear green if you don't wanna get pinched, haha.

I just had to paint my nails for this occasion. So I took all my green polishes and put them in front of me, trying to come up with something to do. Put then I just thought I want colorful, so I grabbed loads of other nail polishes too. It was a hell putting them all back later, just fyi. But then I came up with something. So I hope you like this.



St. Patrick Day Nails by Elins Nails

So lets first talk about my accent nail. I just love doing accent nails! But after the putting base coat on I painted my ring finger in a light blue color. Then I started to paint a rainbow with a striping brush. You have no idea how many times I have to start over with this nail because apparently I don't know which colors and where they are in the rainbow. But after I finally got it right, I hope, I made a kettle with the brush on the nail polish and then with a dotting tool I made some gold over it.

St. Patrick Day Nail Art by Elins Nails

For the rest of the nails I started with a light green color. and then with two darker shades of green and a dotting tool I made some clover alike things over the nail. A little failed but that's how it is. 


On my thumb I made a little fail Irish flag, made with the nail polishes brushes. 

The nail polishes I used was -


Always start with base coat!
Red - Claudia - All Red
Orange - Ciaté - Speed Dial
Yellow - Face Stockholm - 171
Green - Ciaté - Mojito
Blue - Sephora - Curaçao
Purple - H&M - Purple Portion 


Green - Viva La Diva - 056
Green - Sephora - Picnic In The Park
Green - Mavala - Pistachio


Top coat - Seche Vite
Blue - China Glaze - Kinetic Candy
Gold - Sephora - I'm A Rich Girl
Brown - OPI - You Don't Know Jacques 
White - OPI - Alpine Snow

Please leave a comment just telling me what you think about this design, ask me anything or just wanna say hey or whatever, haha. 


11 February, 2013

Silver Heart Nails

Time for another Valentines Day design, this time it's something really easy but pretty according to me.


Silver Heart Nails by Elins Nails


For the base I didn't use any tools. Since I'm wearing gellac I already had white base so I just took the pink one and painted half the nails. It was the lightest color and was easiest to paint over so it' didn't have to be super straight. Then I took the red one and painted over, trying to do it as straight as possible. 

Silver Heart Nail Art by Elins Nails

Then with dotting tools I made silver hearts in the middle of all the nails and on the ring finger I added dots around the edges of the nails to create an accent nails. I think this design would look good matte too, maybe I should try that. 

The nail polishes I used was these -


Don't forget the base coat. 
Pink - H&M - Preppy Pink
Red - Claudia - All Red
Silver - Isadora - Silver Sparkle 
Top coat - Seche Vite


Have any question about the design or want a tutorial? Just leave me a comment!






31 January, 2013

Striped Valentines Day Nails

Tomorrow is February 1st which means it's 2 weeks left for Valentines Day. So I thought I would start doing Valentines Day design to inspire you so maybe you can find something to wear on Valentines Day.

So here is the first design of my Valentines Day designs.

Striped Valentines Day Nails by Elins Nails

To do this design I started with a light pink shade as my base. Then with a striping brush I did stripes on the nails in 3 different pink shades. Then with a dotting tool I made red hearts over the nails, and even added some red glitter nail polish over the hearts. 

It was a pretty easy design, you doesn't need that much experience to do this. 

The nail polishes I used is these - 


Don't forget base coat to protect your nails. 
Pink - Ciaté - Cutie Pie
Pink - H&M - City 
Pink - OPI - Pompeii Purple
Pink - Gina Tricot - Candyfloss


Red - Claudia - All Red
Red Glitter - Ciaté - Enchanted Rose
Top Coat - Seche Vite

I hope you like this design and that you look forward to the next Valentines Day design. 


03 January, 2013

Cupcakes Nails

Todays nails is inspired by a cookie jar I got for christmas present. I like the print on it and thought it would be a good nail design.

Cupcake Nail Art by Elins Nails

I thought it came out pretty well, makes me really want a cupcake. I tried to match the colors as well as I could but I might have a lot of nail polish but I don't have every colors. I used one of the lightest green for the background, so I didn't have a green for the cupcakes so I made them blue instead. 





Cupcake Nails by Elins Nails

I thought I ruined it when I added the black lines around everything. But on the cookie jar the lines are a little sloppy so I did them a little sloppy. But I think it ended pretty well anyway so I'm satisfied. Don't think it would have been much better if I did the lines perfect.

The nail polishes I used -


Base Coat - Isadora - Second Nail
Green - Sephora - Lime Cocktail
Brown - OPI - You Don't Know Jacques
Light Brown - H&M - Nude Dude
Blue - China Glaze - Kinetic Candy


Yellow - Ciaté - Big Yellow Taxi
Purple - H&M - Liberty Girl
Pink - H&M - City
Light Pink - Gina Tricot - Candy Floss


White - China Glaze -White Out
Red - Claudia - All Red
Black - Isadora - Gothic Black
Top Coat - Seche Vite 

What you think about this design?







01 January, 2013

Happy New Years - Firework Nails

These nails were suppose to go up yesterday but got in a hurry to leave for the new years celebration. But here comes my new years nails.

Fireworks Nails by Elins Nails

To do these nails I started with base coat and then two layers of a really dark blue. Then with a dotting tool and loads of different colors I made a firework kinda thing over the nails and then wrote 2013 over it. My index finger is a little messed now because my brother touch it before it had dried. 



This is how the the fireworks looked like. 

Here is the nail polishes I used -


Base Coat - Isadora - Second Nail
Green - Ciaté - Mojito
Yellow - Ciaté - Big Yellow Taxi
Orange - Ciaté - Speed Dial


Blue - Sephora - Curaçao
Green - Sephora - Picnic In The Park
Red - Claudia - All Red
Purple - H&M - Lilac Plum


Pink - H&M - Pink Preppy
Dark Blue - China Glaze - Up All Night
White - China Glaze - White Out
Top Coat - Seche Vite

Hope you all will have a great 2013!




26 December, 2012

Hunger Games Nails

Todays nails are inspired by the hunger games. Got the dvd in christmas present so I thought I could do some hunger games nails now, always wanted to some so now I did it.

Hunger Games Nails by Elins Nails

I did a fire gradient on all my nails except my ring finger where I did the mockingbird pin. 

Hunger Games Nail Art by Elins Nails

Tried to give the mockingbird some layers so I first started with painting it gold and then added some yellow on top. Think it ended up pretty well. 

This are the nail polishes I used -


Base Coat - Isadora - Second Nail
Yellow - China Glaze - Sunshine Pop
Black - Isadora - Gothic Black
Orange - Depend - nr. ??
Red - Claudia - All Red
Gold - Gina Tricot  - Gold
Top Coat - Seche Vite

What you think of this design?