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07 July, 2014

Dot Nail Art

I hope you all had a good weekend, I sure did! And now I'm back with a new set of nails for you. It's a pretty easy nail art, but it still looks so good.

Dot Nail Art by Elins Nails

This is made using dotting tools in all different sizes and some great colors. I decided to do a accent nail just to spice it up a little. 

Dot Nails by Elins Nails

I'm using my favorite nailpolish right now in this Nail Art. The golden one. It's from Gwen Stefain's OPI collect and its called Love Angel Music Baby. It's a lovely matte color, which they are calling satin. And you are not suppose to add topcoat on it, but I just think it's so amazing both without and with topcoat. I took a picture of this Nail Art before adding the topcoat so you can see for yourself. That picture you can find her below. 

Dot Nail Art without Topcoat by Elins Nails

Nailpolish -
Isadora - Second Nail
OPI - Love Angel Music Baby
Ciaté - Pepperminty
Essie - Watermelon
Seche Vite - Topcoat 

19 September, 2013

Jeans Nail Art - Wear Your Nails

The nails I wanna show you now is inspired by jeans. I bought this jeans affect nail polish not so long ago and I haven't tried it before so I thought now it was time that I did!




When I did these nails I started with base coat which is always a most. Then I put two layers of the demin effect nail polish on. Then with a striping brush and gold nail polish I did small lines in different patterns to look like the stitches that you find on the jeans. 


It was an easy design but it looks pretty good according to me. And I just wanna point out that it's not tipwear on the pinky. It kinda looks like that but it's gold nail polish there. Just had to get that out haha. 
I did these nails matte because I thought that brought out the jeans look more. 

I have been a little bad with my nail care the last few weeks so I know it looks so bad, but I'm gonna take better care of it now haha. I promise you all that! 



 The nail polishes I used -


Base coat - Isadora - Second Nail
Denim - Kubiss - Denim Nail Affect
Gold - Sephora - I'm A Rich Girl
Matte top coat - Essie - Matte About You

Please leave me a comment to let me know what you think about this design. 





23 August, 2013

Galaxy Nail Art - My nails are out of this world

Today I thought I would share this galaxy Nail Art which I made. I'm pretty satisfied with these nails, except for the fact that the glitter I put on top of it was to compact. Which I didn't really know before. But other then that its a pretty easy design all you need is some cool nailpolishes and a make up sponge and then you are good to go.


Galaxy nails by Elins Nails


To do this design I started with two layers of a dark blue with a little bit of shimmer in it. Then with a make up sponge I put on a little pink, a light blue and then at last purple. Then to top it all of and give it that 'Out of this world' feeling I added some holographic topcoat. 




Then with a white striping nailpolish I made some stars on and then made some smaller stars with a dotting tool. And then I did that thing I regret the most, I wanted more glitter so I grabbed this new glitter striping nailpolish and made some random things on the nail. Lucky me it didn't look so bad in real. 

To end it all I added a layer of topcoat, to just put the finish touch on it. Making it all smooth and shiny.



 The nailpolishes I used for this design is these - 




Base coat - Isadora - Second Nail
Dark Blue - China Glaze - Up All Night
Pink - Essie - Cute As A Button
Light Blue - China Glaze - Flyin' High
Purple - Mavala - Samarkand
White - Kiss Nail Art
Glitter - Kiss Nail Art

And then I realized I forgot the top coats I used -

Holographic - Ciaté - Halo
Top Coat - Seche Vite 


Please leave a comment saying what you think about this design, thanks.

21 August, 2013

Perfect Clean Up after painting your nails.

Everyone knows its not the most easiest thing to paint your nails perfectly, but what makes them look perfect is the perfect clean up, not only from nail polish outside your nails but also to get perfect line around your cuticles. To do this there are a few different techniques which I thought I would show you today.


The first thing is that you can use cotton swabs (q-tips) dipped in nail polish remover. But this is probably just best if you got nail polish outside your nails. It's not the easiest thing to get the perfect clean up around your cuticle with a cotton swab though.

The next thing is a nail polish correction pen. I used one for the swedish store Kicks, from their own brand.

Kicks Nail Polish Corrector by Elins Nails

Its like a pen full with nail polish remover. Its a good and easy way to get a good clean up. But the downsides which I found about this is that the tips easy broke and got ugly. But luckily you usually get a few extra tips with. These pens are available from OPI and Essie too that I know of at least. 

But after trying all different ways this next thing is my favorite. I use an angled eyeshadow brush that I bought pretty cheap. 


Just dip it in nail polish remover and its great for the clean up around your cuticle. To get the best looking nails it looks best if you clean so the nail polish don't really go all the way down to the cuticles. 

I hope this helps you all to get the perfect clean up!

28 July, 2013

Golden Polkadot Half Moon Nails

I thought it was time for me to do my first half moon manicure so that is what I did for todays design. The name half moon manicure comes from the fact that you paint a half moon looking figure on the bottom of your nails.



Golden polkadot Half Moon Nails


To do this nails I started with painting the whole nail pink and then with a brush I added the gold half moon. Then to make it a little funnier I added some polka dots. 



Golden Polkadot Half Moon Nail Art by Elins Nails

Then I ended it all with a matte top coat, just because I love making nail polish with glitter matte. 

The nail polishes I used -


Base coat - Isadora - Second Nail
Pink - MIYO - Summer Flower 
Gold - Sephora - I'm A Rich Girl
Matte Top Coat - Essie - Matte About You


Please tell me what you think about the design! Did I succeed my first half moon manicure? Leave a comment below.  

27 July, 2013

Tribal Nails

Sorry for not updating in a while. Been working, been on vacation and just been general lazy. I haven't even painted my nails in so long which isn't alike me at all.

But now I'm back and I'm back with a tribal printed nail art. Some girl even asked me if they were stickers when I was out shopping. I guess that's something good, haha.

Tribal Nail Art by Elins Nails

I know the lines aren't the straightest lines and the cleanest clean up, but it's what I got for you today. For this design I used a striping brush and a dotting tool.

The nail polishes I used for this design -

 Don't forget base coat to protect your nails.

White - OPI - Alpine Snow
Pink - Essie - Watermelon
Blue/Green - Essie - Turquoise & Caicos


Black - Isadora - Gothic Black
Purple - H&M - Lilac Plum
Top coat - Seche Vite

Sorry for being away so much, but I will try to make it better for you!

07 May, 2013

Polkadot Nail Art

Today I'm going with an easy design that looks pretty anyways. Polka dots! Who doesn't love polka dot nails? I went a safe color match and went with one color, but different shades of course.  It's something that can never go wrong and it looks amazing.

Polkadot Nails by Elins Nails

I started with two layers of the lightest green. Then I took one of the smallest dotting tools I have and made dots with my darker green.

Polkadot Nail Art by Elins Nails

It looks pretty good according to me, so I'm satisfied. I love the color match. 

The nail polishes I used -


Don't forget base coat.
Lighter Green - Essie - Navigate Her
Darker Green - Sephora - Lime Cocktail
Top Coat - Seche Vite

Please leave a comment below what you think of this design. 




01 May, 2013

American Flag nails - French Manicure Twist

Todays nails are inspired by flags and none other then my favorite country's flag, USA's flag of course.

I done familiar nails before for fourth of july last year but when looking back at them now I'm not so proud of them haha.


Oh gosh no, we shouldn't look at them. Lets go on to todays nails instead. But I guess this means that my nail art skills have grown better and thats always something good. 



American Flag Nail Art by Elins Nails

With this nails a did a little twist of the classical french manicure. I started with base coat as usually, and then I did two layers of white nail polish. Then with a striping brush I made the red lines all over the nails. Once those were completely dry I took some french manicure templates. The package I have had 2 different kinds, curved and straight, and I took the straight ones. Which I think are for you toe nails actually but who cares? I painted the tips blue and later when it was dry I did small dots with a dotting tool over the blue to symbolize the stars on the flag.  


Matte American Flag Nails by Elins Nails

After a while I decided that I might look cool matte. So I made them matte. It's not often I have matte nails but it looks cool so I should probably do it a little more often.


The nail polishes I used for this is -


Don't forget base coat all times to protect your nails.
White - OPI - Alpine Snow
Red - Gina Tricot - Formula One
Blue - Sephora - Curaçao
Matte topcoat - Essie - Matte About You

Which way did you like more - shiny or matte?




















30 March, 2013

Easter Nails - Colorful Polka Dots Nails with Gradient

I hope you all are having a great easter weekend so far. I thought I would share my second and last easter designs for this year. I wanted to do more, but unfortunately my fantasy ended here and all my ideas just reminded me of the one I already did so I thought I would draw the line here.

This design is pretty colorful, which I think is very suiting for easter. I don't know why but I see easter as a colorful holiday. This design consist of gradients and polka dots. I even did something I don't usually do, I did the nails matte. I usually wear the design a while with regular top coat and then do it matte.

Colorful Polkadot Nails by Elins Nails

I started with base coat on all the nails and then two layers of white. Then I did gradients with a different color on every nail. The gradient I did with a make up sponge which I used to dab the colors on the white nails. Then with a dotting tool I made white polka dots all over the nail. 


I think it had gave a great affect with the white polka dots with the color to white gradient. 

The nail polishes I used for this design is these -


Always use a base coat first.
White - OPI - Alpine Snow
Green - Sephora - Lime Cocktail
Purple - Rimmel - 312 Ultra Violet
Yellow - Face Stockholm - 171


Orange - Isadora - South Beach
Pink - Gina Tricot - Candyfloss
Matte Top Coat - Essie - Matte About You


Please leave a comment about the design, I would mean a lot to me.

24 March, 2013

Easter Nails

Easter is here and I'm finally allowed to do Easter design, which I love. Easter is colorful and pastel colors fit perfectly here.

For this design I started with five base colors, one for every finger. And these colors where the main colors in my design which I used the most of. Then I added two accent nail where I added some other colors.


Easter Nails by Elins Nails

I started with painting all the nails with base coat and then every nail with the base color I decided for them. I went on pretty light colors, like pastel like. I did my pinky blue on purpose to continue with the blue pinky challenge, which you can read more about in last post. The thumb that you can't see on this picture is the green polish that you can see on the rest of the nails. The three nails are then suppose to look something like an Easter egg. So with the five base colors I made some zigzag lines and straight lines with a striping brush. Then some random dots with a dotting tool. Added some white dots too to fill the empty spaces because I didn't want the to use the same color next to each other. 

Easter Nail Art by Elins Nails

On my ring finger is then suppose to be the Easter bunny. I started with painting the shape with a striping brush and then with a larger brush I filled it in. Then I did the eyes and nose with different sized dotting tools. Take notice its not skew-eyed like it usually is haha. Then I added the whiskers and then with a dotting tool I added some light pink on the cheeks and ears. 



My thumb have a little chicken on it. The body is made with dotting tools and also the eyes. The hair, neb and eggshell is made with a striping brush. 


The tons on nail polish I used for this -


Don't forget the base coat. 
My five base colors.
Green - Mavala - Pistachio
Pink - Essie - Splash Of Grenadine 
Orange - Mavala - Fresh Melon
Purple - OPI - You're Such A Budapest
Blue - China Glaze - Kinetic Candy



Brown - OPI - You Don't know Jacques
White - OPI - Alpine Snow
Black - Isadora - Gothic Black
Light Pink - Ciaté - Cutie Pie


Darker Orange - Ciaté - Speed Dial
Yellow - Ciaté - Big Yellow Taxi
Top Coat - Seche Vite 

Thanks for checking out my blog!





15 March, 2013

Matte Ikat Nails

Decided to make my Ikat nails matte. I think matte nails are really nice and everytime I do it I always tell myself why don't I do this more often.

To do this I used Essie's Matte About You. It's the best matte top coat I ever tried.

Here under you can see the comparison between matte and shiny. You can't see this much I notice now but you can see it in the shimmer and the light reflection. The first picture is shiny and the second is matte.




Which one you liked the most - shiny or matte?




18 February, 2013

Pastel Tribal Nails

Finally here you go a new design for you. For this design I used the nail polish OPI - You're Such A Budapest which I swatched for you last week. It's like purple pastel color according to me. I wanted to match this with other light colors and get a colorful and light design to chase the boring winter weather away. But apparently it didn't work so well because there came even more snow today. Don't want more snow now, it was fun for a while but now its not anymore. I thought this ended up being a good design and it was a good color match.

Pastel Tribal Nails by Elins Nails

To do this design I started with three layers of the purple, over the base coat of course. Then I did gradients on all the nails except my middle finger. I did gradients in two different colors, the blue and pink. The with the a striping brush I did the tribal prints with white nail polish. I even added some dots with a dotting tool. 

Pastel Tribal Nail Art by Elins Nails

The lines are not the straightest once and I got a little tip wear because I was to lazy to take pictures when I finished them and waited 2 days. Shame on me.

The nail polishes I used for this design is - 



Don't forget your base coat. 
Purple - OPI - You're A Such A Budapest
Pink - Essie - Splash Of Grenadine
Blue - China Glaze - Kinetic Candy
White - OPI - Alpine Snow 
Top Coat - Seche Vite


Please let me know what you think of this design by leaving a comment, I would really appreciate it.  



08 January, 2013

Matte Nails

I'm really into matte nails right now. Yesterday after wearing this design for a day I decided to make it matte. I love matte nails when you get nail polishes with glitter in them like this design. To do them matte I used Essies Matte About You.


Matte Cheetah Print with Gradient Nails by Elins Nails



It's so much easier taking pictures of matte nails, just saying.

And here is a little comparison between shiny and matte -



Which one you like the most?