Faster Way to Remove your Nail Polish

I'm dying to try a new nail art, all nail polish and tools are ready but there's just one more thing....

I'M TOO LAZY TO REMOVE MY NAIL POLISH!

They're already chipped, so there's no reason to keep them on, however, it is for me the worst part of doing my nails.

Good thing, I chanced upon a solution on how to remove them faster and save on time, cotton and acetone.

Here's how:

Get a piece of cotton ball and tear them into small pieces. Just small enough to cover a nail. Drench each piece with acetone and place on top of a finger nail.

Press them gently and leave for about 2-3 minutes for regular polish and a little longer for glittered ones. But don't keep it longer as it may dry and would be useless.

Usually, my marker is when I'm done putting the piece of cotton on my last fingernail then the first one must be ready to remove.

To remove, apply little pressure while pulling the cotton off. You'd notice that most of not all polish are wiped out easily. You may clean any residue using the same cotton.

Trust me on this, it works!

Have a great day!

Welcome to the jungle!

I gotta admit I'm into animal prints. Not being cruel but I love those fur in my finger nails or wrapped around me, the pattern at least. Of course, I couldn't bear killing a beautiful creature just so my vanity is satisfied.

Leopard:

Luckily, I have good thrift shop finds and presents that have this lovely pattern. Like this tube top which I got for my 32nd birthday.

These rockin' leopard Topshop booties are from a thrift store. 

Topshop Booties

Because I so love nail painting, one of my favorite designs is leopard since it is very easy to make. I made these in a hurry.

leopard and zebra nail art

When you see it in full color, the zebra base is actually light pink, however, the black liner is a bit sticky so, the result isn't neat, I have to take a black and white picture instead. As I was sorting my files I found a picture of me having spaghetti, I noticed that the nails are done in leopard, so I cropped it up for this post.

How the above picture looks like in color

Here's my first try on the leopard pattern and the iconic Burberry tartan.

a nails design inspired by a Burberry leopard handbag

the Burberry leopard nail art paired with leopard eyeshadow

Leopard, like other patterns can come in a wide variety of colors, our imagination is the only limit to it. Here's one in pink and purple:

pink and purple leopard nail art

perfect for parties

There's probably more of these nail designs coming up provided that I have the time and inspiration. 


Zebra:

As for the zebra pattern, I have them on some of my clothes, but not  much on nail design. Here I was wearing a mini tube dress for a glam rock event. I wore this with the pink purple leopard nails above.

Zebra mini tube dress

 Snake: 

As for the snake, I have a favorite snakeskin print jeans. My mom bought these lovelies in England, and they are my favorite pair. I don't wear jeans much so I only have a few.

NEXT snakeskin jeans

I have some handbags in this pattern too, and this one is my favorite. A present from my kumare in Australia.

Guess snakeskin handbag

I haven't done any snakeskin nail art yet but I had searched for some tutorials and I figured I might try soon.

So, that's it. The 'wild' side of my personal style. 

Robin Moses Inspired Nail Arts

My favorite nail artist Robin Moses inspired me in so many ways. But I got to admit that her nail art are out of my league. But inspiration is enough, though. At least I learn a few techniques and methods that somehow improved my craft.

Watching her YouTube videos are usually helpful, but some can be way too complex that I just watch them to amuse myself. Especially that when she does something, she makes it appear as if it's simple. She has some company as well; I guess the model and another one who takes the video, and they are all in a bright conversation while doing the nail art.

Here are some of my works that are inspired by her.

Here's the image where I got the inspiration, except that I used orange instead of pink for the big flowers. I was just so excited to use my new neon orange polish.

A girly skull with stripes for my teenage daughter.

Which was inspired by this pirate skull and stripes design:

And here's my favorite Robin Moses inspired nail art, and the one which I think resembles the closest:

Kiwi nails!

And here's the inspiration:

I might have missed a design or two, but these are just a few of those that I made. I attempted many, though. And in some of my designs I just adapted her techniques to add to my own theme.

Maleficent Nail Art

Today, I chanced upon another nail guru. It was love at first sight as I watched one of her tutorials as entry to the Ryan Seacrest poll on the best nail artist doing online tutorials. Her name is Janelle and she goes by the username elleandish on her YouTube channel and facebook accounts. She has all sort of other sites too, (twitter, instagram, pinterest, etc.) but I don't use those. I mostly use facebook and youtube. 

Anyway, I find her works amazing. They are cool and neat. Frankly, her works are simple compared to other nail art that I see on the internet. However, what makes her special are her tutorials. She's very creative in them and her instructions are precise and clear. As a result, I already tried one of them.

Here's it: Maleficent inspired nail design

So, with whatever available nailpolish at home, and my tools, I made my version of this design. I copied most of it, but modified a little.

Here are the photos:

As mentioned, I made some modifications, as I don't have all the resources available, and of course to add my personal touch to it, too.

And here's how the other hand (right) looks like. I can draw details on them too, if I want to, but the thing is I'm too lazy and too excited to post the left hand so I thought I won't bother details on the right.

Sorry if I didn't even cleanup the sides of my fingernails, I was just uber excited!

Oh, and here are the stuff I used:

for the right hand

for the left hand

As You can see, most of those I use are OMG nail polish. They are my favorite because they're inexpensive, pigmented and they don't smell bad. I also used a purple Sassy and a neutral iridescent Jocarste.

For the tools, I used dotters, a fine brush and a DIY striper.