Kuromi & My melody

This weeks' manicure is Sanrio themed - with the 2 rivals; My melody & Kuromi.
I've never been a huge Sanrio fan, but if I had to point out my 2 favorite characters it would be Kuromi and Badtz maru.

This will be posted on my YouTube later today :)

The 2 characters were sculpted in 3D using acrylic. I wanted them to be the main focus, so I kept the rest of the nails really simple making black and pink french tips with glitter and heart shaped rhinestones.

Green & Mint Nail Art

Tutorial of the week is going to be for this green, mint and gold design with rhinestones, stripes and a baroque inspired pattern :)

I very rarely wear green nail polish, so I decided to force myself to using some. I try to make a wide range of styles and use all sorts of colors to be able to make something for everyone, and I did end up liking this one a lot.

The tutorial will be posted today on my YouTube channel; SCSnails :)

I used;
- Base coat (beauty UK)
- Mint color (elf cosmetics)
- Green (CoolCos)
- Gold and brown acrylic paint (FolkArt)
- Clear and green rhinestones
- Top coat (franken polish)

The brush I used to paint the design was in the size 2/0 - though I would recommend using a thinner brush for the baroque inspired pattern - and it would be a lot easier to use a striping brush for the stripes :)

Tiger Nails

So, it was time to do my nails again, and I went with a tiger theme. I wanted a white tiger, so I matched it up with blue. I love how this reminds me the snow and winter.

The tutorial will be uploaded to my YouTube, SCSnails, later today.

Except for a base coat and a white nail polish that I used for the very background of the design, everything has been painted on with acrylic paint. - well, and of course I had to add some rhinestones.

I bought some new brushes last week, to use for nail art. I got some 'cheap ones' from one craft store, and some with a slightly higher price tag from a different craft store (approx 3-4$ a piece, so really not bad at all... The brand 'da vinci').

I was on the lookout for some new, better quality detail brushes to use for more advanced designs. So I was excited to find every size I needed down to the tiny 10/0.