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Dip Powder Nails
Hello everyone. Lately we have been talking about acrylic nails. Today, I have a different type of acrylic nails to talk about. I am going to be showing you all nails that were doing using the Dip Powder System. You notice that some are have polish and others are just colored powders. Since they are "acrylic" powders, I found that you can use regular acrylic powders to do the dip system as long as you still follow the steps of the dip system and not monomer. Without further ado, let's get to it.
This Square shaped set was all dip powder. Most of the nails are done with this very pretty blue shade with one nail on both hands done with a black. When doing any color it is good to finish it with a clear coat, just like you would do on regular acrylic nails. You do this so you don't file off any of the color or design. Both black colored nails have a sticker decal. When I was finished, I put a clear top coat on the nails to give them a shine.
This Almond shape set is also all dip powder. Most of the nails are done with a pink rose color dip powder with one nail on each hand done with this beautiful silver color, and capped with a clear coat. Again, when finished, I applied a clear top coat.
This Almond shape set is done with dip powder and regular polish. What you don't see is that the nails are done with a clear base for that nice strong structure like you would do if you were using acrylic powder with polish. When I do the nails like that, when finished, I file down to smooth it out and buff. Just like regular acrylic, when you use the dip powder system, it can take the shape of your nails and make them rough so, be sure to go back and re-shape. I use my favorite nail polish by China Glaze, only the blue one. The other color is not by China Glaze but it was a pretty color. Finish with a top coat and done.
This Square Rounded set was done with clear base dip powder. After applying the clear powder, I shaped, filed, and smoothed out the nail. After the nails were smooth, I did a free handed nail polish art. I did not free hand the rose, that is a decal. This is the type of decals I love. They are not stickers. These decals are like fake tattoos, you just dip them in water for about 20 seconds and separate it from the paper then place it on the nail. When finished, put a top coat on it and done.
Well, that's it. I hope you all enjoyed them and I can't wait to share more with you all. Until next time folks.........
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Hello my lovely bloggers. Today we are talking about nails again. I know it has been a little while since I've posted anything, but here we are. I'm thinking about vlogging, but first I would need a recorder and know how to edit when needed and I don't have that. May be I could just find a tripod to hold my phone but I may have to do editing and I'm not really sure how to do that with a phone.
Ok, so let's get started.
I'm a big fan of dark colors and that includes brown. These are my nails and they are a full set of acrylic with dark brown china glaze nail polish and a tan-ish color on one nail. There are two nails with a sticker nail decal. Every since I've been doing at least my own nails, I've learned that the sticker decals are not my favorite. When it's time to change the polish, it doesn't come off. You would have to e-file it or use a nail file to get it off.
These are also my nails. This was my christmas look. Still a full set of acrylic with china glaze polish. I was going for this Christmas tree look that I have seen on Pinterest and it just didn't work out. I got really close but not as pretty as I was hoping for. Well, Christmas only comes once a year so I have plenty of time to perfect it.
These hands belong to a young lady whose nails I did sometime last year before christmas. These are a full set of acrylic nails with polish and a sticker decal. This set was my first long set so it was a little different for me. Though I love China Glaze polish, the white pearl color is not by China Glaze. I don't know if you can tell, but this set has some imperfections. Also, when doing these nails, I did not own a drill (e-file) so everything (filing wise) was free handed. As I was doing the acrylic application, I realized that I missed a step. With that being said, I was told that there was at least four nails that broke off before a whole week went by. I'm 100% sure it was due to the fact that I missed one or two steps.
Well folks, that is all for today. I will be posting more nails soon. Til next time.......
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Hello everyone! I know it's been while since I last posted anything, but I've gotten really excited about doing nails lately and I wanted to share. When I say doing nails, I don't mean just polish and be done. I mean acrylic nails, gel nails, and everything else that follows.
I have been doing my own nails for as long as I can remember. I tried acrylic first when I was about 15 or 16 years old. I was really bad at it and didn't have the proper tools to correct my mistakes. So, I began to use full coverage nails and polish. It still made my nails look really pretty, but as I got older I wanted more. I would go to the shop and get acrylic nails done and try to watch them do it so I could do my own and stop paying all that money every 2 weeks for a fill. Still, that didn't help. I later found out about Gel nails. When I saw them doing the gel, I couldn't believe how easy it was to do gel. I started to do my own nails and was really good at. I haven't been to a shop in over 5 years.
My daughter is loving her nails right now. She is a nail bitter and bits pretty far down. She started doing full coverage nails and was asking me to start doing her nails. While at first it was no walk in the park. There wasn't enough natural nail for anything to stick. So, I started to watch a ton of youtube channels. Believe me when I say they have helped.
My favorite channels to watch is, Nail Career Education, Natalie Carmona, Nailed by Nikki, and Naio Nails. I started with Ms. Suzie (Nail Career Education). She has taught me so much. I've been able to do my daughter's nails for the last 3 to 6 months now. I love doing nails! I'm self taught but I really want to go to school for it and become even better at what I love doing.
These are the first set of nails I did on myself after watching a ton of videos by Ms. Suzie. I did pretty good if I may say so myself.
This is the first set of acrylic on my daughter. The top is just the white acrylic and the bottom is the same but with polish. There was a lot of imperfections and there was lefting. A few came off and they had to be redone. However, they lasted longer than her full coverage nails. those would start coming off after a day or two. The acrylics took at least 4 to 5 days before one came off. I think the problem was too much near the cuticle and no primer.
Well, I hope you have enjoyed this post, but that is all for now. Next, I will be talking about some other acrylic nails I have done. Until next time folks.......
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