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Hello Everyone!!!

I actually made this Mani for a challenge that is being hosted by Colleen - DreamItUpNails .When asked she said I can reuse my design for the challenge. I made this last week. I was planning to Post it on Challenge Day. But I have some other plan. I am still in process of thinking whether I should participate in "THE 31 DAY CHALLENGE" that going to be held from 1st of September. I will announce it by tomorrow. So about today Mani its very simple.Let me show you!

Simple right? I used Charm Limit White 06 and Black 07 with Mode Love Top coat. I had fun painting it. I did this Mani is 5 minutes. I don't know if I did very less design or used less technique anyhow I am proud of it.

I painted my ring finger with white. I didnt wait for it to dry so you can see some mess. Then with my trustee toothpick I made the Peace Sign. For rest of the finger I made fish tail french Mani from black and white. So that it for today. I hope you like today post let me know on the comment below. And do suggest me if I should participate in 31Day Challenge or are you going to?!?

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August 29, 2013 10 comments

Hello Everyone!!!

Happy Thursday to you all. I was just trying my hands on floral print but I couldn't make it. Didn't liked the finished product so I decided to share one of the Mani which I made while I was still in bed rest. I couldn't help but paint my nails even when I was blind. Obsession you see! I always wanted to paint my nails on Diamond print for long. I find it quite easy to make them on my nails. Just some straight lines going here and there that it.

I used Cairuo CR #20 Green Tea, Glamor Black and True Lover Top Coat. I am pretty satisfied with the mani considering the fact I didn't had my specs back then and drawing those that straight lines was almost miracle for me :P

I painted Green Tea on my pinky,middle finger and thumb and rest with black.After waiting like 30 minutes I dip my trustee toothpick on black polish and started to draw diamonds. You can fill the diamond with different color for more fun. So I guess that it for today. I hope you like today post. Let me know on the comment below!!

See Ya!!!

August 15, 2013 18 comments

Hello Everyone!!!

Its been long that I haven't posted. Awh poor my blog must be lonely. My health went down suddenly and I was send to bed rest then and now. I had problems with my eyes too. Something inside it swelled ( I don't understand doctory words -.-") and I got new specs. Anyway feels great to get back on blogging.

I have very quick post and quite simple as well as easy design today. A base color and white stripes falling down.

I made this mani while I was still having problem with my eyes. I didnt have my specs and it was tedious to keep staring and to focus on. I tried to make the stripes as thin as possible for me. I know it not straight and thick but I am quite happy with it as I am *blind* when I don't have specs.

I used Colors Metallic Polish and Charm Limit White 06 and Mode Love 06 Top Coat. I applied the metallic polish first let it dry complete and with white striper I stripe the while colors down. I am still in process of healing - once I gain my health back lots of Mani are on your way. I hope you like this Mani let me know in the comment below

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August 12, 2013 3 comments

Hello Everyone !!!

My kiddo (lil sister)had been asking to make me the mani that somehow relates to school.So back to school theme was perfect for it.

I've been waiting so long for her holidays to begin so that i could make the design on her own nails.She recently finished her exam and the first thing that I did was painted her nail with back to school with all the enthusiasm I could muster up.

I haven't tried to make this mani perfect since its more like rough writing in a paper when your bored.Anyway,I used Charm Limit White 06 as my base colour,Elegance for blue stripes,Bloom red,Charm Limit 07 black,Max glittery yellow and Camieo green

I painted her nails with white base and after a moment of wait drew horizontal lines with blue striper and verticle lines at the left side with red striper to give it a paper design.Then I randomly filled my paper design with sun ,grasses,pencils,question marks and letters.Now the fun part is, I wrote "EMINEM"on her thumb just because my kiddo likes him and she does actually write Eminem in her notebooks, eraser and anywhere she finds blank space.

So this was Back to school nail art!You can randomly write anything you want in the paper design.You can make pencils ,blackboard and others for more fun.

What do you think of this design?? let me know in the comment below.

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August 07, 2013 No comments

Hello Everyone!!! Happy Friendship Day to You all. ((:

Today is International Friendship Day- day when you cherish the moments and memories with your friend. As its kind of special day I thought of making a special Mani perfect for celebrating it. So I have very cute and colorful nail art to share with. I wanted my Mani to reflect the bond of friendship. I Googled pics related to friendship day and got inspired to transform them into my nails. I hope you like them (:

What do you think?!? I am totally satisfied with this Mani. Its fun and did reflect the friendship theme. I have used Cairuo #08 Orange, Cairuo #20 Green Tea, Cairuo #15 Orange, Cairuo #16 Blueberry for the gradient, Charm limit White 06, Black 07, Bloom Red and Mode Love 06 Top Coat.

I wanted colorful base for this mani for which gradient was perfect technique. When you have good friend in life- it automatically becomes colorful and fun isnt it?!? I applied white base, waited 5 minutes then gradient with sponge and quickly appliedquick top coat and let it dry completely. Then with my trustee toothpick dip in respective colors I start off painting the design. I already had idea on my mind so it didn't took me much time to create this.It Just went with flow.

Starting off with Thumb I wrote "Friend Forever" and added two little love, Two big heart shape in index finger, bunch of cool friends in middle ( its a shadow image of group of cute little people I Googled. Let say that me and my bestie), in ring finger I wrote "BFF" inside heart and finally on pinky I wrote "Hugs with lots of xoxo's".

Let me know what do you think about this Mani in comment below and let your friends know you treasure them.Virtual hugs to everyone. Happy freindship day once again. Have a nice day!

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August 03, 2013 6 comments

Hello Everyone!!! Happy Friday!!

I love doing movie nail art. Its fun to paint nails with certain character. Its like drawing for me. When I was kid I used on draw in paper now on my nails ;) Today I have smurfs to fill your nails with their craziness act. I love the first movie and I am eager to see the sequel "The Smurfs 2". I was thinking of giving a try to acrylic paint for this design. I thought brush will give me more control to add small details. I sat with the mission of using a acrylic paint but it turn into disaster. Then I pick my Trustee toothpick and *Tadda* it worked.

I think I should stick with my trustee toothpick. It is easy for me to work with it. I made the shapes of smurfs from toothpick then outline them with black striper. I know it no near perfection but it looks cute and adorable enough.

I used Cairuo CR #16 Blueberry as my base color, Elegance Blue, Charm limit White 06, Black 07 and Mode Love 06 Top Coat.

Starting off with thumb I tried to copy the "hands showing two fingers" like in the Movie poster, made "Lousy" in index finger, simply wrote "the smurfs" in the middle,"Smurfette" in ring finer and finally on pinky finger I wrote "2" and randomly dotted it. It went little mess I wasn't patience and add the top coat before it dried. I loved the final design. It looks fun and alive. I am so ready to watch the smurfs now. What do you think? Are you ready?!? Will you paint your nails with this theme?!? Let me know in the comment below.

And do share you recreation with me on twitter and facebook with the Tag #HGNailDesign.

Until then ....

August 02, 2013 8 comments

Hello Everyone!!!

How was your weekend? Hope it went well. Throwback Time again. I have very simple nail art to share today. I made this Mani for my kiddo (little sister) Parent's Day Program that I attended last year somewhere in May. I wanted eye catching, beautiful and something that match my outfit. I didn't wanted to over do as it was kiddo time to shine not mine. Keeping that in mind I just added a stripe which definitely rocked my nails.

I used Camieo brown (I think) MAX glitter polish some unknown brand black polish ( there was no name on bottle but it was love shaped. Adorable bottle right?!? teehee) I painted my nails with Brown polish first, let it dry completely then with Scotch tape I simple added black stripes. On my ring finger I added stripe in horizontal way and vertical for rest of the finger. I applied a glitter polish on all nails beside the ring finger. Its is really amazing how just adding a simple stripe can change the look of your plain polish.
I think this design is suitable for beginner and a quick start on using scotch tape. I guess that it for today.Let me know what you think about this Mani on comments below.

Until then...

July 29, 2013 2 comments

Hello Everyone!!!

I am back with Paisley Print again. I am trying my best to come up with more paisley print. Paisley print basically sums up to Bandana (tear drop shape) and random circles which I made in my previous nail art. Of course there could be endless design- flowers, traingle, dots but with toothpick I find it little difficult to catch all the details. I was not even sure about the design I made this time. Generally I don't post if I didn't find my nail art pleasing but then I thought, may be you guys can take some idea/inspiration and make more beautiful then mine. So here I go...

I used Cairuo CR #15 Orange. I applied three coats of it. I am so in love with the CR polishes . I think I will paint them too often so get used to it ;) Please ignore my henna design. They will fade away soon. they are almost invisible now.

After the base color was dry complete I made three half circles slowly getting larger in the middle of tip. Then I overlapped another cluster and finally overlapped one more above the below two cluster circle. I made different colors cluster in my ring finger and overlapped many cluster above cluster. So what do you think?!? Did this design inspired you? Let me know in the comment below And do share your recreation with me in twitter and facebook withe hashtag #HGClusterCircle.

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July 22, 2013 2 comments

Hello Everyone!!!
Happy Friday Whoop Whoop!!!! Time for throwback nail art again and I have choose the most adorable nail art back then from my box to share with you all. Ninja Nailart - *Hi yaaa* Who doesnt love being ninja eh?!? *PUFF* and they are gone. I am secretly Ninja too when my cell phone about to fall, I automatically get ninja power and catch it tee hee. Ninja nail art are one of the easy way to spice up your manicures. This awesome nail art is suitable for long and short nails.There are some quick way to create ninja in few minutes but this Mani took like forever to create - one reason could be I was not good with toothpick back then. But still this Ninja look cute and adorable and a little dangerous.

I used VOV white and Sonata Pink nail colors. I don't remember the name of black polish. I made a girly ninja on ring finger (that's me ^^) I first searched Google for Ninja cartoon images then choose four of them and literally try to copy them on my nails. That how I created this Mani. I don't have any trick and tips on this one. Now I think I choose the hard way. The girly Ninja just pop on my mind and I think it adds a charm whatcha say?!? I had tried to catch all the small little details. I manged to create star on ninja's hand on middle finger. Now looking at this right now I think I did quite good job considering the fact that I just used tooth pick. Hope you like this Mani and inspired you to try it. If you recreate it then share your recreation with me on twitter and facebook with tag #HGNinjaNails
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July 18, 2013 No comments

Hello Everyone!!

How was your weekend? Hope it was relaxing. I have something traditional stuff to share on today's post. Paisley Print- Now if you are wondering why its traditional stuff?!? then here is the answer- in some part of South Asia, girls /women paint their hands with heena and its design are mostly paisley print. We have a separate month for it and it started from today. So that gave me idea of making Paisley Print on nails. I am thinking of delicating a whole month on Parsley Print! (If I didn't get bored)

Doesnt this print is beautiful? let me make it clear that this is NOT Stamping. I made it freehand. Oh Yeah!! I love the fact that how this print has small little detail and I am so pleased that i am able to catch them all (: Paisley Print has lots of various option but I wanted to match it with my henna design. So I made some circular and tear drop (bandana) Print.

I used Cairuo CR#20 Green Tea. I need to paint it three times to give a smooth look. Paisley Print are great Mani for summer /spring. Colorful print would have make the Mani more alive but as this month is all about wearing green I choose to make it green. I shall try colorful print soon. Paisley Print are fun and creative. I hope you like this design. Share me your creation on twitter and facebook and tag it with #HGPaisleyPrint.

I took the below images after applying henna on my hand. My little sister made that design. I am quite terrible when it comes to painting design on hands -.-"

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July 15, 2013 No comments

Hello Everyone!!!

Do you like solving puzzle? I Did when I was little. I had quit bunch of puzzle solving games and I love them! So going back to my childhood memories I painted my nails with puzzle pieces.

It might look difficult but its not at all. Puzzle nail art are very easy to make although its has a lot of details. You can even make this nail design without the black outlines. It a fun design to do and wear. I have used Artic Nude color. I coat it almost 4 times to give a smooth look and Camieo Purple and Glamor Black for outline.

The only hardest part of this Mani is to wait for polish to dry completely. I painted my nails with Artic Nude, waited 30 minutes for polish to dry. Then with help of scotch tape-made square from Camieo Purple and with toothpick add dots to give puzzle pieces look.

Easy right ?!? Will You paint your nails with puzzle pieces?!? if yes then do share your creation with me

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July 11, 2013 No comments

Hello Everyone!!!
I am still wearing my Monster design and thinking hard what to paint next. Lots of ideas are popping in but too much of them really confuse me!! As I am trying to post very frequently I thought of sharing some design from my hidden treasure -Yes its throwback time. I am quite excited about this Mani as I have not share this kind of design on my blog so far. Gradient Nail Art - when two or more colors blend in to create a gradient effect. I truly believe Gradient manicure are perfect for all occasion. You just need right color to blend in. It add a stylish touch to all of your outfits (Little Mix and match)

Gradient technique is a great way to add a charm on your nails.You will need two colors to blend ,make-up sponge and a top coat. I Used MAX shiny yellow then I dab some shiny blue polish on it (I dont remember the name -.-") As I dab blue on yellow it turn into green - fun right? That how gradient works. You mix two color colors and invent new colors ;)

First Painted my nails with shiny yellow then let it dry completely, drop blue polish on plastic sheet then dab sponge on it and dabbed sponge back on my nails. Perfecting the gradient nails does not happen instantly but as there is no right or wrong way, little practice is required to master this method. Hope you give a try to this technique !!!
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July 08, 2013 No comments

Hello Everyone!!!

Happy weekend ya'all. Today I have a movie inspired Mani. I recently watch the most awaited movie "Monster University" and could not wait to paint my nails on its theme. The movie is good to watch but it is not nothing compare to "Monster Inc." But anyway Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan will always be my favorite monster. So here I am to with a scare nail art to share!

I couldn't find the perfect color for the sully (Sullivan) so I used what I had on my collection. This design is fun and cute to wear on nails and a perfect honor to the movie. I am quite satisfied with the Mani despite of color difference. I think it still looks cutely scary.

I painted polka dots to match with sully body, MU logo, Sully himself, Mike and the logo of their group of scare - OK "Oozma Kappa". I have used Elegance Blue, Camieo purple and green, MAX Black and White, Glamor neon green. I hand painted everything using my trustee toothpick. Now after looking the nail art continuously I am not so proud off it. Something is missing. I hate the fact that I could not get the right color combination and had to satisfy with the final product.

What do you think? Did you watch MU and paint your nails with this monster?!? If not I hope you get inspired by this Mani (: Do share you recreation with me.

Until then...

July 05, 2013 No comments

Hello Everyone.

How is weekend going? I am here again with another DIY design.Quilted Nail design - It is basically creating dent effect on your nails. It look simple but its kind of little tricky and need practice and patience. Funny how I stay careful not to make any dent on my nails after each manicure but never thought even those dents could be form of art. This Mani is also called Fish net. This design looks from fancy to gorgeous!!

Looks simple and beautiful isn't it?!? I know the dent doesn't have straight perfect lines that because I am someone who cant even draw straight lines even through help of ruler JK!! I used Elegance Blue. I applied two coat of polish and let it dry for 10 minutes then applied one more coat and waited 5 more minutes. With the help of thick wire I gently pressed the polish diagonally from both side to create the dent / fish net effect.

I have this beautiful blue beads so I place them on my ring finger where the dent intersects each other. you can add rhinestone or any other accessories. I think adding beads gave this main more expressive and stunning look.

For this Mani you need to have thick polish so apply twice or thrice coat of it. Thick polish helps to create the dent easily. And one more thing you need to keep in mind is don't let the polish dry complete or dent wont be formed. I will come up with tutorials and share some more ideas there.

Hope you like this design. Please do share your creation with me (:

Until then...

June 29, 2013 No comments

Hello Everyone!!

Sometimes what happen with me is I sit to make a manicure, but it doesn't go well and I end up with some other design. That happen today again. I had this beautiful design in my head, I was excited to paint it but I couldn't satisfy myself with the final product so I erase it and make something simple - very simple.

I am happy with this Mani. Its simple and easy to do. Change in color does distract and catch attention. I used Camieo green and Glamor neon green. You can even paint your nail with same shades of color but with more variety - like dark green and it fades out with each nail. In other words - use dark color and then lighter and more lighters colors like Ombre technique. Hope you get some new idea from this Mani.
See ya!

June 27, 2013 2 comments

Hello Everyone!

I tried something new on my nails this time. I added "Rhinestone". This are gems for nails that must be available in any local store nearly by. I have been searching this gems, sadly I couldn't found in any shop I knew. But luckily I found it in home *Magic*. Just saying ! I found this rhinestone while cleaning the closet. They were stuck on some vintage clothe. As the dress wasn't wearable anymore I thought why not make final use of it . So I took off all the rhinestone and made a nail art from it . Closet - that my hidden treasure, wondering what I might use next ;) This manicure is dedicated to all you bling lovers here's sparkle more than enough!

So what do you think?!? Doesn't it sparkle enough?!? I used MAX black as my base coat as I wanted Rhinestone to get all the attention and with help of TRUE LOVER top coat , I paste the gems on nails. I didnt use any nail glue for it, top coat just work fine and strong enough to hold the gems for days.

I am not a fan of bling bling but I am always ready to try something new on my nails and this Mani was a good start. I am in love with the final product. While I was traveling lots of people had eyes stuck on my nails. I even got compliment from strangers that was awkward but felt good.This Mani is perfect when you want to add some glam on your nails. It easy to do and doesn't take much time. You can even make it when you are in hurry. I hope you like my first ever Mani using rhinestone. I will be posting tutorials about it. So don't forget to visit the tutorials page!

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June 24, 2013 No comments

Hello Everyone!

Long time no seen.I was busy with redecorating this blog. I think this will be final design I will settle with. What do you think?!? Go look around and let me know (: Today I have very adorable, cute and super fun minions nail art to share with. I love this little minions from "Despicable Me" Movie. They are freaking cute isn't it ?!? So I decided to make them in my nails. Love to be around them!

I know this minions doesn't look even close to the movie but its okay they look funny and cute enough.

I made the whole design with help of my trustee toothpick so I am very pleased with how it looked. I made Dr. Gru on my ring finger. If you have watch Despicable Me movie poster then it has Gru shadowed image in it. I try to copy that in my nails. As Despicable movie 2 is going to release soon this is the perfect manicure to celebrate with.

I hope you like them. Please do share your recreation with me!

Until then...

June 23, 2013 No comments

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