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Hawaii nails


Hello everyone!

Hawaii nails


Hawaii reminds me of beautiful nature, lava, palm trees, big waves, surfing, flower necklaces, hula dancing, and a weather with sunshine and a constant pleasant temperature. I hope to go there some time. I only know Hawaii from TV and movies. The latest Hawaii movie I saw was The Descendants, where you see that although one lives in a nice place like Hawaii and looks like Clooney, one has problems like everyone else. And the pineapples on this stamping plate reminds me of Blue Hawaii! Lol! I wish I could have played in that Elvis movie. I would even have been glad to play his mother, like lucky Angela Lansbury.

Hawaii nails
Hawaii nails
Hawaii nails

I have stamped with black Konad stamping polish over my Sunset/ Fall gradient nails with Kleancolor Chunky Holo Candy, using a stamping plate with Hawaii images. I used stamping plate N.NAIL SPPMB26 from KKCenterHk. When I applied the top coat (L.A.Colors), I saw that the black stamped images became even more black.

Hawaii nails
This stamping plate has images of a coconut palm tree, Hawaii rose/ hibiscus (in the middle), other flowers, a pineapple, and the words "Hawaii" and "Aloha!".
Hawaii nails
Hawaii nails
I was going to write that the Hawaiian word Aloha means hello in English. But I googled it, and according to Wikipedia; Aloha in the Hawaiian language means affection, peace, compassion and mercy. Since the middle of the 19th century, it also has come to be used as an English greeting to say goodbye and hello. Currently, it is mostly used in the sense of "hello"

Hawaii nails


If you just want a tropical mani, and don't want the words to show, just don't put polish on that part of the stamping plate, or use a cotton swab/ Q-tips with nail polish remover to erase the word from the stamper.

Hawaii nails


If you want to buy something from KKCenterHk, you can get 10% off with the coupon code Nailphotos by Lani, before 31st January, 2014. (Edited, January, 2013)



When I look at my nails I feel that I should have been in a cocktail party, holding a glass of San Francisco, with coral sand on my feet.

Hawaii nails


I found my "Hawaii background" on facebook, watermarked www.calxibe.com

Lani

pekal

Sunset/ Fall gradient nails with Kleancolor Chunky Holo Candy


Hello everyone!

Sunset/ Fall gradient

I finally felt like wearing bright colors. I hardly did that this summer. And now when it's getting colder, I felt that everyone would stare at my very bright colored sunset nails. But when I went for a walk to take some photos of them, I looked at the leafs, and suddenly realized that my nails were more like a fall camouflage!




Sunset/ Fall gradient


Sunset/ Fall gradient
Sunset/ Fall gradient

Sunset/ Fall gradient

Sunset/ Fall gradient

Sunset/ Fall gradient

Sunset/ Fall gradient

Sunset/ Fall gradient

Sunset/ Fall gradient

Sunset/ Fall gradient

Sunset/ Fall gradient

Sunset/ Fall gradient

Sunset/ Fall gradient

To make this manicure I used:

IsaDora: #03 Champagne Sorbet
M&M: Yellow (from a mini set) -yellow creme
GOSH: #570 Peachy- orange creme
GOSH: #598 Bubble Gum- pink creme
GOSH: #610 Blissful- red/ dark pink creme
Kleancolor: #228 Chunky Holo Candy
base- and top coats
a sponge
a toothpick
Used for Sunset/ Fall gradient
What I did:

I felt that two coats of the IsaDora didn't give the right base for this, so I covered it with the yellow. Then I used the yellow, orange, pink and red nail polish to make a gradient with the sponge. I used the toothpick to mix the colors on a piece of plastic, like The Nailasaurus shows in this tutorial. The pink was only used to mix with the red. I used the sponge in different ways until I felt that it was good enough.

Making of Sunset/ Fall gradient


Then I applied one coat  of the Kleancolor polish, to even the colors, to add more of the pink- coral color, and glitter. (I think I learned that from a YouTube video.)

I think I used way too much polish, and therefor I used both of my fast drying top coats: L.A.Color (Rapid Dry) and Cult Nails (Wicked Fast). I made one gradient before this one. And that one got ruined after 30 min. when I had to do the dishes, even though I used gloves. So that's why. What I did then, that I didn't do now, was to add a top coat before the glitter. I think that would have evened out the colors even more. I included one photo of my first attempt, because it shows the transformation of the Kleancolor polish so well:

Making of the first Sunset/ Fall gradient
Above you see the effect of one coat on the two fingers to the right. And below is the finished second attempt again.

Sunset/ Fall gradient nails with Kleancolor #228 Chunky HoloCandy


About the sponge:

I have seen that most of you use a makeup sponge. This is a car sponge. :-) My friend gave me his two backup car sponges to use for nail art. He is so kind. I cut off a piece of the sponge, and it worked well. And next time I use it, I just cut off the part with dry nail polish. But if I was making a gradient that I wasn't going to cover with glitter, a finer sponge would possibly have been better.

Making of Sunset/ Fall gradient


This gradient was meant to be the base for my Hawaii nails, but I liked it so much that I wore it like this for many days before I started stamping on them. This manicure by Susy in Color, that again was inspired by this manicure by Pshiiit was my main inspiration.

Lani

pekal

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