Womens Finger Nail Art

The beauty of our appearance does not just depend on our dressing styles and garment selection but also on the way we present and carry us.

A lot of our interaction is dependent on our hands and fingers, which has contributed in popularizing manicuring and nail care accessories to a great extent including the health factors associated with our nails.


Nail art is an imaginative and artistic process, involving special care and expertise for bringing out the best effects. Nail art primarily refers to the design and color patterns the nails are decorated with. Various elements such as gems, stones, abstracts, glitter,  crystal, crushed sea-shells and prints are used for decorating  your nails.

Along with nail colors and sparkles one of the other popular forms of nail art includes nail piercing. In this, the nail is pierced with a piece of jewelry or a shining stone.

Although very popular and trendy, this process is almost impossible on natural nails as the piercing might cause spitting or chipping of the nails.

Nail piercing can be ideal with acrylic nails, allowing the insert to get imbedded right into the acrylic without affecting the natural nail.
 

Women’s Finger Nail Art

nail salon..Eye C U nail art

( Eye) C U.

nail salon was at the mall, looking for something to do...

when the handsome young frog said I C U.

( oh, how nail salon wished the frog would stop following her!)

I don't know whats going on with my camera but, my pictures keep looking like crap. Anywhoo...

This mani looks so much better in person. The base color a bright neon PINK called Pool Party by China Glaze. The color is amazing. I am going to add it to my list of cool colors. I used stripe rite black, white and for the eyes.

Why does my thumb color looks ?

Its Shellac!!!!

The other day, I painted my thumb with Shellac by Creative Nail Design. Shellac is a UV color coat the company says will last at least 14 days without chipping! Shellac has no drying time and is supper shinny. I been seeing Shellac ads in the Nail Magazines for a while. I've had a hard time getting my hands on the stuff due to the high demand for the product. I know a lot of do-it-yourselves have stopped going to the salon but, this may be the reason to find your way back. I am going to do a detailed post soon but, until then if you want to learn more about Shellac you can check out the CND website. FYI, I painted the eye balls on top of my Shellac. I removed the eyeballs and the Shellac Gel coat is still as nice and shinny as the day I put it on ( so cool).

Nail Art Salon...Opening in 2011

In 2011, I am going to open a nail art salon. I ve decided to chronicle the process in blog form. I am looking forward to the hard work , adventure and the comments!

Join me, nail salon

nail salon..Penguin Nail Art Manicure

...Hello Mr. Penguin, how are you today?
Just a little cold but, I like that way....

Penguin Nail Art w/ dot
I wanted to start my holiday nail art season with a Penguin. I think these little critters are so cute.

I think this mani would make a cool pedicure with or without the dots.

Enjoy!
nail salon.

nail salon : Koala Bear Nail Art

Today, nail salon went to the Zoo. Today, I have a Koala for You!

I have always loved Koala's and decided to take an online trip to the zoo ( what did we do before *Al Gore invented the Internet ?). I learned so much about Koala's.

A baby Koala is called a Joey, so I named my bear Joey too. The Koala is a Marsupial and in native to Australia. For more information about Koala's visit the San Diego Zoo's website .

Nail Polish: China Glaze

Recycle : The gray background used for the Koala's body

Innocence: The pale pick color used for the Koala's cheeks

Liquid Leather : Black ,White on White : White ,Dotting Tool: I used a dotting tool for the eyes.

nail salon Halloween Nail Art : Mummy

The Princess laughed real loud , she thought it was funny,

(ding,dong) trick-or-treat ...Are you my mummy?

I told my co-worker that I needed a nail design today with a Halloween theme. She said that her sister once had mummy nails. I liked the idea...and ran with it

Nail Polish: China Glaze

Colors: White on White and Black licorice.

nail salon and the Piggy : Nail Art

The Princess was feeling real Jiggy ,after dancing all night with a piggy.

So, when she got home and was all alone she painted her nails ..Do you diggy?

Nail Polish Brand: China Glaze

white: white on white

black : liquid leather

pale pink: innocence

dark pink: shocking pink

nail salon..Caterpillars: Nail Art

..In the garden, there were lots of critters. nail salon was most impressed with the caterpillars. ....

I was in the garden at the Queens house tending my strawberry plant. I planted it a few years ago in HER garden because, I cant seem to remember things like plants need water. Anyway, I picked a strawberry from the bush and saw the coolest caterpillar. I thought about the cute little bug all day a decided the caterpillar would be the feature of today's post.

Nail Polish Brand : China Glaze Blue: Sky High-Top Green: Entourage Black: liquid leather White: White on White

nail salon..birds or fish or what nail art?

I need help! I painted these nails last night., I really like them BUT what are they ?? Birds? Fish? What do you see???? LMK.

nail salon ..Bears in the Woods, Nail Art

The Princess took a stroll in the woods, to get some fresh air.

When all of a sudden, she ran into a BEAR!

Luckily, for me it was a really sweet little brown full of honey!

These nails may look complex but, they were actually quite easy to paint. I am going to post some step by step nail tutorials soon. If you have something you want to see in particular please leave me your comment .

Nail Polish Brand: China Glaze

Green: Entourage

Pink: Shocking Pink Neon

Yellow: Solar Power

Brown: Unplugged

nail salon: Ducks Nail Art

The Princess had a party, she wanted to cut loose.

She went to the pond , to play duck, duck goose.

I went to a pool party this weekend and thought ducks would be really cute. The toes were not hard to do but, it was a little awkward painting them myself. The pedicure did not look that great, but hopefully you can get the idea. I think my fingernails came out a lot better. I added the glasses to the duck on my

thumb as an afterthought.

nail polish colors : China Glaze : Solar Power and ( my orange color is missing, when i find it ill update the page).

nail salon enjoyed a cloudy day...

The Princess wanted to go out and play ,
But, today was such a cloudy day,
She stayed inside and painted away.......



I wanted to go to the park today but, it was cold outside. So, I packed up my polish and went to my parents house. I sat outside in the garden with The Queen ( my mom) and watched why did I get married by Tyler Perry . Its the Queens current favorite movie so, in the past month we've watched in TEN TIMES. As, I sat in the garden watching the clouds. I painted these nails.

nail salon...Strawberry Nail Art

The princess wanted something sweet , she went to garden for a strawberry treat. When she was finished , when she was done. She had eaten all the strawberries, all except ONE!...........



I used CHINA GLAZE's Rose among thorns ( I know, I really need to venture out to some other brands) to paint the cute little strawberries. I used a green stripe rite for the stem . I used some glitter polish only on the strawberries ( hard to see.....looks like sugar) and painted the nail bed with clear polish by she. Sweet!

nail salon and The Dogs: Nail Art

The Princess looked out of the window , when she heard the shout. Cook was asking the crew,who let the dogs out?? ...

I still had out my CHINA GLAZE black and white nail polishes so, I decided to paint these little doggies , aren't they adorable? Its funny , because last Sunday when I had my INTERVIEW ( I think I was traumatized). One of the manicurist asked " Can you do nail art?" I answered "I guess! it all depends on what type of nail art your talking about"...then I laughed myself....she has NO idea.

nail salon Loves Checkers

Today inside of The Manicurist Mansion nail salon played checkers,there was nothing else happen!



The other day ,while on YOUTUBE I saw several tutorials of girls painting checkerboard nails. I thought they looked very cool. They used various tools ranging from stripe brushes to sharpie type pens. I wounded how they would look if I did them. I used (take a wild guess ) CHINA GLAZE nail polish white on white and liquid leather . I used a black so easy stripe rite. I couldn't keep my hands off the dotting tool so, I painted one nail with poka-dots.
Checkmate!

nail salon and The Pink Ladybug: Nail Art

...nail salon was excited, the gardener just shrugged, when he brought in the morning flowers they were filled with pink ladybugs!.....

I love pink ( what princess doesn't )! I decided to paint ladybugs but, wanted to put my own twist on them, so I used pink voltage by China Glaze ( what's new). I thinks kids and adults would love this mani. I know when I go out people are always stopping me and telling me how cool they look. I am a licensed manicurist and while I love acrylics, I enjoy working more with natural nails. A lot of people think they only way to decorate their nails are with acrylics but , I believe you can have really cute natural nails.

nail salon and Her Garden : Nail Art

" nail salon spend most of the afternoon looking for the perfect flower for her hair...."

I could'nt fall asleep, I kept thinking about my new dotting tools and wanted to pay. I think , I may need to get a cheaper camera. I have a Casio Exilm 10.1 mega pixels. These nails look really cute in person but this picture shows all of my flaws. YUK.

Dotting Tools & Butterfuly Nails

The Manicurist Mansion was empty today ...so, I decided to take advantage of this rare occasion to partake in some RETAIL THERAPY!

I went to the nail supply store and purchased some dotting tools by Daniel Stone. Dotting tools are used to create perfect and accurate dots in different sizes.The package includes five dotting tolls in 10 various sizes. I paid $7.99 for the the package. I think the price was great compared to the prices I've seen at Sally's. OMG,I was really impressed ... I love simple pleasures. I think I've have a chocolate covered strawberry.

Now, what do I paint?

This past Friday I went to Discovery Kingdom, Vallejo CA. and was amazed by the Butterfly exhibit. I was so inspired by the butterflies that I decided to paint them with my new dotting tools. If I was going to wear theses nails I would have used a clear top coat.

Tell me what you think?

Introducing, nail salon....

I'm sorry! How rude? Definitely not befitting of a Princess...I forgot to introduce myself. Hello, I'm the self proclaimed Princess of Polish. I am always ranting about something or the other so, I decided to pour a glass of wine ( White Zinfandel), take off my Terra and create this blog.

I love nails and nail art , makeup and fashion, jewelry, books,chandlers and gossip ( I think my list is out of order) I am princess can you blame me ? I'm also an artist and at some point I am going to post some of my painting, but for now I am going to paint my nails, and rant and have so fun!

nail salon, is also a mobile nail salon. Occasionally, I will post pictures from the "Polish Parties". nail salon offers all complete party package or "Polish Only" style parties as well. I will also add Polish Party information to this blog as well.

xoxo, nail salon.

Puppy Luv Nail Art

I saw the cutest dog today, it was white with black ears. I was inspired to paint these nails. The red background is a color from FINGER PAINTS called ( i dont recall, i need to look that up) . I love Finger Paints because, I can use one coat and the color is very vibrant. I painted the tips using my favorite CHINA GLAZE polish, liquid leather.

I painted a puppy on 3 nails, a paw on one and assorted dots on another .