Blingalicious Toes with Andielapirata

Have been meaning to do a blingalicious pedicure ever since the trend came out. Hadn't had time nor the stones to create this look until now.

Used a Frosted pearl pink Orly 'SeaShell' and blinged out the toe with Real Swarovski crystals

Expensive look but worth every dollar!

Check it out!

Well Hello there Kitty!

Just did a midnight manicure on myself with these adorable metal Hello Kitty's that i bought! This is a complete Orly Gel FX manicure. I hand-drew the flowers, love how Haute Red is so vibrant. I custom made the accent nail color using Orly's White Tips and Bare Rose. It came out very peachy.

Groovy Baby

Hello, hello I'm back and with a brand new nail design haven't seen it anywhere else. So here's to making it the latest nail trend lol! I created a tie-dye nail design, very groovy! This an all Soak-off gel manicure 'Orly Gel FX' first i did the blue base then i created a spiral with all the colors in the middle and lastly dragged each color into one another. I absolutely am completely in love with the final results. As soon as i get my hands on bright colors like Yellow or Orange ill create a much colorful one. But this one is very subtle and cute perfect for work. Check out my natural nails they finally grew and look so beautiful except for the middle finger it broke :(

Here are some pictures of the colors and tools i used. 

Also here's another picture of my wonderful Orly Gel FX LED lamp.

Peace & Love

All hand made

took me a while but i managed to do it on my right hand

 Colors used

the perfect tool for fine streaks Orly Detail-er brush

Here's a zoom view of the detail-er brush (YES it's extremely fine)

And last but not least my wonderful, fantastic Orly Gel FX LED lamp i will be writing a review on it so stay tune for that post

Bye bye Smudges

Product Review: Nicole by OPI 'Drying Drops'

Why I love it? I can apply my polish and continue with my regular routine without having to wait.

Why it works? I wasn't able to find the main ingredients, as to why it dries so rapidly. But the way it

Why you'll love it? If your a girl on the go like me, you can now D.I.Y your nails in between tasks.

Where you can purchase it? At any retail store like Target, Walgreen, Vons or online Amazon

 Are you tired of having to wait for your nail polish to dry? I know i was until i found a great product that cuts half of the drying time and allows me to continue with my day. 

Nicole by OPI 'Drying Drops' works like a charm. You do your regular polish application wait a minute or two till the top coat has adhere to the polish and apply 1-2 drops. Your nail polish will be completely dry in about 5 minutes. You won't have to worry about going to sleep right after and waking up with sheet marks.

I will admit that I've had this product for quite a long time and had never put it to the test. Until last night when I wanted to polish my tips but also wanted to go sleep right after. Tried it a minute after my top coat waited about 10 minutes and i woke up with amazing nails. 

Several brands carry drying drops and I'm sure most of them have the same ingredients but the Nicole by OPI is supper cute and comes in travel size. Bought mine at Target for about $15+

Don't take my word for it, give it a try.

the begining of Acrylic nail designs

I'm back I've been m.i.a for quite some time. Just started a great new job in which I'm extremely happy. Haven't had time to do that many designs. Anyway if you follow me on my facebook nail page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Karla-Nail-Design/193176844050046 Karla Nail Design you will know that i just purchased my first Organic Nails collection 'African'.

A little about Organic Nails from what my friend and former class mate Jackie Lopez taught me.Organic Nails is an acrylic system i believe its a well known Mexican brand. Pricey but very good quality the color pigments are very concentrated and always have true colors. I hadn't been able to purchase any but i finally did.. I bought the 'African' Organic Collection which is exactly like the name. Its these gorgeous wild, intense and very fierce colors.

My 'African' Organic Collection

Another friend of mine Saki loves long stiletto nails and forward me a picture of Anna Del Rey strutting these awesome nails.

I will be doing them on Saki really soon but wanted to freshen up my skills and came out with my version.

I must say for being my first time there not that bad

I used the Red 'Canoe' from the 'African' Collection of Organic Nails 

On the index finger i did a 3D design and encapsulated it.

 Final product came out gorgeous

For more info on Organic nails check out the official websitehttp://organicnails.com.mx/productos/en

and make sure to watch some of their educators tutorials.

Galaxy Nails

One of the latest trends in nails are Galaxy nails.Just how it sounds its a design inspired by the Galaxy itself.

This design is achieved by using as many colors as you like on top of black polish. Topped with 2 different kind of glitter to make it look like stars. Here is my take on Galaxy nails hope you like.

The Hunger Games

I'm a new fan of The Hunger Games trilogy. Read the 1st book in less than a week and now I'm almost finish with the 2nd book. Everyone who i swore and vowed to that i would never read this trilogy you can now say "I told you so"

I was very reluctant into becoming a fan of these books. I felt like it was no longer part of my generation.

Like Harry Potter was, after-all i did grow up on Harry Potter. Since i turned 25 i kept telling myself that i would leave The Hunger Games out of my life. I wouldn't even bother to watch the movie trailer or give it a shot. Until a lot of my friends started telling me how good it was. That still didn't work, but then I saw how big it was getting and had to see for myself what the big fuss was about. Now im so glad that I did i became an instant fan after the first chapter. It has such a great plot and i feel like the story line is so realistic. There's absolutely no magic, vampires or wear-wolfs. I have given in to temptation and can honestly say I'm enjoying every page. With that said if you haven't read it i highly recommend it.

Now check out my Inspired Nail Design

Used: Nicole by OPI 'Razzle Dazzler, 'The Right Thing' 

Essie 'Russian Roulette', 'Braziliant', and Essie Luxe effect 'as gold as it gets'

The Inspiration 

  

(side note) The flammable heels Katy Perry wore reminded me of Katniss 

(The Hunger Games main star) Girl on Fire.

Make a difference Kony 2012

Hi everyone this isn't anything like my usual post, but i wanted to use this to grab my readers attention.

I just watched this extremely in-lighting video on YouTube 'Kony 2012' don't let me tell you about it. 

watch it educate yourself on things that truly do matter. Share it, talk about it, acknowledge it. Lets make a difference in human kind.

Make Kony famous 

  http://s3.amazonaws.com/kony2012/kony-4.html

Watch and Learn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc

The Lorax 'Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss'

This has become my favorite theme nail design. 

For the 2nd year straight I give you my Dr. Seuss inspired nail design in honor of his birthday. 

Also given that one of the movies adapted by his books comes out today. 

I decided to kill two birds with one stone by doing the Lorax.

The Lorax was published in 1971. 

'The Lorax' is a creature who tries to save the Truffula trees from being cut down. By the 'Once-Ler' who is building his invention in the land. The Lorax pleads and speaks on behalf of nature.

Inspiration The Lorax

Truffula Trees

from Left to Right

OPI 'No Room for the Blue's', 'Osaka to me Orange', Orly 'Prelude to a Kiss', 'Gumdrop', 

OPI 'Tangerini Bikini', 'Need Sunglasses'

Back to designs

I'm slowly but surely bringing back my nail designs. My days are still a bit busy trying to find my true path with this new career. But i'm trying my best to find inspirations for my nail designs. So far the days have been very wonderful with occasional cold days. But Spring is definitely in the air. 

I'm working a lot with pastel/bright colors, patterns and my 3D acrylic sculptures.  I will bring back theme designs to show-off my skills. I'm also trying to expand my portfolio with soak-off gel designs. In the mean time hope you like these two recent designs.

My first hand-drawn lace design with 3d art and ombre color

Used 3 different shades of Orly Gel Fx to create a gradient look added flowers and dots.

Happy Valentines day to me I'm a nail tech!!!!!!!!!!

The best Valentines Day ever, I'm an official nail technician. I've reached my goal.

Hey everyone I've been completely M.I.A for a very long time but I was dealing with the last days of school and studying for my state board exam. I'm completely fried i have studied like crazy from Anatomy, chemistry to dermatology. and everything about disinfecting. I was so nervous that yesterday I sat from 12pm to 1am reading my entire My Ladies nail book. 

The test was not as hard as i thought but it was so stressful and i really thought i would pass out. Anyways I'm overjoyed its an incredibly feeling. This whole career is very important and special to me. Because i discovered that this was my passion upon being diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer. I'm so happy that something so amazing came out. Now i truly believe things happen for a reason. When i first began beauty school i was so scared. I remember the first month was so hard to adjust. My medications weren't working and i couldn't seem to adjust to a new routine. But i pushed myself and i completed my 400+ hours and now I'm an official nail technician. Thank you so much to my family and to all my friends who have been my guinea pig all these months. I'm truly grateful and feel very blessed to have had such great support. Also I'm so proud of all my class mates they all passed as well.

While in school i met incredibly class mates who have become great friends. I also want to thank my wonderful teacher Terry Cao he was amazing. He taught me well and gave me such great advice. I can't wait to start my new career.

can't wait to start doing my nail designs.

Blingalicious nails

Like i said in my previous post i haven't been able to do nail designs on myself. I've also failed at my Friday post. But I've had the opportunity to do some great work. Hope you like

White tips with glitter stars

Acylic nails with rhinestones and 3D roses

I did it 400 hours completed (almost there)

I've been completely M.I.A for quite some time. But i've been concentrating on school. I'm so thrilled and happy to announce that I finished school yesterday with 423 and 3/4 hours. I will miss it so much but its time to move on and make something out of it. This is only the first step i won't be completely happy until February 14, 2012 i will be taking my state board exam so stay tune for my results.

My certificate

                                                                 did a collage for my class

This was such a fantastic class and i give my teacher Mr. Cao a 100% he taught me well.

I have learned so much and have gotten so many great advice that i shall live by.

For now i have some major studying to do and resting. I'm completely tired. 

P.s i haven't done that much nail art because my nails are completely ruined from all those mock tests

But as soon as i can i will bling them out.

Crazy for lines

I've said and ill say it again i love mixing patterns and colors. That is why for today's inspiration i choose one of Project Runways season 8 best designer Mondo Guerra. He is definitely the king of pattern mixing. In one of the challenges they were to design their own pattern that described them. He did this awesome outfit with a plus sign to represent him being HIV positive.

Hope you like my nail design did it all by hand.

My design

The inspiration

Used: Nicole by OPI 'Truth or Lilac', 'I'm a Belieber', Essie 'Over the Edge', 'Master Plan', Sally Hansen Insta Dri 'Lightening' and Rimmel 'Satin Black'

Can't believe its not Black!

School has kept me extremely busy but I've had so much fun doing what i love.

Check out this nail design i did with 3D sculpted flowers on a gorgeous nail polish

Used: Sally Hansen complete salon manicure 'Pat on the Black' and Essie's Luxe effect 'Shine of the Times'

Je t'aime le French Tip & 3D roses

Busy busy day, but i love it! Things always seem to backfire on me, but in a very good way. I had missed the beautiful and elegant look of the french mani. I had it done at the beginning of this week and i've also been doing it on classmates and clients. It never gets old, i love love love to the gazillion power how sophisticated it looks.

Hope you like these.

Did them on my sweet Japanese classmate AKO 

This client had beautiful natural nails. Used white polish and Orly 'French tip natural' to create an elegant look

Did acrylic nails with white tips on classmate Karen Hinson topped it with hand sculpted 3D roses.

Vintage mail!

The days have gotten a bit chilly again. I can wear my new scarves and boots. 2nd week of the Year, so far so good. Re-started school again and in less than 3 weeks i will be done and ready for my exam. Finally got my test date its scheduled for Valentines' Day. Can't think of a better day to be pumped and ready for it.

Here's another nail design hope you like. This one is inspired by these adorable vintage air mail envelopes. I love these i wish people would still send each-other letters with these envelopes. My mom has a stack of old letters that were sent in these crisp envelopes. Hope you like how they came out i will be extending this design to a Valentines day love letter design so stay tune.

The inspiration

These are fiber-glass nail on white tips.

Used: OPI 'Russian Navy matte- and Orly 'Haute Red' with hand sculpted flowers and bow.