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I actually find it harder to come up with a post title than I do to fill the post with content haha.  So what's the latest in my little nail art world?  Let's see here!  Still having some issues with editing.  I know whats wrong with it now and I can't fix it without buying a new camera and that's not an option right now.  I have a couple videos already edited and good to go with no black spots after trying to render them I think 10+ times.  Its just gonna be one of those things for now.  I will keep trying to edit the vids early and hopefully get them mostly without black spots in them.  In saying that I didn't manage to do it with a slightly different vid I put up for you guys.

I finally managed to get my camera set up in a semi decent way in order to start showing you guys my acrylic and gel work!  After 3 full days of trying to render this on properly I had to just suck it up that it blacked out my clip of me doing the top coat.  Considering all the attempts I had done I figured it was the best I was gonna get and I was at the point of being ready to scrap the video altogether!

Today I uploaded this video (with no black spots!!)

I really liked this design, its not hard to do but it looks really classy and of course it has some bling on it!

This one ended up being my Christmas mani!  I know its not exactly your "traditional" nail art you would expect but I like to be different so here we are!  I had done it in blue but something I wasn't quite liking about it so it ended up being black.

Something more traditional you say?  Ok.  How about this christmas manicure done on a 6 year old? :)

 
 Cute huh?  She was so excited to have it done.  So far my youngest client!  I would like to do little princess parties where I can pamper a group of girls with some mini nail art :)  I am available on request!

Just before college broke for the holidays I did a couple of the girls with some glitter gel toes.

 Gotta love some sparkle!  I still have my pink glitter toenails too :)  Not sure when I will feel like changing them to something different.

I also did some experimenting with colour blending acrylics!  This was really fun to do and I want to do some more!  I will get round to filming a tutorial on this too!

 Well thats it for now guys.  Please join me on any of my social media for more frequent updates of my work!  Thanks for reading :)

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Getting angry at editing issues!

Pretty self explanatory title on this one to be honest!  I spent all day Friday trying to work out what was wrong with my video.  There was a file that when I rendered it would black screen but you would still hear the sound.  I tried deleting the file, re-editing it, I tried re downloading off my camera and then re-editing the new file back in; same result.  I gave up and had to put text in towards the end :(

This is a really simple yet eye catching design to do.  I have also done it in purple before.

My other video that was loaded last week was a simple french that I added a foil flower to.  Check it out here:

Let me know if you guys try any of my designs out, I would love to see them on my social media!  
I am thinking of trying to set up my camera so that I can record myself using the nail trainer to do my acrylic and gel designs.  I really want to share some of these with you!  I need to have a play around with my work station and see what I can do.  Then it's also having the time!  Only one week left at college though, but still got work!

I had a gel infill and recolour to do on this client :)  She is just loving her nails!  She said that she never would of thought to have her nails done before cos she hates her hands but now everyone looks to her nails and showers her with comments!  Its a perk of the job to help people feel good about themselves :)

 
Here is the before picture of my nail bitter assessment!  It was hard work I tell you.  The thing is we can talk through all the correct ways to go about doing a nail biter, but we never physically practice on one cos we don't have any in our class, so you really are thrown in the deep end for this test!

 This was the result.  I felt it could of went better for the finished result but as I mentioned before this really was my first attempt at a nail biter and it just had the added stress of assessment thrown in there!  I added some rhinestones and decals to complete the design and also to cover some of my nail art unit.

 I'm going out tomorrow night so I decided to sparkle up my toes!  This is holographic pink gel toes

I have been practicing sculpting little flowers using acrylic and now that I have myself a decent brush to do it, I'm getting really pleased with the results!

 
 Really cute huh? :)  I'm proud of this!  Now to keep getting better and more creative!
I also worked on this batman design for a client request who in the end didn't turn up for the appointment and then unfollowed me on Twitter when I messaged them about it.  I understand things come up, people can forget etc, but please remember that my time is important too and I make time for you (and in this case also spent time to custom make a design) so please be considerate of this.

I did this cute and simple flower design on another client:

 Your nails don't have to be long to get art on!  Some designs can fit on short nails really well!

That's it for this update guys!  Thanks for reading and thanks if you follow me on any of my social media!  Until next time!

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Ohhi December.....

So here we are with another year almost over.  Funny how fast my college time has flown in.  Doesn't feel like I even started college that long ago but its now 1.5 years later!  Looking forward to graduating in June though.  I just hope I can make my dream of being self employed work!

I have been working recently on doing some nail art using gel!  I think its turning out pretty good!  Next step is to use acrylic to make bows and flowers.

I have started to make up a wheel with gel art on it only!  I'm sure it won't take me long to fill it.

Next up is a couple pics of my recent nail art.  This is what I am wearing now (just painted them last night)

I love doing abstract patterns.  They are so simple but they look so wow.

This is design I was wearing last week.  Very simple to do but with plenty of bling!  Remember to check out my youtube every Friday to see a new nail art video.  I also load other videos as and when I can! (such as hauls and how to's)

In relation to work on others I have done recently, here is a couple pics of a clients gel nails and painted toes,

Client requested a gel overlay as she was having some issues with her nails splitting.  We then decided to go for a gel colour on top and to have a nail art accent finger too!  The abstract pattern is done using gels.

For her toes she wanted a colour to match up as best I could with her fingers so we used this really nice shade from Avon and then I painted the black flower on the big toe, popped a rhinestone in the center and then topped it off with some glitter so that extra sparkle!

Finally here is last weeks video.  A really fun and bright animal print design.  I adore this colour!  I kept looking at my hands all week it's that bright :)

Thanks for reading guys!  I hope you enjoying following me and seeing all my work.  Remember you can find me on all these places:

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