First nail update

Hello everyone I just wanted to post a picture of my nails! My friend came over and gave me a full set. She used aquamarine northern lights acrylic for the tips and light pink tammy taylor for the pink. She did the pink and white backwards. She did the pink first, then applied the aquamarine tip. Pretty neat. Didn't have to use a cutter of any sort. Then she used acrylic paint to make the colorful hookerific design.

I have a few pictures of my own nail art as well.

My friend Alice showed me how to do these butterflies and Dahlia showed me the swirl/streaks?

The octopus and the xoxo's are acrylic paint and a very tiny detail brush, and the black and pink dots and lady bugs were used with polish. I used a dotter tool to make the black and pink tip design, and nail art polishes to make the lady bugs.

yes its a taco. a vegetarian taco of course!

These are all made with acrylic paint and a tiny detail brush. You can buy the brush at any craft store or buy a detail brush at Sally's. I also used a glitter nail art polish to detail the designs because i didn't have glitter dust to blow over the acrylic paint as it was drying.

This was my very first full set i did these about 2 weeks ago! thanks to my sister! I'm still in school and i'm quite proud of my full set! i use a number 18 brush and i've practiced my acrylic a MILLION times before even attempting a full set. my teacher wanted me to do fill ins and full sets weeks ago but i didn't have the confidence yet...

She kept it simple with black tips, a silver glitter line, and some lines and dots on the ring fingers. Wish she would have let me go crazy on all 10 fingers, but oh well, maybe next time :)

Let me just say that i've been using the Art Deco Nail Art brush/pens and they're difficult to design with. I'm an artist naturally, and using polish is a really hard medium to use. I prefer Acrylic paint and i had some tiny pots already. My friend Tiffany came over today (she has been doing nails for over a year now) and she told me her salon uses only acrylic paint for designs, and let me just tell you how extremely happy that made me :) I am heading to Michael's (our local craft store) to stock up on Apple Barrel Craft Paint. Scrap Booking Glitter Dust, Sand Art Bottles to put the Glitter Dust in, AND.... 1 or 2 detail brushes.

I am a VERY happy girl today!