Cupcake Nails

1. Gather all the polish and tools you need to complete this fun mani

2. Make sure your nails are clean and dry

3. Using a good base coat to protect your natural nail, paint all your nails 

4. With the base color you have chosen, paint two coats of the polish on all your nails and halfway up your ring fingers (forming the base of the cupcake)

5. In a contrasting color, draw some vertical lines on the cupcake base

6. With a dotting tool dipped in white polish begin to create the icing on the cupcake

7. Allow the polish to dry for a bit then with a tooth pick or small tipped dotting tool, create some sprinkles with a red polish or polish of your choice and with a bigger dotting tool create the cherry on top

8. Allow your design to dry and then finish with a good top coat to seal in and protect your design

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#ShabbatProjectTO #KeepingItTogether nails

The Shabbat Project Inspired Nails

This week is The Shabbat Project...Jews from all over the world will be keeping shabbos together...
We are starting off here in Toronto with an AMAZING Challah Bake #kneadingittogether!
So this weekend was the inspiration for this nail design. On one hand candles, on the other a challah.
Enjoy!

1. Collect all the polishes you will need for this design.

2. Begin by applying a good base coat to clean and dry nails.
3. I started with the design nails and left the solid nails for last.
4. Using some various shades of brown polish, begin making the fishtail design (for our challah)
This is a great tutorial:  Fish Braid Tutorial

5. I then began making my candles on the other ring finger between stripes to allow a bit of drying time.

6. Paint the rest of your nails a neutral colour (I used Essie Marshmallow).
7. Allow to dry for a few minutes and finished with a good top coat!

You're done!!

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The Mismatched "Gilded" Mani

The Mismatched "Gilded" Mani

(for those of you who can't decide what colour to use... use 'em ALL!)

1. Choose the colours you would like to use. You can choose neutrals, brights, complimentary colours, whatever you like...have fun. I choose "Gilded" colours... all metallics and one neutral.

2. Use a good base coat to start.

3. Choose which nails will have which colours and paint two coats of polish on each nail.

4. Finish with a good top coat.

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Summery dots...

This week I have chosen a fresh, fun and simple dotted mani...

1. Start with clean nails. Paint a good base coat on your nails.
2. Chose a colour as a base. I chose an OPI called Pandamanium Pink.
3. With a dotting tool create some dots in a darker shade of purple. Repeat with another purple shade and perhaps a green like I chose. Use both the big and the small ends of the dotting tools for variation.
4. Allow to dry for a bit and then protect your design with a good top coat.


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July 4th Nails...

July 4th Nails...

Since I am American (Canadian too, but always an American!) I did some July 4th Nails for the holiday as well as my birthday trip to NYC!!


1. Paint nails with a good base coat.
2. Paint the first and second nail a red, Paint your middle finger a bright blue, your ring finger white and your pinky silver. Do the same on both hands.
3. Using a glitter polish, coat your index fingers with the glitter polish over the red.
4. Using a dotting tool dipped in white polish create a star-like effect on your middle finger by placing dots over the whole nail.
5. Paint a coat of a silver glitter polish over your white ring fingers.
6. Allow your design to dry for a few minutes and generously coat your design with a good top coat.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!


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World Cup Brazil Nails

World Cup Brazil Nails

1. Start with fresh clean nails
2. Apply a good base coat on all nails
3. Apply a green polish on thumb nails (2 coats)

4. Add a yellow circle looking shape for the ball

5. Draw a black pentagon shape in the centre, with lines coming from each point. At the edges of the lines form triangles (to give a soccer ball look)

6. Paint the rest of your nails a bright blue colour

7. On the other thumb I made a green, blue and a yellow stripe (it was easier and added some contrast)
8. Finish with a good top coat to seal in your design!

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Movie Reel Nails

Movie Reel Nails...

Sorry I have been MIA for so long...had a Bar Mitzvah for my second son which was fabulous and then was in NYC for a Dinner honouring my sister! So proud of her!!
I actually did this nail design for the Dinner as the theme was "Opening Night" and Movies...

1. Start with fresh clean nails.
2. Paint your nails with a good base coat.
3. On one hand (I choose my NON-dominant one) you will be creating a camera and movie reel, and on the other your box of popcorn.

Beginning with the movie reel:  
4. You will paint your nails with a white polish.
5. With a dotting tool in black polish you will begin creating the camera. Make two dots for the top. Then with a striping brush draw a rectangle for the body of the camera. Connect to the top with two small lines. Make 2-3 lines at the bottom as a stand. Create a small triangle for the front of the camera.
6. With a gold polish create the "reel" making rectangular shapes...can be a bit abstract.
7. Outline the "reel" with your black striper.
8. With the striper, connect the camera with a small line to the "reel". Allow the black to dry a bit.
9. With a small tipped dotting tool dipped in white polish create the little holes in the film of the reel (see pics).
10. Now wait for that to dry and then seal in your design with a good top coat.

Now for the popcorn:
11. You will paint all your nails a neutral colour.
12. Create french tips with a white polish.
13. Draw a thin red line above each white tip, except for the ring finger.
14. To create the popcorn you will mix a yellow polish with a bit of white to get the light yellow colour.
15. With a dotting tool dipped in the polish start to create the look of popcorn in a container. You will highlight the popcorn with the yellow to look like butter. With a dotting tool dipped in a brown polish add some dots for definition of the popcorn. You can press the dotting tool in a bit to get the texture.
15. Now draw your red line and vertical red lines with red striper to create the popcorn box.
16. Allow your design to dry and then seal and protect with a good topcoat.
And your done!!!

This design is definitely more challenging but looks so cute!

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