Long Nails + Bowling = :(

Sorry, no new nail blogs!! I'm on vacation! :) but I do have an advice for the day! DO NOT go bowling if you have long nails!!! If you have long nails your nails don't have a high chance of surviving a date with a bowling ball! They are evil to long nails! Now I like to go bowling but just a warning long nails + bowling ball = cry over a broken nail :( my nail ripped off like approx. 2 cm on the thumb :(

Rainbow Shatter

What I used:

OPI Black Shatter

OPI Feelin' Hot-Hot-Hot (Pink)

OPI Do You Lilac It? (Purple)

China Glaze White on White (White)

China Glaze For Audrey (Blue)

China Glaze Tree Hugger (Green)

Illamasqua Wayward (Yellow)

Makeup Sponge Chunks

Palette

1. Always use a base coat.
2. Start off with one coat of white. It doesn't need to be solid, just one layer is ok so the other color will show better. Let it dry.

**You can use any colors you want, but it is best to stick to lighter colors. I used pink, purple, blue, green & yellow.

3. Put a couple of drops of your first color onto the palette.
4. Using the makeup chunk, dab it in the color then stipple it onto a small portion of your nail. Let it dry, this is important because if it isn't dry it will blend with the other colors.

**It is a lot easier if you make you sponge chunks smaller and longer and with a semi-pointed edge.

5. Repeat 3 & 4 with the remainder of your colors in a new area of the nail, sometimes overlapping the previous color(s). You can choose to leave a white portion or you can cover it completely.
6. Once you've finished with the colors and it has dried use your one coat of your shatter polish. You can use any color shatter including gold and silver but I think that the black offers the best contrast.

**Hint: a thick layer of shatter will give you bigger chunks while a thin layer will give you thinner and finer lines. Be quick though the shatter gets chunky when exposed for too long.

7. Finish with a top coat.

Red & White Dot Tips

What I used:

OPI The Thrill of Brazil (red)

China Glaze White on White (white)

Finger Paint Easel Come, Easel Go (silver)

Essie Sugar Daddy (light pink)

Striping Brush

Dotting Tool

Scotch Tape

**DISCLAIMER: I found this on youtube then added my own little spin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXd_nxlEuKA thank you cutepolish!! :)

1. Always use a base coat.
2. I used one coat of Essie Sugar Daddy. Let it dry completely.
3. Take a strip of scotch tape and stick it on your palm once so it's not too sticky, then apply it onto your nail diagonally. (**hint: press down only half of the tape onto the nail then pop up the edge not stuck to your nail so it would be less likely to lift up. Make sure you press it down at the sides too.)
4. Use 2 coats of your base color. I used OPI The Thrill of Brazil. Let it dry.
5. Using your biggest dotting tool and your dots color, randomly dot the painted area. I used China Glaze White on White.
6. With the striping tool and and your stipe color draw the stripe under the painted area. Let everything dry. I used Finger Paints Easel Come, Easel Go.
7. Finish with a top coat.