Mermaid glow nails using mermaid effect powder

That mermaid glow tho! After seeing the mermaid effect dust floating around the internet, I decided to give it a try!

 

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Glowing holographic cat eyes

My actual eyes at night:

 

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Trippy blue cyclone gradient

You are getting sleepy! No, dizzy! No... turned on! Cause these nails are trippy af and bangin' with that holo top coat. It's back to classic simplynailogical this time, with these reciprocal gradient and nail vinyls nails!

 

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Unicorn window to your soul

What happens when you put unicorn skin over holo? MAGIC THAT'S WHAT.

I peeled off Charlie the Unicorn's skin (100% ethically and cruelty free harvested of course) and put it over holo and under a pastel gradient with extra unicorn dandruff on top. Yes, I know these don't fit that nicely over my nail, if you watch the video you'll see the struggle!

 

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Finally! Cat nail vinyls goals achieved!

Ohmahgawdddd the cat's outta the bag! Meow meow meow so much excite! I helped design my very first set of 100%-cat-inspired nail vinyls!!! There's three different styles and you can find them all from Twinkled T! You can use my code SIMPLY for 10% off your entire order too! Isn't that pawsome?!

 

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Unicorn veins on your nails

I HAVE FOUND THE CAPILLARIES OF THE MAJESTIC UNICORN and have harvested them for use in my nail arts. Just like unicorn skins, unicorn veins are made up of iridescent colour-shifting magical properties, but more vascular. Have no fear unicorn PETA groups, these veins were harvested from unicorn organ donors who were all killed in a tragic accident. The unicorns have passed but they have lent their bodies to science!

K this is getting weird.

 

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Rainbow foil and holo

Rainbow foil plus holo because a rainbow is not a real rainbow without it. For this week's edition of the weekly nail art challenge (WNAC) I co-host on Instagram along with Kristin of Lacquerstyle and Tracey of MissBellaTracey, the theme is Glitz n Glam and the prompt is Foil/Flakes! So I went with the foil side and decided to try out some foil again since I last did over a year ago!

 

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How to CHEAT at Watermarble Part 1

THE TIME HAS COME! To beat the watermarble system cause, honestly, to hell with that goddamn cup. It was only a matter of time before I threw it in someone's face.

CHEAT WATERMARBLE PART #1: Use watermarble inspired nail vinyls! I get all mine from Twinkled T - you can use my code SIMPLY for 10% off! 

 

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Candy Cane Ice Queen nails

I AM A CANDY CANE ICE QUEEN. And my nails and sleighin' tonight.

This full-finger look was inspired by Glam and Gore's recent new look, I just had to put her face on my nails (and fingers)!

I used simply peel first to protect my skin from all the really uniformed stuff I then proceeded to do on my skin... this is why I'm not a makeup artist.

 

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Ugly Christmas sweater nails

Hurray, finally Christmas nails! I mean *Cristmas* nails. Yeah, you'll have to watch my YouTube video for my logic and rationale on that one!

For this edition of the weekly nail art challenge (WNAC) I co-host on Instagram along with Kristin of Lacquerstyle and Tracey of MissBellaTracey, the theme is Festive and the prompt is Ugly C(h)ristmas sweater! I listened to it, but it turned out pretty sweet and not really ugly at all haha! I would wear this any time of year, no lie. I used awesome new 'Ugly sweater stencils' from Twinkled T along with holo glitter from their shop, you can use my code SIMPLY for 10% off!

 

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Snowflake nail art then a dog peed on it

Snow on my nails because winter in Ottawa, Canada is coming and I must brace myself! Also this snow appears to have dog pee as a result of the pink-to-yellow colour shifting properties of the unicorn skins glitters. 

For this edition of the weekly nail art challenge (WNAC) I co-host on Instagram along with Kristin of Lacquerstyle and Tracey of MissBellaTracey, the theme is Festive and the prompt is Snowflakes! Wow I actually listened to this one. That's a first.

 

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White shattered glass nails with multi-chrome shifts

White unicorn skins have landed! After doing some black and holographic shattered glass nails, I felt like trying out a more "angelic" look over white! But obviously, because I can never keep anything simple, I added a twist of multi-chrome! FUN Lacquer's Blessing is one of the most powerful colour-shifting multi-chromes out there, going from a beautiful green to teal to blue to purple BAM I LOVE IT!! Almost as much as holo... not quite... but almost.

 

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Dragon scales - triple scaled gradient nails

Back to simply nailogical basics!!! I've been trying out all sorts of different (or new to me) nail arts recently and I randomly had an urge to go back to my ways of gradienting all the nails. Since my nails are long af right now, it was the perfect time to do some triple scaled gradient action nails, that pretty much look like red dragon scales!

I used chevron/zig zag nail vinyls from Twinkled T to create this look, plus a lot of top coat and patience, lol. You can use my code SIMPLY at Twinkled T to get 10% off your entire order! Watch the video below!

 

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Sharpie watercolour nail art with vinyl patterns

Look, my nail art is now permanent!

Lol no, that's stupid. But I did use Sharpie permanent markers to create this look. For this week's edition of the weekly nail art challenge (WNAC) I co-host on Instagram along with Kristin of Lacquerstyle and Tracey of MissBellaTracey, the theme is Elegant and the prompt is Watercolour! Not that there's anything elegant about these but... I don't care.

The Sharpie nails thing isn't new, but I'm pretty sure no one's tried it with nail vinyls AND holo yet, so, therefore, I am a pioneer.

 

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Evil skull and Catstooth pattern

What do you see: Houndstooth or cats with rabies? Obviously my intention was the latter. Super excited to also show you guys my blogging friend Dorra of Didoline's Nails new piCture pOlish collaboration shade, Arabian! You can find it here along with a bunch of other collab and main piCture pOlish shades. 

For this week's edition of the weekly nail art challenge (WNAC) I co-host on Instagram along with Kristin of Lacquerstyle and Tracey of MissBellaTracey, the theme is Holo and the prompt is Houndstooth! So naturally I changed it a bit and made the hounds into rabid cats. 

 

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Plaid nails and looking back at some better plaid nails

It's setback Saturday... can that be a thing?

I did some plaid nails for this week's edition of the weekly nail art challenge (WNAC) I co-host on Instagram along with Kristin of Lacquerstyle and Tracey of MissBellaTracey, because, well, I had no choice: the theme is jewel tones and the prompt is plaid. Therefore I had to put plaid on my nails. Good story, Cristine.

After I was finished I was not really feeling the design and I was all like "well why am not feeling this design tho"... and so I went back in my old plaid nail art archives and things made sense. I was so much better at doing plaid designs years ago, what happened?!?! Guess that's what you get when you commit to the vinyl, gradient and holosexual lifestyle.

 

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Easiest cat nails you will ever do

Cats on my nails!!! For this week's edition of the weekly nail art challenge (WNAC) I co-host on Instagram along with Kristin of Lacquerstyle and Tracey of MissBellaTracey, the theme is jewel tones and the prompt is mix & match! Which to me = where the fack I want. The people of the Internet (you) have been asking for cat nails, and while I'm no realistic portrait painter, the best I can do on a whim is cat nail vinyls. Can you believe I've had these for months and never used them?! 

 

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Two-toned scaled gradient waves

Back in the gradient biz woop woop! Finally feels like home. For this week's edition of the weekly nail art challenge (WNAC) I co-host on Instagram along with Kristin of Lacquerstyle and Tracey of MissBellaTracey, the theme is summer and the prompt is cobalt and and peach! I actually listened this time and did exactly that.

This two-toned scaled gradient is super trippy but easier than it looks! You do need nicely opaque creme polishes though for this to work, which I found!! These two Floss Gloss orange creme are sooooo opaque they actually make me consider liking creme polishes almost as much as holo (but still no).

 

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Nails literally on fire / scaled gradient

HOT DAMN There's a fiyyyaaaahhh on mah nails, quick send some sweaty firefighters! For this week's edition of the weekly nail art challenge (WNAC) I co-host on Instagram along with Kristin of Lacquerstyle and Tracey of MissBellaTracey, the theme is summer and the prompt is lemon and cherry (meant to indicate colours, not actual fruits). So what's better than an intense fire for summer?

Or I just wanted to do this cause I'd been dying to try a scaled gradient with my new fire nail vinyls from Twinkled T heheheh MUAHAH and you too can burn your money on vinyls from Twinkled T but save 10% by using by code SIMPLY at checkout ;)

Fire nail vinyls from Twinkled T - use my code SIMPLY for 10% off!

 

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How NOT to do complicated gradient nails

Did you know I was human? Yes, that's right, I have tons of nail fails too! I get the feeling that most nail artists don't show you when they f up, even during a nail art tutorial that turned out great (those clips got cut on the editing room floor, as they say). And even when the final end result is complete and a major fail, most nail artists just delete those pics (or don't take any at all) and pretend like it never happened. NOT ME!

In today's tutorial I show you how I attempted a more "complicated" layered gradient (reciprocal returning gradient would be the proper term), and where I messed up at multiple points along the way. This is the actual TRUTH OF DOING NAIL ART people! I'm using this "nail fail" for this week's weekly nail art challenge (WNAC) manis I co-host the WNAC on Instagram along with lovely ladies Kristin of Lacquerstyle and Tracey of MissBellaTracey - geometric gradient!

 

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