Posts Tagged ‘nails’

CONFETTI NAILS

photos/post/graphic design: Kristin Ess post sponsored by Beauty.com

There are so many reasons to celebrate — your birthday, friends’ birthdays, holidays and every day in between. Today we’re partnering up with Beauty.com to celebrate their Friends & Family Event (which is happening now!) and to show you a crafty way to add this pretty party to your nails. My favorite part about this manicure is that you’re just punching out tissue paper circles and applying them to the nail. No major skills required, unlike most nail art! Here we go:

  1. Punch out tissue paper circles. Put about 5-7 pieces on top of each other to get a good solid punch.
  2. Paint the base of the nails with any color you want. We used Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Nail Lacquer in Cruising because clearly metallic gold says party.
  3. Use a pen to pick up the pieces of confetti and lay them down on the wet nail polish. Make a couple pieces overlap and/or cut some of the pieces down so you can lay them against the cuticle as seen in the final photo.
  4. Let some of the confetti pieces hang over the edge and trim them down when you’re done laying them all down.
  5. Once all of the pieces are where you want them, go over the whole nail with a good top coat!

The Beauty.com Friends & Family Event is a twice-yearly event that gives you the rare opportunity to enjoy 20% off your favorite brands, like Urban Decay, Philosophy, Deborah Lippmann & many more. It ends on Friday 11/9 at 11:59pm PST!

GIFT OF THE WEEK

post: Kristin Ess

With the holidays creeping hard, this is a great time to start talking gifts. Now through the end of the holidays we’ll be posting one gift a week. We’re on the hunt for new, unique beauty gift ideas and I’m going to kick it off with this one. As soon as I saw THIS CIATÉ NAIL POLISH CALENDAR, I couldn’t wait to share it. This may be one of the cutest girl-gifts out there.

This set comes with:

  • 17 of Ciaté’s most popular paint pot colors
  • 4 Caviar blends
  • 3 exclusive glitter shades (that will never be seen outside of this box)

Soooo obsessed with thinking about all the nail art that could happen with this set. I can’t imagine how fast these are going to fly off the shelves!

NAILED IT!

photos/post/graphic design: Kristin Ess

Have no fear, the dreamcatcher mani is here! We obviously have a love affair with nail art at TBD, and now we’re adding little more dimension. For this look, I grabbed a couple things from a craft box– some lace, grey string and white string. Let’s get to it! (more…)

DIY NAIL POLISH STORAGE IDEA

photos/post/graphic design: Kristin Ess

It’s fall cleaning time, girls!! Here’s a fancy little idea for storing your nail polish collection. We all love to have a few favorite colors sitting out on the vanity but since nail art has become such a huge trend, you may be the proud owner of LOTS of polishes. In this DIY, you’ll basically be giving a shoe box a quick “pretty paper” makeover and then filling it up with your polish. But instead of just throwing your polishes in the box, we’re going to put dots on top so you can keep the box nice and neat! Here we go: (more…)