Day 17: Nail art design - Cupcake tutorial - step by step

Hi everyone!! I was inspired by using blue because, lets face it, blue looks wonderful on nails. :) So I started out with blue and then started dotting with hot pink and i couldn't figure out what to do. My initial design was just to make curves with dots but then as i kept looking at the hot pink, realized this in the the shape of a cupcake!!! So my design became a cupcake. Here is the step by step Tutorial on how i made the cupcake design on a blue nail base. Enjoy!

Technique:
1. Base with blue
2. Using Dotting tool made 4 dots then used polish and drug down = cupcake outline
3. Apply 4 white dots, then combine them making a fluffy white cloud like shape (see step 4)
4. Using toothpick, made yellow and black lines going vertical
5. Add "sprinkles' using tiny dotting tool or toothpick. (use whatever colors you own. Experiment and have fun :))
6. Add sparkly polish over all of the nail except the cupcake part
7. and VOILA! You can have your cupcake and see it too :) :) 

This is my first step by step with pictures design. I hope you enjoy :) Please comment, reply, let me know you've stopped by my blog. If you recreate this, post and share. Would love to see variations on this yummy cupcake design.

Have a Grand day and don't forget to GlaZE!

Cupcake Sparkle

Day 15: All about the Essie nail polishes!!

So today, I received my Essie polishes ordered from Ebay at LESS than $4 bucks a polish. From the usual $8 bucks a bottle for Essie polish, I say that's quite a steal!! What do you think? I notice people who use Essie, stick with Essie like loyal fans. I don't know what all the hype is about as I have not yet had the "privilege" to use Essie nail polish. Is Essie, the high class brand of the drug stores? I shall find out and make another blog about my results. I just couldn't wait to share these with you so here they are!!

Polishes #1-4 on left >>>>
1. Saturday disco fever
2. Lil boa' peep
3. Shake,rattle and roll ( though 2 and 3 look almost identical they are not)
4. Pure pearlfection

aren't these colors gorgeous!!!

The orange color is going to be fun to use for nail art and dotting! Not so much for just an entire nail, its too summery for the winter. We shall see! :)  

When I apply these on my nails, i will post and update you on how the polishes look on the nails versus how they look in the bottles. 

no matter how many photos i took, they came out looking alike

These 2 polishes that look metallic have a magnet on top, excited to use them. I'm now wishing I had more hands to paint so I could test out my ever growing polish collection. 

I have gone from about 10 polishes to over 50 polishes!!! Total polish addict. How did this happen? 

Oh well, I'm in knee deep folks and there's no going back. When i look over at sad, cracked, pathetic looking nails, I want to call the glaze police! He He :) If there ever was such a thing over 2/3's of women would be in prison. Such a shame. :) 

Have a grand day and don't forget to GlaZe!