Category Archives: Tutorials

Gradation Tutorial

Posted on June 13, 2009 by

I’ve been wanting to do this tutorial for a long time, but schedules and rainy weather were conspiring to make a mess of it. Unfortunately, tonight was not great either, but it’s the rainy season in Japan until about July. … Continue reading →

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Freehand Nail Art Tips

Posted on June 8, 2009 by

This isn’t going to be very much of a tutorial, as there’s no pictures, but I’m going to do my best to explain how to draw nail art freehand.  Unfortunately, it takes a bit of drawing skill, which is probably … Continue reading →

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Foil Tutorial

Posted on June 7, 2009 by

A while back, I talked about how to get true metallic nails. Currently, there is no really mirror-like metallic polish on the market. There are some foily shiny polishes, but nothing truly reflective. Maybe in a few years, but nothing … Continue reading →

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Swirl Tutorial

Posted on February 8, 2009 by

Here’s that how-to-swirl tutorial I promised a little while ago. You’ll need three things: 1) Dark creme nail polish- red, blue, anything, but not a pastel shade as the swirling won’t show up. I used Orly Star of Bombay, the … Continue reading →

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Wet on Wet Marbling with Dots

Posted on January 11, 2009 by

As you may have noticed, I love marbling. Since I had my super-long nails on to show you my New Year’s nail art, I though I’d keep them on to show you some marbling. Before, I showed some striped marbling, … Continue reading →

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Black and White Marble

Posted on November 10, 2008 by

Well, my original post got eaten somehow. Here’s some burgundy nails with black and white marbling for a gray Monday in Japan. The burgundy base is made of Essie Clutch Me If You Can (or just mix creme red with … Continue reading →

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Color Mini-Tutorial

Posted on November 8, 2008 by

You really only need four colors to franken anything: red, blue, yellow, and white. I thought I’d show you what you can do with just these three colors and white. I chose all cremes to keep the colors consistent. Red: … Continue reading →

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Halloween Marbling Tutorial

Posted on October 25, 2008 by

Howdy there! A few of you asked for a marbling tutorial, so here it is. I’m using my Halloween colors. You can see my Halloween marbled nail art in the post below. Cremes work best for marbling rather than shimmer … Continue reading →

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