Nail the Look - Purple Chevron French Tip

An easy way to give a french manicure a bit more "pizazz", is to trade in a traditional french manicure shape for a chevron style manicure! An added line of metallic polish separates your tip and base color for more definition. 

How to Get the Look

Step 1: Paint two coats of Zoya Nail Polish in Suri as a base. 

Step 2: Once dry, paint on the chevron tip with Zoya Nail Polish in Aurora. 

*Fairy Tip: dab a small amount of Aurora at the center (very end) of the nail and swipe the brush up to that mark - this makes sure the chevron lines are straight and centered. Don't worry about making lines perfect, as the metallic gold chevron line will mask any mistakes.

Step 3: Dip a thin nail art brush (or carefully use the edge of the Zoya brush) in Zoya Nail Polish in Ziv and paint a thin line in between Suri and Aurora.

Step 4:Touch up any mistakes using the nail art brush and top with Zoya Armor Topcoat for a super-shine finish!
 

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Zoya Nail Polish - Halloween Nail Art Ideas

Halloween Nail Art Ideas!
Nail Art Lovers really get into Halloween - and why not? It's the perfect excuse to be super creative and create looks that cannot be worn at any other time.

Zombie Nails...
Let it slide for a not so pretty Zombie Nail Look using Flesh and Blood Colors - This one is not for the faint at heart!
Look created by The Daily Nail

To get the look yourself we suggest using a nude nail polish that matches your skin tone (Zoya Avery and Zoya Flowie used here) and a deep blood red jelly like Zoya Nail Polish in Sam and Zoya Rekha. See the Daily Nail for instructions and a video tutorial.

See the Zoya Halloween Nail Art Pinterest Board for even more great Halloween Nail Polish looks.

ZOYA IS THE NEW COLOR OF FASHION!
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Easy Sponge Gradient Tutorial featuring Zoya Nail Polish

Creating a Flawless Gradient Manicure is a Breeze!

Now you can master the look with this easy, step-by-step tutorial from Makeup Withdrawal...

Use Zoya Nail Polish in Sooki and Zoya Nail Polish in Arizona to recreate the look featured in this post.

Don't be afraid to experiment with the summer shades - any combination of the Beach and Surf Collection colors work together to create a lust-worthy tropical nail look!

Zoya is the new color of Fashion!

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Umm...Not how I pictured in my head

Okay, so not all my ideas are great, lol. If only you guys could see in my head, the way this was supposed to turn out! Anyways, this is the idea that I didn't finish on my previous post, because I thought with the glitter it would have been too much. Well I just don't like it with the butterfly. Oh well.  For this I used Sinful's Black on Black and Confetti Debutante.

 

 

Once again, I started with my black

 

Then this is how I cut my tape. I didn't want perfectly straight lines, so I did this.

 

 

 

 

with all my nails taped, polished then a coat of SV on. 

 

 

 

 

now this is the wheel of butterfly fimos that I ordered off of eBay

and finally with a cute butterfly. I am just not feeling the look of this, and had it pictured different in my head. 

Possible V-Day mani and Konad tutorial

I decided to do a tutorial on nail stamping, since I have had a few request. This is the mani that I did. For this I used China Glaze Naughty and Nice as the base. Then for the red/pink lip image, I used Sally Hansen Color Quick pen in Red Chrome, Silver lips are China Glaze Millenium, and the tips are OPI Lincoln Park After Dark Matte.

I get all my items together first

This is the image plate I'm using

Once you choose the image, you take your polish and and cover the image.

Then with your scraper, you scrape over the image, removing the excess polish

Then with your stamper, you place the rubber part and press, transferring the image to your stamper

Excuse the pup hair, I didn't remove it before I took the pic, eeek

Finally, all you do, is place the stamper above your nail, where you want the image to appear on your nail, and in a rolling motion, press it onto your nail.

The best tip for stamping, is to only use 100% acetone. After you stamp, wipe the scraper and stamper onto a cotton ball/pad, that has been soaked in acetone. I use a green coaster, and pre-soak the cotton pad in acetone, and set it onto the coaster. Then after I scrape, I swipe the scraper onto the pad, removing the polish, and then after I stamp, I wipe the stamper on the pad as well. You should also clean the image plate in between each stamp. Although I'm guilty of not doing this, lol. Oh and you do need to work fairly quick, because the polish, since being so thin on your stamper, dries quick.

Here I did the rest of my nails, and then did it over again with China Glaze Millenium.

Once I'm done, I take my mani double pointed q-tips, dip them in acetone, and clean up the excess polish from stamping, around my nails. I then do a coat of SV, and TADA

Last of all, I added tips in OPI Lincoln Park After Dark Matte



Water Marble Picture Tutorial

Okay, so since I had quit a few requests to do a tutorial on how I do my water marbling, here it is. I start with filtered water, and since ours is refrigerated, I heat it up for a about 20 sec. in the microwave, just to make it room temp. I use a throw away coffee cup that I have cut in half. Here are my basic supplies. Oh just so you all know, this is with my sad, pathetic broken middle finger. I know it looks awful, and I'm sorry, but I have decided to just let it be, and hope it grows out soon.Okay anyways, for this mani I used Sally Hansen Gray Area, OPI Lucky Lucky Lavender and China Glaze White on White.

I first did a base of the OPI (sorry about the poor lighting, where I do this, it's not near a direct light source)

When I start, I make sure all the lids are off. Here I just dropped in a blob of my first color, Gray Area, and you can see it spreads.

Then I dropped in a blob of White on White, right in the center of the Gray Area

and dropped in a blob of the OPI

I repeated the 3 colors again, until I was happy with how it looked.

Then using my pencil, I lightly drag the polish into designs in the cup

This is what it looked like, when I stopped, and I liked the designs I had.

I tape each finger, using 3 pieces of tape.

Then you pick which part of the design you made, you want on your nail.

and dip your nail into it, at an angle.

Once you have fully dipped your nail, I take my pencil, and with my nail still in the water, swipe it around my nail, and this picks up all the excess polish, so you don't ruin your nail, when you remove it from the water.

I then remove the tape, and do the rest the same way, re-doing the polish dipping and all. This is what I ended up with.

Then using some nail Q-tips, I clean up the excess polish from around my nail with 100% pure acetone.

Here is my mess, when I'm all done, lol

Then once all fingers are cleaned up, and my top coat has been applied, this is my final mani :)



I really hope this helps you guys :P