bad manicure day..

hmm so i want to do a little review on 2 of O.P.I 's colours.. normally they do great polish.. I love alot of them.

/Rant

so my review on o.p.i whats with the cattitude and rumples wiggin is that's its terrible.. the colours are great .. but it takes 3 coats and whats more you have to wait between 5 and 15 mins for each layer to dry before you do the next! or otherwise it will just stay smudgable. also its like plasticy so if you do get some on 

the skin and your removing it with a orangestick and cotton wool, it peels.

which pulls up some of the polish on the nail and makes a big mess.. I'm disappointed in these polishes. all the other o.p.i's are great. just not these. idk what they did wrong :/ I've read alot of the reviews and everyone has experienced the same thing..

Now I'm not being shy to speak my mind here. Like I said nearly all O.P.I polishes are great just not these 2 and I'm not going to lie about it.

anyway here is whats with the cattitude 3 coats.

 as you can see.. how messy! esp around the cuticles. thats because if you try and tidy it will pull the rest of the polish and make it look horrible! normally I dont get the polish on the skin but ocassionally some does get there, esp after doing 3 coats. It also applies very streaky but luckly its ok by the 3rd coat.

This is the finnished manicure taken with no flash because flash washes out the colour. Again how messy. Because of this its taken over a hour to do a simple halfmoon manicure.

/End Rant

China Glaze and checkers

Hey everyone~ I've decided that I might start swatching a few polishes and reviewing them every now and again.

Today I thought I might have a play around with some China Glaze colours

I also wanted to try out a scotch tape mani :) seen here http://chloesnails.blogspot.com/2010/12/checkers-anyone.html

follow her blog! she has some awesome ideas <3

first after applying basecoat i did 2 layers of "turned up turquoise"

 without flash~

 with flash

 topcoated :) I used sally hansen Mega shine topcoat

 ok now Ive had these little paper punchers for awhile as I used to use them when working with fimo clay and I was thinking about the tape mani's so I wanted to try this out.. so I punched out a star from my tape then laid the tape over my thumb and painted with "the ten man" from China glaze. peeled it off and there i have my own star :D 

 the star on my thump and the tape (I used masking tape as i dont have scotch tape and it works fine :) )

 Then I did check board effect on the rest of the nails using tape, this is with flash. Its not very clear with flash so I took a photo without it, for some reason with no flash on the camera takes blurred pictures x_x

 Finnished mani with no flash <3

Also dont you just love my flower/leopard print pj bottoms? :D

overal  turned up turquoise is a great colour as like most china glaze polishes it drys matt. I love it more with top coat on because then you can really see the hidden shimmer :)

the ten man is also good because it has alot of glitter in is aswells as the silver colour so its real sparkly. 

Thats all from me for today :) be sure to leave a comment. I'll get back to trying to find "flakkies" in the uk i cant find any flakie polish anywhere here! D:

giveaways on blogs i follow :)

hey there, here is some links to other nail blogs that are having giveaways :)

a great one here , http://www.varnishvixen.com/p/yay-spring-giveaway.html

also a nice little one here :) http://intensecolor.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-first-giveaway.html

Mini nail art competition

hi there :) Ive decided to do my own little nail art contest. Anyone can enter and can enter as many entries.

Theme is cute = bows, hello kitty, stars, hearts, etc..

you can use any products you want :) it would be best if you use a hand model or you own hands. min of 4 nails in each pic please.

I'm the judge (as its only a little competition)

MUST BE YOUR OWN WORK.

You will be judged on

look - wow factor

technique

how each nail ties in with the overall look/design

diffuculty

prizes at the moment are : OPI nail polish - hungary for my honey (red ish golden (autumn leave like) colour, google it for a picture)

Spa Ritual nail polish - hunk of burnin' love

(more prizes might get added)

will be 1 winner and 1 runner up~

please email your entry to cupcake.coronets@gmail.com

also a small step by step (tutorial) of how you did the nails and came up with the idea is needed :)

THIS COMP IS OPEN INTERNATIONALLY

Deadline is 21st april - GOOD LUCK <3

Long time no see~

Hi everyone!, sorry that I haven't updated in a few months.. I was sooo busy moving house x_x

well.... Now I'm back and Neko's nails is operational! ehehehe~

I will be making some more tutorials to post up for you all and if you'd like to see something specific just let me know !! also let me know if you want to see me do a certain something or theme on my nails or in 3d art :) I'd be happy to try out things for you all~

I must say... that the make up brand "Barry M" have made a black crackle coat (like the opi katy perry one) but its muuuuch cheaper and available to everyone. Its only £4 in the store Super Drug (UK) its pure awesome~ You put it over a coloured polish and the black polish will crack and show the coloured polish through the cracks :D I'll post some photos up later this week :)

Onto some nail pictures~ I had these lovely 3d dragonfly nails on over Christmas and January. ~I used NSI clear gel and stargazers purple glitter on the tips. I also used NSI coloured powders for the dragonflies. this is on my natural nails :)

Lastly these are some custom pink glitter overlays (gel) with a 3d white bow :) Unfortunately these are really short as I had to cut my long nails back... but still cute huh? <3

well that's it from me for now... happy nail decorating!! <3

feeling blue..?

Hey, lately I've really been liking blue~ and so i decided that would be a great colour for my nails this week :)

its my natural nails (wow theyve grown so long.. with the help from a gel polish overlay ;) ) that ive hand painted, the tips are "absolutely alice" and the designs are hand painted with acrylic paint <3 then sealed with a topcoat. been on about 4 days with no chipping so far :)

elegant stiletto's

Hi there! Sorry its been awhile my fellow nail lovers~ been real busy as of late. But I stopped by to show you all some recent works of mine! stiletto nails! I find them elegant and beautiful, others disagree but its personal taste :)

This one is my current set of nails, a very wintry icy theme I called them "touch of frost" they have white netting encased on the clear part, 3d art and the designs are hand painted. I used nsi sheer pink, totally clear and radiant white as well as some baby blue (it's a boy). They also have some opal shimmer glitter in them to give them that winter morning frost effect, where you open your curtains to see everything white and sparkling in the morning sun~

This next picture is steampunk inspired :)

Steampunk nails ~ hand painted cogs, keys, filigree style scroll work and encased lace ♥

Photography (c)Valentino Scaramanga

beautiful model (c) Sylkyss Scaramanga

Nails (c) nekocrafts (me)

Please click on the image to view full size

this is the photographers page http://www.facebook.com/valentino.scaramanga

and the beautiful models http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=713171356

I LOVE Halloween

Halloween has got to be one of my favourite holidays!! And you know what that means.... Halloween Nail art!!! <3 As most of my friends know I am a HUGE hello kitty fan I just had to hello kittys on my nails <3 These are some of my Halloween nails so far..

butterfly~

I love butterflies.. I love jewelry and I love nails.. This is what happens when you cross all 3..

hand made ring, made from gel :D (also used to make nail extentions with) I wanted to try making rings from gel instead of acrylic.. it sure is more fiddly.. i think i will stick to acrylic :)

gel, pink glitter, butterfly fimo, crushed shell

this ring is a size 6 and is available for sale, $15 £9

nail polish stud earrings

cute tiny nail polish studs, pefect for nail geeks and lovers ♥ ! £6 including shipping ($12) and gift wrapping. sterling silver you choose the colour and what you want on the bottles. (they are glittery so the camera didnt pick that up very well)

email me at cupcake.coronets.gmail.com if you'd like a pair or comment here and leave your email address.

Free tutorial! We hit 10 followers

Hi there, I'd like to say a huge thankyou for people following my blog, I know its just starting out but I have alot to offer you!! Thankyou for getting me to 10 followers, I will now post the free tutorial! <3

There will be a chance for another free tutorial at 15, 20 and 30followers and so on... but after 20 the tutorials will be emailed instead of posted up on the blogs page :) So if you want to keep receiving all the free nail art tutorials then please follow this blog! <3~

Rose vine - Hand Painted tutorial

please click on the image to view the tutorial

Materials needed

• nails
• buffer (optional)
• white acrylic paint
• paintbrush ( I used a striper brush)
• topcoat

step 1, lightly buff the surface of the nail, this allows the paint to adhere better.

step 2, with your white paint carefully paint c or colon shape

step 3, paint one another colon or c facing inwards to the one you just painted (like speech marks)

step 4, paint a small line underneath the part you just painted.

step 5, paint some little triangles around the middle of the rose as petals.

step 6, add more petals and 2 more roses.

step 7, add some vines around the roses.

step 8, add some little leaves to the vines.

Step 9, wait for the white paint to dry and then topcoat your nail

You are now finished ! <3

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial!! now get making some Awesome nail art!!

Finally + Free nail art tutorial

Finally I am happy with the design and layout of this blog! :D

I cant wait to bring you all wonderful Nail art pictures, information, crafts.. and much more!

I'm Currently holding a offer where when i reach 10 followers I will post a Free nail art tutorial!! So please tell your friends all about this page <3

Here is a picture of a cute pedicure I did recently :)

Cute little bows on stripy toes~

welcome to my blog n_n

hello! welcome to my blog of nice nails and cute things! <3 

My name is Neko and im a nailist (Nail technician) and a jewelry maker/crafts.

i specialize in nail art n_n, hand painted and 3d acrylic nail art is my fave. 

Here in my blog i will be posting my creations, Reviews of nail brands and so on, cute things that have interested me.. and lots more! 

here is some nails ive done recently ~ comments are welcome! 

Baby blue Ribbon nail

 handmade dragonfly ring.. made with acrylics (L+P)

 sailor nail with hand painted anchor