Smile! for [Nail Tutorial] Disney Princess: Week 6

It's Monday! Which means that it's Disney Princess nails day. (: Today's designer doll is based off of Pocahontas!




























Step 1: Apply a base coat. If you don't own base coat, then use clear polish because it's better than nothing.

Step 2: Apply two thin layers of sheer beige color on your nail near the tip of your nails. I used NYC's Mulberry Street.

Step 3: Using a dotting tool, draw vertical little beige lines on the very tip of your nails. This will act as the fringes on Pocahontas' dress. I used NYC's Mulberry Street.

Step 4: Apply a dark blue line within the top third, middle of the nail bed. I used Essie's Mezmerised.

Step 5: Apply a dark blue line from the edges of the middle line to the corner of your nail. I used Essie's Mezmerised.

Step 6: Using a toothpick, use a lavender/periwinkle to draw lines on the corners of the dark blue. This will accent the necklace and make it pop out more. I used Essie's Lapiz of Luxury.

Step 7: Apply a top coat to your nails. If you don't own top coat, then use a clear polish. This seals all the nail polish in and keeps it lasting longer.

[Colorful Tip] I used a silver to dot in the middle of the blue necklace. I used Confetti's Silver Slippers.

Here's Pocahontas all Disney designer-fied!

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Smile! for [Nail Tutorial] Disney Princess: Week 5

What time is it? Princess nails time! (: This week our focus is going to be on Cinderella inspired nails!




















Step 1: Apply a base coat. If you don't own base coat, then use clear polish because it's better than nothing.

Step 2: Create fat lines of periwinkle/lavender on your nails, but not all the way. I used Essie's Lapiz of Luxury. This will be the base of Cinderella's dress. By leaving the tip of your nails unpainted, it will serve as the inside white, lace part of Cinderella's dress.

[Colorful Tip] Do not make the lavender very opaque. Try to use a sheer nail polish so that the dress design on your nail looks very layered.

Step 3: Use a pastel light blue to create a curved "V" from the bed of your nails. I used Revlon's Blue Lagoon.

Step 4: Create three straight dark blue lines from the middle of the light blue "V" to the edge of the lavender. I used Essie's Mezmerised.

Step 5: Use a dotting tool (I used a bobby pin) into a silver polish and dot, where the three lines meet in the middle of the "V" and two dots at the ends of the outer dark blue lines. I used Confetti's Silver Slippers. I know that Cinderella's glass slippers aren't silver, but I think silver is the next best thing considering, how the silver I used is so sparkly.

Step 6: Apply a top coat to your nails. If you don't own top coat, then use a clear polish. This seals all the nail polish in and keeps it lasting longer.

[Colorful Tip] For the rest of the nails, I would suggest you use either your pastel light blue or your lavender/periwinkle color. Personally, I used Essie's Lapiz of Luxury.

That about wraps it up for Cinderella inspired nails!

And here's designer doll Cinderella! (:

Isn't that such a fancy purse? Wow..haha! (:

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Smile! for [Nail Tutorial] Disney Princess: Week 4

It's Disney Princess nails time! (That's a rather long name...haha. ^^") Today's princess nails are inspired by Jasmine!




















Step 1: Apply a base coat. If you don't own base coat, then use clear polish because it's better than nothing.

Step 2: Create two bright yellow diagonals on the top half of your nail that's closer to the bed. I used Sally Hansen's Lightning. This will be the base of Jasmine's golden necklace.

Step 3: Create two scalloped shapes with a sheer periwinkle that meet in the middle of your nail on the bottom 1/3 of the nail, near the tip. I used Essie's Lapiz of Luxury.

Step 4: Apply a sheer layer of turquoise over the layer of periwinkle. I used Sinful Colors' Mint Apple .

[Colorful Tip] It was really hard for me to find a color that matched Jasmine's attire exactly, so I used sheer colors of periwinkle and turquoise to create the color of her clothes. Light blue and turquoise would work together as well. (:

Step 5: Apply an extremely thin layer of gold on the bright yellow. I used Revlon's Gold Coin.
[Colorful Tip] Wipe both sides of the gold nail polish application brush very thoroughly. Then dot a napkin with the tip because nail polish collects at the tip of the brush even if you wipe off the sides a lot. This way, there won't be a huge cluster of gold on one end of the necklace.

Step 6: Apply a top coat to your nails. If you don't own top coat, then use a clear polish. This seals all the nail polish in and keeps it lasting longer.

That's it for Princess Jasmine nails!

Jen from frmheadtotoe did a Jasmine make up tutorial video on her YouTube Channel. Check it out! (: I applied her rendition of Jasmine's make up for my Jasmine costume when I went to Disney's D23 Expo this year!Here is the Jasmine costume that Jen wore in the video, and the same costume that I wore to D23. The costume is called the Arabian Princess costume and it's made by Leg Avenue. Here's designer doll version of Jasmine! I have noticed though that the costume names are exactly the same, but the one that I got has the blue sheer cloth underneath the bra piece, but Jen's doesn't. Here is the costume that I got, and here is the one that Jen has.

And with that, here's the designer doll version of Jasmine! (:

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Discount Women's Dress Shoes (DWD Shoes)
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Smile! for [Nail Tutorial] Disney Princess: Week 3

It's Disney Princess nails time and this week is week 3! Today's princess nails are inspired by Rapunzel from the movie Tangled!

Step 1: Apply a base coat. If you don't own base coat, then use clear polish because it's better than nothing.

Step 2: Apply a dark purple on 1/3 of your nail from the bed. I used Orly's Purple Velvet.

[Colorful Tip] Orly's Purple Velvet comes out matte, for other uses to get a glossy image, use a clear coat afterwards.

Step 3: Using a dotting tool (I used a toothpick), draw vertical pink lines on the purple stripe you've drawn, so that it alternates purple-pink-purple-pink. I used Wet n Wild's Tickled Pink. This pattern will represent Rapunzel's sleeves.

Step 4: Apply lavender or periwinkle to then fill in the rest of your nail. I used Essie's Lapiz of Luxury.

Step 5: Using a dotting tool (I used a sewing pin), draw two vertical light pink lines down the lavender/periwinkle part of your nail that separates it to about three equal parts. I used Wet n Wild's Tickled Pink.

[Colorful Tip] Many art enthusiasts use toothpicks and bobby pins to apply details to their nail art designs, but I have found an even smaller tool to apply details, a sewing pin! Sewing pins would be for very, important, but tiny details that are very difficult to apply onto the nail. When using a sewing pin, make sure the very tip of the pin is dipped in polish and lightly draw on the top of the polish layer. If you press too hard, it will cut through the nail polish layer underneath and that isn't flattering. Be careful and don't poke yourself!

Step 6: Using the same dotting tool and color, carefully draw two X's between the light pink vertical lines. These X's are the criss-crossing ribbons that are on Rapunzel's dress

Step 7: Again, using the same dotting tool and color, carefully draw an infinite sign above the two X's. This will be a bow! (:

Step 8: Apply a top coat to your nails. If you don't own top coat, then use a clear polish. This seals all the nail polish in and keeps it lasting longer.

[Colorful Tip] For the rest of my nails, I just applied my La Vie's Dolores on them, so that only my thumb was the detailed nail. It's a pastel purpley color. I couldn't find their website nor a website that carried their nail polish, but I had purchased it in a local nail salon for $3.

Here's a close-up on the finished design!

That's it for Rapunzel inspired nails! I hope that maybe after wearing these nails, you'll be able to "at last..see the light"! (; By the way, here's designer doll Rapunzel!

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Smile! for [Nail Tutorial] Disney Princess: Week 2

It's week 2 of Disney Princess nails! Today's princess nails are based off of Snow White! (:



















Step 1: Apply a base coat. If you don't own base coat, then use clear polish because it's better than nothing.

Step 2: Apply a navy blue on 2/3 of your nail from the bed. I used Sation's Midnight Blue.

[Sidenote] I couldn't find Sation's main website, but I did find a cheap website for Sation nail polish that I will include in the Colorful Links section.

Step 3: Using a bright yellow, draw two diagonals painted from the rest of the 1/3 of your nail, and then color the rest in. I used Sally Hansen's Lightning. This is going to be the skirt part of Snow White's dress.

Step 4: Use a lavender or periwinkle to then draw two half ovals on the opposite ends of the navy blue. I used Essie's Lapiz of Luxury. This will be the puffy sleeves of Snow White's dress.

Step 5: Using a dotting tool (I used a bobby pin), draw two vertical red lines on each of the puffy sleeves.

Step 6: Using a dotting tool (I used a toothpick), carefully draw two triangles in the middle of where the yellow diagonals meet with the navy blue. I used Confetti's The Red Carpet. This is Snow White's red bow that she usually wears on her ebony hair.

Step 7: Apply a top coat to your nails. If you don't own top coat, then use a clear polish. This seals all the nail polish in and keeps it lasting longer.

[Colorful Tip] For the rest of my nails, I just applied my Sally Hansen's Lightning on them, so that only my thumb was the detailed nail. You can try other designs that are Snow White themed as well though! Maybe an apple on a yellow background for one of them? In any case, here's where you may use your creativity to make your nails fit for a princess!

Hope you enjoyed this nail tutorial! Be careful of those poisoned apples! Here is the designer's doll version of Snow White.

She reminds me of little red riding hood for some reason. Haha.

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Smile! for [Nail Tutorial] Penguin Nails

The other day was my little sister's birthday and to celebrate, we watched Happy Feet. It's such a cute and inspirational movie, as well as musically fun. This was the inspiration that started this nail tutorial.


Here are the steps that I used to achieve this nail art.

[Sidenote] I used Essie's Lapiz of Luxury for the penguin's body, but you can use other colors too. I, personally, would use pastel colors long as the body of the penguin doesn't clash with the orange beak, it's fine!

Step 1: Apply a base coat. If you don't own base coat, then use clear polish because it's better than nothing.

Step 2: Apply the color that you want for the penguin's body. I used Essie's Lapiz of Luxury.

Step 3: Use white and use your nail as a guide to paint the penguin's white face/belly. You'll be slowly drawing half an oval on your nail. I used Confetti's White Knights.

Step 4: By using the dotting tool (I used a toothpick), use black to dot in the eyes. I used Confetti's Black Tie.

Step 5: By using a bigger dotting tool (I used a bobby pin), use orange to dot in the penguin's feet. I used Revlon's Peachy.

Step 6: By using the same dotting tool (bobby pin), use orange to carefully create a small horizontal oval in between the eyes. This will be the penguin's beak. I used Revlon's Peachy.

Step 7: Apply a top coat to your nails. If you don't own top coat, then use a clear polish. This seals all the nail polish in and keeps it lasting longer.

Then you're done! Ready to have your own little happy penguin on your nails. (:





















That's it for this tutorial!

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Smile! for [Nail Tutorial] Disney Princess: Week 1

Hello everyone! How was your weekend? I absolutely LOVE Disney. (: The colors, the imagination and the extremely detail oriented designs are just so amazing.

Today I'm introducing that's been on my mind for a few weeks now. The idea came to be because a friend is determined to buy the Disney Princess Designer Doll collection. The collection was introduced at this year's Disney Expo in Anaheim, California, and I must admit, the designers did put a very modern fashion twist to the classic Disney princesses. Take a look for yourself!

(From left to right: Rapunzel from Tangled, Aurora from Sleeping Beauty, Ariel from The Little Mermaid, Snow White from Snow White, Pocahontas from Pocahontas, Jasmine from Aladdin, Belle from Beauty and the Beast, Mulan from Mulan, Cinderella from Cinderella, Tiana from The Princess and the Frog)

Anyways, enough of the introduction..I did some designs for nail art based on these Disney princesses. (: Every week, I will introduce a new nail tutorial based off another princess and maybe even a few other Disney characters. This week I shall be introducing my nail art design version oooof.......

Belle from Beauty and the Beast and here it is! Here are the steps that I used to achieve this nail art.

Step 1: Apply a base coat. If you don't own base coat, then use clear polish because it's better than nothing.

Step 2: Using a pastel yellow, draw three fat vertical lines. I used Revlon's Sunshine Sparkle. This is going to be the ruffly yellow dress on your nails and it should create a scalloped design.

Step 3: Using a more brighter yellow, draw three U-shapes across your nails. I used Sally Hansen's Lightning. This is going to be the brighter yellow ribbon that's near the bottom of Belle's dress.

Step 4: By using a dotting tool (I used a toothpick), dot three golden dots at the tip of where your U-shapes meet. I used Revlon's Gold Coin.

Step 5: Apply a top coat to your nails. If you don't own top coat, then use a clear polish. This seals all the nail polish in and keeps it lasting longer.

All done! (: This nail design would go nice with a Belle Halloween costume. Hope you find your prince, princesses! (;

If you're curious how the Belle designer doll looks, here it is!

She's rather poofy isn't she? Haha. (:

Coinky-dinkly, Jen from frmheadtotoe did a make up tutorial for Belle a few days ago. (: She's such an inspiration! I will add her information in the Colorful Links section below. Even though she got the costume for free, I tried my best to find the cheapest website that had the Belle costume for you all if you wish to be Belle this Halloween or maybe even for a convention. Hope it helps!

[Colorful Tip] Many of Yandy's costumes are under $30 on their website under the Clearance section. Go check it out and maybe you'll find the Halloween costume you'll wear this year. Happy browsing!

That's it for this tutorial!

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Smile! for [Nail Tutorial] Leopard Nails

Hello smileys! In a previous post, I mentioned wanting to try out leopard nails and I finally did today!

I'm not sure why, but instead of leopards, they look like golden Dalmatians to me. Or...baby leopards! Hahaha! :9 Here are the steps that I used to achieve this nail art.

Step 1: Apply a base coat. If you don't own base coat, then use clear polish because it's better than nothing.

Step 2: Put a piece of tape across your nails and firmly check that they're secure. Apply 3 coats of a beige or light tan color. I used NYC's Mulberry Street. (very left)

Step 3: By using a dotting tool (I used a toothpick), dot several dots of gold or brown. I used Revlon's Gold Coin.

Step 4: By using the dotting tool again, use black to draw little c's around the dots of gold/brown. I used Confetti's Black Tie.

Step 5 (optional): Apply a very thin coat of sparkle. I used Revlon's Gold Coin.

Step 6: Apply a top coat to your nails. If you don't own top coat, then use a clear polish. This seals all the nail polish in and keeps it lasting longer.

Then you're done! Ready to go out and prowl the city! (;


















Hope you enjoyed this tutorial. I'm really considering making a YouTube video since this doesn't catch the actual process in the best way. I'm also considering trying out gradient nails. It seems very simple and classy, and after watching Jen from fromheadtotoe's tutorial, it's become a part of my to do list.

gradient nails by fromheadtotoe

This nail art was inspired off of two of my favorite leopard nails that I found on YouTube.

leopard nails by cutepolish

leopard nails by IHaveACupcake at 1:25

For more of these ladies' nail art, I'll link their information in the Colorful Links section below. That's it for this entry! (:

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Smile! for [Nail Polish] Walmart Haul and Review

Happy Friday! How are you all? I went to Walmart yesterday and picked up a few things as well as doing researching for the pricing of nail polish. This is what I picked up!


[Haul]

The total for these two things was $5.71, which I thought wasn't bad.

I've been very eager and looking around for glow in the dark nail polish and when I saw that this one was $2.98, I have to say I was quite excited. On the back of the Salon Perfect bottle they even suggest to "Shake Gently" and "Apply "2-3 coats." Even though the nail polish container looks like bad packaging, there's still an average amount of nail polish within the bottle, so no worries there, although I do wish that the packaging design wasn't so wasteful.

[Colorful Tip] As it turns out, there's a shelf at Walmart of NYC polish that's 93 cents. It was quite clear to me that there were many people to took advantage of this cheap pricing considering there were only 4 bottles left on that part of the shelf.

[Review]

For the cotton pads. They were very soft, but they also come apart quite easily when they're dry. On the other hand, since they were $2.27 for 160 pads, I'd be willing to go back and buy more when I run out, but ideally, I'd like to try some more brands to see which one is more worth while.

For the glow-in-the-dark nail polish, I discovered ups and downs with it because the friendly suggestion on the back of the bottle "Apply 2-3 coats" is a definite understatement. Even with 3 coats, I couldn't see the nail polish very well. Normally when I apply nail polish I wipe the application brush on the inside on both sides, but with this nail polish I had to apply about 8 coats while wiping the brush on one side to give my nails a very heavy coat. And even through all that effort, couldn't get my camera to pick up the glow-in-the-dark effect. Sad. ;^;

[Sidenote] I apologize for the my nails' appearance, they're horrendous because when I cut my nails the other day, I cut them rather shorter than I wanted to. Not going to multi-task when I do that next time. So much for cutting nails and watching How I Met Your Mother at the same time.........

On the bright side, the polish during the day time doesn't give your nails a very strange color, it's a very light, nail-toned color with the small tint of pastel green in some angles. In other angles, it just looks like you just applied clear polish on.





Ideally, this is the polish I'd like to find. (: Isn't it cool?











That's it for this haul and review post! Hope it was informative in some way!

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Smile! for [Nail Polish] Target Haul and Review

That's quite a wordy title..isn't it? I apologize! I'll try to make them more interesting!

Recently, I went to Target and acquired nail polish! (: Here they are! -insert jazz hands-

[Haul and Review]
The total for all three of these was a little under $10.50, which I don't mind since normally the nail polish prices that I see are around $6 or $8 each. All right! So, the line up is....

NYC's Mulberry Street is a light beige that has a little bit of a shimmer to it (left)

Revlon's Sunshine Sparkle is a very creamy transparent pastel yellow. (middle)

Revlon's Gold Coin is a very sparkly gold. I bought it thinking that it'd be a very nice detail color to give the nail art that I want to try out a nice sparkle of color. (left)

At every Target store in the make up section, there's a random shelf somewhere that has nail polish that is less than a dollar! I'm assuming every Target store because all the Targets (total of 7) that I've been to, have it. The quality of the polish isn't any worse compared to the ones I've come across with. (mine and friends' nail polish) So no worries! NYC Mulberry Street (left) was actually 94 cents, which is the polish that I like best from this haul because the brush makes application very user friendly, especially since I'm a nooby at this. ^^''

[Colorful Tip] Revlon polishes are very translucent, so they'd need average about three coats. It's come to my attention of some complaints for Revlon polishes that they chip very easily, but so far I haven't really had any problems with it, but just in case, have a clear coat on top of it to seal it all in. (:

[Plans]
The Revlon Sunshine Sparkle (middle) is for the Despicable Me Minion nail design that I mentioned in the previous post.

Despicable Me Minion Nails by 05saramd

The NYC Mulberry Street (left) and Revlon Gold Coin (right) is for a leopard nail design. Lately, I've been interested in leopard print designs. I wondering if it's a phase, but for now, I have a few pieces in my wardrobe that's leopard print and they make me happy. (:

leopard nails by cutepolish

leopard nails by IHaveACupcake at 1:25

There's a number of leopard nail designs on YouTube, but these are the two that I liked the best. If you're interested in looking at their other stuff, I'll link it in the Colorful Links section on the bottom of this post, as well as 05saramd's info.

I haven't decided yet, but I might post an entry of my entire nail polish stash in the future. Yes? No? Maybe? Well, that's it for this post!

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Smile! for [Nail Polish] 8ty8beauty

My most recent interest has been nail art. Two reasons:

1. You can make such fantastical designs with them!
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2. There's just so many different colors!


According to a YouTube beauty vlogger Jen (will include her information at the end), her blog says that she bought nail polish from a website called:

8ty8beauty.com

I've looked around because I'm comparing prices to buy colors for a Despicable Me minion nail design. Already checked two CVS stores, and planning to check Target, Walmart and possibly Walgreens.

Review of 8ty8beauty.com

So far in my endeavor, it's the cheapest price that I've seen for nail polishes online and they make it pretty easy to search through. Really considering getting some from this website. (:

Normally a bottle ranges from $6 to $12 retail price. I'm a nooby college student, so I apologize that I can't afford these bottles and comment on them, even though I think the colors have great potential to say the least. So considering that the bottles from the website are only $3 a bottle, I am definitely going to be searching more on this website to see if there's anything I can get for future nail designs.

Fun Fact: Even if you're just browsing around on 8ty8beauty.com, you can get a smile out of it when you actually read some of their nail polish names. The one that made me actually LOL was an Orly polish from the Divorcee collection called Take Him To the Cleaners....Pft...Hehe. :3


That's it for this entry! I apologize for the lack of things to say. It's my first review and I just wanted to try it out. Please stay tuned for future blog entries! (: I will update when I get my haul for the nail polishes as well as any other haul that I come across.

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Despicable Me Minion Nails!