Gather the Masses!

My dearest friends: This is a cry for help.  I love you all sosososo very much, but there's only four of you.  Now, don't get me wrong, you all are worth the world to me, but seeing that little number 4 there, week after week, is a little sad.  So please, tell your friends, family, anybody who likes nail polish, nail art, or other various artsy things.  My URL is http://www.fingertipstap.blogspot.com, so please, share it up!  Love you all :)
~Hannah

Let it Snow!

Never mind, friends! The internet works, so long as I'm really, realllllly patient.  Here's the nails!

Here's the supplies:

4 shades of darkening blues, a silver, a white, a sponge, and something to make lines and dots with.

I used Klean Color's "Mermaid", "Blue Pearl", and "Cobalt", Wet n Wild's "I Need A Refresh-Mint",  and "Silvivor", Maybelline's "Porcelain Party", and NYC 's "Empire State Blue".

First step, polish your nails the lightest blue that you'll be using.  I'm really sorry, but I forgot to take a picture of this step.  I'm sure you can imagine, and the next photo shows what the polish looks like under the second color.  Before you proceed to the next step, wait until your nails are COMPLETELY DRY.  Don't skip this, you'll end up having mashed up polish, and won't be able to get the design to look nice.  

Next step: Paint a bit of the next darker shade of polish onto the makeup sponge, and starting at your cuticle, dab the darker polish down your nail.

The gradient is hard to see here, it's easier in the next photo.

Repeat this step with each shade of blue, progressing until you are putting just a small bit of the darkest blue right at your cuticle.

Allright! Give your nails a bit of time to dry, and then proceed onto the next step.  Place a couple drops of white polish onto an old tupperware lid.  Using the stick, make one white line on your nail.  From there, make a white line crossing that one.  Then make two more, to form a snowflake.

Make one or two snowflakes on each nail, varying in size and position.  Even make a couple that extend off of your nails!

 Like this!

Next, place a couple drops of silver polish onto the lid, and use the stick to place silver dots at the points and centers of all the snowflakes. 

 When you're finished, you should have a design that looks something like this:

Finished!

Now clean up your cuticles and the edges of your nails, and you're finished!  PAM it, and you should be good to go.  

Okay, now that we've finished this, let's see some other pictures!

 Okay, maybe this is a bit excessive...

   Caps :)

For Christmas, I was given twelve new bottles of polish from one line, called Klean Color.  So far, I really like the quality of polish, and the colors are just fantastic.  

Here's the colors I was given

Allrighty everyone, I hope you all have had a wonderful break so far, and I'll see you all back at school!

~Hannah

 

Waiting, My Friends

Hellllloooooooooo, blog family.  For Christmas, I got a TON of new polishes.  No joke, I think I was given at least 15 new colors.  Hooray!  I painted my nails an adorably festive blue, I really did, and I even took pictures.  Sadly, the internet connection here is sooooooooooooooooooooooooo slow that I doubt I'll be able to upload these.  I promise I'll try though, and I hope that you all have had a wonderful time on break so far!
~Hannah

It Was Sad, So Sad...

    My friends, it has been over a month since I last joined you.  This bad, habit, it simply HAS to stop! My most heartfelt condolences.  To repay you, I bought the most fantastic bottle of nail polish I have EVER seen, and now I shall proceed to... GET FESTIVE!!!
  Today I shall share with you my very favorite holiday polish, and I promise that I'll be a blogging maniac over break.  I swear!  Here goes... :)

Materials: Finger Paints' "Primary Color", Wet n Wild's "Silvivor" and "Star of the Show"

Allrighty.  Gather your materials.  You should use a festive color, and then use a metallic that contrasts. For example, because I used red, which is a warm color, I used silver.  If I had used green, a cool color, then I would have used gold.  Polish all your fingernails with the red, and then paint one of your pinky nails silver.  Just one.  

Like this, except try to be a little neater, or else you'll have a lot of cleaning up around your nails to do when you finish your design.

I used two coats of all the polish.  Wait for it to dry a bit, so that it feels tacky when touched, but doesn't  leave fingerprints in the polish or mush it around when you touch it either. Then, use the silver stars to put at least one star on each fingernail except the silver one.  The star polish is quite thick, and a little gloppy, but it's basically a clear coat with confetti in it.  Love it.  

The nice thing about it is that the polish dries very quickly, even though it is very thick. 

Here's the hard part.  Using the red, take the brush and touch it to your pinky fingernail.  Holding the brush still, roll your finger from right to left, and tilt it up a little. This will produce a really smooth, ribbon-like stripe that looks a little bit like a candy cane.  Repeat once or twice, until you are happy. 

Like this!

Allright folks, that's all for today!  Finish up, and you'll have pretty, festive holiday nails to show off for all of winter break.  

Comments make my day! Love you all!

~Hannah

Photography Lag

It just so happens that my classes allow for me to come to Judy's at lunch, and that allows me to finish my photo homework  And because of this, I have time to blog :) Blog, Blog, Blog.  Yes :)  Tonight there will be a post from me and Claire, I guarenteeeeeeee.  Love you all!
~Hannah

A Tidbit Lucky

    The time has come! The nail post which should have been here on last Friday night.... Tah Dah!
    I think these fingernails are lucky.  I had a horse show on Sunday, and I believe that these little tappers really gave me the boost I needed to take home a first and third place.  Maybe they'll have the same effect for you??

 

Materials:  Two contrasting shade of blue polish, a silver or gold, a dotting tool, tape, and an old tupperware lid.

    I used Love and Beauty's "light blue" and "teal/navy".  Also, I used Wet n Wild's "Silvivor".  Polish your nails with the light blue.  I picked blue to do this design because blue ribbons are given out for first place at horse shows.  

    If I remember correctly, this brand took three coats to get the depth of color I was looking for.  For this next step you need to wait until the polish is completely dry. I know it's awfully tempting to just get on with the next step, but you really have to be patient and wait until they dry on their own.  If you don't, the tape will pull off the polish under it too.  Don't PAM them or use quick dry either.  The tape won't stick. 

    Place small pieces of tape on your nails, leaving bits uncovered.  You need to be careful, and be sure that there's still spaces of the light blue left uncovered.  

        Next, use the darker blue to polish over the tape.  Make sure that the blank spaces on your nails are covered with the polish.  

   It'll look like a mess, but don't worry about that.  All you have to do is peel the tape off....

   And voila!  Your nails have really sharp angles and points that you would never have been able to get with those blunt edged polish brushes.  

    Next, put a drop of the silver polish onto the tupperware lid.  Use your dotting tool to make little dots of silver on top of the dar blue.  Think like those lights on carnival rides.  

   Tah Dah!  The final, very lucky product.  This design is fairly simple, but takes a little patience.  I hope you enjoyed!  Comments make my day!

~ Hannah

Break, Glorious Break

Soooooo I painted my nails on Friday night, with every intention of uploading the post over the weekend..... But I was so gosh darn busy with all this horse show stuff that I never got around to it. But now, a plot twist! 5 whole glorious days of eating, family, and sheer time to BLOG!  I can't wait.  Right now I'm off to ride some ponies, but I promise that tonight or tomorrow my nails will be posted and ready for your viewing pleasure.  See you then!
~Hannah
P.S. CLAIRE! Get better already!

Finally Inspired

    Bum bada dum! The long-awaited nail post!  Now, I know what you're all thinking ("Geez Hannah, we wouldn't have to have waited so long, but you just didn't seem able to get your rear in gear and paint those silly  fingernails of yours!").  I PROMISEEEE that I'll be more on top of things this week.  I just wasn't feeling all that inspired!  So now, as I'm typing with my super chic, brand new polish job, I feel pretty gosh darn good about myself.
    Anyways, I went to Forever 21 yesterday, and among other things, I bought tights.  6 pairs of tights, to be exact.  But one of these pairs of tights was special.  They caught my eye, and just like that, I was inspired!  "Immortalize me on your fingernails," they called, "Make me art!"  And so I did.

 They were beautiful...

Little gold studs...

    We begin with materials : Sally Hansen "Sheerly Mauve", Maybelline "Bold Gold", "Porcelain Party", and Top Coat.  You'll also need an old tupperware lid, and something to make dots with.  

Materials

    Start by polishing your nails white.  Only do one coat, it doesn't need to be super thick or look pretty.  This step just helps to cover up any blemishes or flaws in your natural nail and get more consistent color from the neutral tone.  

     Wait a little bit for the white to dry.  This will keep the next coat from looking clumpy and rough underneath.  Polish your fingernails with the neutral tone, I needed two coats to get the color I was looking for.  One less was too light, and one more would've been too dark for my tastes.  To each their own though.

    Put a couple drops of the gold polish onto the tupperware lid.  Using the pencil/cuticle pusher-backer tool/whatever you want to use for making dots, make little gold dots on your nails.  Make them ordered, they shouldn't be just random.  I made two or three dots at the tips of each nail, and placed the next dots in the spaces between them so that I could be sure to have equal space between them.  Think bricks.

     Slap a topcoat on, and you're done!  PAM them after a couple minutes to speed up drying times.

The final masterpiece :)

    Allright everybody!  Thanks for listening, and sorry again for the long wait.  It won't be so long again, I guarantee.  I only have four days of school this week, and two the next. Thank goodness for Thanksgiving!  I'll make a couple posts over the break.  Ya'll take care now!

   Comments make my day!

   ~Hannah

I'm Still Kickin'

Hey y'all :) Sorry it's been so long... I promise I'm not dead.  I've just been otherwise engaged!  All-State, riding, and oodles and oodles of homework have all been simply eating up the hours I have free to paint my poor fingernails.  Hence, the posting's been a little slow.  I don't have school on Monday though, so I promise you'll get a new post by then.  I love you all!
~Hannah

  Before I forget, I'd like to make a birthday shout out to my wonderful friend Claire over at Chalk and Sidewalk.  She was my first follower, and convinced me to start blogging.  Claire; I absolutely adore you!  I hope you had a very happy birthday, and can't wait to see you tomorrow.  I love you!
    All right, now to share some pictures.  The first one's are from the annual Halloween Horse Show at my barn.  Silly pony faces make everyone's day better :)

 A jump, all decked out and Halloweenie.

 Freddy's such a gentleman.

 Oh Henry makes a silly face for the camera

 Look at this little cutie, dressed up as a Knight.  Her horse wore shining armor and was her noble steed.

  That was the horse show... Now here's some from the walk I went on today in the rain.  As long as it isn't too cold, walking in the rain is one of my absolute favorite things. 

 The tree in my backyard.  Sandy blew all the remaining leaves off.

 Berries 

 Still Green :)

 Wet hand railing... It was really shiny.

Such a beautiful color.

And lastly, here's some pictures of my wonderfully adorable puppy in his Halloween costume.  

 He's a lion.  

"Mom, I don't like my hood!" 

  Thats all I have for now.  How did you weather the storm?  What do you like to do on rainy days?

~Hannah

What Hurricane?

 Rain days are the most wonderful things ever.  Getting to sleep in, read a book, blog, and cozy up with a blanket and a cup of hot cider, all without the quilt of feeling like I wasted a snow day.  Does that happen to anyone else?  Not wanting to go outside into the cold, but feeling guilty for not playing in the snow when the wonderful wintery gods give it to us?  Oh well.
  All the rain and gloom outside gave me no choice... I had to bring a beautiful day into my life somehow!  So today's nail post will do just that.  This one's a toughie, but I saw something like it on Pintrest and just had to try it out.  It's kind of a panorama.  However, I only did it on my left hand because frankly, I don't think I'd be able to produce the same results on my right.  No matter though.

  Start with materials:

  From left to right: Wet n Wild "I Need A Refresh-Mint", Wet n Wild "Nerd Alert: Screech", Ruby Wing "Gypsy", Maybelline "Porcelain Party", Claire's "Flashy", Claire's "Marine Blue".  Also, makeup sponge, cuticle pusher, and a tupperware lid.

   Start by painting your nails a light blue (Ruby Wing).  Wait for that to mostly dry.  Then, dipping the chisel shaped end of the cuticle pusher into a couple drops of green, make lines across your entire pinky nail, and about half of the nail on your ring finger.  

Like this.

  Next, use two tones of slightly darkening blues and the makeup sponge to make a slight gradient by dabbing polish lightly onto your nails.  Make it darkest on the top of your pointer finger, and end at the bottom of your middle fingernail.  After it dries for a minute, go ahead and put some clouds on top of that with white.

Its tough to see in this picture... Look at the next step for better visualization.  

  Okay.  That's the hard part.  Taking your cuticle pusher again, dip the wedge shaped end into a drop or two of white and make two lines in the grass.  On top of these, make two v-shapes in purple polish, using the same technique.  Flowers!  That's it! Now if you hold your hand how I have been in the images, you have a miniature beautiful day right at your fingertips.  

Ta-dah!

  To dry faster, spray your nails with PAM or another kind of cooking spray, and gently wipe off.  Finished!  That's all for now.  Comments make my day!

~Hannah

Feeling Dotty

Hello, hello, hello! I know its been a while, sorry 'bout that.  All this high school stuff is incredibly time consuming.  Anyways, here's another nail post! But first.... check out this picture of a sweet potato that I was cutting up for the soup I made!

 Isn't it pretty inside??

All right, I hear you all.  Here's the nails... Materials today are: 

- Two contrasting colors of polish (Black and white works great)

- File or clippers

- Something with a round tip (I use an old pencil)

- Something hard to drip polish on that can get ruined (I use an old tupperware lid)

I used Revlon "Knockout" and Maybelline "Porcelain Party" 

Polish your nails alternating colors.  I did black, 2 white, black, white, black, white, 2 black, white, in order starting from my left pinky nail.  You'll need one or two coats.

Like this!

Let them dry a bit.  Then, put a drop or two of black polish onto the tupperware lid.  Dip the pencil tip into the polish, and gently dot it on one of your white fingernails.  Make lots of little dots, with a higher concentration on the tips and less at your nail beds.  In other words, taper off the dots as you go up your nail.  Don't worry about perfection, it'll look good no matter what! 

You can vary the size of the dots too, like I did here.  

Wipe off the pencil.  Put a couple drops of white polish on the tupperware lid, and repeat this process, but dotting white onto your black nails.  After you finish this, you're done! How easy was that?!?

Tah Dah!!!

I seem to have a horrible habit... I always polish my nails right before I do something that will include me inevitably messing them up.  I do them right before I eat, or shower, or get dressed, and I never seem to have enough time to let them dry, resulting in an ugly, smudgy manicure.  Well, that problem is forever gone, thanks to a wonderful Pintrest article!  If you spray your wet fingernails with cooking spray, and then wipe the oil off gently, your nails will be completely dry! I have NO idea why this works... But it does! So I'm grateful for this newfound phenomenon!

All right folks, thats all for today.  Hope you enjoyed!  Please leave comments and follow, it'll make my day!

~Hannah