Black zebra nails

 

~Kaitlin

Teal zebra nails

~Kaitlin

Feather Painting

~Kaitlin

Teal feather nails

The other night I had my best friend Katie come over and ask if I could paint her nails. She then went on about how she really liked feathers and wanted me to try it. Now it has been years since I've painted anyone's nails but my own, but I gave it a shot! Turns out she loved it :)

I used

teal nail polish (even though it looks green in the picture)
black detailing polish
silver sparkle detailing polish
Clear polish

1. Paint nails with two even coats of the teal. Let dry

2. With one long stroke begin the feather. This will be the "stem". Then starting from the bottom of that stem, make short, thin even strokes to make the feather complete.

3. Accent the base of the feather with the silver glitter

4. Finish with a clear top coat!

~Kaitlin

Purple glitter nails

This look has caught my attention so I thought I might try it! I used:

Dark purple nail polish
White nail polish
Coarse purple craft glitter
Clear nail polish

1. First I combined the two nail polish colors

 

2. I applied a nice even layer on all the nails.

3. While the polish was still wet, I applied the coarse glitter on the fourth finger. Applied a clear coat to make it more sticky, and repeated until the glitter was fully covering the nail.

4. Apply a clear coat on the rest of your nails!

 

  

~Kaitlin

Rainbow Nails

First paint your nails with a clear base coat. This will ensure the polish will stay much longer. After this dries apply a white coat of paint. Pick several colors of paint and drop little drops of the color on the nail. With a straw, blow some air to allow the color to disperse. Run your nails quickly under hot water for the color to mix and combine. Apply a clear coat on top!

   

 

~Kaitlin

Renovated Frames!

So years ago I bought several plain white frames from IKEA. I put them under my bed and forgot about them! Just recently I pulled them out and thought to myself "These need an update to match my dorm..." SO here is what I used!!

Acrylic Paint
Painters tape (for the teal frame)
A stencil (for the purple frame)
Black Puff Paint
Make up sponge (for the purple frame.

  

One frame I taped off sections to make little triangles. I painted of the exposed area with teal paint. Let dry then peal the tape off. Cover rough edges with black puffy paint!

For the next frame I placed a stencil over it, and with the make up sponge, sponge on the purple paint. Let dry, and trace edges with the black puff paint!

 

 

~Kaitlin 

A little bit of love

So as you can probably tell from one of my recent decor posts, teal and purple are the new color combos in my dorm (not to mention white, silver, and black... the classics!) I took this wooden lettering, that looked outdated, and did not match anything in my dorm, and gave it a little makeover! Here is how I did it!

Tools:

Wide sponge paint brush
2 colors of acrylic craft paint
some old lace
a makeup sponge
           

1. I took my purple paint and applied a nice base coat (or 2 or three base coats! The red was pretty dark) with the large sponge brush.

2. I waited a few minutes for the paint to dry and wrapped the letters in some old lace. (I believe it was an old table cloth from goodwill... score!)

3. I dipped my makeup sponge in the teal paint and evenly worked it over the lace. In some spots I applied the paint a little more generously so the effect would be cooler.

Dorm room approved!!

~Kaitlin

Salmon, Black, and Silver nails

This look is extremely easy!

1. I put a base clear coat on my nails

2. I apply two coats of the salmon pink, or whatever color your little heart desires!

3. I let the second coat of pink fully dry for at least 10 minutes.

4. I make one, two even sweeps across my nail bed with Kisses black detailing nail polish

5. Dot along the line with the desired amounts of dots with the tip of the detailing brush

6. Whichever lines do not contain the dots, shadow them with Kisses detailing silver glitter nail polish

Vwala! professional looking nails! Enjoy :)

Kaitlin

Dorm crafts

Supplies needed:

Acrylic paint
Paint Brush
Stencil  of your choice
Objects around the house to repaint
*Puff Paint
*Painter's Tape

*optional

Any household object can be spruced up!