Tattoos

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After getting the Floss Gloss Princess of the Night collection, I knew instantly I had to do tattoo nails. The shade Faded is inspired by the color of faded tattoo ink so it would work perfectly :)

I first painted two coats of Dinge, and nude polish with a slight hint of pink. Once it dried I began searching for inspiration for the tattoo designs! For the “Nail Life” nail, I google image searched old english font and tons of options came up as a reference! Used my favorite nail art brush and began painting.

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Chain Link

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Was feeling inspired to do something simple today…turned out a little more complex than I intended! These nails were all done with Red Carpet Manicure gels, Inglot glitters, and nail foil from a local beauty supply shop (they’re online too!). The possibilities were gel are just the same as regular nail polish, and they will last over twice as long! I do designs with gel the same way as regular polish: apply gel to foil as my palette, use a nail art brush and paint my designs. Also, using gel to encase glitters makes your nails so smooth, perfect if you don’t like texture!

What I Used:
Red Carpet Manicure Gel in Love Those Baby Blues and Black Stretch Limo
Inglot “Nail Art and Body Spangles”
Black Nail Foil

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Football

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(L to R: San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders, Minnesota Vikings, and San Diego Chargers)

Its my favorite time of year! Fall, that is, not football :) Thought I would pick a few teams and paint their logos on my nails for all of you that are into football! Other than the Vikings (my dad’s favorite team), the rest were chosen at random based on the fact they are California teams.

This one hand took me about 3 hours!

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Jeremy Scott Inspired

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After NYFW I wanted to do some fashion inspired nail art. I was searching around the internet and came across some looks from Jeremy Scott‘s show…I loved all the colors and vibrant prints!

I used tons of different colors for this design, but the black is Floss Gloss Black Holy. You may be thinking “a black nail polish is just a black  nail polish…” but since I use black the most often in my designs, I have to find a good one! This particular polish needed 1 coat on my index finger…only 1 coat!! It also made for some great nail art since it was so opaque :) New favorite!!

See below for the looks I was inspired by…

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Have you done any fashion week inspired nails?

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Hawaii

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After spending last week in Hawaii (Oahu, specifically), I wanted to do a little homage to my trip! I had a fantastic time and I can’t get over how beautiful it was there. I did tons of hikes and spent time at many beaches…can’t wait to go back again!

I began painting all of my nails with OPI My Vampire is Buff, an off white/nude color, and my index finger with Floss Gloss Tanlines. Once my base color dried I began the nail art with one of my new favorite nail art brushes – this Orly Detailer Brush. I love how its made of metal so the acetone remover won’t affect it. While it is a little more pricey than others I have used, the quality is amazing and I’m glad I found it at my local nail art supply shop.

Once the designs were completed, I topped the nails off with Seche Vite Top Coat!

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Update!

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So you may notice a little change to my blog! I have updated not only my logo…but the website is now chelseaqueen.com (previously chelseasgetnailed.com) to go along with my twitter & instagram accounts. This is something I’ve been wanting to do for a while and I’ve finally bit the bullet and switched over.

Going to chelseasgetnailed.com will redirect over here, so not a major change. But I’m happy to say that all my social media matches up and it makes it easier to find me :)

xoxo

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Reptilian

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I’ve been wanting to try a different take on the french manicure, as opposed to your typical pink and white color palette. I came across a super cute journal at Target a few weeks ago with this reptilian pattern on it (unfortunately I can’t find it anywhere online! :( )

What I Used:
-OCC Pool Boy
-OPI Glints of Glinda
-Essie Good As Gold

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Cult Nails Chevrons

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Been a busy past couple of weeks for me! After getting back from a 2 week long trip, a couple days later I took the state board exam and I am now a licensed manicurist! I’m so excited to begin this journey…from starting out posting nail art photos on tumblr to making a career out of my passion :) So, thank you all for your patience these past few months as I’ve been busy with nail school (and trying to enjoy my summer break! :) )

The combination of these gorgeous Cult Nails polishes made the perfect nail art! Loved how pigmented they were, so when painting a design I only had to go over it once (versus doing a couple coats!). I was going to do another design on my pinky nail, but I loved Party Time so much I wanted to showcase it.

Cult Nails is having a deal where you buy three, get the fourth polish free! Definitely a good deal if you want to try out these polishes (Coupon code: BIRTHDAY3)

What I Used:
-Party Time
-Be Loco
-Riot
-Tempest

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