am.
I am a makeup artist...
Let's makeup and be friends
professional portfolio: amtendler
twitter: @amtendler
follow my Instagram
email: amdailyface[at]gmail[dot]com
-
Fancy Nails!! - Dripping Gold
Matesse Elite Nail Polish - Mint Ice Cream
Matesse Elite Nail Art Paint - Gold Glitter
OPI - RapiDry TopCoat
1. Apply two coats of Mint Ice Cream to the nails and allow to dry.
2. Apply a good amount of Gold Glitter Nail Art Paint to the tips of the nails. Use the brush to drag the polish down the nail bed in uneven clumps so it looks like the gold is dripping down the nails. This Gold Glitter Nail Art Paint is easy to manipulate with the thin brush and if you use enough polish the first go around you shouldn’t need to do a second coat. Allow to dry.
3. Apply OPI top coat.
-
Fancy Nails!! - Neutral Nails
Deborah Lippmann - Fashion
Deborah Lippmann - Boom Boom Pow
OPI - RapiDry TopCoat
On Monday I went to the CFDA Awards. I wore a bright orange dress so I wanted to keep my nails pretty neutral and minimal.
1. Apply two coats of Fashion and allow to dry.
2. Apply Boom Boom Pow to the base of the nail bed, close to the cuticle. Use the brush to drag the polish up the nail bed slightly so most of the gold glitter is still concentrated at the base of the nail. This polish only extends about half way up the nail.
3. Apply OPI top coat.
-
Fancy Nails!! - Spring Stripes
Butter Nail Lacquer - Wallis
Deborah Lippmann - I’m Not Innocent
Deborah Lippmann - My Old Flame
Matesse Elite - Sunburst
Matesse Elite - Thunderbolt
OPI - RapiDry TopCoat
1. Apply one coat of I’m Not Innocent as a base coat and allow to dry completely
2. With a long, thin nail art brush apply My Old Flame in randomly placed stripes to the nails.
3. Repeat the above step with Thunderbolt, then Sunburst, then I’m Not Innocent, then Wallis. Try not to put the red and yellow polish next to each other, it kinda looks like McDonalds colors otherwise.
5. Allow to dry and paint with a top coat
-
Fancy Nails!!
L.A. Girl - Black Matte
Matesse Elite Nail Art Paint - Black
Small black rhinestones
MASH Nail Art Tweezers
I saw a photo of matte black polish a week ago and was like I. need. to. own. that. now. So now I do because that is how shopping on the internet works.
1. Apply two coats of black matte polish
2. Using a nail art tweezers, hand lay small black rhinestones over the nail of each ring finger until they are completely covered. This is going to take some patience. The polish may start to dry, if it does use a dot of black nail art paint on the spot where you are placing the rhinestone.
3. Once all the rhinestones are applied press them with your finger to make sure they are firmly set into the polish.
Note: Only use a top coat if you have a matte top coat, otherwise it will ruin the matte finish.
-
Fancy Nails!!
Deborah Lippmann - Lady Is A Tramp
OPI - Suzi Takes The Wheel
Matesse Elite Nail Art Paint - Black
Matesse Elite Nail Art Paint - White
Small rhinestones
OPI - RapiDry Top Coat
1. Apply one coat of Suzi Takes The Wheel to the nails and allow to dry.
2. Apply Lady Is A Tramp diagonally across half of the nail bed and allow to dry.
3. Apply stripes of white Nail Art Paint to various parts of the nail bed.
4. Apply stripes of black Nail Art Paint next to or on either side of the white stripes. Do something different on each nail.
5. Using a pointed tweezer apply four or five rhinestones in a diagonal line over each nail.
6. Apply OPI topcoat.
-
Fancy Nails!!
Deborah Lippmann - I’m Not Innocent
Deborah Lippmann - I Love The Nightlife
Matesse Elite Nail Art Paint - Black
OPI - RapiDry Top Coat
1. Apply two coats of I’m Not Innocent to the nails and allow to dry.
2. Apply black Nail Art Paint to the tips of the nails and use the thin point of the brush to make spiked strips down the nail bed.
3. Apply I Love The Nightlife only over the black part of the nail tips.
4. Apply OPI top coat to the nails.
-
Fancy Nails!!
Sally Hansen Salon Effects Real Nail Polish Strips - Laced UpThis is my first time applying nail polish strips and oh man, it was so much harder than I was expecting! I’m not going to detail the steps because they come with good detailed instructions, but I will say don’t expect this to be easier than actually painting your nails. Luckily they give you extra strips in the package because I ended up using all of them due to 3 initial misfires. I think with practice it will get a lot easier and I do think they look really cool!
