Vegas Pizzaz Nails

My roommate's mom and and dad just celebrated their wedding anniversary, and as part of that celebration the whole family went to Las Vegas for the weekend. But before going, her mom and sister stopped by our place and let me spruce up their nails ;)
First up, her sister wanted pink and chevrons. I'd actually bought some chevron nail vinyls, but they didn't get here in time so I ended up hand-panting the chevrons! I used Folk Art black Acrylic paint to create the chevrons, then once I had the design I went over then with a thin layer of Black Shadow to try to smooth and seal. I used A Petal For Your Thoughts (one of my FAVE colors) then asked her if I could improvise a little, and I added a Pinch of Pepper accent nail and a couple of stud that I felt pulled the mani together nicely. I really love this one! (even though it's on the simple side for me ;)
Next up was her mom. When they told me she needed sassy Vegas nails I immediately thought purple and zebra stripes. I used You Glare, I Glow across her nails and used Black Shadow to hand-paint the Zebra stripes. I then used a mixture of craft store glitter and Am I Making You Geish? on her middle finger. I mean, it's Vegas, full of drunk assholes... better make that middle finger sparkle. ;)

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Black & Purple & Bling

Oh man I LOVE the way this one turned out!!

My coworker had originally been throwing around the idea of having some Thanksgiving nails. Then she cut her hair. She got this super cute, super short rocker hair cut and I was like, "OMG SHE NEEDS NAILS TO MATCH!!" She let me go wild on her nails and I. love. them.
This mani is using Black Shadow, You Glare, I Glow (which I bought JUST for this), Little Miss Sparkle (the silvery color. I needed 3 coats for opacity), Concrete Couture (accented over some of the black), and Feel Me On Your Fingertips (accented over some of the purple). I loaded her middle fingers up with studs, used silver Folk Art acrylic paint to hand paint the star, and stamped her ring fingers with Konad black polish and plate M60. Whew! My fiancée and roommate BOTH want this mani ;) I think I'm going to do a variation of it on my fiancée - with black and neon pink. I'm so excited.

BLING!

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