Doctor Who Gelish Nails

In honor of the 50th Anniversary special of Doctor Who coming up, my roomie requested Doctor Who nails. I perused the interwebz for ideas and I decided to go with something that wasn't popping up - the infamous scarf!
I used a TON of colors on this one and custom mixed a few using my favorite yellow, Gella in "Lily". I created the blocked scarf gradient across her fingers and did a galaxy nail on her thumb (same colors and methods I used on the Star Trek mani). I then used my new Migi nail art pens to draw a Tardis outline (which I pursed my lips at due to the lines being shaky... before I realized we BOTH have carpal tunnel and our hands were twitching all over the place >D )

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Mini Nail Party

Awesomesauce tutorial requests aside, I've gotten a few requests to do nails! The owner of the gym I go to is determined to come over and have me to her nails and one of my coworkers is coming over on Saturday to get her nails did. In addition, my BFF is in town! We've been spending the past couple of weekends going out, visiting, and having a good time. I offered to give her a Gelish manicure before she leaves, so we decided she'd come over and we'd have a little nail party. However there was one small problem... I don't really HAVE anywhere to DO nails. Honestly, I just sit cross-legged on the floor at my coffee table and do my nails while watching TV.
I decided to remedy this.

I repurposed an L-shaped desk we weren't using into a handy little nail station. It's PERFECT! Neither my BFF or my roomie had to sit on the floor! ;)

First up, my BFF's nails!
So, I was really inspired by a set of japanese nails I saw on Pinterest:

Originally found on ameblo.jp
I loved the colors, the fade, the jewels, and decided to recreate it using My Favorite Accessory, Plum & Done, and Make A Difference. I like how it turned out! However, I really need to figure out the best way to do a fade with Gelish. It's kinda hard and time-consuming. I think I need to practice more on my swatch wheel and figure out the best method.
For my roomie I tried dreamcatcher nails, using Sheek White, Lust At First Sight, and Black Shadow for the nail art. I love the way these nails look! Although it's apparent I need better nail art detail brushes - the more I look at the dreamcatcher the more critical I am of it. I actually JUST ordered what I hope are better nail art brushes, so I hope if I try something like this again I can get better detail with the Gelish polish. Also, I didn't flash cure the polish on a piece of foil before using it for nail art, so that could've resulted in some messy detail as well.

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NailPro Gelish Nail Art Tutorial

So, this has been an interesting couple of weeks!

I did a new fall-inspired mani on myself last weekend and posted it to Instagram with the intent of doing one of my usual write-ups on it. However, before I got the chance to write up a post I received a comment on my Instagram account from NailPro, asking me to do a tutorial on those nail!

Uh, OKAY.
So this past weekend I worked on a photo tutorial for the nails and sent it in... and they decided to use it!!! Check this shiz out!!

NailPro.com: Gelish Fall Nail Tutorial >>

They've also asked me to write up a general tutorial on how to use Gelish which I plan on submitting this weekend. Files this under Super Exciting Stuff!

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