Ladybugs in the Sun

I am so happy with how these turned out.  Now I have happy nails on both my hands (I have teddy bears on my right hand).  I started with Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow and then it's all acrylic paint following instructions by Robin Moses for Multicoloured Ladybugs here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuE4YeRLejQ,  What really makes me so proud of these is the fact I got the little antennae to look really thin.  I'm finally losing my heavy hand.  YAY!

Teddy Bear Nails

I decided to take inspiration from a snuggly warm sweater I've had for years.  My ring finger had a few coats of Sally Hansen Smooth and Perfect Air 06 (it needed a few coats to get it opaque) and the rest just have a base coat.  I then used my blue acrylic paint mixed with white to get various shades and made cute little teddy bears on my nails and black for their eyes and little noses.  I love them and they really boosted my spirits today as February is a very rough month for me.

Robin Moses black and gold flowers

It took me a while to decide what to put on my off hand after doing my Chinese New Year nails.  So I looked to Robin moses and found this design,  I used my dotting tools for the flowers and my paint brush for the stems and leaves. For an off hand design I'm pretty happy with the turn out.  I started with Sally Hansen Xtreme wear Golden-I and then used black acrylic polish for the rest.  It didn't take long, I just wish I had better placement with these dotting tools. Also my cat joined my photo session so I took one with her as the background.  :-)
Tutorial found here although I just following the picture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v_87-MP8hk

Chinese New Year - Goat

So I just learned as I'm posting my pics to my facebook account (https://www.facebook.com/NailArtByCynthiaMinns) that it's not the year of the ram but of the goat.  So much for the ram on my thumb but I digress.  I love doing Chinese new Year nails.  I remember doing the snake and the horse and loved the way they turned out, although the Chinese characters can be a bit tedious to learn properly.  I started with only the ram goat on my thumb and the symbol on my ring finger but when I was home sick with the flu I added a few more designs with the crackers on the pinkie, flowers on the middle and my feeble attempt at one of the lanterns on my index finger.  Ah well, as a combination they look great and I love them.  Red (Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Diamonds and Rubies 360) and gold (Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Golden-I 485) just look really classy on nails.
nb.  please note that Sally Hansen red bleeds so I always use 2 base coats before applying.

50 Shades of Grey by Robin Moses

After doing valentine nails I wanted to do some water marble nails on my dominant hand.  Well, that failed so I tried a Robin Moses no water watermarble and also fail, I then tried the technique I used for spider web nails... yup fail so here are the 50 Shades of Grey nails by Robin Moses.  They are easy to do and I have done them before but just did one tone of grey, these have 3.  The base is Sally Hansen 850 Pumping Iron and they grey colours are black and white acrylic paints mixed as shown in the tutorial here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGW8Wmhw8qo

Valentine miscellaneous nails

I started my design with OPI Pink Friday except the White nail which is Sally Hansen Nearly Nude 1 Natural White then I used my acrylic paints to create the design of each nail.  I even got one of my brushes cut down a bit as it was getting a bit shaggy in places.  The heart and infinity symbol was inspired by a necklace a friend has and the love letter envelope is credited to jjooyoo.tumbler.  The others I found on the internet without any credit although I do know Robin Moses did the heart beat sign in a few designs.  I hope you like them and they inspire you during this time of love and romance.

Negative Space Nails

So decided to try this new nail art technique where part of the nail is a neutral colour and the rest is a design focusing or surrounding that blank space.  I did some simple stuff, but for having to paint something in reverse I think they came out pretty well.  I used a Sally Hansen Ceramic nail polish Porcelain Ivory for my base and white acrylic paint for the outlining.