Saturday, April 23, 2011

ElleandBlair.com - How to stop biting your nails...

I love these girls ! And I especially love this post of theirs....enjoy !  x,Linda

ElleandBlair.com How to stop picking your nails !

Monday, April 18, 2011

~ Week 18 of 2011 ~ Clay Canes & Lady Gaga inspired Bling nails !

pre-sliced Emoticon Clay Clanes
 Clay Canes are so cool !
There are so many....fruits, flowers, fishys, just to name a few ! This week the ladybug and bumblebee were so popular. They usually come in a small stick and them I have to slice them super thin but I found these beautiful canes pre-sliced courtesy of Kennick Kreations and boy was I impressed with their detail and quality. I little on the pricey side but well worth it. I needed them in a hurry and they had them shipped out on a Monday and got them on Wednesday morning. All canes are hand rolled by Bonnie herself. Her and her husband make all kinds of cute and pretty things. I think you'll be impressed with their stuff. For more info check out their blog Kennick Kreations Blog
Rosie's fruit saladRosemarie always allows me to get creative with her nails fashion of the month..this visit I knew exactly what I wanted to do. Each nail was a little different with a white tip glitter fade in lime, lemon, tangerine and a pink melon. We used kiwi's, lemons, limes, pink grapefruits and watermelons !

Wendy's Bugs...lol !
 When Wendy walked in, the first thing she said to me was "You got bugs ??" ...huh..?? ah, no, I'm not having any problem with "Bugs" at this time...( living in Geneva Florida there was a time in the late fall that we did have a seriously bad time with love bugs ) ...I thought what a weird question to ask...lol..! Well she meant the clay canes ! Oh we had a good laugh at that !! We did the bugs on her nails, labybug and bumble bee's, butterfly's and miss Wendy loves purple. So we did a purple and pink glitter acrylic fade foundation with embellished bugs and flowers.

Clay Clanes

Bling is always in especially when Lady Gaga comes to town ! I did 5, count 'em, 5 of the same silver Bling fades and 2 silver Bling fades tipped with a slight fade of turquoise ....I did them over natural nails so  of course I used a base and top of Shellac...so beautiful !
Shellac Bling



Bling Nails
Sorry this picture is a little fuzzy but it still show off the bling...Candace brought her sweet sister in for your "not so typical" prom nails, her dress was silver so of course we bling'd her out in super silver confetti flakes with matching rockstar toes and all ! Candace liked it so much she had to "ditto" !! Thanks girls...:)






Amanda saw Brittany's Leopard over neon acrylic last week and had to have the spots !!! Animal prints are always a favorite ! But I got to do something on Amanda I've always wanted to do on my nails , a glitter tip blend of copper, chocolate and gold colored glitters with leopard spots all over them....honestly we tried several poses with multiple backgrounds and just could not capture the full beauty of these gorgeous nails...I used a combo of black and gold acrylic paint for the spots....

Acrylic Glitter tips with Leopard spots


These are my  favorites of last week, I hope you've enjoyed looking at them as much as I enjoyed doing them ...To schedule an appointment visit my website http://www.NailsDoneRight.com For iphone and ipod users visit my blog http://www.NailsbyLindaReyes.com









Last but not least...I got to see my fab friend Jessica ! I love my Jess ! She was with me back in 2005 when my multi color and glitter tip creativity started a whole new trend here in the little ole town of Oviedo. These Oviedo HS girls went crazy ! Unfortunately I was a one woman show and scheduling apts on a regular basis with me was not their thing. So when they went to the Non Standardized Salons (NSS or discount salon) they requested stuff like I did. Most of those salons are closed now due to the "non" recession & I'm still standing strong & better than ever...and my miss Jess is one very loyal fan...I love you Jessica, thank you so much for everything ! Here's what we did Friday morning..a neon version of her Earth Day Birthday Sweet 16 Bob Marley style nails we did a few years back, xox
Hot Pink & Neon Yellow Acrylic 
Sweet 16 Earth Day Birthday nails

Monday, April 11, 2011

OPI Black Shatter , Birthday Nails & Neon Fun !!!


Brittany's Neon Acrylic with Leopard spots !
My darling Brittany really lets me do my thing ! Months ago she saw a photo of nails I had done on myself  last summer and had to have them for her Spring Break vacation to Jamaica...needless to say we've had several fun visits working with her original neon palette ....

Acrylic Glitter Fade with Neon accents These are my nails from last summer....
Neon Acrylic Fun tips !




 These are Britt's nails...we adapted a more suitable length for her considering she's a teacher and a basketball coach...true story !
She loved her neon so much and wasn't ready to do a complete change up so we filed all the 3D drops down and put OPI's Black Shatter all over her neon tips ! It rocked !!









Here's one done in white Crackle....

China Glaze White Crackle over Acrylic
For 3 weeks everyone had to have a piece of the crackle ! Nails, toes & most of the time on both !I had to keep 2 dozen in stock at all time ! The OPI Katy Perry collection really took off !! I have to admit, the OPI Black Shatter looks amazing over anything !! Watch out girls...OPI Pirates of the Caribbean Collection with Silver Shatter hits stores this MAY !!! 
OPI Back Shatter over multi color polish base

OPI Katy Perry Collection   
OPI Glam Slam with Black Shatter and Simply Smashing
OPI Simply Smashing with Black Shatter by Serena Williams is exactly that, smashing dahling ! Did you all know that Serena Williams not only holds many numerous tennis Grand Slam titles & championships but also a fashion line and is going to nail school to become a certified licensed nail specialist ?!? She's an all-around champion !! Luv ya girl !!
OPI Black Shatter over Acrylic Neon tips 


Birthday Nails have really become a big deal lately ! My girls do mega searches on the web and find me some of the coolest pictures of nails ! Most of these photos are from Japan ...& Betsey Johnson always has way cool nails on the runways !!






Jeannine's Birthday nails rocked the O-town scene...this girl has top notch what's hot now fashion sense !! And she's quite the trend setter in nail fashion, her girls just gotta have the cool too !!
Jeannine's Fabulous Birthday Nails !
 You name it,she brought it !! Stones , Studs and oh those bows, lol !!! Oh & they stayed on...maybe a little to long for her liking, lol...!



Birthday Nails with Minx, candy, studs & bows
Brittany's Bling.....we had to match the cell phone case...hahaha

Silver Acrylic Bling with Zebra

Imagine a bright Kelly Green with a neon Celedon...put them together and what do you get ?? Fabulous St Patrick's Day nails ! These were amazing to see !!

St Patrick's Day Acrylic Glitter Fade
So many have picked this one photo out and said " I want those !" Well these are Brandi's nails, she loves blue & almost every time picks  three colors...Bright Blue, turquoise and purple....these really did turn out amazing...and she rocked them for four weeks ! Love ya ms BmyNeeka
Brandi's Acrylic Bling with fishscales
I hope you all have enjoyed looking through these photos of my mini works of art as much as I have enjoyed doing them ...I'm thankful every day of all the many blessings that come my way & believe in sending it all back out there for all to share....my personal secret of life.....think positive thoughts, speak positive words and create positive actions.....love 2 all <3

Spring into P!nk !!!

Shellac Negligee with Fuchsia Bling !
Wow, this week everyone wanted pink , pink and bright p!nk...Sparkly pink, bright fuchsia and silver and pink...Spring Fever is upon us !!!  

Shellac Tutti Frutti with Akzentz Pink Aurora Crystal
Hand painted p!nk camo
I had a request for pink camo this week and I have to say it turned out pretty darn good for my first attempt ! The client loved it and rocked it with her pink camo shirt & apron !! Thank you miss Cyndi, 2009 Swamp Sweetie !



Acrylic Bling
These are miss Alita's hot fuchsia Bling acrylic nails...after many years of doing her nails we always do something very blingee put this time i out did my self , so she said, and I quote; "I love my nails so much I want to marry them !" ...lol, thankx Alita


Prom season is in full swing here in Florida and although I have done many I only have 1 photo.

OPI Axxium overlay tipped with Axxium Kyoto Pearl , OPI lacquer in Need Sunglasses? with yellow glitter sprinkles

Here's a perfect shot of beautiful miss Nicole showing of her new prom nails and her gorgeous princess style lemon chiffon gown....

OPI Need Sunglasses over OPI Axxium overlay 



















And as to be expected, Minx is a HoT trend all year round....this is a new print in Minx Professional for Marian Newman Silver Hollows....a super electric holographic silver base with cool black swirls throughout


Minx Professional in Silver Hollows



       

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