Goodbye acrylic nails, hello fun!

About 6 months ago, I decided to ditch my acrylic nail obsession. Not only was it costly, but damaging to my nails as well! As cute as they were, I said goodbye and soaked them off after a 2 year run with them.

After an excruciating growing out process, my nails were finally back to normal and I could do all sorts of fun things with them!

I first experimented with the sally hansen nail sticker polish. It turned out great! It was super easy and they looked awesome. Only downside was after like one day they started peeling :(

After a while, I was just played around with different color polishes depending on the season or whatever holiday was coming up. I began to get bored and was almost thinking about calling my nail tech to spice up my nails with some acrylis. Until one day, I was playing on pintrest.com (i can spend hours on that site!!) and I came across this:

*http://heynicenails.com/*

According to all i have read about this water nail technique, all you do is choose some different polishes and drop some drops into a cup of water, swirl the colors together and then dip.

It looked so easy and so much fun! I've tried it two times now and i haven't quite gotten it but im going to keep trying to perfect it! heres my first attempt:

I had just gotten the new polishes from china glaze inspired by the hunger games and wanted to try them all at once :)

today, I attempted my second try at it and decided to only do one finger

this time, I just went with a hot summer pink and some black.

Now, I have found that in all the directions, it says to just dip your nail but i think next time I do it, instead of just dipping it in and out of the water, after I swirl the polish, I think I will dip and kind of skim the top then pull it out of the water to see if that works better at keeping the design so it doesn't look like such a blob.

My next thing, is I want to try galaxy nails and caviar nails!

Welcome to a (belated) new year!

Hello friends! I know we are now in March and spring is right around the corner, but I have just realized I have not posted a new entry since October! Wow. Unacceptable!
New Years Resolution for 2012: Post more entries!

With a new year, came some changes! I recently moved to a new place that I love which is in south Fort Myers bringing me a little farther away from work. The "snowbirds" are in full force here in Cape Coral, Florida. The traffic has been crazy lately. If it wasn't for how much they stimulated our economy I would be very annoyed!

Another change for the new year is my hair! I no longer have long flowing locks. I now have sassy short hair! I must say it was a big change but I am absolutly loving it!

also, we added a new member to our family....

Her name is Winnie, and she is a Teddy bear puppy. Yes, teddy bear is really her breed! It's a mix between a Shit-zu and a Bichon.

Now that I have you up to speed, lets talk about hair trends for the Spring!

This season is all about adding new twists to old styles! The retro style waves are all the rage on the red carpet, were seeing more celebrities go for the short Audrey Hepburn pixie cut, the 80's asymmetrical cuts are making a comeback, and braids have been everywhere from the runway to your local schools.

I love how now-a-days anything goes as far as hair and makeup is concerned.

Now that the warmer season is approaching, I am having more requests for highlights and lighter tones. Ombre hair is still a phenomenon because of its low maintenance and high fashion look. Blondes are wearing more platinum, icy blonde tones, redheads are going for more of a vibrant look and brunets are rocking the sun kissed honey highlights.

Since I haven't posted in a while, here is some fun photos of my lovely clients!