SNOWFLAKE NAIL ART DESIGN | Winter Nail Art Design

I found my long lost SD card and I can finally post the pics of the nail art designs I did around 2 months ago. lol. But hey, it is still technically winter so these designs are still wearable. I used Orly's "Winter Wonderland" which was a tad sheer after two coats, so I used a white base color to make the polish more opaque. The products are listed in the order I used them below ...

Base White Color: Sinful Colors "Tokyo Pearl" (1 coat)

2nd White Color: Orly "Winter Wonderland" (2 coats)

Snowflake Image: BM 14 (Bundle Monster)

Black Stamping Color: Konad Special Polish "Black Pearl"

January Favourites

 Since it's basically the beginning of the year, I'll keep these short.

Fyrinnae's Pixie Epoxy

I love this product. It makes eyeshadow a lot more vibrant and last for a lot longer. I can't see it running out any time soon, you get a really decent amount of product for the price. Great product.

Urban Decay 24/7 Eyeliner in "Zero"

I ration my use of this, because it's so soft it's easy to use too much, but it really does stay on until you want to take it off. It's seriously black and doesn't tug or anything along the lash line.

Seche Restore

A life saver for those grim, seized up polishes. Seriously pricey though. I was lucky to get it for a Christmas present, but you don't need to use a lot of product so again this should last me a long, long time. I use a couple of drops at most for the average bottle.

eBay Nail Art Brushes

This was one of the best finds so far! A cheap set of nail art brushes that don't fall apart the moment you take them out of the packet and that do the job properly. What more could you ask for?

Nail Arts for Events

Nail Art Decals

Wanna have gorgeous nails??
then CALL BIANCA NOW!!


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call or text: +63917 3474541
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Hi, I'm Bianca Santos, owner of Nail Art Decals. Nail Art Decals do "ON-CALL" service. You can contact me now and book for your event or for your fingernails to be done. We do cleaning, putting sequences, gorgeous and very attractive designs, simple polishes, etc... Nail Art Decals don't use machines or computers to make nail designs, we use brushes and all manually. We want you to have the unique way of having your fingernails designed.



Nail Art Designing takes for only 15 mins to do. So, you will not get bored for waiting too long in having your nails design.

Nail Art Decals do their service not only in Metro Manila area but in other places too!

Nail Art Decals is a company that deals with designing nails. We do special events and occassions like:
* PARTIES (kiddie party, teens party, girls night out, etc...)
* WEDDINGS
(bridal shower, entourage package, wedding guest's nails, etc...)
* DEBUTS
* EXHIBITS
* EXPOS
* CORPORATE EVENTS
* AND OTHER EVENTS
( name any event and Nail Art Decals will do it! )

Wedding Package:

P10,000.00 Nail Arts for hands and feet with Manicure and Pedicure

Includes:
Bride plus 5 Entourage
Manicure and Pedicure
Hand Nail Arts
Toe Nail Arts
Any design for nail arts
- Bride can submit her own desired design for her wedding.
For bride: Can do nail extension if desired and can make nail arts different design from entourage.
For entourage: All same designs for uniform nail arts. So that it will look clean and they have same designs like their gowns.

*Nail Arts will be done 1 day before the wedding.
*All materials are included.
*Transportation Fee are not included.
*For every additional guest will be P800 per head and nail art for hands only with basic cleaning.


Other Event Packages:


Nail Arts by hand:
Minimum Hour: 3 Hours – P 3,000.00
6 Hours – P 5,000.00
Every Additional Hour – P 800.00

*Unlimited Nail Arts for everyone.
*Number of clients will be depending on what designs they want.
*All materials are included.
*For fingernails on hand nail arts only.
*Manicure or cleaning not included.
*Transportation not included.
*2 nail technician included.



Nail Arts by Nail Art Printer or Machine:
Minimum Hour: 3 Hours – P 5,000.00
Every Additional Hour – P 2,000.00

*Unlimited Nail Arts for everyone.
*Number of clients will be depending on what designs they want.
*All materials are included.
*For fingernails on hand nail arts only.
*Manicure or cleaning not included.
*Transportation not included.

We also do even without events or occasions. Like per guest.
*Charges are per head.


Prices for per head:

** Manicure without polish.......P 100

** Manicure with plain polish....P 200

** Pedicure without polish.......P 100

** Pedicure with plain polish....P 200

** Nail Art (without cleaning)
Hands........................P 700
Feet...........................P 650

** Nail Art (with cleaning)
Hands........................P 800
Feet...........................P 750

** Nail Art for Hands and Feet (Without Cleaning): 1200 pesos ONLY
Includes:
- Any design (with stones, stickers, FIMO)
- Swarovski stones and acrylic not included.

** NAIL ART DESIGN WITH CLEANING (Hands and Feet): P1800 ONLY!! (with warranty)
Includes:
- Any design (with stones, stickers, FIMO)
- Swarovski stones and acrylic not included.
-If within 1 week and nail arts get chipped or got broken, we will do it again free of charge.
-Same design.
-Case to case basis, not valid for "on-purpose" damage case

** NAIL ART DESIGN WITH CLEANING (Hands and Feet): P1500 ONLY!! (without warranty)
Includes:
- Any design (with stones, stickers, FIMO)
- Swarovski stones and acrylic not included.



**Please be aware that we don't remove "ingrown fingernails" on toes or fingernails to prevents infections and wounds.




If you want to have your nails done..just book us now!!

Contact us at +63917 3474541 and look for Bianca.

Email us at: bianca@nailartdecal.com

Visit our websites at:
www.nailartdecal.com
www.nailartdecals.blogspot.com




CALL NOW!!
www.nailartdecal.com
www.nailartdecals.blogspot.com
email at: bianca@nailartdecal.com
call or text: +63917 3474541
look for: Bianca

Color-your-lips

Women like to wear lip color, a little lipstick can make a person beautiful. Her makeup is not complete without lip color. You should know the proper way to apply lip color, or not be able to produce the desired effect. You should always use a shade that suits you. Never choose a color just because people go crazy about him.

Tips for longer stays Lip Color

A lip color that stays on your lips is something that everyone dreams. But in fact, we find that the lip color fades when we drink or eat anything. Here are some tips that will ensure that your lipstick on. First you must know that it is better to put your lipstick in the refrigerator. This will make your color last longer. You will notice that your refrigerator has a separate box for cosmetics storage.

Magic with Lip Liner

Always line your lips with a lipstick that matches your lipstick shade. Then, cover your mouth thoroughly with the coating. This will act as a base and color to join. Use lip color on top and you're ready. If you use a light shade of lip color, then the first coat your lips with a neutral color lip liner.

Durable Gloss

You must remember that if you like to use lip gloss that will not last long. But if you still want to wear it, so you must first use all the lips on your lips and add shine. Thus, it will be long.

Advice for midlife women

Older women should be careful while lipstick. They should stick to lip color that have a creamy base. They should use natural colors and earth and stay away from shades shiny, matte or structured.

UV Lamp: Harmful or Not?

UV Lamp

UV Lamp, is it harmful or not? Some people says it's not harmful while some people say it can kill you. Why is that? You can find it out in this blog.

UV Lamp also known as Ultra Violet Lamp. This is usually used in nail salons or nail technicians to dry their nail polishes or cure gel nails or polishes.

A lot of women nowadays are in the line of trend for gel nails and nail arts or just having their fingernails colored and stand out the crowd. Women are vain thus they always want to look beautiful everyday in every way. But, what they do not know is by using such material, it can give them severe illness thus can cause death if not treated.

According to Dr. Richard Langley, director of research at Dalhousie University's dermatology division in Halifax, "The scientific evidence that UV nail lights used in the dryers can cause cancer are both direct and indirect." He pointed to published case reports of young women with no family history of skin cancer and little evidence of sun damage who developed skin cancers on their fingers around their nails after regularly using UV nail dryers. Lab investigations and clinical studies have also found UV can cause skin cancer, he noted.

UV Lamps are also the same as a tanning bed which can not only make your skin older, it can also give you skin cancer. Women do not think that it is harmful because we just use it for our nails but you do not know is the the UV Light is also going direct to our skin same as the tanning bed.




"The nail drying lights emit UVA rays, which can penetrate the skin much more deeply" explains Dr. Marcy Street, a board certified Mayo Clinic trained dermatologist and first female African American MOHS surgeon in the country. "These lights are considered as dangerous as tanning beds when it comes to the skin. The problem is that not enough has been done to educate the public about them because they are only thought of as dryers for nail polish."

A study last year in the Archives of Dermatology found that two cases of healthy middle-aged women without family histories of skin cancer who developed non-melanoma skin cancers on their hands. The report linked the cancers to UV nail lights. Arch Dermatol. 2009;145(4):447-449.


Doctors say that you can lessen the lights that been projected to your skin by wearing gloves or putting towel or some barriers around your skin. You can also put sunscreen on your skin. But these methods as they say is not enough to prevent skin damage from the UV Light.

Best way is to not use UV Lamps in drying your nail polish. If you really need it, you can use it not too much and remember to protect your skin from the the rays of the UV light. You can always use a fan dryer to dry your nails or just wait until your polish are completely dry.


In general, the more exposure you have, the more risk you have of developing skin cancer from UV Lamps, so again, you decide, UV Lamp: Harmful or Not?





I would like to acknowledge News9 Oklahoma City for the video
Nail Dryers Could Increase Risk of Skin Cancer


I would also want to thank DermTV.com with Dr. Neal Schultz for the video
Are UV Nail Dryers Dangerous [DermTV.com Epi #219]

GOSH "Orange Drops"

These pictures are actually quite colour accurate!


It's pretty sheer, but I expected that much. It looked sheer in the bottle. The picture is about four coats.

I like it, but I think next time I'll go for a different colour :P

Studio 15 Piece Brush Set Review

It's not a good 'un.

 So this is the brush set, all rolled up and that. Looking pretty innocuous.

 Fifteen brushes in total. My mum bought this like last year to give to me for Christmas this year, as it was reduced at the time from like £10 to £7, or something like that. I'm not totally accurate on the prices as this was a gift. You can buy brush sets on eBay for like a fiver, some of which I've been interested in. I'm sure they'll do better than this set, let me tell you.

Still, it's not all negative. The fan brush was a lot thicker than expected, which means it is good for applying pigmented blushes with a light hand, or for brushing away fallout.

That was it.

Seriously.

These ferrules came away from the handle the moment I removed the brushes from the packet. I am not lying.
There is a slight backstory to my first opening of this set. I was soaking my feet in a bucket (lmao, awkward) and decided to inspect the brushes while I waited. In typical fashion, I managed to drop the entire set into the bucket...yes, really. So I rescued them from their impromptu dunking, which only lasted about a second. I dried them off and left them in the air for a day or so.

When I came back to fully road test them, removing them one by one from the roll, I discovered that the four brushes above...were as they were. I was furious, and promptly double checked the rest of the brushes by giving them a small tug of the sort that might be expected when washing it or something.

 

A further four brushes lay beheaded. Great. Which left...

 Just seven brushes. Seven brushes out of fifteen were sturdy. Not good, Studio. Not good.

I've considered the possibility that the dunking was to blame, and I've discounted it. Brushes should at least withstand vigourous washing, which the drop into the bucket wasn't even up to, force wise. 

Not nearly enough glue to hold the ferrule in place. I've just glued all of mine back togther, and so far they're going strong. Why is my glue job better than Studio's? -.- Not impressed.

 Within the brushes there is plenty of fail, too. You see the green in that brush? What on earth is green doing in that brush? That's just weird.
On closer inspection, it looks like dried grass. It was relatively easy to remove by pulling it.

In my hand, it does indeed look like dried grass of some description. Wtf. What is dried grass doing in a make up brush?

The eyeliner brush is pure plastic and far too scratchy and dangerous to be allowed anywhere near the eye vicinity. Nope.

All in all, this sucks. Studio, sort your life out.

Last Haul of January, methinks

Nothing to do with the fact that January only has like two days left. Nope.

I decided I need to make an urgent trip up to town when my Mum returned from work yesterday with three different Boots No7 Stay Perfect eye pencils in her hand. I was pretty curious and removed the lid. They look just like Urban Decay 24/7 liners! I was quite surprised. Even at their full price (£7.75) they're still cheaper than Urban Decay's. A few other bloggers have been saying that they're dupes, but I only own one Urban Decay pencil in Zero so I bought the black of this to compare the two. Also, Boots were doing 3 for 2 on all No7 so I bought three pencils and gave the blue one to my Mum because she wanted it. She bought a grey (with a smudger on the end) a green/teal colour and a purple, and gave me money to buy her the blue one. I was mildly jealous, not going to lie. Anyway, pictured here are the purple and the black. With the voucher, it's a pretty decent deal!

I also repurchased the Allura False Nails from Poundland. I was running out of nail glue and this includes nail glue, plus I was planning to wear them again. This time, I think I'll trim them considerably!

I've heard people raving about the New York Colour Quick Dry topcoat, so I bought that too as my MUA (£1 from Superdrug) topcoat had long since run out. Faithful to the end, lol. It's probably the only topcoat I've ever used that hasn't gone nasty, thick, gloopy and stringy 2/3 of the way in. It was £2.59 from Superdrug. I didn't mind paying that as the bottle feels pretty lux. I'm hoping the product lives up to expectations.

I spotted these before Christmas on Lipglossiping's blog. They're Metallic Eye Sparks from BeautyUK. Pity Superdrugs is so crap.

Yes, that is Sellotape right there.

Disgusting. There were testers there, but clearly some teenagers feel the need to open and play with actual product so I guess the staff put Sellotape on these. It was pretty ineffective. While I was debating whether or not to buy this, I easily removed the cap from the pencil. Thankfully it hadn't been swatched, but still. Superdrug, sort your life out. The £ store has better packaging than you do!

The silver one has a label which is less offensive to the eyes (and, as I noticed after removing it, an anti-theft device) but I mean still. It was just as ineffective at stopping access to the interior of the product.

Anyway. People have been saying that these are performance dupes for NYX Jumbo Pencils, which aren't readily available in the UK, so I'm hoping these won't be a crease fest.

Nail Mail

 I was lucky enough to win a prize from The London Beauty Review's New Year giveaway! I got this awesome Royal Brush 12 Piece Silk Pro brush set.

 The brushes are insanely soft. I'm tempted to just sit there and move them in circles around my face.

Thank you so much!

Lip Care Optimized

If you thought that chapped lips can occur during the winter season, you're wrong. The lips may become dry in all seasons, including spring, summer and autumn, let alone the winter. Although the products of lip care are the best way to care for your lips, there are some tips to consider when buying.

1.The range of lip care always choose one that contains no petrochemicals, alcohols and glycerin. This may affect your offer lip skin. Always choose one that contains hyaluronic acid and the best combination with natural products.

2.Do not use commercial winter lipstick cosmetics, because they can significantly damage the skin pores. If you can not resist cosmetics, apply some lip balm or balm. This will prevent chapped lips.

3.Installation to moisten your lips with lip care every day. You can apply a lip balm at all times, especially at night. Make sure you wear a lip balm in your purse or pocket when you leave. Lip balm can also act as a sunscreen to your lips. They are made of different ingredients, including natural oils, vitamins, salicylic acid and alum.

4.There also some options for natural lip care products. They allow you to make the skin of the lips. For example, you can search for a natural honey scrub the semolina, stirring the mixture and gently massage your lips every week. Alternatively, a massage with a soft toothbrush can also make the skin soft lips.

5.To make your lips more attractive and sensual, apply lip gloss. Apart from the bright colors and light lip gloss and good quality containing many essential oils and relaxing. This will not only satisfy your desire for decoration, but also help to combat dry, cracked lips.

Although the lack of sebaceous glands to prevent the lips hydrated, of course, suggested tips and tricks to treat your lips to help keep the lips properly moisture.

Makeup Tips That Will Keep Natural Cosmetics

The point of the entire composition is to make the best of you, so be sure to wear makeup properly.

A natural glow of pink color is very attractive. When applying blush, you want the color to look soft and natural:

1. Blow gently to remove excess makeup brush blush makeup first to avoid serious and illegal.

2. Apply your blush on the apple of the cheek and carefully blend with your natural hairline.If, you have two shades, apply the darker the apple of the cheek first and then use the lighter shade to highlight . Mix well.

3. Highlight the temples, forehead and chin.

Makeup is a trick to know "where glowing" look for 30 seconds and then slowly increasing. When your cheeks are flushed is where you are supposed to apply blush.

Another trick of makeup is very important to ensure that color plays should be used to improve your complexion, not to change your natural skin tone. Blush Use carefully for the day, then add more or a darker shade for a more dramatic at night. For special occasions, dust a little powder on her cheeks glow ice cream for sensitive but attractive.

Be sure to blend your makeup blush in your makeup, and otherwise tend to look natural and add the appearance of 5 years from their appearance.

Shape your lips right to go with his flush. Lining your lips is important for creating plump, sensitive mouth. Perfect your pout also adds to the perfect composition. What are the effects to be achieved, cream, pure and bright. Attractive lips are soft and flexible, to keep lips soft.

Uzt-posle-Highway

physical but also the psychological aspect of women, most of these changes are for the better. Since the sudden change in hormonal environment raises many problems. Therefore, the care of the body after childbirth is so important.

First, think about numbers. Most go for a walk with your child. Active on foot to save you from extra calories, and the fresh air saturates the blood with oxygen to make you feel happy. Find a couple of minutes each day to shake the press. 3-6 to start the real estate boom, which is gradually increasing the load. The result was not so long. In a few weeks you will notice that the stomach may be the elasticity ex. Jump rope, turn the wheel, not leaning, squat, it's all going to benefit from your figure. Remove the consumption of foods high in calories, fat, fried, smoked. I prefer vegetables, fruits, yogurt. If you are breast-feeding, so this diet will benefit you and your child. In the daily care of the body, do not forget to mention the water treatment. Bathrooms contrast perfectly toned skin, making it more flexible. Several times a week use a body scrub, focusing particularly on the hips, abdomen and hips. Pound problem areas, hard sponge, apply anti-cellulite.

Many women during pregnancy seems pigmented spots on the body and face. Normally after birth, the problem is resolved in a few months. But if you want to get rid of quickly, you will need to mask the bleach fruits like lemon, currants, strawberries, or vegetables such as cucumber. Put the mask on for 15-20 minutes, rinse with water at room temperature. If your skin is dry - use a nourishing cream. And do not forget the liquid, drink at least 1.5 liters a day. Think of the hair, which is also in need of care during this time. Hormonal changes in young mothers body often lead to hair loss. This will help to solve the problem of complex treatment, such as vitamins, herbal extracts, masks.

Try to sleep well. Prolonged sleep beneficial effect on your physical and mental condition.

As you can see, the procedures for body care is not much time, but help restore youth and beauty.

The "It's half twelve and I'm procrastinating" rant. Things that piss you off about the blogging world? Part II. With Reader Comments!

Le continuation. Yes, you can tell I'm failing my French GCSE :P

I had quite a few lovely comments on the last post, which were incredibly informative and expressed what I was trying to express, but far more coherently. Henceforth, I thought I'd add a couple here and use them to expand my points. If you'd rather I didn't, please just comment/email me and I'll remove it!

From Jaljen:
"Love me, love me now blogs? Nah. There's one high-profile one (whom I shall not name) who has excellent nail swatches (Eastern European may narrow it down a bit) but does rather use her blog as a way of eliciting sympathy/outpourings of "Ah, you poor diddums....". I got sucked in until it got old."

Which provides a nice lead to discuss...

The "Sympathy pl0x" blogger

The type that's complaining about her personal life in every other post. I don't mean like a one off, or even once a week. Most people think nothing of feeling sympathetic towards someone who's going through a rough patch. But there's a difference between doing that, and attention whoring. You know who you are -.-

The "Forever left out" blogger.

The type that always complains on Twitter/Facebook about everyone having been sent a new product to try but herself, or everyone recieving an invite to an event but herself. That sort of thing. I'm sitting here thinking that if PR companies are planning to go down that route, surely they'd have to invite everyone?
Perhaps you don't have as many followers as the other people that have been invited. Maybe your blog doesn't appeal to the PR company. Ultimately, there's no obligation for them to invite you to anything. Focus on improving your blog so that they will, if you're that bothered about it.

Ulmiel also mentioned about people following just for giveaways, which I'll expand to discuss:

The "Ten updates a day, and nine are giveaway notifications" blogger.

I'm going to admit, I was guilty of this back in the day before I realised one could have more than one link in a post and it was fairly easy to group giveaways into one monthly post. But it just gets annoying when you check your dashboards and find all these giveaway notifications from the same blogger. There's nothing wrong with entering multiple giveaways, but just have them all in one post!

Ditto on sidebars, they don't annoy me at all.

The "I'm an insider, and that makes me better than you" blogger.

There are a couple lurking around the UK blogging scene in particular - crossovers from working in fashion or magazines (that's all we know. We're not told that much more) who suspiciously fail at using cameras or describing colours in much depth but often do posts on how PRs feel about bloggers and the inside workings of the industry. I don't know what's true and what is exaggerated, but I just find certain bloggers referring to the rest of the blogging world as if they don't belong to it quite amusing.

Thanks so much for the discussion on the last post, guys. It was so interesting to read!

Spring 2010 nail art

For Spring 2010 nail art, one should opt for a colorful design with image of flower. Adding gemstones, glitters with acrylic paint will add to the beauty of nails as well as hands. You don’t have to be an expert in nail art to enhance beauty of your nails. Just choose a lively color of spring season, them draw a flower or add glitter, let it dry and then apply single coat of colorless nail polish to finish your nail art

Nail art on display at talon show

Escape claws: Some of the fantasy figures on this Japanese woman’s fingernails are three-dimensional

The extravaganza that is the Tokyo Nail Expo had 50,000 visitors feasting their eyes on the latest in nail art.
Its highlight was the Nail Queen 2009 awards ceremony, where Japan showed once again that it remains at the cutting edge of the genre.

Flower power: a petal design

Flipping the bird: Swans also featured

Creations on show included an extraordinary montage of tropical flowers and birds painted on long, straight nails.
But many were three-dimensional and featured swans, ribbons, hearts, figures and even a bow and arrow. Hello Kitty adorned one pair of hands.

And of course, no Japanese event is complete without a Hello Kitty

Pop singer Kumi Koda has won the Nail Queen title for the past three years with her over-the-top styles and has now been inducted into the Nail Queen Hall of Fame for her trouble.

But this is not just for the girls. Male Japanese stars have also been sporting painted nails – albeit without any Hello Kitty models painted on them.

cheerful and colorful nail art design

For girls getting married in spring season, these are best design of nail art for brides. Focus of guest in marriage ceremony should be on bride, so just go for a cheerful and colorful nail art design complementing gown. Latest nail art fashion for 2010 needs design to be chic and classic, so explore your imagination, get inspired by nature, its beauty, go for a trendy nail art design and follow a simple mantra.

Easy DIY Nail Art Designs

Those who flirt with the idea of starting their nail artist career and are in need of cool ideas to try their hand at the easy DIY nail art designs will have the chance to do it with the following chic manicure ideas. These patterns the refined they may look can be created with a few basic nail art tools as well as some handiness. If you have an inclination towards handcraft then nail painting is the most creative beauty domain to show your skills in. Learn how to handle the various tools that would help you draw the finest lines and fabulous images. Start with the simple floral and abstract designs if you wish to take the various challenges step by step. Find out which are some of the most simple designs to experiment with at the beginning of your road to become a nail pro.

Floral nail art is the best idea to start with as it might help you learn how to draw the fine lines and play with proportions. The simple as well as more complex flower images look fabulous both paired with long and short nails. Those who would like to surprise their friends with a stylish manicure should ask their help to practice the various techniques. Create simple patterns until you'll learn to handle the manicure tools with mastery and ease. Use more shades in order to make things more versatile and take a glimpse at the designs above that are perfect to polish your handiness and also challenge your creativity to pull of memorable and worth-admiring nail designs.

Abstract nail patterns would also serve as the best blueprint to copycat. These simple patterns created without any difficulties would help you practice the tiny lines, spots and cute designs as well as basic shapes to be able to handle the more complex designs with mastery. Mix/match the different shades from a wider nail color palette in order to see the perfect combos to create various nail art trends. Designs showed above are some of the basic patterns to exercise with therefore have them at hand when you start your manicure sessions. The more you practice the better your techniques will become paving your way to success.

If you wish to step to the next level make sure you include in your mani session the use of various nail art accessories as the glittery stick ons as well as rhinestones. These would offer you the privilege to sport glam nail designs created with great care and precision. After dealing with the practice of various shapes and fine lines make sure you also try your hand at the more complex and creative patterns. The examples above would arm you up with revolutionary ideas on how to turn your nails into a real masterpiece of modern nail art. Take a closer look at the designs and find out the best methods to pull off the look using your skills and the must have manicure tools.