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SWATCHES – Freak Show Polish

Published on 21 May, 2013, in Reviews.

Today I have swatches of some Freak Show Polish! The lovely Carissa sent me these polishes to swatch and I love them all. The glitter combinations are crazy cool and each one is inspired by the “freak show”. See below for pictures and be sure to check out her shop! She has a new collection releasing soon so be on the lookout :)

Freak Show Polish - Smoke & Mirrors www.chelseasgetnailed.com

Up first is Smoke & Mirrors – a gorgeous silver shimmer with silver glitters and some holographic glitter as well!

Freak Show Polish - Fire Eater www.chelseasgetnailed.com

Fire Eater is a mix of red, orange, and yellow glitters of all shapes and sizes! Here this is 2 coats on their own, but it would be perfect layered over another color.

Freak Show Polish - Sword Swallower www.chelseasgetnailed.com

Sword Swallower is a glittery holographic top coat amazing-ness!

Freak Show Polish - Snake Lady www.chelseasgetnailed.com

Snake Lady is another top coat polish with brown, black, and white hex glitters in different sizes! Would look amazing layered over a black or copper polish :)

Freak Show Polish - Mime www.chelseasgetnailed.com

Mime is a milky white jelly with black and white glitters in different sizes! Shown here I used 2 coats.

Freak Show Polish - Caramel Corn www.chelseasgetnailed.com

Caramel Corn is a caramel colored jelly with various shapes and sizes of glitter!

Freak Show Polish Candy Apple www.chelseasgetnailed.com

Candy Apple is a jelly polish meant to look like – you guessed it – a candy apple! It has a light brown jelly base with red, green, and gold glitters.

Freak Show Polish Gypsy www.chelseasgetnailed.com

Gypsy is an amazing purple jelly with orange and purple glitters!

Freak Show Polish - Electra www.chelseasgetnailed.com

Electra is a light blue jelly with white, blue, and silver glitters! Shown here is 2 coats.

Freak Show Polish - Cotton Candy www.chelseasgetnailed.com

Cotton Candy is one of my favorites! It has diamond and square glitters in all sorts of pastel shades. Would look gorgeous layered over another color – love it! :)

Freak Show Polish - Circus Elephant

Circus Elephant is a grey jelly polish with glitters in every color! I used 2 coats here – love how colorful it is :)

Freak Show Polish - Ringmaster www.chelseasgetnailed.com
And last but not least – Ringmaster! This one is a red jelly with gold squares and black, white, yellow, and red hexes. 2 coats!

You can find Freak Show Polish at her online shop, instagram, and twitter!

chelseaSig
*Polishes in this post provided for review

 
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Paisley

Paisley Nails www.chelseasgetnailed.com

Combined 2 things I love – a crazy print with a color block!

In other  news, I am halfway done with school to get my manicurist license! Super excited to be done soon, but I’m so exhausted :(

What I Used:
-Cult Nails Nevermore (black)
-White acrylic paint
-Julep Charlotte (dark purple)
-China Glaze Tart-y For the Party (medium purple)
-NCLA As If! (lightest purple)

*Studs purchased from local beauty supply & ring found at 2nd Street Beauty*

chelseaSig

 
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Target Bathing Suit Inspired

www.chelseasgetnailed.com

Last week I went to Target in search of some nailspiration! I came across this bathing suit and had to have this design on my nails. I love chevron patterns so I thought this would be a different take on it! (I think its called jonqal?)

What I Used:
-NCLA Pick Me Up At Melrose Place
-NCLA I’m With the Band
-Essie Butler Please
-Essie Where’s My Chauffeur?
-Black and White acrylic paint

Target Bathing SuitI’d love to do a tutorial for this when I find time…so stay tuned!
chelseaSig

 
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Star Wars Day

Published on 4 May, 2013, in Holidays, Nail Art.

Star Wars Nails www.chelseasgetnailed.com

Happy Star Wars Day! May the Fourth be with you :)

I did these nails last year, but this year I wanted to step up my game!

Left (technically my right hand):
-Rebel Helmet
-R2-D2
-Chewbacca
-C-3PO

Right (technically my left hand):
-Royal Imperial Guard
-Stormtrooper
-Darth Vader
-Boba Fett

As for painting these, I just used a bunch of nail polishes and a nail art brush.

Here’s my thumbs:
Star Wars Nails www.chelseasgetnailed.com

If today’s May the Fourth Be With You…is tomorrow Revenge of the Fifth? (ok ok I didn’t come up with that one :) )

Happy Saturday!
chelseaSig

 
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Sally Hansen – Street Style Mani + Tutorial

Studded Denim Nails www.chelseasgetnailed.com

Remember this post I did last week? Well the month of April is over so the next round of the Sally Hansen I Heart Nail Art competition has begun! This month’s theme is Street Style.

What is Street Style you ask? According to Sally Hansen it is “heavy metal, pop art, and graffiti glam”! These nails kind of encompass heavy metal and grunge. The distressed denim texture gives the perfect background to add heavy metal studs and embellishments. Go crazy, have fun! :)

What I Used:
-Sally Hansen Blue My Mind
-Sally Hansen White On
-Sally Hansen Black Out
-Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen in blue
-Nail Art Brush
-Studs (click the link for where to find some)

Just as last month’s post had, I have a video and pictorial for you guys! (click on the pictorial for an enlarged image!!)

Studded Denim Nails How-To www.chelseasgetnailed.com

Good luck you guys! Send me pictures if you try out this design, and be sure to enter it in the contest! xoxo

*Post sponsored by Sally Hansen & products provided to me by PR. chelseaSig

 
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Black and White

Published on 25 April, 2013, in Black, Nail Art, White.

Black and White Nails www.chelseasgetnailed.com

Since starting school to get my manicurist license (not to mention going to college as well!) I was worried I would never have time to do my nails. Luckily there is some downtime during nail school so I am still able to get some nail art in :)

Lately I’ve started using acrylic paint instead of nail polish for my nail art, and I absolutely love it! I use it straight out of the bottle and it doesn’t dry up like how nail polish does. I found black and white acrylic paint at Michael’s Craft Store for 99 cents each (what a deal!) and they have tons of colors. Definitely going back next week to get some more :)

chelseaSig

 
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Sally Hansen – Colorblocking Mani + Tutorial

Colorblock Nails www.chelseasgetnailed.com

Exciting news to share with you all! I have been invited to be an ambassador for the Sally Hansen “I Heart Nail Art” contest. Which means…I will be sharing photos and tutorials with you all to get you inspired to enter the contest for yourselves! This months (April) theme is “Color Blocking”.

The deadline for this months theme is the end of April, but don’t worry! There are a couple more months to enter with different themes this month. The most exciting thing is that entering will get you a chance to win $500 and a trip to New York, along with a chance to compete and win $2000! So you all better enter :)

Colorblock Nails www.chelseasgetnailed.com

What I Used:
-Sally Hansen White On
-Sally Hansen Fuchsia Flare
-Sally Hansen Jaded
-Sally Hansen Black Out
-Nail Art Brush

And not only do I have a Youtube tutorial, I’ve made a pictorial for those of you who love to learn that way!

Colorblock How-to www.chelseasgetnailed.com

 

(clicking on the photo will make it bigger!)

Make sure to check out the Sally Hansen I Heart Nail Art page on Facebook to learn how to enter! Best of luck to all of you :) xoxo

chelseaSig

*Post sponsored by Sally Hansen & products provided to me by PR.

 
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Girly Skulls

Published on 20 April, 2013, in Cute, Nail Art.

Girl Skulls www.chelseasgetnailed.com

Who says skull nails can’t be cute?

What I Used:
-Essie Where’s My Chauffeur?
-Julep Teri
-Cult Nails Nevermore
-Black and White acrylic paint

Have a nice weekend!
chelseaSig

 
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I <3 Florals

Published on 18 April, 2013, in Flowers, Nail Art, NCLA.

Florals www.chelseasgetnailed.com

So…can you tell I love florals? :) This design is very similar to my Doc Marten Florals but I wanted to “spring-ify” it!

What I Used:
NCLA Tennis Anyone?
NCLA As If!
NCLA Like…Totally Valley Girl
A few misc. colors for the details!

Also, I have a tutorial for the flowers! You can view it here.

xoxo

chelseaSig

 
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Doodles

www.chelseasgetnailed.com

When thinking up today’s design, I wanted to just do some sort of “doodle” design on my nails. After choosing the colors, I just started painting different lines and shapes and doodled on my nails – this is what I came up with!

The base color is OPI My Vampire is Buff – such a gorgeous nude (almost off white) shade! I also used Floss Gloss Bikini Coral, Essie Butler Please, and Cult Nails Nevermore for the details.

Once dried, I used Seche Vite top coat and tweezers to apply the caviar beads. These ones were purchased from Michael’s Craft Store. I’ve never really used caviar beads before and I thought this was a fun way to use them without doing the normal caviar nail design :)

xoxo

chelseaSig

 
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