Gallbladder/Bile Duct Cancer Awareness

Now, we all know cancer can be a nasty foe. However, the more you know the more you grow. As I stated in my last post, which I do apologize for being absent, I will be going through the different awareness for each month. Thank you for bearing with me and today I will be posting two tutorials for February's cancer awareness. The color of the month is Kelly Green.

This look was achieved very simply with a clear nail polish, nail striper nail polish, gems, and a top coat. The color used for the green is Kelly Green. It is a shade lighter and not as neon as Lime Green. Begin with your base coat to protect your natural nail. After that has dried apply a thin line at the top of your nail right under the line created by your over hang, if you have short nails you can create the crescent shape a little above halfway up the nail. Then fill in with your striper polish. Once that has dried, apply a top coat and grab your gems and place them in the middle of the nail crescent on the bottom part of the nail. Then apply another layer of top coat to secure your green gems. Voila, this look is complete and simple. I was unable to find Kelly Green gems otherwise I would have used those.

For this look, I did use Kelly Green however due to my pants and that my base color was white it made it pop and look more like Lime Green. Still, moving forward. What you will need is of course base and top coat, green glitter, green gems, white polish, kelly green acrylic paint, and possibly tape. Start off with your base coat to protect your natural nail. Next apply your base color of white. You may need to apply two coats to ensure opacity. After that has dried, from thumb to ring finger create a chevron shape closer to the cuticle. You can achieve this with a striper brush and paint or feel free to tape off. Fill in with your kelly green to the tip. While that is drying apply a top coat to the pinkies and sprinkle on your green glitter, go a little crazy with it. While that is drying apply a top coat to the other four fingers and apply your green gems. Allow all your nails time to dry and apply another layer of top coat to seal in your design and you are done! 

There you have it! I hope for those of you following that this helps with some new ideas. For a good cause, these designs are simple, elegant and effective. If you replicate these designs feel free to tag Razzmatazz Nails on Facebook. Have a wonderful February!

Fall-esque Matte Nails

Here is a fun matte fall idea. Start with your favorite base coat. Then go with a creamy color, the color I used was Wet'n'Wilds megalast Sugar Coat, on all your nails leaving your pinkies undone except for base coat. (I recommend three coats of this color as it is very see through, I only did two coats in the picture.) Next, if it makes it easier for you, tape off all the nails except for your pinkies, as you will do a full coat of brown on your pinkies. Make a nice crescent shape on the tips of your nails for a nice accent. Once those are dry apply a silver fleck nail polish on top of the brown if you wish, I did as it made it really stand out. Or you can just apply a clear top coat and then a matte top coat on the tips of your nails. On the pinky fingers I added a tear gem and applied my matte top coat on after that. Clean up any mess on your edges and you are done. Very simple and elegant and goes with just about anything you have that is fall-esque and will be perfect to wear around family for the upcoming holiday, Thanksgiving. Enjoy!
If you recreate this idea, feel free to upload and tag yourself! I would love to see your recreations!