Lava Nail Gel Polish Manicure Featuring IBD Heedless To Say

Lava Nail Gel Polish Manicure Featuring IBD Heedless To Say

Gel Polish IBD Just Gel Nails Purple Tutorial YouTube YouTube Videos

Hi NaiLovelies.....I’m back after my relaxing summer break!

Since I have been away I have added to my already extensive collection of gel polish by investing in more IBD, OPI, Gelish and a few other brands of soak off gel polish.

As part of my love of all things polish, I am reaffirming my love of nail art and showcasing this with gel polish creating some beautiful manicures! I’m super excited to now have the training/qualification (I recently completed a fantastic OPI GelColor workshop) and the salon space available to bring to Simply Into My Nails manicures to my clients.

 I have recharged my batteries over the summer and now I am back to show you some new manicures.

To create the 'Lava Nail' I started with a base of two coats of IBD Just Gel Polish Heedless To Say, which is a delicious bright purple from the Dolce Vita Collection.  As this feature nail is created by lots of filing through different layers of colour I have found that it is a good idea to use two coats of the base colour you have chosen so you have a little more leeway when you have reached the final colour - before you hit your basecoat or worse still, your natural nails!

After applying several coats of different coloured  IBD polishes from the Dolce Vita Collection (apart from the teal Jupiter Blue which is an earlier release) and curing each coat as I went along (for this manicure I had between 8-10 coats as some colours were not opaque enough with just one coat) I then set about filing my way through the layers to reveal the design as I went along.

These are the IBD Just Gel Polishes used for this manicure.

For the filing I used a 240 grit file as this gives the smoothest finish without leaving behind deep scratch marks in the design.  If you click the link below you can see a very rough video of how I created the lava nail. It takes a fair bit of elbow grease but it is definitely work the effort.

  The nail wasn't overly thick because most of the layers that were unrequired had been filed off.  I am happy to report that despite the number of layers it took to create the lava nail, it only took an additional 5 minutes to remove.

I usually soak my gel polish off for 10-15 to negate the urge to scrape any gel from the nails and risk damaging the nail plate.  I'm all about keeping the nails beneath the polish looking just as beautiful and healthy when they are polish free.  I video of how I soak off my gel polish can be found here:

It's really great to be back - I can't wait to show you the new manicures I come up with.  I also have some really excited posts in the pipeline so stay tuned for those.


Ciao 4 Now

Simply Into My Nails Review: Creative Shop Stamper

Simply Into My Nails Review: Creative Shop Stamper

Creative Shop Stamper Nail Art Review Stamping YouTube Videos

Hi NaiLovelies!

I've been a busy little bee, buying nail goodies and making videos for my YouTube channel.  One of my most recent purchases is the much talked about Creative Shop stamper set.  I couldn't pass up on the opportunity to own an extra large stamper which covers my nails with ease.



On my YouTube video review, I carried out live stamping tests using MoYo XL, Dashica Infinity, Cheeky XL Jumbo and a cheap eBay plate.  I purposely used non-stamping polishes to really test the ability of the Creative Shop stamper.

Please check out my YouTube video by clicking the play button on the image below.

I love the stamper!  I think the size of it is perfect and the ability to pick up large images from full image plates is absolutely incredible!

There are only a few downsides to the stamper:

The shiny holder is a little slippery
The scraper is a little too flexible and leaves lines in the scraped image
My pointed nails dented the stamper after just one use

Other than those three things it is the perfect addition to my stamping paraphernalia.  The way this stamper picks up images with ease and transfers them to the nail flawlessly really is incredible and I would recommend this stamper to anyone - especially those with long and or wide nails. 

Ciao 4 Now

Holographic Negative Space Lace

Holographic Negative Space Lace

AEngland Born Pretty Store Brairwood Lace Stamping Nail Art Nails Square Nails Stamping YouTube Videos

Hi NaiLovelies!

I was recently contacted by Born Pretty Store with an offer to review some products from their online store.

I jumped at the chance because I have had my eye on a couple of products, mainly the BP02 lace stamping plate which I first saw a few months ago.

I was really happy that the plate was in stock when I chose my items to review and obviously I couldn't wait to try it as soon as I removed my latest gel manicure.

The images on the small round plate are very well etched and placed in such a way that I was able to fit a decent amount of the image onto each nail.  It so happens that I have been wanting to create a French manicure for a while so this presented me with the perfect opportunity to try something different with my beloved negative space stamping method.

Full details of how I created this manicure can be found by checking out my tutorial video on my YouTube channel.

Overall I am very happy to have this lace plate in my collection.  I can see myself reaching for this many times as lace plates seem to be high among my favorites at the moment for creating nail art.

If you like the look of this plate check out the link to it which can be found by clicking here.  I also have a brand spanking new discount code which can be used by my readers to obtain a 10% discount off of their order..!!  Just use the code ECSQ10.

Ciao 4 Now