illusionail
I'm Kimi :) Your average eighteen year old residing in sunny UK who loves doing her nails after finally breaking the horrible habit of biting them.
I am by no means a professional, I'm strictly amateur, but I enjoy all the nail art I do :) I really do hope this blog is an inspiration to all you nail-biters out there - this is proof! The habit can indeed be broken :D
I wasn’t feeling particularly inspired last night but really wanted to do a mani and thought ‘Hey, I have navy cadets tomorrow’. So then this idea of the Royal Navy rank slides/epaulettes came into my mind :) I was insanely surprised by the response they received at cadets because, frankly, they look kinda sloppy to me!
nailpalooza Asks:
illusionail Said:
I’ve ordered some new supplies and some of them are for earrings! Unfortunately, they aren’t studs, more kind of like a looped back, so the actually ‘gem’ part of the earring hangs down slightly. If sales go well for the rings and earrings this time round though, I’ll definitely invest in some supplies for studs! I’ll post pictures of the drop-earrings when I get the supplies so feel free to message me if you see anything you like :) Colours and whatnot can all be customised :) Thank you so much for asking! :D
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and so I thought I’d show my support through some nail art :3 I wanted to try out something a little different from the regular pink BCA ribbon and so I did something a little more abstract :) Hope you guys like it!
Also, feel free to hit the ask button for any requests! :D
A few more of my water marble jewellery creations!
I’ve ordered some more supplies which are a lot better so I can’t wait to get them! I wanted to try out making some earrings too, so I hope they won’t be too small to get a significant design on :) Look out for them in the future, I may just start selling if I get enough interest…………. ;)
Swirly/abstract nail art design. I saw meliney on youtube do a tutorial on this type of design a couple of months ago and thought it looked exciting so I had to give it a shot!
nail fail lol.
after drooling all over the keyboard while looking at Joya’s version of Van Gogh ‘Starry Night’ nails at blanketprint.tumblr.com I decided I needed to try them out for myself. As you can probably tell, the end result was far from what I expected! So hats off to you Joya, your nail art skills are absolutely amazing!!
noughts and crosses nail art!
Random nail art design :) Message me for colours used :D
My internet’s been down for nearly a week so I apologise for the lack of posts!
Feel free to send any requests my way via ask box :) Much love to all you amazing followers!
glitter gradient nails. Can’t decide if I like these or not! I’d seen someone do some amazing red/gold glitter gradient nails on tumblr a few months ago, can’t remember who, and wanted to try and recreate it. I might try this out again sometime with some less vibrant colours :P
Sorry I haven’t posted for so long, been super busy *cough* lazy *cough*. Might try to do another water marble mani tonight if I have the time :) Feel free to hit the ask box for any requests!
space-cow-boy Asks:
illusionail Said:
One thing that I found from experience was that the polish wouldn’t spread if the water was too cold so make sure you have some at room temperature! I usually leave a cup of water out for at least 2 or 3 hours before I do the marbling :) I’ve never used Sinful Colors before so I don’t know what they’re like, perhaps they’re too thick for marbling? The ones I use are Sally Hansen Xtreme Wears and they are absolutely FAB. Plus they’re not too expensive, if you’re lucky you can grab a bunch on sale for around $2 each (That’s what I did when I went to America :P).
Another thing that might be affecting the spread of the polish could be the distance that you drop it from into the cup? If it’s too far, sometimes the blob of polish just sinks to the bottom. I try not to drop mine any more than an inch above the water.
Also, work fast!! Haha, I love the adrenaline rush that comes when marbling :)
Hope that helps!! Good Luck, and most of all, PRACTICE! Took me ages to get the hang of water marbling so keep at it! :D
