Fall Nails!

                      Fabulous Fall Leaves French Manicure

       This fantastic fall fashion statement is perfect for September, October, and November and never goes out of style during these months. Here's how to make your nails look just as perfect as those in the picture above:

1. Using an eggshell white color polish, slash a diagonal line across the tips of your nails. If you have tip guides, it really helps. Diagonal ones work best for this kind of nail art, but if you only have straight ones, it's ok to put them on diagonally. To buy tip guides for cheap, click here. If you have short nails, this might not work as well, because it would just look like you have striped nails. But you can still have french manicures with short nails by using nail extensions or fake nails, which you can buy here. Put on two coats of this, letting the polish dry each time before applying the next coat.

2. The next coat covers both the white painted nail and the unpainted nail. Use top coat or high shine clear polish to give your nails an extra shimmer. It is important for the white coat to have dried before applying this coat.

3. While the clear polish is still wet, apply little leaf nail accents (link to where to buy below) along the edge of the white polish or the edge of the nail. Let dry.

4. Final step! Apply one more clear coat and let dry, and you're done! This last step isn't mandatory, but it ensures that your manicures will last and the leaves won't fall off. Happy polished!!!!

                                                                                                                                           -Nicky

                                Thanksgiving Turkey nails!

             This Thanksgiving tradition is the perfect addition to your "I've painted my nails that" collection. It's both festive and cute, even for someone who doesn't like turkeys.

1. Paint your nails with a snow-white or eggshell white polish, starting from the cuticle and sweeping upward as you near the tips of your nails. Apply two coats and let each coat dry before adding the next coat.

2. For this step, you need light brown, yellow (or orange or gold), and red polish. If you don't have some of the colors, it's ok, you can make the leaves all the same color or alternating colors. Paint little stripes extending halfway across the nail, starting off thin but getting thicker, and then thin again. To do this, use the edge of your brush for the thin parts, and the regular part for the thicker parts. Add leaves on every nail but one (or however many you want there to be a turkey on). On this one (or ones), paint leaves surrounding an oval shape from the end of the nail in the middle to the center of the nail. This will be the turkey's feathers.

3. Using dark brown polish (light brown or gold works too), fill in the space that the feathers you drew for the turkey surround. This will be the turkey's body.

4. For this step you will need black and white polish. After what you have painted so far dries, use a toothpick or eyedropper to apply to dots of white that will be the turkey's eyes. Once this  dries, use black to make to smaller drops in the white ones, also using a toothpick or eyedropper. Let dry.

5. Once the eyes dry, use orange or yellow polish to make an upside-down triangle. This is the turkey's nose. Once this dries, you're ready for the last step.

6. Finally, add two coats of high shine clear polish or top coat to the nails. Now you're done!