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Varnished Look of The Day: Autumn Days
Today’s look of the day was inspired by a manicure done by Nailside. I’m all for the simple looks and I loved the color combination she used so I decided to try it out for myself. Nailside uses clear tape cut into strips to achieve her straight lines. Me on the other hand, am a ...
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Varnished Look of the Day: Gilded in Gold
Who wouldn’t want to be dripped in gold? I love this artistic look, so I had to make it my look of the day. I spotted this on Beautylish. This look was probably achieved by using gold foil/ or a Minx like product. What do you think of gold nails? Should they be reserved for ...
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Nail Look of the Week: 4th of July Nails
Happy birthday America (and to my bestie Dana)! This look comes from a cool tumblr blog called Nailside. Her nails look impeccable, and I love how she used gold and silver in replace of white. I also love the lightning bolt effect. I stared at these nails wondering how she got the lines so perfect; ...
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Varnished Look of Day: Steam Punk Nails
I discovered this look on my Tumblr timeline. The look is sooo easy to achieve, but it looks so high fashion to me. I might try this out with Space Cadet, from the Orly Cosmic FX collection. Check out the video on Beautylish to see how you can achieve this look.
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Varnished Look of the Day: Trendsetta’s Headline News Nails
Today’s look comes from Varnished correspondent, Trendsetta! This is an easy way to be creative with nail design. Trendsetta used a white base color, waited until it was completely dry, then soaked her fingers in rubbing alcohol. She then placed strips of cut up newspaper on her nails, which left a cool inky imprint. Click ...
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Look of the Day: Wah Nails’ Mondrian Nails
Many people don’t know that I studied Art History in college. So when I saw these nails I automatically, said to myself , “Ooh Mondrian!” (ok maybe i said that aloud). I love Wah Nails‘ funky modern day interpretation of the classic Mondrian / DeStijl style. Of course they incorporated their signature cheetah pattern which ...
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Varnished Look of the Week: Frost Bite!
Uggh, speaking of frost bite, I’m ready for this weather to warm up already- fellow New Yorkers are you with me? Frost Bite by China Glaze is the perfect ELECTRIC blue, and I received many compliments when wearing it. The coverage is great, it almost looks seamless, like Minx. And it’s so beautiful in natural ...
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Varnished Look of the Week: Wah’s Springtime Nails
Today’s look comes from one of my fave nail blogs- Wah Nails. Wah is actually a UK nail salon which is making a big name for itself, with multiple locations including some in hipster clothing store Topshop. They’re are making nail design cool again with signature leopard, and “pow” designs! (I’ve actually seen this designed ...
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Varnished Look of the Week: Happy V-day
Of course I had to do something for Valentine’s Day! This week’s look comes from one of my favorite Tumblr blogs, SuPaNails. One of the reasons why I like Susanne’s blog is because you can see her progress from her first manicure to the most recent. She’s an artist by trade and she translated her ...
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Varnished Look of the Week: Kitty Kat
I was at a girl’s night gathering a couple days ago and the topic of the prolific-ness of Beyonce came up. I was reminded of this little medley- Kitty Kat off her B’Day album. I love her cheetah eyeshadow, the cat eyeliner and of course her cheetah talons. Check it out!
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Varnished Look of the Week: Nadimu’s Cookie Monster Nails
I was bored a couple of days ago and asked my twitter friends to send me pics of their nails. Nadimu answered the call and submitted to me two looks- one was cute Cookie Monster manicure which is this week’s look of the week! Thank you Nadimu and if you want to be the look ...
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Varnished Look of the Week: Willow Smith
Willow Smith definitely made a splash this year with her first single, “Whip My Hair”. I must admit I adore that song and Willow’s whole cool kid persona. The 10 year old was recently spotted behind the scenes of her London Times photo shoot. It looks like she is channeling an old school Salt n ...
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