new nail tutorial tomorrow! [and old nail designs]

i am going to make a new tutorial tomorrow, because these nails keep turning pink.
i just dyed my hair a deeper red, and i tangle my hands in my hair when i sleep. so they keep turning pink.
so annoying!

so i just thought i would let you know and show you some of my old designs.
[i have had a lot but my computers hard drive was wiped clean so i only have pix 2 of my old designs :C]


trying to replicate this design is what actually taught me the french tip trick.
i accidentally made one too thick and was too lazy to fix it.
:3


my current design, you can kind of see the pink tint.


a really old design, one of my nails fell off at the shelter. it was not because of the fake nail, it was because i was being way to rough with them. do not do hard labor with nails this long.


ALL TAKEN WITH MY PHONE IN BAD LIGHTING
sorry for the awful quality.
:C

♡ Charlotte's guide to feet care ♡

so we all know, feet, not exactly the most pretty thing on the planet.
but i have a couple of tips and tricks to make them a little /less/ ugly.

now i am not the most rabid high heal wearer, but most [all] of my platforms have a heal. and cause a toe "bump" on the baby toe.
this is caused by two things,
the toe being crushed against the shoe and rubbing, causing the skin to be tougher so it does not get irritated.
and the fact that a lot of weight is pushed onto it.

those are really the same reason, but i made them two.
:3

anyway, if you really do not like the toe bump you will simply have to stop wearing high heals and/or pointy toed shoes.
buy wide fit shoes, even if you do not have wide feet.
i do, and i wear regular shoes, so my toes are malformed.
ahahaha

another problem caused by high heals of pointy toed shoes is your toes go from normal
|' ' ' ' '|
[hahahah that is a foot]
to /'''''\
how sad and gross.
:C

if you want to fix smooshed toes there are a couple of ways to do it.
the cheap way, and the way with real products.
i have found the way of real products makes more of a difference.

here is what you do-
if you put cotton balls between your toes for 10+ minutes once a day your toes will be stretched back to their original size, a little bit at least.

however, there are real toe spacers that work /much/ better.

this is for people who wear pointy toed shoes especially.


and then there are individual toe spacers, like this.

both, to my knowledge, work well.

i have only used a product similar to the individual toe spacer, made by PetEgg, but i cannot find a picture.
it is a blue gel toe insert that looks like [][][][][] basically.
my mother found it at Bed Bath and Beyond.
after 10 minutes, oh my goodness, it was so wonderful.
and my toes looked much less squished.
:3

moving on, i do not do anything as far as pumice stones go.
i just do not need them.
but if you do focus on the main areas that you put your weight on.
do not know where you put your weight on?
here is an easy way to figure it out.

what you will need :
any color finger paint
a roll of paper

cover your entire foot in the finger paint, and roll out the paper in front of you,
and, walk.
just walk.
depending on where the paint is thickest or most full is wear you put most of your pressure and where you will have the most callus like build up.
as well, it is were you have the most tension- so if you get a foot massage- focus there.

last but not least- pretty toe nails.
i find there to be NO NEED for acrylic toe nails. unless you are a rabid sandal wearer.
i am not, i never wear them. not even in the summer.

but i still take decent care of my toe nails, because i just love nails.

it is important to have a good buffer, get one with four labeled sides.
side 1 - even out
side 2 - smooth
side 3 - buff
side 4 - shine

NEVER scrub at the nail back and forth with the even out side, this causes tears within the nails fiber and will only make them break faster.
DO NOT do it with a nail file either. same result.

after buffing and shaping each nail appropriately place cotton balls or pedicure toe spacers on each foot
[this will actually give you your toe spacer for the day if you take long enough]
apply one thick coat or two thin coats of clear nail polish, this will fill in any little cracks your buffer could not reach. and will help the polish last longer.
next, apply your color. wait until it is semi-dry to apply the next coat or it will turn into a tar like gel and will not dry appropriately.
[this is only true with cheaper nail polishes, though]
after your color has slightly dried apply your desired design.
or not.
then apply a top coat, either one thick or two thin again.

i never stress about only putting it on my toe nails, because i shower after i do my toes and scrub my feet extra good.
that way, my /entire/ nail is covered and my feet are a little tiny bit softer.
:3

but that is just me, i am not big on pedicures.
you can do them if you wish.

and remember, keep your polishes in a room around 70 degrees,
extreme heat and cold can damage them, make them thicker and just bad for painting.

if you have questions about anything feel free to ask.
:3

UPCOMING - two color french tip turtorial.

this is the closest picture to what i do that i could find,
i know it has been done by other people but i have /no/ idea what they call it.
i call it a two color french tip.

i plan on getting my nails done [filled and painted solid black] on Wednesday, if all goes right.
then i will do the video that night.


[note this is not what it looks like when i do it. it actually looks like a french tip not whatever the hell this is. but this is two colored so you get the idea?]

i will be doing a black nail with silver sparkle french tip and maybe a rhinestone but i haven't decided yet.
[i most likely will, i love rhinestones]
i have done it in the past i will look for a picture of how it looks when /i/ do it.

if you want to do this as well you will need the fallowing-
[i do it a different way then most salons]
long nails painted ONE color
sparkle nail design polish
[this way does not work with not sparkle infused colors, they are not thick enough and come out really cheap looking]
the same color as your nail polish nail design brush
top coat
2 rhinestones

k i will post the video soon.
-pains my toes-
:3

i kept looking for pictures because i am a good blogger for you people and i got inspired

this is an amazingingly well down two color french tip. but the nails are press on fake so they are terrible.
boo-hoo
however, this is how my nails will look except the colors will be black+silver
and i have decided to put a rhinestone belt across only my ring finger.
[a rhinestone belt is what you see above on those nails, fyi]

i also found a literal TWO COLORED french tip.
as in the french tip was black and silver and the lower part of the nail was plain.
i will be doing that next.
i hate when i get inspired by nails.
so many ideas, so few fingers.

once upon a time i decorated each nail completely different based on all the ideas in my head.
[i do usually come up with my own designs ahahaha]

i am really going to paint my toe nails now.
or not.
some time tonight.