26 Great Nail Art Ideas Presents ~ Embellished or 3D

Hello Dahlings!

This time we have embellished or 3D manis to show you!

I did this...

 I decided to try something totally new to me...3D gel nails!

I've been using gel for my protective enhancements for several years

& I've used gel polish for vacation manis before,

but I've never used it for nail art.

I usually use regular polish for the art over the gel.

I got the idea/instructions from this video on sweater nails

from Nail Career Education.

You can get a similar look using matte & texture polishes,

it will just take longer to do & may not last as long as gel.

 Here's the sad news...the 2 colors of gel I used are no longer available. 

Bundle Monster neon purple gel polish.

(I got this in a set, but the current purple is more blue leaning.)

CH Nail 017 from Born Pretty Store.

(BPS doesn't even carry luminous/gitd gel polish anymore,

but Amazon does HERE I haven't tried this polish yet, but I plan to do so.)

Perfect Summer Matte Top Coat

(I got the set as no-wipe tc is supposed to work with powders.)

Not pictured ~

Unt Ready for Take Off peel off base coat

(I used 2 coats & this way I won't have to soak my skin in acetone

or spend hours filing to remove this mani next week.)

Sensationail Base & Top Gel Coat

(available at drugstores)

clear acrylic powder

(I got mine at Sally's Beauty Supply, but you can find it online.)

a teeny tiny brush for painting with the gel

(I got mine on Amazon, but any nail art brush will do.)

The texture isn't any worse than wearing regular texture polish

& less textured than some of my polishes.

 This is why I didn't use the luminous gel polish for the base color.

I wanted the 3D part to show in the dark cuz...me.

>^. .^<

 Ciri...that's MY pizza, not yours!

Diva, dahling, this is cute, but won't work once you're full grown.

(My laptop flips into a tent to be just a monitor,

but it isn't that large a space under there. LOL)

Thanks for stopping by

& please visit the others 

for more Great Nail Art Ideas!

~ Inky

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