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All I'm saying is that you should definitely be...

fabulousfashion — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:24:49 -0700

All I'm saying is that you should definitely be following Clara H. Nails if you're a nail art lover....

*smooches*

You can find Clara H lurking on Twitter or over at her .dotCOM.

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Minx out Dashing Divas IN!

fabulousfashion — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:09:17 -0700

WoW!!!! I cannot tell you how silly dumb excited I am about Dashing Divas steeping up their game and incorporating these popular Minx-ish designs into their product lineup! Being that Dashing Divas products are considerably lower than Minx, I'll most certainly be giving these a try. I have plans to do a comparison, Dashing Diva vs Minx, to see which one is the better buy for the buck..

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polishSWATCHES: Dope Designs from Melody E.

fabulousfashion — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:05:50 -0700

Manicure inspired by the beauty of natural hair....

fabulousfashion — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:25:51 -0700

and my Nappy Roots...

Enjoy!

You've Been Duped: Kelly Rowland's Checkerboard Accent Manicure

fabulousfashion — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:19:04 -0700

Today's "You've Been Duped" features artist Kelly Rowland's checkerboard accent manicure. This manicure was actually a reader request so Missy, enjoy. :) This design is really fairly easy to dupe. All it takes is a white nail polish, a black nail polish, a fine point sharpie (which I had to substitute because I couldn't find mine), and if you prefer, black striper paint to fill in.

First, to start off this mani I applied my basecoat of choice to my clean nails and allowed them to dry. I then proceeded to paint the nail I wanted to be the accent nail white while painting all the others black.

After painting all the nails their appropriate color I began to draw my black checkered boxes (with my fine point pen) in the places in which I wanted them to go.

After I had completely drawn out all of my boxes I then filled them in with my striper paint. This was to cover up the places in which the ink from the pen did not fill completely. You can actually use a bigger sharpie to this. Generally when using a sharpie in the first place this is not an issue, but because I couldn't find my sharpie I had to improvise.

After I had gotten the design completely filled in how it should be... I applied a glossy topcoat to finish things off, snapped a picture, and VOILA!

I really needed to sharpen up the edges of the boxes a bit, but being crunched for time I couldn't do so. Missy I hope this was helpful to you to see how simple it can be to execute this design and I hope the rest of you find this post useful as well.

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