Technique Tuesday:Fuzzy Nails(Flocking Powder)

I've seen these fuzzy nails all over the internet recently and to do them you need something called flocking powder. I have no idea what their actual use is or how much they are but I do know you can get them at craft stores. Apparently they come in a bunch of colors. My advice: don't bother. Save your money and just use cotton balls. I'd be willing to bet as nail art enthusiasts that you already have some laying around. I used barely even half of one for a whole hand today (I can't show you the pic just yet since it's going to be part of this year's 25 days of xmas nails). It was slightly more messy as you get some polish on your fingers but no big deal.
All you do is pick the color you want your mani to be, do the one coat, then when it's dry do a second coat on one nail at a time and while it's still wet, place little bits of ripped up cotton ball on your nail. Pressing down causes the cotton ball to attach to your nail and change to the color of the polish. I still had little bits that were white so I just took the brush and dabbed color on that spot and then pressed it down so it's more attached to the nail. This way you get the look of this fuzzy nail trend but way cheaper since you don't have to buy anything extra. Win! Also it was super easy to take off since the color is already on the cotton ball parts. Double win!

Technique Tuesday-Using Tape to make Argyle

Argyle has been one of those seemingly easy for other people designs that I just haven't been able to do. I've been getting the hang of using tape to help me make straight lines and decided to try argyle again. It definitely was easier than free-handing everything though isn't perfect. I still like them though and will probably do them again sometime.

Technique Tuesday(a Little Late)-Needle Dragging

I was knitting like crazy yesterday and forgot to do my nails so I'm doing Technique Tuesday today. I decided to try needle dragging after seeing a picture on pinterest a while back. I'd say these are somewhat of a fail since they didn't come out how I wanted them too but I don't think they're completely horrible. They're really simple in theory, you just put a drop of polish on the nail & drag it with a needle. I'll have to try again sometime. :/

Oops this was supposed to be posted hours ago but I guess I forgot to hit publish before my shower lol. My bad!

Technique Tuesday-Color Block

So last week I mentioned starting something called Technique Tuesday. It didn't work out last week but today I have something blog worthy! yay! I decided to try color blocking since it seemed easy enough. I even figured out how to get tape to not mess up my mani so that got me all excited. I used Zoya Jolene, Malia, and Areej.