Seo In Young's Into The Rhythm Nails {fun, cute and over-the-top!}

Seo In Young (서인영) is a Korean singer famous for her powerful voice and for being a fashionista.

In the video of her latest song "Into The Rhythm (리듬속으로)" she has two different nails designs that you can see below.

I didn't replicate her nails because they are really complicated, instead I took inspiration from her amazing outfits. I really like how the video starts with a total black & white concept and then explodes with every color in the world!

The first nails that she wears are black and white to match the bicolor theme of the video.

I call these the "Chess Nails".

After the color explosion in the video she is wearing more colorful nails. A white base with a lot of little designs like stars, hearts and a crown so I call these the "Princess Nails".

This is my favorite outfit in the video. I love the color combo and I also really like the result on my nails.

On the thumb and ring finger I made a gradient french with an orange creme polish as a base and two glitter orange polish.

On the other nails I applied a blue base and added some silver details.

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Second favorite outfit. I have to admit that I love almost everything she wears in this video.

On the pinky and ring finger I applied a red creme polish and added some silver dots.

On the thumb and index finger I applied a sheer white polish and with a white striper added the details. The middle finger is divided in half.

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This is absolutely not my usual color range but it was fun try to make something out of the ordinary for me.

This design is pretty simple.

I used a fluo pink base and then added a white french. I painted half of the white with black polish and the other half with fluo yellow polish.

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This is a totally fun and over-the-top nail art but it was really fun to make.

I used cake decorations and added them over a red base. As a finishing touch I applied a LOT of top coat (if you have it use Seche Vite, it's more thick).

If you're wondering how much it will last I tell you that I slept with it and it didn't ruin too much.

The trick is to not get your hands wet or the sugar will melt where the top coat didn't reach!!

NOTD: Pink & Orange French {three versions}

Another recent NotD.

I wore this for my mother's birthday last week.

I never tought that orange and pink could match this well but when I tried this I really liked it.

I liked it so much that I made two versions of this mani and also a pedi.

I took inspiration from this nail art I saw in a mag (don't remember which, sorry!).

In the first two pic is the "basic" version. I used KIKO no.280 and Miss Sporty no.140 for the french and topped everything with KIKO no.228, a silver glitter.

Here is the "bling" version with some stars and hexagonal silver glitter.

Here the whole look. For the pedi I just alternated pink and orange.

What do you think? Want to see more matching mani and pedi?

Swatch: KIKO No. 280

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This is a pure orange creme (the first pic is a bit dark).

It applied well, like most of the KIKO polishes, and it was opaque in two coats.

Swatch: Astra No.122

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The second Astra polish I bought is gold glitter in a light orange base. It's obviously a polish for layering so below you can see it above same creme polishes.

Here some close-ups of this polish above white, orange and black creme polish.

Swatch: Deborah 7 Days Long MIRROR GLOW No. 156

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This is a color that doesn't look well on me, so why do I keep on buying it?

The reason is simple. I wanted another MIRROR GLOW polish after I fell in love with the purple one, but since they are a little expensive I buy them only when they're on sale and the only color on sale was this.

This is a shimmer orange with a bit of pink too. The color is nice in the bottle but on me is just boring. Well, luckily my sister loves this kind of polish so someone is going to use it!

I hope I find another color soon maybe one with flakies.

Swatch: Catherine Arley No. 140

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This is a color that I thought I would like but unfortunately it's not like that.

Pretty color but not stunning, totally boring on my nails.

It's quite sheer and probably too on the pink side for me.

I used a little for some franken and probably I will never wear it alone.

Swatch: OPI No.F22 BAGUETTE ME NOT

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My camera isn't color accurate at all. In reality this color is less pink and more orange.

It's similar to this "basic" color, it's just a little lighter.

Tutorial #015: Halloween

Here is FINALLY my Halloween inspired nail art.

There are four types of nail art in this tutorial, you can make it on only one nail or on all the nails!!

HAVE FUN!!

What you need: a brush, a sponge.

Colors: I used halloween colors like orange, purple, blue, black and white. For some decoration I also used a glitter silver polish.

How to: TYPE A "Jack-o-Lantern"

1. Apply a orange polish. I used two coats here.
2. With a dark green polish draw a little leaf at the base of your nail.
3. With the thin brush and a black polish draw the face of the Jack-o-Lantern.
4. I added some glitter on the eyes.

How to: TYPE B "Stripes"

1. Apply a white polish. I used two coats.
2. Draw a diagonal tip with a orange polish.
3. Apply the purple polish over the orange one.
4. Here I added a third color: a blue with a violet reflex. (I used RIMMEL 60 Seconds No. 809 BLUE ME AWAY from the new collection, I also bought No. 819 GREEN WITH ENVY and No. 430 CORALICIOUS, they are all wonderful especially CORALICIOUS!)
5. With the glitter polish and the thin brush I added some lines between the colors to make them stand out more.

How to: TYPE C "Ghost"

1. I used a blue polish with violet reflex.
2. I cut a "ghost shape" in a piece of paper and put it on the nail with some tape.
3. With a sponge and some white polish I made the little ghost.
4. Draw eyes and mouth whit a thin brush and black polish.
5. In the end I've added some glitter only on the blue polish.

How to: TYPE D "Little Monsters"

1. Apply a white polish. I used two coats.
2. With a sponge make some "stains" with orange and purple polishes.
3. With the thin brush and the black polish draw the faces of the monsters. I also added a star.
4. Make some details with the glitter polish.
   

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Here is the final result.