Little Bow Bleep By gnarlygnails

I've just got a little quickie for you today. I was feeling under the weather yesterday, felt better last night, then today the rain hit and left me with a pretty gnarly headache. So this is actually a post I wanted to add a second part to, but I will have to save that for another time and just show you part 1 today.

KKCenterHK - 3D Acrylic Bow Mold

Norther Star Polish - TrustNo1

So for todays post I am showing you a mold KKCenterHK sent me to review.

Don't let this fool you, if you have ANY experience with using acrylic powder and liquid you can do this.

Here is how the mold arrives, in a sealed package. It is available on the site, HERE, and retails for $4.75US - which is a great price for a lifetime supply of bows in any color you want!

Here are the supplies used for this, please note I have NO IDEA what these acrylic products are! When I first got into nails, my friend Rachelle gave me a bunch of random stuff she had left over from cosmetology school, so thats what these are. Acrylic powder (clear), acrylic liquid, powdered eyeshadow pigment and the mold. Essentially I mixed half acrylic powder and half green shadow pigment in a seperate container and then I dipped a brush in the acrylic liquid and then into the powder to get a nice sized ball. Pushed it into the mold and made sure to clean up the edges. I let it dry for about a minute or two, just until I could flex the mold and the acrylic didn't flex with it. You pop that out with some tweezers...let me tell you, the reason you dont want this to dry too much is so it's still pliable. If you want it to sit up off of your nail, no problem, but if you want it to bend with the shape of your nail, you need it to still be somewhat bendy. Wait too long and it snaps when you bend it. It's a learning curve that I got right the first time and wrong the second time!

And this is the bow attached to the nail. After I took it out of the mold I grabbed a sanding block and QUICKLY removed any little residual jagged edges and topcoated my nail than I bent it a little between my fingers and pressed it on my nail, holding it for about a minute until it was firmly stuck down all around.

It's a super simple process and I do plan to come back with more of a tutorial on how I did this and show a few different colors. In the meantime if this interests you, make sure and use the code below for a discount! the base polish for this is Norther Star - TrustNo1, which I reviewed HERE.

**items in this post were sent to me for free by the company or their PR firm in exchange for my honest review**

Thank you, gnarlygnails
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http://www.gnarlygnails.com/2013/06/little-bow-bleep.html

KKCenterHK 3D Art Acrylic Mold Review by artevolve

Good morning, dear readers! :D

Today I have a review to share with you.  I got these two acrylic 3D nail art molds for review from KKCenterHK, and I have been having an absolute blast with them! :D  I think that if you enjoy 3D nail art as much as I do and do not have the skills to sculpt your own shapes with acrylic (which is something I would love to learn but cannot do right now), then you will have a lot of fun with these too!! :D  Also, if you can sculpt your own shapes but are lazy, these are a great option. ^-^

I chose a rose pattern mold and a gorgeous snowflake mold!! :D The snowflake one is my favourite!!  If you know me than you probably know that winter is my favourite time of the year, so choosing this one was a no-brainer for me.  :D

They are rubbery (silicone maybe?) molds, which you can fill with nail acrylic.  Here is what they look like empty:

Here is what they look like filled:

To pull them out, you either bend the mold and they should pop out (either completely or enough for you to grab them):

Or you can just pull 'em off in a sheet, if you like:

What I tend to do is run over the edges with my nail to loosen the extra acrylic before it is completely dry.  If I miss any extra when I pop them out, I just run my nail over the edges and the extra crumbles off really easily.  You can also use a nail file if you wish.

Now for the extra fun part!!  Here I stuck them on a false nail:

You can use coloured acrylic or clear (you can paint them afterwards if you wish).  I only have translucent acrylic powder, so I mixed some silvery-white glittery mica in it to produce this look.

The only complaint I have with these is that for the rose mold, the roses are very large (the one pictured above is the smallest size in the mold!).  But, my sister suggested that maybe they are large (on purpose) for toe art?  Perhaps!

These are so awesome, and I want to get a LOT of them!!! :D  I highly suggest them!!!

Do you have any of these molds?  Would you try them?

-Ashesela ;)




Thank you, artevolve
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http://www.artevolve.blogspot.ca/2012/09/kkcenterhk-3d-art-acrylic-mold-review.html

3D Mickey Mouse on Red French Tips by mymakeupmania

 Have to take a little break from the study of traffic and such LOL~ I'm still wearing Untamed Luxury by Color Club and staring at my nails all the time. But today I want to share manicure which was pre-made. 3D Mickey Mouse Head on red french tips. I really liked this nail design because those red french tip looks so damn... hot >_<

How To Get 3D Mickey Mouse:

1. Apply base coat as always, I'm usually using two base coats which are nail growing stimulator by Kiss and nail hardener by Aritaum.

2. With a sponge apply creme red nail polish on nail tips.

3. Apply red glittery polish and stick red and black flat rhinestones on the beginning of free edge.

4. I pre-made 3D Mickey Mouse head (4 pieces: 2 small and 2 large). Stick them on thumbs and ring fingers. Place red rhinestones in the center of Mickey Mouse head.

5. Seal everything with 2 layers of clear top coat.

Here is 3D mold with Mickey Mouse head nail decorations. It has quite a few different size and shapes of Mickey Mouse head. I like the smallest pieces right now because during cold seasons it need a lot of things/clothes to wear and small decorations suits to natural nails very good, without clinging for anything. I'll try more bigger sizes of 3D decorations at summer time :)

How To Use 3D Mold:
1. Make sure U work in a very good ventilated room because the liquid smells so bad!!
2. Preapre mold which will be using, acrylic powders, liquid and brushes. For this I like to use smaller acrylic brushes, my favourite size is #2.
3. Fill in the mold and wait for about 3-5 minutes and with toothpick take 3D decorations out.
4. Stick them on clear nail polish or nail glue (which is not recommended for using on natural nails!)
5. The most important step is to seal 3D design with a good layer of top coat to protect ur manicure.

This product was sent for review. Please click [HERE] for more info.

Thank you, mymakeupmania
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http://mymakeupmania.blogspot.com/2012/04/3d-mickey-mouse-on-red-french-tips.html

3D Teddy Bear by mymakeupmania

 I'm finishing reviewing all sponsored products and it's only left the last one and I'll be done with them!!

For this manicure I was inspired by homeliness and all that stuff because I had to use 3D mold teddy bears and they always reminds me of something friendly and kind things. I decided to make a plaid pattern as my main design.

I mostly used nail art nail polishes for this design because it consists of a lot of different stright lines.

This is the mold I used for teddy bear heads. I used beige acrylic powder and acrylic brush #2. I used middle size bears for my ring fingers and the biggest size for my thumbs.

Product was sent for review. Click [HERE] for more information.

Thank you, mymakeupmania
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http://mymakeupmania.blogspot.com/2012/04/3d-teddy-bear.html

3D Nail Art "Single Rose" by mymakeupmania

 I added some nail art on top of Milani Blue Flash nail polish.

When I planned to do this nail art I wanted to place one rose on each nail but it turned out that I have only one rose on my thumbs.

Here is the 3D rose mold I used. To get blue-pink rose I mixed both powders randomly and filled the shapes. This 3D mold has only 4 roses: 2 big and 2 small. But it's enough for me just to make an accent on ring or/and thumb fingers.

This product was sent for review. Please click [HERE] for more details.

Thank you, mymakeupmania
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http://mymakeupmania.blogspot.com/2012/04/3d-nail-art-single-rose.html

3D "Card Casino" Nails by mymakeupmania

 Yesterday I changed my nail shape from squoval to oval. Just wanted to challenge myself and wear something different and I think I like this shape for now >_<
Anyways, here is the last article for KKCenterHK for 3D acrylic mold.

I love 3D mold nail designs, especially this one. Because protruding parts on the nails looks very different and original to me, also this particular mold has much smaller sizes which suits so nicely for natural nails.

Here is the poker cards 3D mold. I used red, black and white acrylic powders and acrylic brush #2. It's a bit hard to work with such small parts but somehow I did it. And if I did it everyone could do it for sure, because I'm very clumsy at this!

This product was sent for review. Click [HERE] for more information.

Thank you, mymakeupmania
Check out  mymakeupmania blog
http://mymakeupmania.blogspot.com/2012/04/3d-card-casino-nails.html