Bellezza Bee

Move over crackles and make way for the new trend in nail polish this year! Textures. We have already seen textured nail art using flocking powders and caviar beads but China Glaze Textures polishes make this nail trend all in one bottle.

A new day, a new technique! The Sugar Spun technique is one I've seen, admired but never tried until now. It's quite easy to achieve and the colour combinations are endless; it's a perfect nail technique for your DIY'ers.

Opposites attract :) Let's get our nail art into science with the laws of attraction :)


For today's nail challenge I am using opposite colour on the colour wheel, indigo and yellow :)

Soft, pastel shades for Spring comes to mind with my latest nail challenge design and thoughts of watercolours.

Stamping and I have never been best friends. I just couldn't get my Konad kit to work for me and had banished it to the back of my nail drawer. So I definitely was worried about this challenge but what a surprised this turned out to be. See how I overcame my stamping dilemma, discovering some tips and tricks to make stamping my new best friend :)

I've been called the Gradient Queen before :) I love doing gradients and have done quite a few using the regular method of polish and sponges but seeing a revamped version using stripper brush polishes puts a fun twist to my favorite manicure :)

Stripper tape anyone? I was lucky enough to stumble upon stripper tape at a recent nail trade show and decided to use this for what else but a tape manicure :) It is pretty easy to use just make sure you have a sharp scissors at hand to cut clean edges.

How about a Splatterific design? Splattering paint is therapeutic and definitely fun for me despite the messy clean up.

Hello Beautiful! Well it's springtime in some parts of the world and I am joining in the fun with a springtime manicure inspired by bright bold colours of flowers and butterflies. My nail design today is all handpainted using a base of polish and nail art with acrylic paints. This look is also special to me since it's my MakeupBee entry into their first nail art competition being hosted by the Nail Art Society.

Lines and shapes comes to mind when I think geometric. The use of thin lines from the stripper brush polishes are quite handy for these designs. Here's my Geometric squares and rectangles nail art :)

The Samba is a Brazilian dance that is lively and fun filled with rhythm dancing alongside Samba music. I'm in such a dancing mood with my new hair streaked with golden goodness and bright eye colours. 

It's amazing how simple techniques like this one; the saran wrap can produce simply stunning designs. All you need is at least two contrasting colours and some saran wrap of course. For my Golden Chi Saran Wrap nails I'm using a chocolate brown with golden shimmer called Midtown Magic from China Glaze and Gold Plated from L.A.Girl Metal polish line.

Oh how I love flakies! Chunks of gold embedded in aclear base. It has the power to transform just a regular coloured polish into something special.