A SensatioNail Summer Tutorial.

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Hi there Everyone!!!! Today I have some great nail art for you with a little tutorial. 

Summer is here and if you are like me, you will love bright colours on your nails for summer. So today I am using SensatioNail Gel polish for this mani. 

 SensatioNail Have just released 5 new colours for summer and boy oh boy they are bright and awesome!!!! With all  SensatioNail Gel polishes they take only 1 min to cure under LED lamp and their top coat only takes 30 seconds. and their gel will last up to 2 weeks with out chips!

OK! So lets check out what we need to recreate this summer fun manicure.

Flower Nail art.

We will need- 

*  SensatioNail LED lamp

*  SensatioNail gel polish in - Teenie Bikini, Cabana Boy, Beat the Heat, Ride the Wave, Sun Kissed, White Lily and Glitter Silver.

*  SensatioNail Base/Top coat

* SensatioNail primer

*  SensatioNail cleanser

* Lint free wipes

*Acetone based nail polish remover.

* Black stamping polish (I used one from the Nail Stamping Queen)

* Stamping plate (Messy Mansion number20)

*stamper and scraper (i use an old store card as my scraper)

* fine paint brush

*nail Aprons (i used lokis nail vinyl ones)

You can change the brand of stamper or plate to any pattern really and recreate this effect with  SensatioNail gel polish.

Step 1-  Prep your nails with the primer. Place one coat of base coat and cure for 30 seconds. 

Paint a coat of lily white. Cure 1 minute. Repeat.

Step 2-  With the lint free wipe and acetone, quickly wipe off the sticky layer from your gel nails. This gives the stamping polish a base to adhere too. If you do not wipe the sticky layer your stamping will smudge.

Step 3 - Once you have cleaned your nails, place your nail aprons around your nails and cuticle. This is not essential as you can clean up the excess stamping with acetone, but I like to use the aprons so I don't have to worry about clean up. You can also use masking tape or even liquid latex to do the same thing.

Step 4- With the black stamping polish, stamp your nails with the flower pattern. You will need to work quick as the stamping polish will dry quickly. this is why its great to use with gel polish as it will not react when another coat goes over it.

Step 5- Remove nail aprons. If there is any excess black stamping polish clean it up with a small brush and acetone. Paint 1 coat of  SensatioNail top coat on and cure for 30 sec. Wipe off the sticky layer.

Step 6- With a fine brush carefully paint the flowers leaves with different coloured gels.

As a tip I try and paint all of one colour on all the nails then flash cure for 10 seconds. Then I move onto the next colour.

**Did you know that if you don't have the colour you need to paint your nails you can mix 2 different SensatioNail colours to create a new colour!

I mixed Teenie Bikini and Ride the Wave to make the purple you see in my manicure!!! 

Step 7-  Once all the colours are on cure for the full 1 minute. Then lightly paint a very fine coat of the glitter silver over the pattern. Cure for 1 min.

Step 8- Finally, pop on a top coat, cure 30 sec and wipe off sticky residue.

Here is the final result!

What do you think?? It is great for a summer manicure and it gives a great effect! Plus it will last for up to 2 weeks. If you are after a more subtle effect why not try some other  SensatioNail gel colours??!

You can pick up the complete range of  SensatioNail online or at Priceline. Prices start from $19.95 a bottle but keep your eye out on some great offers that  SensatioNail have on their Facebook page  Plus if you go online you can use the code LOKI20  for 20% off all of their products!

Make sure you like them over at Instagram as well!

Until next time........

New Years Eve Gel Manicure Tutorial with SensatioNail Gel polish

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Hi there everyone!!! How did you all fair after Christmas? Did you get lots of polish goodies???

Well now Christmas is over its time to think about what you are going to do with your nails for New Years Eve!!!

 Well fear not!!! I have grabbed my SensatioNail Gel Polishes and created an awesome NYE mani for you to recreate. 

So with all SensatioNail Gel polishes you will need the following- 

• SensatioNail LED Lamp
• SensatioNail Primer
• Sensationail base/top coat
• SensatioNail Clenser
• Lint free wipes

This will give you a clean durable gel manicure with up to 2 weeks of non chip wear. Preparation is everything. If you have a clean nail that has been primed and lint free your mani will adhere better and last longer.

OK so lets check out what else we need!

Christmas Nail Tutorials with SensatioNail gel polish

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Hi there everyone!!!! Today for gel polish Friday I thought I would pop together some basic nail art tutorials using SensatioNail gel polish.  Im sure you have seen an array of manis with regular polish but I tend to find that I don't see many with gel nail polish. Tho creating a mani is pretty much the same as regular polish, you have to remember to cure in between layers or they end up bleeding together very quick.Saying that, Gel is great in the fact it does cure under a LED/UV light and you can finish that beautiful artwork on your nail and know it is not going to smudge the minute you pick something up!!!

Lets check out the tutorials shall we???

SensatioNail Gel polish Frozen inspired snowflake Maunicure Tutorial.

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Hi there Everyone!!! Today I have a A great Christmas gift to share with everyone PLUS an amazing tutorial  on how to create a beautiful Frozen/snowflake manicure with  SensatioNail  Gel products.

First up Lets check out what SensatioNail Have to offer for christmas.

If your looking to start out in the Gel at Home market. This is a great way to start.

Lets check it out.

Their Starter Kits give you everything you need to get perfect Gel nails at home. I did a post on what's in the kit Here. For a quick run down you will receive the following-

• Pro 3060 LED Lamp
• Gel Cleanser
• Gel Primer
• Gel Base & Top Coat
• Gel Polish
• Lint-free Wipes
• Double-sided Nail Buffer
• Manicure Stick
• Detailed instruction sheet

Priced at $89.99 this kit is great value. One of the things I love from this kit is you receive a primer in the kit. If you are like me and have an oily nail plate a primer is a "must" to keep your gel on for the maximum amount of time.

Now on with the tutorial!!!!!!

You will need-

SensatioNail Starter kit lamp.

SensatioNail base/top coat and gel primer.

SensatioNail Gel polish- Blue Yonder, White lily, silver glitter, Gold glitter.

Foil, make up sponge, Nail Aprons (or a clean up brush if you do not have nail aprons) and a nail stamper.

Other items you will need are-

•  A snowflake stamping plate. I used Mash 68 and Born Pretty QA58. If you do not stamp you can hand paint snowflakes on your nails/use vinyl stickers or even water decals.
• White nail polish for stamping.
• Clear Swarovski crystals. I used 2 and 3 mm size. you can also get plain glass ones on ebay fairly cheap.
• lint free wipes and cleanser from your SensatioNail starter kit.
• A clean up brush and nail polish remover to clean any stray polish.

Instructions- 

1- Clean and prep your nails. Use the cleanser and a lint free wipe from your kit then once dry paint your nails with the SensatioNail primer. Place a base coat on your nails and cure for 30 seconds.

2- Paint your nails with White lily. Cure for 1 minute and repeat. This will give you 2 coats of white and a great base for your nail art.

3- Next take your nail aprons and place around your nails. If you do not have nail aprons, that's ok it just means you will need to clean up after each gradient layer before you cure it. This will take a little more time but you will get the same result.

4-Take the make up sponge and place a line of White Lily gel polish on it and then just above a line of Blue Yonder polish. Make sure you leave a small gap between the 2 colours for it to blend.

5- Once you have the 2 lines of gel polish, lightly tap on the foil. Do this with a small back and forth motion. This will blend the 2 colours together to create the gradient effect.

6- Tap the make up sponge on your nail to create the gradient. Repeat on each nail. Clean up excess gel from around your nail if you are not using Nail aprons.

7- Cure under the lamp for 1 minute. 

8- Repeat steps 4 to 8. 

9- Take the silver and gold glitter gel and place  on a new piece of make up sponge.

10- tap gently on your nail to add a slight gradient sparkle over the white and blue. Clean up any excess gel and cure for 1 minute. The silver and gold gives a great sparkle and depth to the manicure.

11- Wipe the sticky layer off your nails with a lint free cloth and cleanser. Now is the time to stamp your snowflakes (or hand paint them if you do not shave a stamping plate.) Use the regular white polish to stamp your snowflakes randomly around your nails. Let it dry.

12- Finally, put a layer of gel top coat on your nail. Then place your gems in the middle of your snowflakes. Make sure you do this one nail at a time.Quickly flash cure the gem in place with a quick 10 sec under the lamp so your gems do not slide off the gel. Once all of the gems are in place cure for 30 seconds. Wipe off the tacky to layer with a lint free wipe and cleanser.

Your Frozen inspired snowflake manicure is finished!!!!!!!!!

Here are some shots of the finished mani.

 Once you have got the knack of the gradients this is a really easy effect to create and you can use any of the SensatioNail gel colours in their range to recreate a similar effect.

Another great thing is this mani now will last up to 14 days with no chips as it is gel not regular polish!!! All those christmas plans.... sorted!!! your nails will be the talk of the party!!!!

All of the SensatioNail range is available on line HERE and you can also pick it up at your local Priceline store. 

The starter kit retails for $89.99 and the gel polish retails for $19.99 each. To sweeten the deal so you can get even mre gel for your $$$ SensatioNail are offering 20% off with the code LOKI20

I cannot wait to see your SensatioNail manis so make sure you tag me #lokislacquer on Instagram and #sensationailaus  on their Instagram page as well.

Until next time..........