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Showing posts with label Acrylic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Acrylic. Show all posts

Tuesday, 2 May 2017


How to Strengthen Natural Nails with an Acrylic Overlay💅




Isn't just so annoying when one of your nails just snaps because you have soft or brittle nails, well worry no more Kirsty has got us covered and is going to show us how to strengthen our natural nails with an acrylic overlay.   

As you can see in the video the nail model has a lot of white marks on her nails, this is due to the fact that she does so much with her hands. Well, there is no need to worry now because I am going to show you how to make them nice and strong. ðŸ’ª

Kirsty starts by pushing back the cuticles and then gently buff the nail to remove the surface shine. Now that the nail is prepped and ready, I start by using Cameo as it is one of the pale pinks, I am going to apply Cameo at the end of nail because we want the nail to look natural, and obviously the end of the nail is a lot paler to the rest of the nail. 

Now I am going to do a thin layer using the Cameo just blending it out into the nail. Now with just a little bit of Warm Beige, I apply a very thin layer of it on the nail. Now I have done that I am going to go over the top of the nail with Dramatic Pink. The Dramatic Pink is transparent, but it has got a nice pink hue to it. 

The best thing about doing an acrylic overlay is that you can create a deeper C curve. You can add a nice colour gel polish on top or you can just go for the natural look and apply a top coat using our Urban Graffiti Top Coat. 

All of the products used in this video are available on  our website: https://www.naio-nails.co.uk/


Wednesday, 15 March 2017


HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

We all know that Mother's Day is just around the corner, so if you are stuck on what to buy her then what better way to treat and pamper your mum to a set of beautiful mothers day inspired nails?! 

In the video Kirsty uses the Intense Pink Acrylic Powder to create two little love hearts and then covers the nail in Mega White Acrylic Powder. It doesn't matter if the Mega White goes over the little hearts, you can easy file over the Mega White to reveal the hearts. Then file and shape the nail. 

Now it's time for the nail art, Kirsty uses the gorgeous Urban Graffiti Gel Polishes in 
White - A0001
Light Green - F0548 - New Gel Polish coming soon
Pink - A0701
Sparkly - A0922

To make the cute little roses, Kirsty starts off by using the greens to make the little leaves and then uses the white and pink blobs in between the leaves and mixes them into each other. Kirsty repeats this on another nail and then cures the nails and uses the Urban Graffiti Top Coat on them. 

And how gorgeous are they?! Go on, treat your lovely mum to a even lovelier set of nails that she will be happy to show off. 

All products used can be found online and instore. 

Monday, 17 October 2016



This is the final Halloween video in  this series,  Kirsty does something that she absolutely loves,  Dia de los Muertos (you have no idea how long it took to get that right)  Day of the Dead.

This channel combines Kirsty Meakins experience in the nail industry and Naio Nails fantastic product range which is nearly all available world wide.

We attempt to give you an entertaining look at the kind of techniques you can use as a nail technician of as someone just doing nails for yourself or even just for fun.

For this tutorial you will need the following items:-

Bad Influence Gel Polish -http://bit.ly/2d5xc3L
Sapphire Satin Acrylic Powder -http://bit.ly/2dCXUHp
Pure Purple Acrylic Powder
Passionate Purple Acrylic Powder -http://bit.ly/1W6i6zb
Primary Red Acrylic Powder - http://bit.ly/1XK8B5T
Toxic Apple Acrylic Powder -http://bit.ly/1Xa7108

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