Author Archives: Vic

Talonted Tips: Watercolor Art

What You’ll Need Base coat White nail polish 2-6 colored polishes Medium to large nail art brush Acetone Top coat STEP ONE Your canvas Paint your nails white and apply top coat. This will make sure that the acetone will not affect the white base. STEP TWO Creating the watercolor Beginning with your chosen color […]

August 2013 Nail Art Challenge: Gradient and Recreation

Since doing Serum, I haven’t had as much time to do nail art or really swatch the many bottles of untrieds I have. Luckily there’s a person on Instagram that goes by Californails that creates monthly nail art challeges. Not a daily-who-has-time-for-that challenge, but something more flexible for those that don’t have time to do […]

China Glaze Summer 2013 Sunsational

China Glaze Summer 2013 collection, Sunsational, is comprised of 6 cremes and 6 jellies in pinks, purples, peaches, blues and greens. I’ve read some reviews on these (some good, some bad), but I love the colors so I had to try them out for myself. Overall the application wasn’t as bad as I expected, it […]

OPI FW13 San Francisco Collection

OPI’s FW13 collection is inspired by the city of San Francisco. As OPI Executive VP and Artistic Director, Suzi Weiss-Fischmann states, “with twelve colors ranging from moody grays and blues to garnet and ruby jewel tones, these lacquers are designed to accessorize fall’s hottest looks, from military details to winter whites.” To be honest, when […]

Talonted Tips: Heart French

What You’ll Need Base coat Polish for base color Polish for heart Top coat STEP ONE Apply base color Paint nails your base color, I used Essie The Girls are Out. STEP TWO Create the heart To create the heart, use the nail polish brush of your heart color and swipe color onto one side […]

Happy First Special Day!

Serum No. 5 turns 1 today! I just want to thank you all so so much for your continued support and love for Serum. Because of you, I get to do something I really enjoy and can help others while doing it too. How many others can really say that? During Serum’s first year, we […]

Cosmoprof NA 2013: Part Two

I’m sure you all know of Nail It! Magazine by now. If not, it’s the first lifestyle magazine for women who love nails, finally something for us that doesn’t require we need a license or something. Well at my last day at CPNA, I was uber lucky enough to meet Karie Frost, Nail It!’s hard […]

Mint Manis for Talia Joy

On July 16th, at age 13, Talia Joy Castellano earned her angel wings. Talia Joy was a wonderfully unique and brave young woman. She fought neuroblastoma and leukemia with all her heart and still remained a happy, joyful girl. She became a YouTube sensation with her makeup tutorial vids, but more than that, she fearlessly […]