I'm moving to Arizona!!

Yep, that's right people! The Big announcement is that I will be moving my business and life to the Phoenix area of Arizona. I have lived in San Diego my entire life, and quite honestly had no intentions of ever leaving. But as some of you may know, I have been in a long distance relationship for 10 months now and it's getting time for me to relocate and be close to my amazing man! Now the actual move will be happening October first of this year, But my last day in my San Diego salon will be September 16th. I wanted to make sure I put this info out as soon as possible for those who may want to book out before I leave. Although I have not settled on a salon to work at in Arizona yet, the other nail technicians I have met and talked to so far have been nothing but wonderful and welcoming to me and I'm thankful I can go into such a supportive community there. I will continue to check out salons until I find the right fit for my business, and will definitely be announcing that when the time comes! But in the meantime I will be enjoying my last few months at the salon that got my career started because it definitely won't be an easy goodbye. I have worked with 30+ other women at my current salon for the past 4 years and I couldn't have asked for a more encouraging and helpful place to build my experience at. Each co-worker and client will be greatly missed! But luckily I only have a 5hr dive or 1hr flight to come visit 💛

And of course here are the details on my Arizona inspired nail art:

Products used: 

Base coat: Gelish

Gelish color: She's my Beauty

CND color: Salmon Run, Plum Paisley, Blue Rapture, Cream Puff

Glitter: My own custom mix

Studs and gems: Ocean Nail Supply

Nail art brush: Young Nails

Top Coat: Laqued Matte and Gelish top it off

Details on the VDay Nails

This year I opted to ditch the pinks and reds in order to create my Valentines Day nails around a more neutral taupe and rose gold color scheme! I used all CND products to create this lovely look and will list colors and glitters along with the step by step process.

Cure your base coat! 

Use a small brush to paint on field fox, leaving a heart shape. Regular coat on thumb. 

Paint one layer of moonlight and roses leaving an empty v shape at the cuticle  

One layer painted as usual using chiffon twirl. Then cure all nails. 

Repeat 3 previous steps and cure all nails. 

Brush loose sizzling sand glitter on pointer and pinky, then seal with old top coat used for messy glitter. 

Pin stripes on thumb using chiffon twirl. 

Take your time to write out love in cursive with black pool.  And cure before you accidentally mess up your masterpiece 

Not pictured: use a dotting tool to alternate dot sizes in black pool along cuticle v shape and cure a Swarovski gem in the center using top coat. Using clear gel and glitter combo, outline your negative space heart. Once cured, add final top coat and cure for the final time.

Happy Valentines Day!!

-XOXO Breasha

Starting Fresh

           So the time has come where my nails just couldn't take it any longer. I've always had pretty strong natural nails, and aside from random breaks here and there, never needed the help from hard gels or acrylic. Well, the last few months this hasn't been the case. So I started adding a thin CND Brisa Gel overlay to my nails in order to keep my length. It really did help keep my nails nice and long, but I knew it would only be a temporary fix for me considering how much extra time it added when changing my nails out each week. So finally Halloween passed and I went for the restart!  

Deep cracks in 3 of my nails on this hand

Clipped, filed, and base coated

Two coats of CND Shellac Feild Fox

Glitter accents

Finished product!! 

It's definitely an adjustment having nails this short, but at the same time quite liberating! I'm going to practice my patience and wait for them to be healthy and strong on their own again!! 

The 2016 Halloween Nails

As some of you may know,  Halloween is my most favorite of the holidays! Every year I do Halloween themes all month, with each set getting progressively more themed. So here is what I came up with for this year :) 

Bats, pumpkins, and slime, oh my!! 

And of course all except for the sparkly purple nail, GLOW IN THE DARK! Pretty much my favorite thing about Halloween nails. However I'm still trying to figure out how it's possible to actually take a picture of them in the glowing state...suggestions?? But seriously, I went to Disneyland this week, and it was SO rad seeing them glow in the rides!! 

PRODUCTS USED:

-Gelish base coat and top coat

-CND shellac in colors; lush tropics, black pool, electric orange, Nordic lights, and zllionaire

-Morgan Taylor glow in the dark coat

Shiny Spider Webs

This nail look was my subtle kick off to Halloween time! 

Products used: 

-Gelish base coat and matte top coat

-CND shellac, in colors; city scape and black pool

-Silver chrome powder, gossip gel, and Swarovski crystals from ocean nail supply

-Sally Hansen's big matte top coat