China Glaze Nail Polish

China Glaze nail polish is awesome!  I just took a China Glaze "Color Swirl" class, and loved it!  I have always been an OPI snob, but now I love China Glaze.  Here are some pictures of the color swirl you can do with China Glaze polishes....

So I took these three beautiful colors, a bowl of room temperature water water, and some orange wood sticks.  You are going to create a bulls-eye with the polishes by dropping 1 drop of each color (green drop then blue drop then white drop, etc).  When creating the bulls-eye you have to move fast!  I make sure all my lids are twisted off and ready for me to just grab and drop my color.  Once I had enough color dropped, then I take my bulls-eye and start swirling, pulling the rim to the middle, or trying to make a flower.

Once you have your shape or swirl or design that appeals to you, you place your nail (tip or client's nail) into the water without touching the bottom of the bowl.  Then scrape the polish film that is on top of the water and around the nail/finger so you can pull up out of the water without messing up your imprint.

And here is an example of how fun you can make your nails!

Some other examples of fun with China Glaze and how beautiful their colors are....

This is Sexy In The City!  I am wearing it now ;)

This is Fresh Mint

This color reminds me of OPI's Cajun Shrimp!  Hope you'll try China Glaze!!

OPI Axxium

OPI's new axxium semi permanent polish is a huge success!  I have the privilege of taking this classes(being a licensed nail technician) and learning this hot new service that is available thanks to OPI.
Today I went to Nurtur the salon, a wonderful Aveda Concept Salon off Lane Ave. in Upper Arlington.  I decided to finally take time to go and get the axxium done and see what I thought of all the hype.

My appointment was with Leah, a lovely, sweet, detailed cosmetologist who has worked at Nurtur for over a year and a half now.  My appointment was wonderful!  Very relaxing environment, very professional, a sweet service provider, and my service was excellent.  My cuticles look great, nails shaped perfectly, and my axxium polish is beautiful and super shiny!
Being a nail technician, I keep my nails painted and filed constantly.  So to not have to worry about chipping polish or breaking a nail, this axxium is a wonderful way for my nails/hands to look professional and clean for a longer amount of time with less effort on my part.  I like that!  If you haven't tried the OPI axxium semi permanent polish yet, I totally recommend it!  OPI axxium has so many colors to choose from (like their polishes) and a french polish is also a choice with axxium.
I also really recommend Leah at Nurtur!  ....I will definitely be back.