A Good Time Nail Party!

It’s a Nail Party! My Sister had company come up and visit from New Hampshire. These people are her second family. She’s known them all since they were babies and she is like an Aunt to them. Seven people packed into a mini van and headed north for a 7+ hour journey just to see her. That’s love my friends! Included in the seven were two young ladies and an adorable 6 year old. I saw a perfect opportunity to do some manicures.  I laid almost everything I have out on the table, and I think they were surprised by how much I had. It was my demonstration of what an obsession can look like. There were 30 tiny nails all waiting to dive in. First I gave everyone a paper plate to test different colors on so they would be sure of what they actually wanted. This was smart because it meant less polish removing so as not to damage their young nails. Prior to them coming up, I found out some of the things that interested them and I made up some Waterslides for them to have. They had never even heard of a waterslide before. It was great showing them something new. The ones that excited them most were the ones of Sully and Boo from Monsters Inc. Who can blame them… Sully and Boo are adorable! Spongebob and Patrick were also a hit. Sharai is a very adorable little 6 year old with boundless energy! Of course she wanted to play around with polishes too. Her Mom Sonya did her fingernails. I didn't get a picture of them, but Sharai painted her own little toes all by herself. Good Job Kiddo! Sharai and her Mom Sonya painting nails Mom (Sonya) took part in the nail party too. After she painted Sharai’s nails, she decided to paint her own toenails. She really wanted to paint her fingernails, but she works in the Medical Field and isn’t allowed to, so toes would have to do. She chose a pretty silver base and stamped on some cherries. She did a great job! Kiki and her friend Jaylyn took their time to decide what they wanted. They loved the pinks, teals and purples. I can’t blame them, I do too! They decided on which colors they wanted to work with and away they went. Boy those are some small nails. I painted some of Kiki’s and it just proved my eyes are getting old. LOL… Poor kid… I had a lot of fixing to do. The nails she painted on her own were perfect. We added some waterslides. This was a little trial and error. Mainly because the polish color we were putting them on drowned out the images. Thankfully waterslides are easy to remove if you haven’t added a top coat yet. Eventually we got it right. Kiki settled on a Sully for one hand and a Boo for the other. Jaylyn chose a Sully and a purple flower. Of course if you’re gonna have a nail party you need to go all the way! Stamping would be next. I showed Jaylyn once how to do a good stamp and she took to it like a pro! I was so impressed. She was knocking out her nail stamps like she had been doing them her whole young life. She did a perfect job! She enjoyed it so much, she did Kiki’s stamps for her. That wasn’t quite enough… so Kiki added some colored rhinestones to her nails. She was using tweezers to get those tiny things on her nails. I showed her how I do them, and guess what? Her way was better… so thanks for that tip Kiki!! So here are their end results… I am so very impressed by what these girls did. Kiki's Nails Jaylyn's Nails  A great time was had by all…  I love sharing my love for Nail Art with people, especially when they enjoy it as much as everyone did. I hope we all get to do it again some time! So get your friends together and have a nail party… you won’t be sorry! Jaided