Here are some great ideas for your nails for New Years! So easy to do! These gems were done by the CND team for Fashion Week. The photos are courtesy of CND. To score these babies this is all you need from any craft store and beauty supply:

1. Gold Leafing

2. Gold Nail Polish

3. Black Nail polish

4. Tweezer

Create your french with gold and black, then top coat the entire nail, while the top coat is still tacky, apply pieces od gold leaf foil in random spots. DO NOT TOP COAT OVER!

For these gorgeous digits, these are much easier to do than they look! All you need is:

1. Micro beads in clear, white and/or irridescent (found in craft store) and bigger pearls usually found in the scrap booking section of craft store

2. Clear or irridescent nail polish

3. opalescent pigment like eye shadow or CND’s new additives 

Apply a coat of your nail polish of choice then while wet, dip and roll your nails in the microbeads so they stick on, take your pearls and stick them in the cuticle area using clear polish to adhere them, DO NOT TOP COAT, you want to keep the texture. Then with you pigment, lightly brush some in random spots on the beads that was mixed into a tiny bit of clear polish so it sticks, use an art brush or makeup brush.

Ahhh Seductive & Sexy nails, just add a little fabric of the piece your wearing like lace, fishnet or tool, so easy:

1. Nude polish, (we used CND Putty) you can get that at my friend Angie Wingles website http://goindulge.com 

2. Black fishnet (we used very fine material, found in craft store)

3. Fabric glue (craft store)

First, measure out and cut your fabric pieces, place aside, then polish your nails in your color of choice and let dry. top coat, let dry. then using a toothpick apply the glue to the fabric and with a tweezer place the fabric to where you want it on the nail and keep pressing into place until dry, thats it!

Let me know if you want to see more of these posts and definitely if you try any of them!! message me anytime if you need more instructions or if you know of a certain design that you saw and want to know how to do it!

Thanks for reading, Happy New Year!

Candice M <3

I spend so much time doing nails for other people and special events that rarely my own make it in tabloids. 

check out the article called “The Best Manicures Of Beauty Insiders At New York Fashion Week 2012 that was posted by”Fear No Beauty”

http://www.fearnobeauty.com/nail-tipped/story-time-the-nails-of-beauty-insiders-at-nyfw/

Thanks for visiting,

By Candice Manacchio

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 A model walks the runway at the Diego Binetti spring 2013 presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Hotel Americano on September 9, 2012 in New York City.

Fashion designers are taking hands-on approach to the manicure.

Nail art, once associated with cheesy decals, has become nail fashion — and no designer would think of sending a model down the runway without a signature polish, specially coordinated to complement the colors and theme of a collection.

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“Nails are the ulimate accessory,” said Candice Manacchio, a nail and fashion expert from CND Nails. “They’re just as important as your hair, your makeup, your iPhone case and your shoes for putting together a coordinated look.”

Some designers choose to keep it simple — others demand mini-masterpieces.

One particularly gasp-worthy example? The “woven” nails at Rodarte, which wowed its attendees with its “Modern Medieval” theme on Tuesday at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week.

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A model shows off her nails for Angel Sanchez Spring 2013 Collection; Woven art: The intricate designs made by CND for the Rodarte Spring 2013 Collection.

In order to create the “basket-weave” look, ten CND nail stylists hand painted each nail tip. Next, they painted pieces of wax paper a subtly different color and then sliced them into slivers.

Using tweezers, they wove the strips into a lattice.

Each set has 22 nail tips, to accommodate the varying nail size of each model.

“There were so many left over,” said Manacchio. “It was a little heartbreaking after so much work.”

Her team spent over 200 hours creating 30 complete sets of nails. That’s 15 minutes per nail.

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Caviar dreams (and nails!) at Joy Cioci Spring 2013 fashion show presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.

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A model poses during the Rachel Antonoff Spring/Summer 2013 Collection held at Drive In Studios during New York Fashion Week in New York City.

Designers work with companies like CND, Essie, OPI, Deborah Lippmann and Dashing Diva to create eye-popping manicures with contrasting colors, patterns, textures and dimensions.

Still, doesn’t it seem like a lot of work? After all, aren’t people looking at the clothes, not the makeup?

“The nails are becoming more and more important,” said CND rep Hannah Longman. “The photos of the manicure will be appearing online and in magazines for months. And besides, it’s a piece of the collection that fashion fans can actually imitate at home — for a very small cost.”

The best thing about nail fashion is that you can be as creative or detailed as you want to create a runway look.

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Goth nails at the Nicole Miller Spring 2013 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.

While it may look like Manacchio used an expensive paintbrush to create the black and silver nails for Nicole Miller, the truth was much more budget-friendly.

“I dipped the edge of a makeup sponge in polish after creating the diamond pattern,” she said. “That’s all.”

A great place to start? A colorful take on the simple French manicure.

“Seafoam green was huge on the runway,” she said. “Why not paint the nail while and create a green tip?  Or vice versa?”

Some designers stepped away from nail art this season, choosing to stick with simple grey pinks and rose shades.

Victoria Beckham, Christian Siriano, Donna Karan and Elie Tahari chose to stick with pale pink and nearly nude polishes.

The nail brand Zoya teamed up with Peter Som, delivering soft shades of pink, lilac, silver, sea green and this season’s signature color: tangerine.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/fashion/nails-ny-fashion-week-nail-art-trends-recreate-runway-home-article-1.1157529#ixzz26PCC7dyQ

5:00 am Alarm Goes Off, Have to get ready to leave my hotel at 6:30am for a Call time of 7:00am

First, COFFEE!!!

No Time to stop and get breakfast, so I fueled up at the show, first show is the designer RODARTE, I pick healthier choice to keep me going instead of a carb crash later… MY choice, Fruit granola yogurt, egg fritatta, coffee

Now, time to belt up and start polishing models toes first, so they will be dry for the shoes. As a team lead, I give the run down to my team of what needs to get done, how many models, and what the color is. this show, 33 models.

The night before, me and my team worked on the nail tips for the show. each nail took 15 minutes to make, this was by far the hardest nail show we had of the season as far as nail design. Total hours to make this set … Over 200!

Now, lets start applying them…9:30am

10:30 am- Press arrives, need to stop and do interviews while my team works hard to finish all 33 models for a show time of 12:00

12:00 time to pack up and move on to the rest of the day….

12:30 try to grab a cab to head back to the hotel to work on nails for tonights show, they aren’t finished yet, we need to be done with them by atleast 5:00, plus i still need to eat lunch, im starving!

1:15 grab lunch to refuel…again, keeping it healthy for energy

2:00 time to work on nails for tonights show at the BLONDES, call time is 6:30pm and squeezi working on nails for the next morning show…my assignment is nails for tomorrow for Norman Ambrose, my team is working on the blondes nails

4:00pm-OMG I need Coffee Again, Craving Starbucks Iced Coffee with Soy Milk, YUM!

4:30, back to working on nails in my hotel room, I set up the desk to look like a nail shoppe

5:30 time to freshen up for the next show,

6:30, off to the next show..The Blondes

7:00pm, set up the nails for the team

8:00pm stick the nail strips to my arm to apply the nails to the models while they are in makeup or hair. The nail team is mobile, we don’t have a set station ever! we get right up on the side of hair or makeup

9:30pm go backstage where the models are getting dressed and squeeze in between the crowd to make sure all nails are still on before the models walk, hopefully none fell off!! Im so tired!

10:45 nail show successful, get a cab and head back to hotel to work on more nails

11:30pm work on more nails until 2:30am

3:00 am..Goodnight, Sleep atleast 3 hours to repeat the next day

Thats a day in the life of candice manacchio (a Nail Pro) at fashion week

LONG DAy, But Love My JOB!

By Candice Manacchio Nail & Fashion Expert For CND

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NOT SURE HOW TO WEAR YOUR NAILS FOR 4TH OF JULY? HERE’S A LITTLE INSPIRATION FROM ME ON WHAT IM WEARING, A SIMPLE RED GLITTER FADE, VERY EASY TO DO! HERES WHAT YOU NEED, AND SHOULD ONLY TAKE YOU 15 MINUTES!!!! 

IN THIS PIC, I USED RED NAIL POLISH FROM CND CALLED “FLASHPOINT” WHICH WAS A BIG HIT AT FASHION WEEK! ALSO YOU WILL NEED RED GLITTER FROM ANY CRAFT STORE, TOP COAT AND AN ART BRUSH OR GEL BRUSH.

FIRST, POLISH YOUR NAILS OF COURSE, THEN ON A PLASTIC BACK PAD OR WAX PAPER, (ANYTHING THAT THE NAIL POLISH WON’T SOAK INTO) PLACE A DROP OF TOP COAT , AND PUT YOUR GLITTER INTO THE CAP OF THE GLITTER CONTAINER OR JUST SPRINKLE A DIME SIZE AMOUNT ONTO THE WAX PAPER

DIP YOUR ART BRUSH INTO THE CLEAR COAT SO THAT IT’S STICKY TO PICK UP THE GLITTER AND START TO PRESS IT INTO THE CUTICLE AREA

CONTINUE ON ALL 10 FINGERS, THEN GO BACK WITH A DRY BRUSH TO FLAKE OR DUST OFF ANY EXCESS THAT SPRINKLED ALL OVER YOUR SKIN…(YES IT’S THAT EASY! YOU CAN EVEN ADD A 2ND GLITTER TO THE MIDDLE PART AND CREATE AN OMBRE FADE WHICH I WILL BE SHOWING IN ANOTHER POST

FINISH WITH TOP COAT TO SEAL IT ALL IN AND MAKE SUPER SHINY! AND THERE YOU GO, FUN GLITTER NAILS!

TOTAL TIME: 15 MIN

TOTAL COST: THE AMOUNT OF YOUR NAIL POLISH AND THE CRAFT GLITTER THAT WILL ACTUALLY LAST FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME, SO IF YOU BREAK IT DOWN… $3

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY WEEK! 

BY CANDICE MANACCHIO

Editors Turn to CND for Expert Advice and Tips!  

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WHAT DOES YOUR NAIL POLISH SAY ABOUT YOU?!? CHECK OUT BELOW…

hot pink: calling all bombshells

yellow: trendsetter in the house

coral: you’re ready for summer!

neon green: life of the party

off-white: the polish that keeps on wearing

light pink: 9 to 5 and beyond

red: not just for lovers

blue: for the young at heart

purple: crossing boundaries

***DISCLAIMER…THIS POST IS BY HTTP://IVILLAGE.COM THIS IS NOT MY MATERIAL, NOT MY PHOTOS, TO FIND OUT MORE GREAT INFO VISIT IVILLAGE.COM, IT’S ONE OF MY FAVORITE SITES!

TOMORROW…TUESDAY TRENDS.

BY CANDICE MANACCHIO XOXO

NAIL FOILS… SO MANY COOL PATTERNS, COLORS AND SOLID COLORS THAT ARE SO EASY TO PLAY WITH AND APPLY. I JUST DID MY SISTERS NAILS FRIDAY NIGHT IN 5 MINUTES. HER NAIL POLISH WAS CHIPPING, AND RATHER THAN TAKE IT ALL OFF AND START OVER… I PRESSEND GOLD FOIL ALL OVER IN RANDOM SPOTS TO GIVE IT A DECONSTRUCTED LOOK.

YOU CAN EVEN GET THE GLUE YOU SEE ABOVE AND THE FOIL WILL STICK TO YOUR LIPS. THIS IS A PHOTO OF MY FRIEND GOOFING AROUND. SHE DIDNT REALLY TRY TO GET IT ON PERFECT BUT YOU GET THE IDEA…

I KNIOW YOU CAN FIND THE TRANSFER FOILS CHEAP AT HTTP://DOLLARNAILART.COM

OR THE GLUE FOR MAKEUP AT HTTP://GLITZEYLIPS.COM

TOMORROW…TUESDAY TRENDS

BY CANDICE MANACCHIO XOXO

May 2012 - As the weather warms up, sandals come out and Salon Professionals experience a surge in demand for pedicure services. Now, nail professionals can easily transform clients’ calluses and cracked heels from scratchy to supple with CND’s brand new, incredibly hygienic Callus Smoother.

The innovatively designed Callus Smoother features disposable, peel-away exfoliating sheets that guarantee a sanitary pedicure service, every time. This essential tool has a user-friendly ergonomic handle for effortless movement, and a dual-sided face with medium and coarse textures to ensure precise and efficient exfoliation.

The Callus Smoother comes with 20 replacement grits (10 of each grit texture). Removable Grits Refill Packages with 50 grits (25 of each grit texture) are also available for purchase. Abrasive grits are intended for single-use only and can be replaced after each client service.

CND’s Callus Smoother retails for US $29.95. Available June 2012 in salons and professional beauty supply stores. Grits Refill Package retails for US $47.90.

For more information, visit cnd.com. 

BATH & BODY FRAGRENCE MIST: SWEET PEA

So refreshing and a light scent, wasn’t too overwhelming! I like how you can use it for multiple things, I don’t wash my hair every day, so after doing a dry shampoo on my scalp, I sprayed the mist on my hair and it felt and smelled like I just washed my hair, and also it takes the stale smell out of clothes in your closet that you typically don’t wash for  awhile (you know what items) Im not a huge fan of the sweet pea scent, I like more citrus type scents, so if you like sweet scents, you will love this. The packaging is really posh, it looks so pretty on my vanity, definitely would make a great gift!

CHAPSTICK LIP SHIELD 365

I’m a lipgloss fanatic! So I tossed this into my purse for the week to take the place of my usual gloss routine to give it a test drive. Love how moisturizing it was, and kinda had a fruity taste which I like :) best part is the spf 50 and it’s a year round chapstick, it has the moisturizing benefits of chapped winter lips need in the winter and the moisturizing sun block for tanning in the sun. I put this on while I was putting my makeup on to let it prep my lips for my lipstick, this is a definite like in my book!

SALLY HANSEN NAIL POLISH STRIPS

Wasn’t a huge fan, but probably because Im in the nail industry and do designs by hand with nail polish but think this is great for the not so handy in the nail polish department gals! Very easy to apply and fits any nail size. It’s so easy you can do it with your eyes closed! My pattern I received in my Vox Box through Influenster to try was hot pink and black zebra stripe, really cool on the toes!

AVEENO DAILY MOISTURIZING BODY WASH

Love, Love, Love this New wash, smells wonderful, left my skin feeling smooth and silky but not oily or greasy. It has oatmeal in it which is so good for your skin, (see my past post for the oatmeal face mask!) I will definitely buy this in a full size, my fiancé loved how it made my skin feel ;)

SHEER COVER DUO CONCEALER

has 2 colors, the peach corrector which conceals puffy dark circles and has the more yellow concealer to cover redness and blemishes, or, mix the 2 together to cosmetically cover the naturally dullness under eyes type, toss this in your bag and you can spread it thin as foundation when you need touchups after work and your heading out for happy hour with friends. This concealer didn’t crease, and was very moisturizing so i didn’t get that dull dry caky look. even better it’s a mineral makeup. I feel that the price point is a bit high, but, you do get what you pay for, so it depends on how you look at it.

DR SCHOLLS BALL OF FOOT

This little gem was great, i had an event to go to last weekend and wore my heels that usually by the end of the night i want to end up bare foot because my feet are KILLING me! I gave this a shot and WOW, I love how it has a gel like cushion, so I had that comfy padding, normally when your standing for awhile mingling with other people, the balls of your feet are pressing against your shoe against the hard floor and that pressure is what start to make your feet hurt because there is no support between the hard floor and the shoe, not to mention the blood that starts to run to your feet and cause swelling! you get the picture, this padding aloud for that cushion, and didn’t make my toes scrunch , I say every woman need s to own a pair of these babies!

**Disclaimer… I ma not being paid by any of the companies to test their products or to review, I joined influenster and they sent me the products complimentary and in turn i am reviewing and giving my honest opinion for every one else :)

By Candice Manacchio

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