Hello to all nail techs and nail lovers, my name is Tatiana Litvinov
and I am a nail technician and International Educator from the
Republic of Moldova. Today I would love to present you to my
patented nails which I called "Embroidered Nails". I called them `embroidered'
because this unique technique expresses the exact effect of real embroidery
but on nails. This new design in the nail industry became loved by nail
technicians and customers very fast, first of all because its flatness makes
it easily wearable and secondly because it is so special that it turns heads!
Everybody is asking me, "How did you come up with this idea?" Well, this is
what happened... One day, my boyfriend and I were watching the D&G Fashion
Show for Fall\Winter 2012-2013 and it presented a fabulous collection full of
embroidered elements, so I just fell in love with it. My boyfriend told me that
it would be so awesome if I could do something like this on nails, and that
was where it started. All my life I loved embroidering and actually I made a few of them, my
lovely grandmother taught me to do this. So, I started thinking of how I could do it on the
nails and at first I had no idea. But one day, I was making a winter design for a nail magazine
where it had a frosty effect on the French with blue 3D roses, I needed some leaves for
my roses but I couldn't make them green because my design was a
little fantasy, so I remembered that I had some tiny beads and I tried
to make the leafs with them and there you go! I saw that it looked
just like embroidery if done in a certain way. The next day my boyfriend
bought me as many colors of the beads as he could find and I made
our idea into a reality. The set of nails that I present to you today is
my first work in this technique and I hope you will like it.
To make this design you will need just those tiny bullions (which are
half as small as in a regular caviar) and clear or pink acrylic powder
with monomer. It is very important to understand the elements of real
embroidery to get the same effect on the nails. This technique is so
awesome that you can do it flat or even in 3D. Doing it flat you will get
an amazing and original design which will make your customer feel special; doing it in 3D will
let you get the effect of a really fancy lace ( the bow on the nails).
A lot of nail technicians around the world expressed their emotions and opinions regarding
embroidered nails and have come to learn how to do it. This is a new style of nail design
which is absolutely different from all that exists today in the nail
industry; it is a new trend in nail art which makes me very proud and
happy. Embroidered Nails look great on all the lengths and shapes
of the nails, just build a nice nail and add the design. Using this
technique you can create not only nails for you and your customers,
but accessories as well, like rings, earrings and all the jewels that
your creative soul likes. I hope you like my Embroidered Nails and in
case of any questions you can find me on Facebook.
With love
Tatiana Litvinov
embroidered Nails
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NO.9 (5/2013)