Fall Color Kawaii Nail!

I did this Kawaii (Cute) fall color nail to my client!

I did not do 3D art these days,

since my clients liked nail on jewelries these days.

I almost forgot how cute 3D art is!!!!

Japanese Jewelry Nail!!

I just did my own nails!

One of them has Japanese Deco style :)

Love nail jewelries!!

I should used more nail jewelries!!!!

Paisley Pattern Nail

I used Bio Sculpture Gel #120 and #98.

Good for fall season!!

Bio Sculpture USA Art Recipe

My nail art Recipe is on Bio Sculpture Gel's Web Site!

Please check it out!!

http://biosculpturegel.com/

Helloween Hello Kitty Nail

It's about the time to get ready for Helloween!!!!

My client just did cute Hello Kitty Helloween Nail!

For appointment, please e-mail me at

nailart_shoko@hotmail.com

46Elm Street Los Gato CA. 95030

Wedding Nail/ Japanese 3D Nail Art

My client's wedding nail!

Bio Sculpture #1 and Glitter base.

A lot of lace and pretty 3D flowers!!

Congratulations!

If you are interested, please e-mail me at

nailart_shoko@hotmail.com

We are located at

46 Elm Street Los Gatos CA.

Feather Nail Art by Shoko

I did this cool feather nail for my client.

I just fell in love with this color and design!

I used Calgel Blue and Bio Dark Blue for the base!

For more update, please go to my facebook pagoe,

Nail Art By Shoko!!

If you want to make an appointment,

please e-mail me at

nailart_shoko@hotmail.com

Butterfly Nail

I did this nail for one of my fashionable clients!!

She is very fashion forward, so I wanted to make her nails to be very artistic!

It is too sad that you cannot see the 2 colors of the base... :(

Lococo Style Nail

Lococo Style Nail is very populer in Japan now!!

My Nail

To prepare for the first day of work,

I changed my nails.

After I did with pink, I noticed ...

I should have used dark blue or dark green...;P

Hello Kitty Nail Art

These are the Hello Kitty Nail Art everyone is talking about!

If you are a Hello Kitty fun, don't forget to have her on your nails!!

Feather Nail

I did feather nail for my friend.

I used Bio Sculpture Gel #115 and #118.

My Nail Art Pic is on Japanese Magazine!

OMG!!!! I cannot calm myself down!!
I just picked up my favorite nail magazine, Nail Max, from Kinokuniya(Japanese Nail store), and I was reading it as usual... Then, I found my nail art picture in the magazine!!!!!! I can't believe it!! How exciting is it!? I have to buy the issue and frame it!!!!

What to Prepare for 3D Art?

I get a lot of questions about 3D art!
So... I want to give you some tips about how to do 3D art !

Today, I want to talk about what you need to prepare to start 3D art!
Here is the list of what you need to have!!

1. Good Brush
2. Acrylic Powder
3. Liquid
4. Dappen Dish
5. Paper Towel
6. Aluminium Foil

That's all you need to have to start 3D art!
As I wrote before, I do want you to have good brush!
Also, I want you to have good acrylic powder and liquid.
I know there are many cheap ones, but don't buy these cheap ones!!
There are reasons why these are cheap!!
The cheap ones are normally very hard to work with, and the colors fade to yellow!
I personally like to use Ezflow acrylic system, but please try other acrylic systems too! I want you to find the one you are comfortable to work with! Everyone has different preference!

These are the ones I like to work with!




Next time, I will talk about the basics of 3D art!

Invest in Brushes!

(3D Arts I'm practicing now! Teddy bear and My Melody)


When I practice 3D art,it's very frustrating if it doesn't come out the way I want to do. If you are the nail art beginner, the first thing I can recommend you is investing in your blushes!!

When I first start practicing 3D nail art(about 4,5 years ago),I bought $7 Kolinski brushes at a local nail supply store.The cheap brushes get damaged easily after one use!!!! Not only that, this junk cannot even mix powder and liquid very well!! There was no way I could make delicate 3D art with this junk!I struggled making simple 3D art and I even thought "I have no talent to be a nail tec." After I bought this $7 brushes 5, 6 times,I decided to purchase "OPI Kolinski Brush", even though it was 3~4 times more expensive than the brushes I had. The OPI brush was awesome!! It gave me a lot of control for the amount of liquid and the size of mixture! Especially, after I practice with the junky brushes, the changes were just sensational!! I used the OPI brushes more than one year with no problems!

From this experience, if anyone asks me about 3D art, I always say "Buy a good brush and do practice a lot!" That's the secret of how to be good at 3D art!


I recomend OPI and EzFlow!!

The Colors to Go!

I personally love to wear black and white.

You can wear these 2 colors any seasons, any occasions, and with any clothes.

If you wanna go little cute, you can add baby pink just like the pic.

If you wanna have cool look, you can add darker colors.

Black and white give you endless style!

That's why I love black & white so much!

First Post!

Hi everyone!
I'm Shoko!! I am a Japanese nail tec. in North Califolnia! I studied nail in Japan, and do nail as profeccional nail tec in the U.S.A!Doing nail is my passion!

I want to post my nail art pics and some tutorials on this blos!

I'm hoping I can make many friends via this blog!