00:00Hey guys, it's me Anne and this is Beauty With Me.
00:02We all know by now, I'm a beauty nerd.
00:05And while I live for makeup and skincare, I'll be honest, nail art is not my forte.
00:10Last fall I got the chance to get a Japanese acrylic manicure inspired by Sailor Moon,
00:14which totally opened my eyes to how fun nail art can be.
00:18So when I got the opportunity to visit C&D Polish's Fashion Week Nail Design Lab, I totally
00:23flipped.
00:25C&D Polish is the brand behind some of the weirdest Fashion Week nail trends, like
00:29fur nails, and dog inspired sets.
00:32It's crazy guys.
00:33I'm going to get to tour the nail design lab and even get to make a few designs myself.
00:38Nail novice, no more.
00:42So first off, I met up with Jan Arnold, co-founder to C&D, to walk me through some of
00:47the nail
00:47looks.
00:48We are so excited about the season and we really saw some interesting things emerge for the
00:54nails, like framework, fringe, and even geodes.
00:58I love that and it's like such three-dimensional texture too.
01:01Exactly.
01:04For Libertine, fall 2017, his inspiration was the nomadic gypsy, kind of this Romanian gypsy
01:14that knows how to upcycle and recycle, but then gilded and embellished.
01:19Another source of inspiration was Uzbekistani village women who do these amazing embroidered
01:28Zuzanis.
01:29My favorite look was the shag carpet nail.
01:32It is the coolest nail look I've ever seen.
01:35On a base of acrylics, they'll put a paste on the nail and use a metallic tool to create
01:41divots in the nail where they're going to place the thread.
01:44Then they'll cut little pieces of thread and knot them at the end and using tweezers, they'll
01:48put little bits of thread in each of the divots they created.
01:51Once all the thread is placed, they'll put a little bit of gel on it to secure it all,
01:56and they'll finish it off with a little bit of brushing to get it all fluffy.
02:05Now, I know that those nails aren't necessarily DIY-friendly, so I met up with Miss Pop, who's
02:10an amazing nail artist, to show me how to do the nails from Jeremy Scott's Autumn Winter
02:142017 show.
02:16The show was all about this iconography.
02:18There was Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, there was Michael Jackson, it was all these stars.
02:22So we felt like we had to bring that sort of show base glitz to the nail and do this
02:27fabulous
02:27DIY that you can totally get these nails at home.
02:30I'll be honest, I was a little scared at first because the nails were beautiful and red with
02:34these amazing stars on it and I thought that there's no way that I could do those myself.
02:38But it turns out, it's really easy.
02:41All you have to do is get a piece of blue painter's tape, cut a teeny tiny triangle on
02:46it, slap it on your nail, and paint gold over it.
02:49It's really that easy.
02:52I feel like I'm like- You're making me so proud.
02:55So scared.
02:56You were so scared.
02:57Yes.
02:58I think it was technically better than mine.
03:01Once we were done creating our starry nails, Miss Pop created a nail look just for me.
03:05We incorporated two of my favorite trends, negative space, and blue, and created this
03:10awesome blue spacey manicure.
03:12For those of you who don't know, negative space is basically a technique of using different
03:18tapes and tools to create spaces on the nail.
03:25So instead of going with a full-on solid color, you have a few different colors that create
03:30little geometric shapes.
03:31It's really awesome.
03:35Any artist tape at the craft store, any painter's tape, I wouldn't get any bigger than
03:401 1⁄8 of an inch, depending on your nail bed, I think that's probably the biggest.
03:43This is 1 1⁄16 of an inch.
03:48So I'm going one hand at a time to make sure that the timing of my tape pull is right.
03:53So I'm doing one coat of each, and then I'll go back and do my second coat.
03:57And then I'll lift.
04:09Now I'm just going to finish this top coat, and you'll be ready to go.
04:13The look is so spring and so you.
04:15I love it.
04:16I'm so glad you like it.
04:23It was such an amazing experience seeing all the looks that C&D puts together for Fashion
04:28Week and beyond.
04:29Not only was I inspired by all the different nail trends that I saw, but I learned a technique
04:33that I can actually do by myself.
04:35And who doesn't love that?
04:36Three things that I took away from all of this was that texture, powdery finishes, and 3D effects
04:43are super in for fall.
04:45What are your favorite nail looks and colors?
04:47Let me know in the comments below, and I'll see you next time on Beauty With Me.
