#BB How To: Edit out Nail Wrinkles (Photoshop)

It's been a long time (very long!) since I've whipped up a Photoshop tutorial, in fact, I think the last time I posted a Photoshop tutorial was.... 1.8 years back?

Anyways, I'm taking you on a quick adventure today (because I'm in a rush!).... to save your nail polish swatch photos free from nail wrinkles... Yux.

Dem nail wrinkles!

Method 1: Clone Stamp Tool

Note: This is done ALL on the same layer (Window > Layers).

1. Open your image via Photoshop (I'm using an older version, Photoshop CS2). 

2. Select the 'Clone Stamp Tool'. To use the Clone Stamp Tool: hold down ALT + select the nearest 'wrinkle-free' area that you would like to 'clone'. 

3. After selecting the colour, let go of ALT and then start stamping. The (+) symbol shows which area it's cloning from, and (O) symbol is where the tool is cloning to. Play around with the areas, tool size and opacity until you're happy with your nails!

To adjust brush size -- right click.
To adjust the opacity -- for me, it's located at the top.

4. Ta-da! No more wrinkles on my ring finger!

Finished!

Method 2: Airbrushing method with Gaussian Blur

This method is for when the Clone Stamp Tool can't be used in the area due to a variety of reasons such as:

• There are too many wrinkles in the area that there are no wrinkle-free areas for the Tool to clone from;
• The photo of the nails has too many complicated tones due and all that other stuff. Meh.

1. Use the Eyedropper Tool to select the colour of the area you'd like to airbrush.

(I'm selecting this area so it can brighten up the redness around my cuticles too)

2. Create a new layer (Layer > New.. > Layer).

3. On the New layer, use the Paintbrush tool and brush on the colour (you've just selected in Step 1) onto the wrinkles like so...

4. With that New layer, selected Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur.

5. Play around with the Radius (pixel) slider until you get a nice, natural finish like this...

(Perfect natural finish on ma pinky!)

6. Because you've blurred it, the blur spreads and extends over areas around it too (in this case, the nail colour) so on the same layer, use an eraser to go over on the places it extended to. You'll need to do this because as the blurred layer extends over, it can lighten the true colour of the nail polish that you're swatching.

The finished look -- rollover for the original, unedited photo.


Yay for wrinkle-free nails! I hope you found the tutorial helpful. Let me know if I've missed anything or if you have any questions!

P.S. Pretty sure you can do a better job than my rushed photos! ^_^"

Nails Tutorial: Lime'mon

Hey everyone!!

My previous nail design and I just wanna do a tut for it. I know it's obviously kinda easy! But... it probably may seem hard if you look at it as a whole HAHHA

I used:

Two nail arts pen in black and yellow! (Because I LOVE yellow)

Creative's polish in Hop Pop Blue

Direction:

STEP #1: Paint about 3/4 (or your desired portion) of the nail in blue. Apply two coats if you want!

STEP #2: Fill in the remaining with either a yellow nail polish or a yellow art pen.

STEP #3: Now, with a black art pen, just land the tip onto the side of the nail and carefully swipe to the opposing side.

Yay!! And there you have it!

Anyways, hope you've read my post about DIY food masks that I posted today.

Besides posting early, I've also spent time doing my sister's eye makeup for fun LOL!

Here's her so-called-model pose! Hah!

Now... BYE! :D

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How to: Bun your hair using no accessories!

As promised, I'm gonna show all you ladies with medium-long hair how to bun up your hair in this sweaty Sydney weather (not anymore) using nothing!

I know some of us are probably unforgettable to bring hair ties or clips. Or sometimes [what I hate most], the times when the weather suddenly changes from cold to hot and you have NOTHING with you at all to keep your hair out of the way!

So here's a how-to video for you. I know I'm bad at directing but please do bear with me!

You don't need any pens or clips or whatever to bun your hair up like this, so it's really convenient!

I like to do this bun on the side and up high, more cute! :) And sometimes I clip up my fringe when I have a bad hair day. So this is one of my hair-dos to run to for a bad hair day.

To accessorize this, I put on my hair tie around the bun and I have fewer different hairties! So I'd like to change. I'm looking for more hairties though! I'd love to collect them!

Below is a picture of me using a chopstick. I know some of you may be unfamiliar to this, but us Asians [or maybe just my family] DO use chopsticks. They're not literally those eating chopsticks! I'm unsure where this have originated from. I'm sure it's Asia but I don't know if anyone uses it or how popular it is. But there ARE chopsticks which are produced for hair buns!

Look!

Credits here >

There are also other accessories such as the Chinese hair pins. I'm sure if you watch the Chinese dramas, you'd know what I'm talking about.

Credits here >

Once again, I hope I helped you!

Have a good night!!