Japan to Vancouver DIY Nail Art II | Prép Beauty Parlour

By | DIY, Event, Nails, Prép Beauty Parlour

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Hello and welcome back to the Prép blog! If you enjoyed last week’s Japan to Vancouver nail art series, then we got news for you! We are back again this week to showcase another DIY nail art that you can do at home! At Prép we understand how busy all you ladies and gents are, and sometimes, there simply just ISN’T enough time to make the trip to the nail studio- but that’s totally okay! That’s what we’re here for today!

Today’s nail art features uses of our favourite– bling, our take at the famous ‘Hokuri’ nail trend, and the ever so popular Instagram baddie pattern of camouflage styles! It’s a soft combination of traditional soft Japanese nail art watercolour art (Hokuri) and the camo- military style.

Hokuri is a type of Japanese nail art that often uses sponges or other tools to imitate a jelly, dream like essence. It’s a perfect way to up your nail game while still being subtle (for those busy bees at work 😉 !!) Many nail technician will use a mixture of acrylic paints, but today we will show you a quicker way to create this beautiful art using gel polishes you already have!

To learn more on how to recreate this cute yet daunting look, keep reading!

Difficulty Level: ♥♥♥♡♡

Materials

Materials

Materials:

♥Nail Brushes

♥LUXIO colour in Incognito

♥OPTIONS colour in SMOKEY

♥OPTIONS colour in ROYAL ONYX

♥Bling or gems

♥Nail decals

♥Top & Base hard gel (or polish!) Ours is from Azkentz

Let’s Begin!

Step 1: As always, we want to prep the cuticle and surface of the nail before moving onto adding any gel polishes to ensure the life of the gel mani. Remember ladies- Dry cuticles mean gel polishes won’t stay on!

Step 2: Just like how we begin any other nail tutorial, apply the base coat to your nails first!

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Step 3: We then painted all of the nails in the colour SMOKEY as the ‘base’ colour

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Step 4: We cannot stress this enough!! Cure your nails in a UV/LED Lamp after each coat and layer to ensure the nail is fully ‘dry’, and thus will not be bumpy or squishy!

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Step 5 & 6 : Paint a line down the centre of your middle finger as well as the thumb on the other hand (that doesn’t already have the line), using ROYAL ONYX. CURE IT! Then add another clear coat and BEFORE you cure it, add some of the smallest gems/bling you own along the line. And then cure it!

~ We also used a pick tool to move the gems onto ROYAL ONYX to ensure they are lined up to perfection!

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Step 7: Taking ROYAL ONYX with a small precision brush, draw small strokes onto your ring and thumb as well as pointer and ring on the other hand. Kiyomi shows us how to draw a desired style down below!

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Step 8: Taking a clear hard gel (remember to wipe off your brush!), lightly ‘swirl’ the colour and blend it as shown below:

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Step 9: Taking INCOGNITO, swirl the colours to create a more dimension as shown like so:

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Nail Decal time! At Prép, we love to experiment with tons of new designs and shapes! Check out a sneak peek of our collection below:

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Step 10: We decided to add a simple Crown to one of the plain SMOKEY fingers, as well as a delicate V piece:

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There it is folks! Our recreation of a nail design, as well as one of the ways we like to present the Hokuri nail art!

Be sure to tag us on Instagram (click HERE), and Twitter (click HERE), to showcase your own variations of this adorable mani!

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Prép Beauty Parlour is located at 1054 Hornby Street in beautiful downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. We specialize in nails, eyelash extensions, waxing, massages, facials, event/bridal hair & makeup. We’d love to hear from you! Email inquiries to info@prepbeautyparlour.com. Call us at 604-764-6452. Check out our 5 Star Yelp page here! Don’t forget to follow and like our Instagram and Facebook pages! https://www.facebook.com/prepbeautyparlour

Before Your First Set of Eyelash Extensions | Prép Beauty Parlour

By | Bella Lash, Eyelash Extensions, Eyelashes, Lash Care, Prép Beauty Parlour, Technicians

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As the trend for eyelash extensions continue to soar high, with women of all styles becoming addicted to the, we often get tons of questions on the types and styles of lash extensions! Today we’ll be taking you on a journey step by step to ensure you learn everything there is to learn about eyelash extensions before your first appointment here at Prép! From the glues to the setting periods. We will discuss more on sizes, length and curls next week!  Let’s begin!

Lash Extensions at Prép Beauty Parlour

Lash Extensions at Prép Beauty Parlour

First, we are going to talk about learning to know what is a good set and what is not! For lots of lash newbies, they often go to a salon where their set may appear flawless, but in reality is not! After several days, the client may feel discomfort or multiple lashes (including our own baby lashes- yikes!!), may  begin to fall out. Now listen up ladies! Take note:

Lash Extensions at Prép Beauty Parlour

Lash Extensions at Prép Beauty Parlour

Lash Extensions at Prép Beauty Parlour

Lash Extensions at Prép Beauty Parlour

A proper set of eyelash extensions should feel weightless, painless, and should last 2-3+ weeks depending on your own lash cycle, weather, and any facial products you use. Our certified Prép technicians carefully apply a synthetic eyelash to each one of your natural eyelash using the perfect amount of glue. This being said, the glue should not affect the lashes and make them look clumpy, and should not be seen on your eyelid at all! If a technician applies too much glue, the client will begin to feel discomfort within a few days when her own lashes are growing but they are all stuck together!! Tangled with the extensions AND natural lashes! At Prép we only use individual lashes since cluster lashes will be a definite problem! This is a big NO-NO! If you are worry about the glue going into your eye, this should not be a problem at all as your eyes would be closed and there will be a gel pad under your eye!

Lash Extensions at Prép Beauty Parlour

Lash Extensions at Prép Beauty Parlour

As there are many clients with sensitive eyes or skin, we do recommend you call our salon at 604-764-6452 before your visit to book an allergy test on a separate occasion! We carry several different glues that may cater better to you!

Lash Extensions at Prép Beauty Parlour

Lash Extensions at Prép Beauty Parlour

Spring and Summer holiday seasons are coming up! What better way than to wake up without a care in the world and looking flawless with long and luscious lashes? Although eyelash extensions are fabulous for day time activities, we frequently have our inboxes flooding up with concerns swimmers and ocean dwellers on whether or not it is safe to wear eyelash extensions during this time. Our answer? A definite yes! We love having our extensions in during our Hawaii and Caribbean get aways! But it is SUPER important to clean them as soon as you exit the majestic waters looking like a mermaid! As the sea water may cause build up and be abrasive and break down the glue.

Lash Extensions at Prép Beauty Parlour

Lash Extensions at Prép Beauty Parlour

Before coming in for your eyelash extensions appointment, we recommend you shower and wash your hair and do any face masks regimes before. Since there is a teeny weeny period after getting your lashes, in which you are strongly recommended not to allow any contact with water. In order for the glue to fully cure, water cannot touch the lashes for 24-48 hours. If you do accidentally get water near your eyes within this time frame, the lashes will fall out much faster and you may feel a stinging sensation similar to the one you felt upon getting your lashes. We advise for you to give us a call as soon as possible to make sure your lashes look flawless again!

Read more about getting lash extensions next week here!

Prép Beauty Parlour is located at 1054 Hornby Street in beautiful downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. We specialize in nails, eyelash extensions, waxing, massages, facials, event/bridal hair & makeup. We’d love to hear from you! Email inquiries to info@prepbeautyparlour.com. Call us at 604-764-6452. Check out our 5 Star Yelp page here! Don’t forget to follow and like our Instagram and Facebook pages! https://www.facebook.com/prepbeautyparlour

Japan to Vancouver DIY Nail Art | Prép Beauty Parlour

By | DIY, Nails, Prép Beauty Parlour
Nails by Kiyomi | Prép Beauty Parlour

Nails by Kiyomi | Prép Beauty Parlour

Since the dawn of literally FOREVER, Japan has been the hotspot and leader in fashion, hairstyle, and our personal favourite, NAIL ART!

Often cute and quirky, Japanese nail art is unique and fun to have on your nails. Styles often use geometric patterns, negative space, stickers, or hand drawn art. Eccentric nail art is a MUST-HAVE fashion accessory to amp up your next gel manicure appointment!

No time to drop in for your gel mani? Not to fret! We have the perfect idea to bring the art to you! Below we will be showing you how to recreate the design as listed above!

Prép Beauty Parlour is home to many talented and creative nail technicians (as well a lash techs and make-up artists of course!), and today our very own nail technician Kiyomi will be recreating a cute style of nail art!

Kiyomi is a nail technician who studied Japanese nail art in well– Japan! She is always full of creative ideas and we are more than happy to have the trends in Japan be brought into our very own salon!

Kiyomi Nail Tech

Kiyomi Nail Tech

This will be the nail art look that we are recreating! Let’s Begin!

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Difficulty Level: ♥♥♡♡♡

Materials:

♥Nail Brushes

♥OPTIONS colour in LUMINOUS BLOSSOM

♥OPTIONS colour in TEAL DROP

♥Top & Base hard gel (or polish!) Ours is from Azkentz

♥ OPTIONAL: White gel colour

Get your gel pots ready!

Get your gel pots ready!

Step 1: Prép your nail!

Step 2: Base coat of hard gel!

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Step 3: Remember to cure your nils in a UV/LED light after each coat or layer!

Remember to cure your nils in a UV/LED light after each coat or layer!

Remember to cure your nils in a UV/LED light after each coat or layer!

Step 4: Mix and apply Luminous Blossom to the ring and pinky fingers!

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Step 5: Mix and apply Teal Drop to the pointer and thumb

Mix Mix Mix Mix!

Mix Mix Mix Mix!

OPTIONS: TEAL DROP

OPTIONS: TEAL DROP

Step 6: Using Teal Drop, carefully carve out the outline design as shown below on the . img_0995 img_0996 img_0997

Step 7: Fill in the outline to darken up the colour and increase it’s opacity.

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Step 8: On the same fingers, carve the outline as you did with TEAL DROP but use LUMINOUS BLOSSOM on opposing sides like so..REMEMBER TO CURE BETWEEN EACH LAYER!

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Step 9: Take a thicker and denser brush (like the one we use for our eyebrows, ladies!) And darken TEAL DROP and LUMINOUS BLOSSOM again- REMEMBER TO CURE BETWEEN EACH LAYER!

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Step 10:  We decided to add a little bit of line art to finish up the look, first, draw a triangle at the base, followed by a straight line.

Step 11: Apply a shine or matte top coat if desired!

Step 12: Using rubbing alcohol on a lint-free pad, wipe off the inhibition layer.

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Step 13: Clean up any edges, file the shape a little to fit to perfection!

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Finished! Now you can flaunt your cute DIY nails! We’re in love! Stay tuned for more future DIYS!

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Be sure to tag us if you followed this DIY as we would LOVE to see your take on it!

Check out our Instagram by clicking HERE.

Prép Beauty Parlour is located at 1054 Hornby Street in beautiful downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. We specialize in nails, eyelash extensions, waxing, massages, facials, event/bridal hair & makeup. We’d love to hear from you! Email inquiries to info@prepbeautyparlour.com. Call us at 604-764-6452. Check out our 5 Star Yelp page here! Don’t forget to follow and like our Instagram and Facebook pages! https://www.facebook.com/prepbeautyparlour

Dare to Dream Contest | Prép Beauty Parlour

By | Event, Prép Beauty Parlour

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Calling all make- up artists, fashionistas, Pinterest users, and wedding enthusiasts! Whether you’re in the beauty, fashion, event industry OR have an upcoming wedding, Prép Beauty Parlour is honoured to be hosting a contest for free Dare to Dream Bridal Fashion Show tickets! Read until the end for more details on how YOU can win tickets to the Dare to Dream Bridal Show!

 

Produced by Something Borrowed Event Management & Design, the 6th Annual Dare to Dream Bridal Show presents ‘The Big Fat Multicultural Wedding,” Prép is giving the public the chance to experience an exclusive fashion show, upcoming bridal trends, as well as many MUST SEE sponsors!

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Exclusive designer bridal fashion sponsored by Harry Rosen and Crossover Bollywood, this is a show not to be missed! Enter the contest for a chance to see and meet special guest MC Carmen Ruiz y Laza of CarmenTV!

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The Dare to Dream Bridal Fashion Show will be hosted at the Divine Pan Pacific Hotel Vancouver

999 Canada Place, Vancouver BC
Oceanview Ballrooms Level “R”

Here’s the exciting part! To enter the contest, simply follow our Facebook page by clicking HERE or Instagram page clicking HERE and tag yourself in the comments!

Contest due date will be Wednesday, February 22th, 2017

Good luck! 💞

Prép Beauty Parlour is located at 1054 Hornby Street in beautiful downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. We specialize in nails, eyelash extensions, waxing, massages, facials, event/bridal hair & makeup. We’d love to hear from you! Email inquiries to info@prepbeautyparlour.com. Call us at 604-764-6452. Check out our 5 Star Yelp page here! Don’t forget to follow and like our Instagram and Facebook pages! https://www.facebook.com/prepbeautyparlour

Glad Lash Coloured Lashes Prép Beauty Parlour

Coloured Lash Extensions in Vancouver! | Prép Beauty Parlour

By | Eyelash Extensions, Eyelashes, Lash Care, Prép Beauty Parlour
Glad Lash Coloured Lashes Prép Beauty Parlour

Glad Lash Coloured Lashes Prép Beauty Parlour

We ended 2016 with tons of fun and funky beauty trends! Such as chrome nails, holographic lippies, glow in the dark hair and even coloured mascara! So what if we told you, that we at Prép are welcoming the 2017 year with coloured eyelash extensions?

Eyelash extensions are all the rave! They’re low maintenance, look amazing, and feel amazing! Eyelash extensions are a fabulous way to up your make-up game and to prepare you for the day’s work with little to no prep time in front of your vanity. But have you ever wanted to spice up your lash game? 

We highly do not recommend applying mascaras that are not lash extensions safe to your lashes as many mascaras in drugstores have chemicals that will damage the bond and will wreck your natural lashes and the synthetic lashes upon removal. So what do we have in store for you today?

Glad Lash Coloured Lashes Prép Beauty Parlour

Vibrant mix of purple and pink coloured lashes to give a more glamorous look!

Take one, take two, are those coloured eyelashes?! Introducing the latest 2017 trend, COLOURED EYELASH EXTENSIONS! Prép is excited to offer a new addition to our eyelash extensions service that will better serve you! With these premium synthetic mink lashes, the contrast in these vibrant colours can bring out the true colour of your gorgeous eyes, making them pop. Only wanting a subtle look? Not to worry, Glad Lash has a range of colours that can blend in naturally with your natural lashes, giving it a subtle pop!

Glad Lash Coloured Lashes Prép Beauty Parlour

Your trained Prép lash technician will go over the colours with you to find the perfect shade to your liking! You can even pick from multiple colour pairs such as pink and purple to work together to look fabulous! Gently and with precision, our lash technicians at Prép will build dimensions and shapes individually with each coloured lash, mixing it with naturally coloured lashes give an exciting and bold look.

Similar to regular eyelash extensions, coloured lashes are applied individually onto each natural eyelash and can be mixed in along with our royal lash sets as well. They are perfect for those who like to have a fun night out with the girlfriends but have to be back in the office by the a.m.! 

Check out these fabulous coloured lashes here!

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Glad Lash Coloured Lashes Prép Beauty Parlour

A more subtle coloured lash look created using dark blue coloured lashes.

Intrigued? Got questions? Call us at 604-764-6452 to book for your appointment and receive these beautiful coloured lashes!

Prép Beauty Parlour is located at 1054 Hornby Street in beautiful downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. We specialize in nails, eyelash extensions, waxing, massages, facials, event/bridal hair & makeup. We’d love to hear from you! Email inquiries to info@prepbeautyparlour.com. Call us at 604-764-6452. Check out our 5 Star Yelp page here! Don’t forget to follow and like our Instagram and Facebook pages! https://www.facebook.com/prepbeautyparlour