Style from the Coachella festival

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Daria for Elle Spain may11

I just cant get enough of editorials like this in the moment. They are like so much "summer"!

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Rosie once again...

Rosie Huntington Whitely

Some like it hot...

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Sienna...

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Nail art...

(Barry M nails effect paint,with Barry M in mushroom,styled with stacked topshop rings.)

(Barry M,nails effect paint,styled with Accessorize ring,and my 'ring pull' clutch I made.)

Nail Art....










 Some more nail art experiments.....

 

Water decals,from 'Nail Delights'.

 

                                                                      



                Strawberries...yum!...

Happy Easter!

and sorry for the bad blogging! I've been buisy and also sick.

Get Chinese Symbol Tattoos - Fabulous, Sexy and Uniquely You

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Get Chinese symbol tattoos and make a decisive statement to the world.  These truly are the most versatile of tattoos.  They can represent the feminine or the masculine equally well and can empower us with a sense of who we are.

The key to getting a chinese calligraphy tattoo that is unique to you is to bypass all the usual outlets.

* Don't chose your design from the flash on the wall of your local tattoo parlor
* Don't chose your design from a "freebie' site on the internet.

There is a real temptation when browsing the art work in a tattoo parlor to see something that catches the eye and make a decision on the spot to get inked with that design.  Resist that urge.  That art work will have already caught the attention of a hundred other people.  You will not have a design that is unique.  You will have one the same as everyone else and not one of you can be absolutely sure of what it means.

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The free web sites on the internet are just as bad.  Once again, that design will not be unique.  Even worse, this time it will have been duplicated by thousands - maybe tens of thousands - others tattoo enthusiasts.  And to cap it off, the translation will be done by software.  It most likely does not even represent what it is supposed to.

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If you're looking for a Chinese symbol tattoo that is truly fabulous, sexy and uniquely yours, you must get an experienced translator to design your tattoo.  That way, you know the words mean what they're are supposed to, you get a choice of calligraphic styles and you get the stencil your tattooist needs to work from.

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... the first 3 photos are from The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2011...

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Good Tattoos For Girls - What to Look For in the Artwork You See

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There are three main traits to look for when you're clicking through good tattoos for girls. If they don't have these three traits, there's a very strong chance that the design might not be as great as you think. It might be just another generic piece of artwork that many sites throw onto their servers. If you want to pick good tattoos for girls, the following information can go a long way toward helping you achieve it.

First of all, so many people rush into getting tattooed and settle on the first design that looks half way decent. Do you know how many of those folks regret the artwork they put on themselves in the long run Over 95% of them regret it. It's getting out of hand, because people are just following fads and trends, which is the absolute worst thought process to have when looking for good tattoos for girls. So, my first tip is to bypass any galleries that have the same generic stuff over and over again. The first trait a design must have would be originality. It's an absolute must.

The second trait a design must have would be great shading. Many designs can look very, very slick on paper, but once you ink it on your skin, the shading will look totally different, and not in a happy sort of way. Many galleries put up designs because they look amazing when you print them out, but they look nowhere near as great once you make them into a real tattoo. You need to bring any design you pick into your favorite artist and have them look at it. Ask them question about the shading and ask them what needs to be done so that it doesn't look like a train wreck once it's put on your body.

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Last but not least, the design needs to be real. You need to look at drawings and any artwork that isn't a flash design. Flash artwork looks so darn pretty on your computer screen, but they are terrible to put on your skin. They will look so different that you might not even recognize the design once you get it inked. They do not make good tattoos for girls, because flash designs are not really meant to be made into a real tattoo, yet many galleries fill their pages with it, because it looks cool. Everything about the design will look different, including the shading and color.

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These three things can drastically help you when choosing good tattoos for girls, because you do not want to be surprised by how your new tattoo looks.

The Hottest Word Tattoo Ideas

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One of the quickest and most popular trends brewing right now are word or literary tattoo designs.  Be it one word to a whole poem word tattoos are hot.  In order for people to yet again differentiate themselves from others many people are choosing to have the tattoo word written in a foreign language.  For a long time Kanji tattoo were very popular.  To get a saying writing in Japanese Kanji was super cool.  These trend is kind of dying out these days and now people are getting designs in Italian, Sanskrit and even Arabic.

One has to admit there is a certain beauty and mystery in a foreign script.  Just think of the moment when Frodo holds up the One Ring in the movie The Lord Of The Rings after the ring has been in the fire.  Frodo holds up the ring and looks at the beautiful glowing elvish script inscribed into the ring.  One can not deny the mystery and beauty of the foreign elvish script.  Thus is the same beauty and mystery that leads people to get word tattoos in a different language.

What To Watch Out For

If you are thinking about getting a word tattoo and especially if you are considering getting one in a foreign language you should proceed carefully.  If you have done any searching on Kanji Tattoos on line you have probably come across sites where people have posted pictures of their kanji tattoo design and they are asking what it means.  Often it does not mean anything like what they thought.

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The Kanji is sometimes backwards, or missing strokes in the best cases and in the worst it says something totally different then what the person thought.  Don't fall into this trap and go around sporting a tattoo that says something that you don't want it to.  Just proceed with caution and spend some time doing your research for the tattoo design carefully.  Do not just trust that the tattoo artist tells you what it says. Remember tattoo artists are also business people and they make money by doing tattoo designs.  If you are willing to pay they are willing to tattoo.  It is not their concern so much about what the script says.

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How To Do it Right

So how do you do a foreign language tattoo the right way  Spend some time doing research and choosing the words carefully.  Also with the power of the Internet these days it is very easy to find a native speaker of the language who will translate the tattoo for you professionally.  There are a ton of translation services on line and paying an extra ten dollars for your tattoo design to ensure it says exactly what you want will help you to feel confident with your design.

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Another thing that can be very helpful to the translator and make the words and the final tattoo design more accurate is to choose words that are common and not slang.  For example if you wanted to get the word pimp tattooed across your chest in Kanji it would be very difficult for the translator to find Kanji that would translate that word.  There is no word for pimp in the Japanese language and for sure in the older script or writing of Kanji which is thousands of years old.  So choose your words wisely and try to find words that are not slang or culturally based words.  Also don't be locked into exact translations.  Often words don't translate straight across from one language to the next.  It takes some finesse and alter of the words to truly express the meaning of the saying in another language.

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Finding A Tattoo Artist

Last but not least you want to carefully find the tattoo artist.  There are tons of tattoo artists out their and many of them are truly artists.  Meaning they have special skills and talents and they are not just machines that pump out tattoo designs.  They have special and unique talents and skill sets and therefore it can be beneficial to seek out an artist that specializes in the language you want to get the tattoo done in.  For example if you get a kanji tattoo design done by a Japanese tattoo artist you can be pretty sure the translation and the artwork has been done correctly.  As always you get what you pay for in life and going with cheap is not the way to go with a tattoo that you will wear for the rest of your life.  So if it costs a little more then pay and be satisfied with the tattoo you get!

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