How to: Water Nail Decal

Hello there Lovelies! As promised, here is the how to tutorial on how to do water nail decals. Picture heavy post ahead so please bear with me. :)

The materials needed are:

1. Base coat
2. Top coat
3. Scissors
4. Small container with water
5. Pusher
6. Nail file
7. Water decals
8. Cotton balls (not in picture)

Step 1. Clean your nails and cut your cuticles. Apply a nail thickener and/or base coat. Let dry.

Step 2. Cut up the nail decals, you can cut it up into individual strips or like what I do into strips of 3 because this will help me determine which decal goes into which nail.

Step 3. Submerge the cut up nail decals into the water.

Step 4. You will know that the decals are ready to use once they start to peel from the paper backing.

Step 5. Pick up the decal and place on the nail where it fits.

Step 6. Use a wet cotton ball to press on the decal on your nail.

Step 7. Use a pusher to tuck in the decal in all sides.

Step 8. Once the decal is in its desired place, use a top coat to seal it in. 

Step 9. Once a top coat is brushed on you will notice that the decal seems to melt onto the nail and the top end will seem to curl up. Use the pusher to remove the excess decal. 

Step 10. Let the top coat dry, you can use a quick drying top coat if you like. It is finished! :) Enjoy!

How To Get A Bikini Body Quickly For Summer Or An Upcoming Vacation

Vacations are much more fun when you are in great shape for wearing a bikini.

Do you have a vacation coming up and want to look your best? When you land on the beach, you want to ensure you have a hot bikini body that'll turn heads. You will enjoy your vacation much more if you feel sexy. Most likely You will want to take lots of pictures as well, therefore you will want to make sure that your body is in great shape and bikini ready. When you reach 80 years of age, you can look at those terrific pics and boast to your kids and grand kids about how attractive you were in your younger days.

It Is Easier To Achieve A Great "Bikini Body", When You Have An Up Coming Event Or Want To Look Great For Summer

Not only will your vacations be more filled with fun when you look great, it is much more motivating to do what needs to be done when you know that you will look attractive in a bikini soon. Most women are aware of what is required to get a bikini body shape, it is just so easy to get off course from their diets or workout routines. I recommend you grab pics of your vacation destination and place them somewhere for you to see every day. Also, it's also a great idea to find pictures of fit women who possess a bikini body that you would like to endeavour towards gaining.

Preparing For An Upcoming Vacation Is half The Fun Of Going On A Vacation

Most vacations run up to only 7-10 days. A good way to make that vacation longer is by spending weeks working hard towards getting in top bikini body shape. Of course, shopping for a vacation trip is great fun, but reaching a high fitness level can also be enjoyable. Doing what is necessary to get in top bikini body shape on a consistent basis is actually a very rewarding experience. Honestly, if you look your best, everything will be more enjoyable.

The are 5 basic and proven steps to gaining a stunning "bikini body":

1) Consume less calories than you normally do each day. This sounds basic, but if you burn more calories than what you consume you will lose weight. For best bikini body results, do this at least two months before your vacation.

2) Do all your cardio workout when your stomach is empty. Make sure you do not have any carbs in your system before doing cardio. Doing this will ensure that you burn fat and not carb calories stored in your muscles. Taking in a calorie-free caffeine drink will provide you with energy to hit the cardio hard. You will get rid of excess fat from your improving bikini body on a regular basis, if you stick to this rule. Try to not eat any calories of any kind about 3-4 hours before working out.

3) Do your cardio for at least 1 hour per day 3 weeks before your vacation date. Hitting the cardio for 1 hour per day, twenty one days in a row, will burn that last bit of stubborn body fat off that bikini body of yours. Very few people will ever workout 21 days in a row in their lifetime. Very few people will ever get in their best bikini body shape. If you have the willpower to workout 21 days in a row without fail, you will reach a level that few people ever reach.

4) Workout in the gym 3-4 days per week. Lifting weights will contribute to a sleek bikini body, it just won't be as dramatic as with cardio and diet. Stick with a basic weight lifting routine and you will be o.k. You could probably get a good resistance workout in 15-20 minutes. Getting a bikini body is more about burning off stubborn body fat and less about building muscle.

5) Tan that bikini body of yours. You don't want to overdue it, but 10 sessions of 10-15 minutes at a tanning salon will give you a bit of color and make your body look more attractive. Also, make sure and apply lotion daily to make your skin glow.

Summary:

Hopefully this gives you a great mind set into what it takes to get that bikini body ready for summer. You can't go wrong with sticking with the basics which is low calories and lots of cardio. There are a few select sources of more advanced information on the Internet, but most is geared towards bulking up, this isn't the type of advice you will want to follow. A great bikini body is about lower body fat, not bigger muscles.

About The Author:

Rusty Moore is an avid trainer who gives training advice geared specifically at people who want a body that attracts the opposite sex. While other trainers focus on building muscle mass, Rusty focuses on what members of the opposite sex find irresistible. Want a body like Brad Pitt -or- Matthew Mcconaughey? How about Jessica Alba -or- Jessica Biel? Check out his fitness course for women here >Visual Impact For Women<

Lose Body Fat Fast - How To Lose Fat Quickly For An Upcoming Event

There are certain times in life when you don't just want to lose fat quickly, but you need to. For instance, if you are planning to go on a vacation to a tropical location like Hawaii, you are going to enjoy your trip much more if you're confident that you look great. You will surely look your best if you are able to lose fat and look great in a swimsuit.

Your Face Will Look Better at a Lower Body Fat Percentage

This is something that people don't talk about very much, but when you are leaner your face will look better. For men you will be able to gain that square jaw and women will be able to see high cheekbones and have less fat around the neck. Obviously this will help you look your best for photos when you are on vacation or attending a wedding, etc.

You Can Actually Lose a Significant Amount of Body Fat in 3 Weeks

Hopefully, you have more than 3 weeks to get in shape, but if you don't you will still be able to lose body fat quickly enough to make a big difference. Here is a 21 day plan I use before every vacation that has worked wonders for me as well as those I give advice to.

1) Hit the Cardio hard at Least One Hour Per Day

2) Don't Eat or Drink Any Carbs at All 4-6 Hours Before Your Cardio

3) Drink Green Tea or Black Coffee 30 Minutes Before Your Cardio

4) Eat "Low Calorie" and "Low Carb" Throughout the Day

5) If You Are Dying For Carbs, Only Eat Them Following a Hard Workout

6) Total Daily Calories Equals "Body Weight" x 8

7) Lift Weights 4-5 Times Per Week

Note: This is just a short term 21 day plan...you will lose muscle if you go longer than 21 days on this plan.

The most crucial part is that you are performing at least one hour of cardio in a fasted state for 21 days in a row. Very few people have ever done cardio for 21 days in a row. You will be amazed at how well this works. I have been able to lose body fat quickly by following this plan in the past and you will too. Give this a shot, you will see great results.

About the Author:

Rusty Moore is a trainer who gives advice to men and women who want a body that has "The Hollywood Look". Get the slim & toned physique like Cam Gigandet, Brad Pitt, Jessica Biel, or Penelope Cruz. Click here to check out his fitness programs Visual Impact Muscle Building and Visual Impact For Women and Visual Impact Cardio

How To Gain Maximum Muscle Tone By Lifting Heavy Weights

Getting An Understanding Of Muscle Tone And Muscle Definition

For one to choose the most effective way to increase muscle tone, one must first understand what muscle tone is. Muscle tone is residual tension in a relaxed muscle. What this means is that your nervous system is tensing the muscle to a certain extent while you are in a relaxed state.

Muscle Tone is a By-product of An Alert Nervous System

Essentially any part of the body with significant muscle tone has a strong mind to muscle connection in that body part. Whenever a person desire additional muscle tone in a certain body part they will have to increase the efficiency of the nerve impulses to that body part. Never forget that muscle tone is not a "muscle fiber" issue, it is a "nervous system" issue. This is the top mistake that persons make in their quest to increase muscle tone.

The Reason The "Light Weight and High Rep Approach" Isn't Effective

''Lift light weights for high reps'' is the mainstream advice that fitness trainers tell their clients to develop muscle tone. Lifting light weights gives you an illusion of increasing muscle tone. High reps generally give the muscles a great pump. When the muscles are pumped up they will look more toned, but when the pump is gone the muscle tone is gone. If you want muscle tone for the time you are spending in the gym then lifting high reps and light weights will allow you to gain this. But, if you desire to have great muscle tone 24 hours a day, then you need to take a different approach.

Lifting Heavy Weights Will Make Your Nervous System More Efficient and Increase Muscle Tone

The only way to lift heavier weights is to develop the magnitude of your muscle -or- increase the efficiency of your nervous system. If you're aiming to gain muscle tone, then you should try to get progressively stronger without getting bigger. A great way to do this is to lift for 3-5 reps for 5 sets or so. Do a basic strength workout, but then hit the cardio really hard after that workout. Keep your calories low as well.

Why Don't Most Strength Trainers Have Great Muscle Tone?

Most dudes you see in the gym who are lifting heavy are also not doing any cardio and they are consuming a ton of calories. They are trying to become as huge and strong as they can be. That should not be your goal! If you want to get amazingly defined then focus on gaining strength while reducing body fat.

Learn a Lesson from Olympic Level Athletes

Have you ever seen a middleweight boxer in person? These people are amazingly ripped. So are gymnasts. These guys focus on getting stronger while maintaining or losing weight. These athletes have unbelievable muscle tone as a byproduct of their training. They aren't even focusing on muscle tone, yet they have more muscle tone than most bodybuilders. Keep in mind that most of the pictures you see of bodybuilders are after they have pumped up and have dehydrated themselves almost to the point of heart failure.

Lift Heavy, Get Stronger and Increase Muscle Tone...What's Not to Like?

Follow a basic strength training program and hit cardio hard. Train like an elite athlete and you will create an amazing body. Leave all that "pumping up" nonsense to the Mongoloid bodybuilders.

About The Author:

Rusty Moore is an avid trainer who gives training advice geared specifically at people who want a body that attracts the opposite sex. While other trainers focus on building muscle mass, Rusty focuses on what members of the opposite sex find irresistible. Want a body like Brad Pitt -or- Matthew Mcconaughey? How about Jessica Alba -or- Jessica Biel? Click to check out his programs Visual Impact Muscle Building  and Visual Impact For Women 

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How To Get The Body Of A Male Fitness Model And A Few Male Fitness Model Pictures

Male fitness models build muscle but do not become huge and overly muscular like bodybuilders. It's proven that women find the male fitness model physique more attractive than the bulky bodybuilder look. However, many bodybuilders tend to look down on guys that possess the fitness model type physique.

You see many bodybuilders are under the impression that everyone wants to be as big and strong as them. They see a guy who is lifting lighter weights and doing cardio as someone who isn't as successful in the gym as them. They mistakenly believe that bigger muscles equates to being more attractive to women. Nothing could be further from the truth!

The Male Fitness Model Body Is Held As The Hollywood Sex Symbol Look

Men in the entertainment industry who're held as sex symbols are not huge and buff. Hollywood stars such as Brad Pitt, Matthew McConaughey, Taye Diggs, Shermar Moore, Taylor Laurtner and  Daniel Craig are just some of the names who're regarded as sexy men. These men are muscular but are well defined. How many huge and buff bodybuilders you know are held as sex symbols? I'm sure the answer is not much. Therefore, it pays to have a lean muscle build, not a bulky bodybuilder type look.

Male Fitness Models Have To Workout Harder Than Bodybuilders

Lifting weights and bulking up is MUCH easier than burning body fat and getting lean. No matter how big you are...you know it's true! To get big, you just lift with a high volume of lifts and progressively increase the weight over time. You don't have to be on a strict diet and you don't have to hit cardio hard. To get lean, you have to lift to maintain your muscle mass, you have to watch what you eat, and you have to hit cardio like a maniac. The reason you see very few guys in the gym with "six pack abs" is that getting lean is tough work.

A Simple Approach to Leaning Down if You Are Bulky

Getting that lean look is actually simple, but not easy. If you are kind of bulky right now and need to lean down you just need to do a few things:

1) Perform Intense Cardio At Least 4-5 Times Per Week for 30-45 Minutes

2) Multiply Your Body Weight by 12. The Number You Get Will Be The Total Maximum Amount Of Calories You Are Allowed To Eat Each Day...Aim for Less If Possible

3) Quit Obsessing Over Strength

4) Quit Obsessing Over Protein Consumption

5) When In Doubt, Cut Back on Lifting And Increase Cardio

6) You Will See "Six Pack Abs" When You Get Lean Enough. Don't Go Overboard With Crunches and Ab Movements. Cardio is Your Ticket To a Six Pack.

Quit Trying To Impress Guys In The Gym...The Goal Is To Impress Women

When you are hitting cardio hard and limiting your calories, you won't get as big of a pump as you are used to. You will also most likely lose a bit of strength. The big and strong guys in the gym command respect from all the other guys in the gym. I made the decision that it was more important for me to be physically attractive to women, than it was to impress the other gym rats. I aimed to get a physique similar to Matthew McConaughey and haven't looked back since. I don't care if the guys in my gym think that Matthew McConaughey is a wimp...women drool over this guy. Aim for The Male Fitness Model Look  and Don't Look Back!

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How To Train For Muscle Tone Instead of Muscle Mass

The key to gaining muscle mass is a sufficiently high volume of lifts to cause some degree of damage to your muscle tissues. Following the damaging of the muscle tissues it's essential that you rest the muscle long enough for a fully good recuperation. Ideally, whenever the muscle is recovered, it will become of a slightly bigger size. Eventually, over time this will build a larger muscle. The key to achieving muscle tone is to do less volume of sets, but make your work outs more frequent.

How Many Sets Do You Need to Do For Muscle Tone?

Don't forget, for muscle tone your aim should be to avoid damaging the muscles. Should you become sore the next day, back off a bit the next time that you work those same muscles. I always do 3-4 sets of anywhere between 3-10 reps for muscle tone. I choose 2 exercises per body part.

How Many Reps in Each Set?

Not much individuals understand the effectiveness of low reps for achieving muscle tone. Low reps result in harder contractions and over time, your muscle will show better tone. Feel free to include medium to high reps, but make sure you do not neglect heavier low rep training as well. Becoming stronger while your body fat is at a low level is a terrific way to look ripped!

Make Sure and Work the Muscles Often When Going for Tone!

This tip is overlooked but will quickly accelerate your ability to increase tone in a worked muscle. Muscle tone is essentially a muscle contracting partially in a relaxed state, hence your muscles are contacting a little by themselves even when you are completely relaxed. The right way to boost this is to contract the muscles hard by working out on a frequent basis. For another time, you need to avoid causing damage to the muscle, otherwise you will over-train the muscle if you work it soon. An additional problem with working a damaged muscle is the fact that it would not contract as hard, therefore the workout will have less toning benefits.

Do NOT Train to Failure or Use Forced Reps When Going for Muscle Tone

If you do a set to failure you are essentially "training your muscle to fail". This will cause a large amount of damage, which is great for when you're aiming to build muscle mass but not good for achieving muscle tone. Training for muscle tone is similar to training for gaining strength. Elite power-lifters rarely train to failure for the reason stated above. The problem is that your muscle will not contract as hard the following set. You want hard contractions when going for tone, so don't train to failure and don't even think of doing forced reps.

Here is Common Mass Building Split Routine

The "3 day split" is a common routine for muscle mass because it works well. A 3 day split simply means that all the muscles in your body are worked in 3 different workouts. So what a lot of people do is work chest, shoulders, and triceps on one day, back and biceps on another day, and legs and abs on the third day. The great thing here is that since you are working only a few body parts in each workout, you can focus on blitzing each muscle group. You can really do a high volume of lifts for each muscle group which is the key to mass.

The 2 Day Split Muscle Tone Workout Routine

Since you want to work each muscle group more often when going for tone, you should try to split you workout over two days instead of three. The great thing here is that you don't need much recovery time when you don't damage the muscles.

Note: So you should have a good idea on how to setup a great workout routine. Remember, if you are going for tone, keep the volume of lifting low and work each muscle frequently. Since your time in the weight room should be brief, spend the extra time hitting cardio hard to burn off all that excess body fat to reveal your toned muscles.

About the Author:

Rusty Moore is a trainer who gives advice to men and women who want a body that has "The Hollywood Look". Don't train to be bulky! Learn the Fitness secrets of Hollywood's finest and get lean and sexy instead. Get a copy of his program today Visual Impact Muscle Building and Visual Impact For Women