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    Freehand, Uncategorised

    I need to be alone like the way you left me…

    I’ve been super short of inspiration recently which I mentioned to my bestie earlier and the next thing I know, I’ve got 3 new emails packed with pictures for inspiration. That girl is a lifesaver! I’m brimming with ideas. One of the images was a cute little doodle of a heartbeat and this is what I made of it!

    I used Rimmel Heart on Fire as my base colour and painted on the lines with white acrylic paint using a nail art brush. Simple and effective! I finished it off with two coats of NYC In A New York Minute.

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    Gradient, Uncategorised

    Something Sweet

    It’s been a long time since I did a gradient. I’ve really been in the mood to create some gradient nails for a while now but I couldn’t think up a colour combination that I was really happy with and that I hadn’t already done! Blue and brown sounds wrong when you put the words together but I’ve always loved them paired as colours. I really have gone super girly recently. This is a very soft set of colours for me!

    I used two coats of Barry M Blueberry as my base colour and created the gradient with Essie Glamour Purse using a makeup sponge, following this tutorial. I topped it with two coats of Seche Vite for an ultra glassy look. 

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    Glitter, Studs, Uncategorised

    Girly Pearly

    What is it about one new nail polish that can totally change your style? This happens to me sometimes, I just get completely hung up on one nail polish and it dominates my manicures for a week or two until I move on to something else. Well at the moment it’s this light, girly pink… Sally Hansen Crinolin.
    As predicted, my New Years mani didn’t last until the New Year! These are the nails I was actually wearing come the stroke of midnight.
    My base colour is Sally Hansen Crinolin. The pearls are from Born Pretty Store and I used Rimmel Urban Princess as my base on that finger. The pink purple glequins are also from Born Pretty. The glitter on my middle finger is Sally Hansen Razzle Dazzler.
    The studs I used are from NPW* and they come in a little packet of 5 colours. I just want to give them a little shout out because they’re the cheapest caviar beads I know of that you can pick up on the UK high street at £2.50 for the pack. NPW products are available in Topshop, Accessorize and New Look stores.
    I didn’t add a topcoat to the studded nails before these pictures in case the colour ran but I did top coat them after the pictures were taken and the colour stayed stuck to the studs. With a top coat, they even survived a night of partying and lasted until I removed the manicure earlier today.

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    Studs, Uncategorised

    Pretty Polish? With a Stud on Top!

    Here’s something you don’t see round these parts very often. A dainty, girly base colour! Poundland has been selling loads of Sally Hansen Complete Manicure polishes recently and Crinoline is one that I picked up this week. I didn’t want to go all out girly so I added some studs for toughness. Credit for the stud arrangement goes straight to Pinpoint Polish.

    I used Sally Hansen Crinoline as my base coat with A-England Guinevere on my ring finger. Using a nail art brush I painted stripes of Guinevere then added on round studs and square studs from Born Pretty Store (10% off with SA5X31).
    I used one coat of NYC In A New York Minute to top it off.

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    Christmas, Freehand, Glitter, Uncategorised

    My Christmas Jumper Nails

    Merry Christmas everyone! I don’t know if it’s the done thing to blog on Christmas morning but every year, we have a few hours to ourselves in between the early morning present opening and when the rest of the family gets here so I thought I’d squeeze in a quick post to show you what I’m wearing on my nails today! 
    I’ve matched my nails to my Christmas Jumper which you can kinda see here. They’re not super christmassy, I’ve gone easy on the glitter and haven’t even featured any gold or green but I like them!

    I used W7 Black as my base colour and painted the details with White and Red acrylic paint using a nail art brush. On my thumb and ring finger, I’m wearing Rimmel Heart on Fire with Lac Attack Dementor’s Kiss sponged on to the tips. I finished it all off with a few coats of NYC In A New York Minute.

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