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    Barry M Blue Plum with Studs

    13th September 2012
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    Another cheeky nail art post today. Can you tell I’m procrastinating with these Barry M Gelly swatches?!

    So many people are doing the 31 Day Challenge and it’s making me really want to hop on the bandwagon and do it all over again. Even though I nearly went crazy when I did it last time! The only thing I’m worried about is that I won’t have enough time to create the nails and post regularly, but I suppose I can just work my way through it if and when I can. I’m just spilling my brain produce all over the keypad right here but you follow me right? Let me know what you think, should I put myself through that again? After all, it did force me to come up with some kick ass manis!

    The base colour is two coats of Barry M Blue Plum*. The name choice is odd as I don’t see a single hint of plum in this polish. Anyway, more to come on that when I get round to posting the swatches!
    The studs I used are from Born Pretty Store and I attached them following this tutorial.
    Finally, I finished it with one coat of Essence Better Than Gel top coat.

    *Products marked with an asterisk were sent for review. All opinions are my own. See my disclaimer for more information.

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    Stamping, Uncategorised

    Stamping with Barry M Gellies!

    12th September 2012
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    Today, I got in from work and set about swatching. I’ve swatched 4 colours in one sitting this evening which is definitely a personal record! It’s been a long time since I had a whole evening to dedicate to blogging/nail artz because real life responsibilities have been popping up all over the place. I know they tell you in school not to use this word but the best way I can describe my evening is ‘nice’! I just sat down to paint my nails over and over again with no interruptions and it was nice!
    These colours are from a new Barry M collection coming to stores and online towards the end of this month – Gelly Nail Paints. Although they’re not actually ‘jellies’ in the ‘nail polish finish’ sense of the word, I’m still very impressed, particularly with their stamping suitability! Full swatches and reviews coming very soon!

     Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster BM210
    Base Colour: Barry M Gelly – Blueberry*
    Stamping Colour: Barry M Gelly – Blue Plum* and Watermelon* on the index finger
    Top Coat of Essence Better Than Gel


    *Products marked with an asterisk were sent for review. All opinions are my own. See my disclaimer for more information.

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    Studs, Uncategorised

    Polish Days: Geometry

    4th September 2012
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    It’s September Polish Day and the theme for this month, in honour of back to school time, is Geometry. Yesterday you got some science and today you’re getting some maths! Well it’s not really maths since I decided on a Tetris theme cuz if I was a teacher, I’d be the cool teacher. Tetris shapes are geometrical right? Right! 
    I had an idea for a freehand Tetris mani but the perfectionist in me was crying at the potential failure rate of attempting to draw tiny squares on my nails. Then I remembered these square studs and went for a typically minimalist approach.
    Studded Tetris Nail Art by The Nailasaurus

    Studded Tetris Nail Art by The Nailasaurus

    From thumb to pinky, the base colours are Collection 2000 Sherbet Lemon (on a base of Barry M White), Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Green With Envy, GOSH Pool Party, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Sun Kissed and Julep Anne.
    The studs are from Born Pretty Store and I applied them using this method.
    Studded Tetris Nail Art by The Nailasaurus

    Studded Tetris Nail Art by The Nailasaurus

    Studded Tetris Nail Art by The Nailasaurus

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    Freehand, Uncategorised

    YEAH SCIENCE! Breaking Bad Nail Art

    3rd September 2012
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    Breaking Bad is a series I started watching ages ago but I only saw the first few episodes before I was distracted by something else. Well I picked it up again yesterday and have been watching back to back episodes since! A few episodes in to my Sunday afternoon marathon, I decided I had to dedicate some nail art to Walt and Jesse.

    The Radioactive and Biohazard symbols don’t fit perfectly in to the theme but when I posted these yellow nails way back when, someone said they looked like Breaking Bad Nails. So I thought I’d slip them in there today.

    I used BYS Fern as the base colour on my first and middle fingers, then painted on the frame and lettering with white acrylic paint and a striping brush (pictured).
    I painted a base of Barry M White on to all the other nails before adding Collection 2000 Sherbet Lemons for the yellow and H+M New Moon for the ‘crystals’ (unfortunately I don’t have a blue flakie!). The black details are acrylic paint, again with the striping brush.
    If you’re wondering what the nonsense on my ring finger is, it’s the 2D structure of Methamphetamine according to Wikipedia, so if there are any chemists reading and I got it wrong, go easy on me!

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    Stamping, Uncategorised

    Feather Nails… Finally!

    28th August 2012
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    I’ve been in love with feather nails ever since I saw them on Chloe’s Nails over a year ago! I’ve tried many many times since then to recreate something similar but always failed miserably. Well when I was in the craft aisle at my favourite junk shop recently searching for anything I could stick to my nails, I spotted these purple feathers and knew I’d be attempting the ‘feather nail’ again.
    This time I finally succeeded and now all I want is MORE FEATHERS! It is very tricky to get a feather stuck to your nail but once it’s there you’ll never want to take it off. 

    Erika has a great method for feather nails that involves glue which you can see here. It’s kind of hard to explain how I did this myself. I painted on the base colour of No7 Lucky Lilac and let it dry completely, then I used one coat of clear polish and stuck the feather on to that. Once the clear polish was dry and the feather stuck quite well, I painted on another coat of clear polish following the flow of the fibres to smooth it down. I just kept adding layers of top coat and gently pressing down the feather with a toothpick until I was happy!
    The rest of the nails are stamped with Bundle Monster Plate BM-212 and Cult Nails Vicious. I used a dotting tool to add accents of A-England Princess Tears and finished it off with a top coat of Sally Hansen Hard as Nails.

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    Galaxy, Glitter, Uncategorised

    Galaxy Nails!

    24th August 2012
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    I’ve been meaning to do some galaxy nails for aaaaages! Whenever I’m in the process of doing this nail art, I’m always super disappointed with the way it looks so sometimes I give up before I’ve even finished. I have to remember that it never looks good until that final layer of glitter goes on and you take a proper look at them from further away.

    The base colour is Look Beauty’s Nail Pop in Glamrock and the colours I used for sponging are Barry M White, Barry M Blueberry Ice Cream and A-England Princess Tears.
    I used NYC Starry Silver Glitter for some extra cosmicness and finally added some Holographic Glequins before applying my Cult Nails Wicked Fast top c

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