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    Halloween Nail Art!

    31st October 2011
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    I wasn’t originally planning to do any Halloween nails but I had a Twitter request so of course, I had to oblige!
    I used Miss Sporty Orange and Rimmel Black Satin as my base colours.
    The stamps are from Bundle Monster plates BM224 and BM223 and I used white acrylic paint to freehand the skeleton.

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    Day 22: Inspired by a Song

    31st October 2011
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    I kind of cheated a little today, my mani is inspired by a few songs. Well, actually, an album! A few weeks ago, I went to see a guy called Charlie Simpson in concert and of course I had to decorate my nails for the occasion. I’ve been saving them to post today.

    Charlie Simpson is such a great musician. He’s been in a few bands in his time; playing pop rock, post-hardcore and now acoustic folk. I used his song, ‘Parachutes’ in my video tutorial for the Ocean Waves nail art so some of you may recognise it…


    Charlie Simpson – Parachutes

    My thumbnail is the album cover and each of my other nails is inspired by one of the songs on the album.

    Don’t forget to visit Cristina and Rie‘s blogs today to see their song inspired nails!

    Thumb to pinky: Album cover, Sundown, Parachutes, Thorns, Cemetary

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    Day 21: Inspired by a Colour

    30th October 2011
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    Today’s criteria is a bit of an odd one. I couldn’t decide if it meant inspired by an actual colour or inspired by a shade name or even something else completely that I didn’t pick up on! In the end I decided to rummage through my stash to see if any of the colour names inspired me and this Rimmel polish, Purple Reign, gave me an idea straight away.

    I decided to make a mani from the name and stamp crowns on my nails. Get it? Purple REIGN 😉

    Head over to see whar Cristina and Rie came up with today.

    Plate: Bundle Monster BM08
    Base Colour: Rimmel – Purple Reign
    Stamp Colour: GOSH Metallic Purple
    Top Coat of NYC

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    Day 19: Galaxy Nails

    28th October 2011
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    For the 19th day of our challenge, we all had to create some Galaxy Nails. I’ve done some of these in the past (see here and here) and I love the look. You really can’t get them wrong! Rie and Cris both agree with me today – they’re so much easier than they look. 
    So if you’re looking at these pictures and thinking you want your nails to look like this but doubting your ability, DON’T! Just grab a sponge, some nail polishes and have a party on your nails. I promise it’ll look great.
    Rie and Cristina have created some gorgeous galaxy nails today.

    Here are the polishes I used in order, left to right.

    When you look at these mismatched colours lined up, you wouldn’t think they could combine to make such a pretty manicure.

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    Day 16: Tribal Print

    25th October 2011
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    I’ve been dreading this day for a while. I love tribal nail art but had no idea how to come up with a decent design myself, however, once I forced myself to sit down and actually do it, the ideas just kept coming and I am completely in love with this design!

    The black detail is all created with acrylic paint which has allowed me to get the crisp lines that I know I couldn’t have achieved by using black nail polish. At the moment I only have black and white acrylic paint but I think I’m going to have to look out for some more cheap pots in a better range of colours.

    You should go and see what Rie and Cristina came up with today too!

    Base colour: MUA Shade 23
    Black acrylic paint
    Barry M Cyan Blue
    Barry M Limited Edition Red for Buzz
    Top Coat of NYC

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    Day 15: Delicate Print

    24th October 2011
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    Here we are at the halfway point and I’m still loving the challenge!

    A friend of mine visited Canada this month and I asked her to pick me up a bottle of Sally Hansen Whirlwind White. Since I saw it on Marta’s blog here, I’ve had a lemming for it and Marta reminded me to ask my friend to grab me a bottle. So now I finally have a really, really good white stamping polish and it really is a weight off my shoulders!

    Don’t forget to check out Cristina and Rie‘s challenges too!

    No7 Lucky Lilac
    Konad Plate M71
    Sally Hansen Whirlwind White

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    Day 13: Animal Print

    22nd October 2011
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    Who doesn’t love a good animal print nail huh? This combination of colour and stamping is the one I used to wear the most before I started blogging, but it’s been a long time since I wore it. I was going to try something more adventurous today, like freehanding a leopard print, but laziness took over and I pulled out my stamping plates!
    If you’re craving more animal print manis, check out Cristina and Rie‘s Day 13 challenges too!
    BYS Astro Gold
    W7 Black for the stamp
    Konad Plate M57
    Top Coat of NYC



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