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    Day 12: Stripes

    21st October 2011
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    I was stuck for a long time trying to come up with a design for Day 12, then I remembered this Wah Nails design and set about picking colours. Blue and pink aren’t two colours I would normally pair but these two neon shades look absolutely eye-popping next to each other. I’ll definitely be trying this colour combination again!
    If you haven’t already, head over to see Rie and Cristina‘s stripy creations too!
    Nails Inc Shoreditch
    Barry M Cyan Blue for the stripes



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    Day 9: Rainbow Nails

    18th October 2011
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    Today was a tricky one! Say the words ‘rainbow nails’ to me and my mind starts running wild! I was thinking stamping, dotting and striping all in one mani I decided reign in all that jazz and take the simple chic approach with rainbow stripes which I am absolutely over the moon with. Think ‘Sammy and the Amazing Technicolor Manicure’!

    Don’t forget to peek at Cristina and Rie‘s rainbow creations today!

    Polishes used
    All on a white base coat
    La Femme – Red Cherry
    Miss Sporty – 323
    George – Buttercup Shine
    Collection 2000 – Spangles
    Barry M – Cyan Blue
    Barbara Daly – Purplicious

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    Day 7: Black and White Nails

    16th October 2011
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    I toyed with a few ideas for today’s nails before deciding to play it safe and go with Zebra print. It’s been so long since I wore this pattern and colour combination (I normally go for the tiger colour combination) and I forgot how amazing it is. It’s definitely not a subtle look, but I think I pull it off okay!
    Don’t forget to check out Cristina and Rie‘s nails today for some more crazy black and white designs.
    I used an unnamed Collection 2000 White then stamped with W7 Black and Konad Plate M57.

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    Vampy Half-Moon manicure… but not as you know it

    8th October 2011
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    A few days ago, an idea struck for a half moon manicure but I couldn’t find the stickers I use for them anywhere. I spent more than an hour searching my room top to bottom for the dastardly things to no avail!

    I found myself in an ‘odds and ends’ kind of shop yesterday and remembered just as I was leaving that I needed some of these and I found a packet of about 500 stickers for 60p. Such a bargain!

    The stickers in question are THESE hole reinforcers. I cut them in half and used them to mark off the half moon shape at the base of my nail but instead of painting a new colour over the top, I used a stamp.

    Konad Plate: M64
    Base Colour: W7 – Black Cherry
    Konad Colour: Collection 2000 – Moonlight Shine
    Top Coat of NYC

    On Monday, Cris @ Let Them Have Polish, Rie @ Nails and Noms and I will be starting the 31 Day Challenge (click here for details). We decided to do it together so that we won’t be tempted to stray from the strict ‘post every day’ rule! I think it will be fun but also challenging to go back to posting daily after relaxing my blogging schedule since the new year. I can’t wait to start and I’m hopefully my enthusiasm won’t dwindle too quickly!


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    Essence Cool and the Gang

    6th October 2011
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    The lovely Christine travelled to Germany a few months back and picked up a few Essence polishes for me. Even though I’m technically in Europe, Essence is not sold here in the UK so it was super exciting to finally get my hands on some of their polishes.
    Cool and the Gang is a gorgeous royal blue but I’d describe the formula as inky. I used 3 coats in an attempt to cover any Visible Nail Line but there is still a little bit showing through.



    Konad Plate: Born Pretty M79
    Base Colour: Essence – Cool and the Gang
    Konad Colour: Barry M – Gold Foil
    Top Coat of NYC

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    Autumn Is Here… Apparently

    4th October 2011
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    Today is the first day this year that I noticed the leaves starting to fall from the trees which reminded me that it’s autumn. Anyone that doesn’t own a calendar could be easily fooled though because I swear it was the warmest weekend we’ve had all year! I heard that Saturday was the warmest October day on record in the UK… ever.
    I finally got my hands on the new Barry M Foil Effects in gold. I’ve been needing a new gold stamping polish for a very long time and when I saw the previews of these chrome polishes I was hoping it would be my answer. I wasn’t wrong. The gold is great for stamping and no doubt I’ll be buying the silver soon enough.
    I was hoping for a little more contrast between the two colours in this Autumn inspired manicure but I actually love the subtlety of the combination.

    Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster – BM210
    Base Colour: MUA – Shade 23
    Stamp Colour: Barry M – Gold Foil
    Top Coat of NYC

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    GOSH Metallic Purple with Konad M60

    29th September 2011
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    This idea looked much nicer in my head. It’s not that I don’t like this mani, I just thought it would come out a bit more striking. I think I had a more ‘open’ pattern in mind but I couldn’t find one in my pile of stamping plates or come up with a freehand one in my brain.

    Konad Plate: M60
    Base Colour: Rimmel – Black Satin
    Konad Colour: GOSH Metallic Purple
    Black rinestones from eBay
    Top Coat of NYC

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