Browsing Category:

Nail Art

Stamping, Uncategorised

Flowers in the Window

3rd August 2011

Leave a comment

I was ready for work an hour early today. Not on purpose, I just got my times muddled up but luckily I caught a glimpse of the clock just as I was walking out the front door! So I thought I would slip in a quick post before I leave.

This pink has been in my collection since before I even started blogging and is nearly all used up. I have to really work to scrape the polish out of the bottom of the bottle but it’s totally worth it to get this classy pink on my nails. If more pinks were like this, I would probably wear the colour more often but the only ones I ever see seem to be too bright or glittery or metallic for my taste.

Konad Plates: M35, M54, Born Pretty M76
Base Colour: No7 – Foxglove
Konad Colour: Miss Sporty – Zodiac
Top Coat of NYC

Twitter ♥ Bloglovin’ ♥ Tumblr

Freehand, Uncategorised

I Wanna Go Surfing

27th July 2011

Leave a comment

This is a scheduled post so with any luck, I will be surfing right now! Hopefully the weather is nice, the waves are tip top and I’m having an awesome time in the ocean. If not, it’s probably raining and I’m stuck in a tent playing cards with my Dad and Brother!

So today’s mani is inspired by my favourite part of summer. The surfing. I’m what you might call ‘high maintenance’ but I’ll happily spend a week slumming it in a tent if it means I get to go in the sea every day.

The Drums – Let’s Go Surfing

I used Barry M Cyan Blue as a base.

The waves are a mixture of BYS Metallic Blue, BYS Fools Paradise, No7 Poolside Blue and Rimmel Daisy Chain.

For the breaks of the waves, I used an unnamed Collection 2000 White applied with a sponge.

Topped of with a coat of NYC.

Twitter ♥ Bloglovin’ ♥ Tumblr

Freehand, Uncategorised

Superheroine Nail Art

23rd July 2011

Leave a comment

Since my Week of Geek and the amazing positive reception it received I’ve been jotting down every nerdy nail idea that comes to me! Miss Dalum suggested that I do a Superheroine themed mani which I think perfectly compliments the Marvel Heroes themed nails where I only featured the fellas! There’s a mix of heroes from Marvel and DC in here today.

While we’re on the subject, has everyone seen the trailer for The Amazing Spiderman? It looks, well, amazing! You can see it here if you haven’t yet.

Pinky to thumb: Mystique, Jean Grey/Phoenix, Catwoman, Spiderwoman, Wonder Woman

Twitter ♥ Bloglovin’ ♥ Tumblr

Stamping, Uncategorised

Try My Two Tone

22nd July 2011

Leave a comment

This mani, like yesterday’s, came about when I just got too carried away trying to add a dash of whatever came to mind!

I knew I wanted to use scotch tape and a stamp design so I did the base colour and stamp and left it overnight to dry and to give me time to decide what to do. ‘Blue’ I thought, but when the blue was on it just looked too clunky so I thought I’d set myself the challenge of trying to line up the stamps to get a two-tone effect on my nails. Turns out I needn’t have bothered because the pattern is irregular so you wouldn’t even notice if it wasn’t matched. I think I’ll set myself the mission of trying it with a more uniform pattern to see if I can get it to match up.

Konad Plate: M57
Base Colour: Barbara Daly – Purplicious
Konad Colour: GOSH – Metallic Purple
Top Coat of NYC
To create the two tone look, I sectioned off the top part of my nail with scotch tape and painted on Barry M Cyan Blue. I removed this tape straight away and let the blue dry. Then I lined up more strips of tape with the blue polish and stamped over it with GOSH Metallic blue, attempting to line up the patterns and added another top coat.

How do you guys feel about me using larger pictures in my blog posts? All the pictures I post are click through’s anyway so you can see a bigger version if the mood takes you, but I thought I would go bigger on the main page. Do you like it or do they just take up too much space?

Twitter ♥ Bloglovin’ ♥ Tumblr

Glitter, Stamping, Uncategorised

Bit of This. Bit of That.

21st July 2011

Leave a comment

This is one of those mani’s that I was constantly looking at and thinking ‘I could add this’. There’s a very real danger there of it turning into a tacky abomination of a manicure but I think I managed to reel myself in enough to leave it at a slightly over the top mumble jumble of things!

It was originally just a nude nail and I wasn’t going to apply any kind of nail art but I wanted to try out my Barry M Cyan Blue for stamping because I’ve had it for quite a while and it’s gone too thick to really paint my nails with anymore. It actually worked really well! It would not have been this opaque when I first bought it but over time as it’s thickened, it has turned in to a stamping polish!

The glitter is one that I found in a £1 bucket. It’s not really packed with glitter so it’s really just for layering. It reminds me of China Glaze Medallion. It’s got gold glitter and holographic hexagonal pieces.

Plate: Bundle Monster – BM223
Base Colour: E.L.F. – Innocent
Stamp Colour and Tips: Barry M – Cyan Blue
W7 – Black
BYS – Gold Finger
Top Coat of NYC

Twitter ♥ Bloglovin’ ♥ Tumblr

Stamping, Tutorial, Uncategorised, Video

You Tube Take Two

20th July 2011

Leave a comment

I made a new video today to demonstrate the basics of Konad. I know I already made one but I took it down because I just hated it. The lighting was terrible and it was in 4:3 so the video was squashed and OMG I CAN’T HANDLE THAT KIND OF IMPERFECTION!

Phew! So yeah, in case you didn’t notice I am a bit of a perfectionist and this video is way more up to standard.
So please… watch, enjoy and leave some feedback if you have the time!

Also, if anyone’s interested I made my first make-up tutorial yesterday! It’s called ‘How To: Perfect Winged Eyeliner in Less than Two Minutes’ and it’s just a very quick video of me applying my eyeliner for anyone that was curious about my technique. If you’re interested you can watch that here or on my channel. I’m working on more detailed tutorials but I still haven’t decided whether I will be talking in any videos!

Twitter ♥ Bloglovin’ ♥ Tumblr

Freehand, Uncategorised

‘I’ve had enough trouble for a lifetime’ (Harry Potter Nail Art)

15th July 2011

Leave a comment

How could I not dedicate today’s nails to Harry Potter?! I’ve read all the books and seen all the films so I, like many, will be sad to see the end of the series. I’m not actually sure when I will be seeing the film. I could go on Sunday but I don’t like going to the cinema when it’s really really busy so I’m tempted to even wait until next week! I know that conviction won’t hold up for very long though!

Here’s some trivia for you. J.K. Rowling grew up in the area that I live in. I even went to the same high school she did!

Thumb to Pinky: Deathly Hallows, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff.

I used Bundle Monster plate BM20 for the stripes.

When I was checking the house colours (I know them of course, but I wanted to check I was 100% right because it would have been super embarrassing if I used the wrong colours) I found an interesting article about the significance of the colours which you can read here.