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    Week of Geek Day 2: Gotta Catch Em’ All (Pokeball Nails)

    Today’s geeky nails are Pokeballs! I have to stress that this is not my original idea, I saw these somewhere on the internet but it wasn’t on a blog. If anyone knows the origin of this design, please drop a link so I can credit the person that thought up this amazing piece of nail art. I like giving credit where credit’s due and I think there is definitely some deserved here!

    I used:
    George – Natural White, NYC Nail Glossies – 223, W7 – Black, Stargazer – White. Also scotch tape and a dotting tool.
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    Freehand, Uncategorised

    Week of Geek Day 1: Marvel Nail Art

    Hello everyone and welcome to the Week of Geek!
    I do not profess myself to be a real geek but I have some geeky tendencies. I’m always making a fool out of myself by making obscure sci-fi references in a room full of people that have never even seen Star Wars and I can easily spend a whole evening reading Marvelpedia. So I decided to dedicate a week of Nail Art to geeky stuff.
    I’ll start the week with some Marvel inspired nail art. I’ve tried to stay true to the comics as much as possible by using some of the iconic imagery related to each character. From pinky to thumb, the heroes are; Spiderman, Hulk, Wolverine, Iron Man and Captain America. 
    Iron Man is definitely my favourite nail. It took freakin ages but I still wish I’d done a while hand of just his face!
    It’s all freehanded except for the star in Captain America’s shield which I stamped from Bundle Monster plate BM05 and then painted over.

    Here is every single polish I used:
    Spiderman: George – Bloom and Scarlet Kiss. Stargazer – White under the red.
    Hulk: Collection 2000 Hot Looks – Martian and BYS – Fern mixed for the base. Rimmel – Blue My Mind for the shorts.  La Femme – Grey Cream for the muscles.
    Wolverine: George – Natural White as a base. Go – Shade 04. Barry M Cyan Blue. W7 – Black. Collection 2000 – Moonlight Shine.
    Iron Man: George – Natural White as a base. Go – Shade 04. George – Scarlet Kiss. W7 Black. Collection 2000 – Moonlight Shine. La Femme – Grey Cream.
    Captain America: Barry M – Cyan Blue and George – Bloom mixed together for the base. Stargazer – White for the star and ring. George – Scarlet Kiss for the rings.
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    Freehand, Uncategorised

    Nautical Nails

    I’ve been looking for a nice navy blue polish for months since I caught on to the nautical trend for summer and after finally finding one yesterday, I was inspired to create a nautical nail look. I found this bargain in Asda as part of their George Make Up range for £1 (normally £1.75), the colour is Bloom.
    I used some really old Collection 2000 polishes for the white and light gold, they don’t even have names. The red is Barry M Raspberry and for the Anchor, I used Sally Hansen Chrome in Amber. I’m running perilously low on this so if anyone knows any gold/bronze chromes that I can get my hands on in the UK, please please please let me know because I’m getting desperate!

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    Stamping, Uncategorised, Video

    Branching Out

    Exciting news! I am now on YouTube! I uploaded my first video a few days ago and plan to make plenty more. The plan is to do nail and EOTD tutorials on occasion. I’m not making any kind of commitment to making videos and this blog will still be my priority, videos will just be something fun on the side.
    Branching out to YouTube is something I’ve been meaning to do for a long time although I never had the equipment before. Now that I’m home for the summer, I can use my Dad’s camcorder! 
    So here is my first video! It’s a short step-by-step of Konadding. When people ask me how I get the designs on my nails, I struggle to explain and I’ve been searching for a short and sweet video showing the absolute basics of the process but I can’t find one so I just decided to make my own.
    I know the lighting is bad but as with anything, it’s all a learning process and I’m sure my videos will improve with time and practice.

    EDIT: I have now removed the video from YouTube but fear not… I made a better one! You can see it here.

    Does anyone have any requests for videos they would like to see from me? Any particular looks that you are wondering how to recreate? I have a few ideas but I’d love to do stuff that you guys actually want to see. Please leave any suggestions in the comments or get in touch on Twitter 😀 Thank you!

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    Stamping, Uncategorised

    Purple or Purple?

    I’m going to see Jimmy Eat World tonight! It’s very exciting, I just wish I knew more of their songs, haha! I was going to sell my ticket but since Blink 182 have postponed their tour I decided to go to this show because otherwise, I won’t have been to a single one this year 🙁
    Plate: Bundle Monster BM201
    Base Colour: BYS La Di Da
    Stamp Colour: BYS Glittering Purple
    Top Coat of NYC
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    Forever Alone

    I didn’t stop whining all day today. All my friends are starting to move home for the summer but I’m still here so there’s not much to do and all I want to do is party! However, I have quietened down a bit this evening. Me and my housemate had a delicious Chinese takeaway and we’re just chilling in front of the TV waiting for Made In Chelsea to come on. I know it’s a terrible show but it’s so addictive and I’m starting to actually like a few of the characters.

    Plate: Bundle Monster BM225 and BM222

    Base Colour: Miss Sporty Clubbing Colours – 320 Pop Fiction
    Stamp Colour: NYC Nail Glossies 243B
    Top Coat of NYC

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