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Something New: MoYou London Bridal Collection

27th May 2014

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Stamping Nail Art with MoYou Bridal Collection 06 | The Nailasaurus | UK Nail Art Blog

The latest collection from MoYou London – The Bridal Collection – had me pretty excited because I can never get enough of lacy stamping designs. At the moment, there are 7 plates in the collection and two of them are completely made up of lace designs! Bridal 07 has XL images and 06 has the regular sized ones which, luckily for me, are just the right size for my nails so I went for that one to get a few more designs.

For my first nail art using this plate, I decided to stick with the theme and go for something innocent, feminine and wedding appropriate! I’m looking forward to trying it with new combinations in the future. Maybe Something Blue?

I used two coats of Nicole by OPI At Least I Pink So as my base and then one thin coat of Rimmel New Romantic to add a little bit of pink shimmer. I stamped using BK Matte White and MoYou London Plate Bridal Collection 06.

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The Black Keys: Turn Blue Nail Art

6th May 2014

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The Black Keys Turn Blue Nail Art | The Nailasaurus | UK Nail Art Blog

The Black Keys’ new album is out next week and I couldn’t be more excited! I’m a long time fan and have always loved their changing style. The artwork for the new album, Turn Blue, is eye-catching to say the least and absolutely perfect nail art inspiration.

For the nail art I used Revlon Sweet Tart as my base colour.

For the lines I used Bundle Monster Stamping Plate BM301 stamped with Sally Hansen Brisk Blue. The lines aren’t as curvy as on the real thing but I think it works!

Finally, I freehanded on the half moons using Rimmel Grey Matter and topped it all off with two coats of HK Girl.

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The Lacquer Legion Glam: Lace Trim Nail Art

28th April 2014

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For today’s Lacquer Legion Challenge, Glam, I knew I wanted to do something lacy. Depending how you wear it, lace can be seductive or demure but either way it’s definitely Glam! At first I thought it would be a great idea to freehand something but I quickly chickened out of that and started looking through my stamping plates to see if I had anything suitable. I decided on Konad Plate M71 to give my nails a neat lace trim.

If you’re posting your Lacquer Legion mani today, don’t forget to use #LLGlam and share it on the Facebook page!

For this nail art, I used Lacquer Lab Dita as my base. See what I did there? *winky face emoji*

I stamped on the lace pattern from Konad Plate M71 using W7 Black.

For the red details, I used Rimmel Heart on Fire with a small nail art brush to fill in the gaps.

It’s all topped off with a coat of HK Girl top coat.

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Easter Nail Art (Sort of)

19th April 2014

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I realised today that it’s Easter tomorrow and I haven’t done a single piece of Easter themed nail art! I haven’t really been feeling the Easter vibes this year so even when I sat down to do something Easter-y, this is what came out… absolutely nothing to do with the holiday! It’s more of a general spring mani but I think it’s the closest to Easter I’m gonna get this year!

My base colour for this nail art is Maybelline Ceramic Blue.

I used BK Matt White to stamp on the dandelion designs from MoYou London Plate Pro 04 and the tiny polka dots from Pro 10.

I applied a coat of Cult Nails Wicked Fast and let everything dry.

Finally, I added the chevron details using Nail Vinyls Mini Chevrons and Rimmel Blueberry Whizz.

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23 Shades of Birthday Purple

25th March 2014

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Today is my 23rd birthday! These aren’t actually the nails I’m wearing right now, they’re from a couple of days ago, but the ones I do have on are not as interesting. I’m wearing the classic old creme with glitter combo – Barry M Blue Grape with Models Own Valerian as an accent.

I had an unofficial birthday celebration last night with my family and this evening I’m heading straight out after work to grab some nibbles with my friends so I’d say it’s shaping up to be a pretty great week. I’m one of those (kind of annoying) people that likes to really milk their birthday for all it’s worth and I use ‘It’s my birthday week though’ as an excuse to get away with everything! Fess up… you know you do it too!

For the gradient, I used Barry M Heather as my base colour fading to Barry M Bright Purple to Sally Hansen Plum Luck. There’s a gradient tutorial here.

The stamped pattern is from Bundle Monster Plate BM419 and I used BK Matte White.

For the accent fingers, I used two coats of Models Own Amethyst. Can you tell I’m loving the Velvet Goth Collection.

It’s all finished off with Color Club Top Coat .

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Done is Better Than Perfect

17th March 2014

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They say that ‘Done is Better Than Perfect’ and it’s a mantra that I’ve been trying to adopt recently. I’m a perfectionist to the core which can be a great thing but also means that I procrastinate whenever I doubt my ability to complete the task at hand to ‘perfection’. I have so many ideas scribbled down for this blog but because of that mind block, I’ve been putting them off for too long.

This weekend, I told myself that enough is enough – my blog has become too formulaic, too predictable and it’s no fun for anyone! I want to start mixing things up and I think the best way to do that is to proclaim my intention to you guys. If I say it, I have to do it right? And I figure that the best way to do it is to push forward with a new set of ideas. Even if it’s not perfect, it’s better than nothing!

I won’t be doing anything too drastic. There will still be a lot of my ‘regular’ posts like this one with some nail art and a bit of chat but I want to splice in some other types of posts too, like little extra treats to fill things out at least once a week!

I used Kriston 05 as my base colour as it’s a very light shade of mint.

Using the Saran Wrap technique, I created the mottled effect with the Kriston shade, NYC Water Street Blue, NYC Blue Sky and Rimmel Aqua Cool.

I added some of the Silver Triangle embellishments from She Sells Seashells. I gently curved them first using a pair of tweezers so they’d sit flush to my nail.

The stamped designs are from MoYou Plate Fairytale Collection 06 and I used BK Matte White.

It’s all topped off with a Color Club Top Coat.

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Stampasaurus

7th March 2014

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It really happened! Finally someone put a T-Rex on a stamping plate and I am now the proud owner of that stamping plate! Winstonia are back with their 2nd generation stamping set and I couldn’t be happier with it. The set includes a great selection of designs and each plate has it’s own theme which has come in very handy when I want to find a specific design. Of course, the highlight for me is the prehistoric plate which features the T-Rex and a few other Jurassic beasts.

For this nail art, I used Sally Hansen Pinch of Punch as my base colour.

I stamped on a few designs from Winstonia’s 2nd Generation Set using BK Matte White.

The blue glitter is Claire’s Neon Blue and I added a few holographic 3mm studs from She Sells Seashells.

It’s all topped off with one coat of Glisten and Glow HK Girl.