High Brow NP03
NYC Hudson Breeze
Sally Hansen Bling-tastic
MoYou London Stamping Plate Sailor Collection 05
BK Matte White
Gold Mermaid Embellishment
Glisten & Glow HK Girl Top Coat
Gradient tutorial here
When I was about fourteen, a family friend brought back a few trinkets back from their tropical holiday as gifts and mine was a bottle of Del Sol colour changing nail polish that changes when it’s in sunlight. At the time, it was one of only 4 polishes that I owned and I wore it to death (but only on the weekends of course – nail polish was too scandalous for school). I’ve never known where you could buy it until I was contacted by colourchangenailpolish.com who are Del Sol’s UK retailer and I couldn’t wait to relive the excitement of stepping outside in to the sun to see the colour change in front of my eyes.
The sun is finally shining today providing me the perfect opportunity to get some good photographs of these Del Sol polishes and capture my disappearing nail art! It was a lot to think about when I was painting the nail art as I had to consider the colour now and the colour it would be when I went out in the sun, then decide if the combinations would work. Luckily, I think it all ties together quite nicely!
For the chevron nails, I used Barry M Rose Hip as my base colour then applied one thin coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl. When it was dry, I applied some Chevron Stencils and painted over it in Del Sol Pretty in Pink, then quickly removed the strips.
Indoors, Pretty in Pink is a beautiful pearly shade that shimmers ivory to a gold pink and outside, it transforms to fuschia. The chevron detail is only visible inside if you catch it in just the right light and I love the contrast when I see it outside in its full glory.
For the other nails, I painted on a base of Barry M White and, again topped it with HK Girl. This time, I just placed one 2mm straight stencil down the centre of my nail and painted each colour on either side of the strips. The Blue to Green polish is Del Sol Electrik! and the Pink to Purple is Del Sol Foxy.
I really like both sides of Foxy but the green that comes out of Electrik isn’t quite to my taste. It’s a shame because the baby blue that shows up indoors is a gorgeous colour.
For part 4 of my favourite Instagram Nail Art Accounts, I want to pay tribute to five ladies that bring new meaning to the term Nail Art and always encourage me to work harder on my freehand skills. Their creativity and superhuman freehanding abilities never cease to amaze and inspire me.
@tinas_polish
Instagram: @tinas_polish
Follow Christina for: Her skill and range. Christina takes inspiration from anything and everything which really shines through in her nail art. There’s just no stopping her!
@just_alexiz
Instagram: @just_alexiz
Follow Alexis for: A very healthy dose of nostalgia! Alexis is a pro at recreating our favourite animations on her nails and every detail is perfect.
@jamylyn_nails
Instagram: @jamylyn_nails
Follow Jamy for: A blend of swatches, simple nail art designs to inspire and freehand creations that’s always easy on the eyes but not quite so easy to recreate!
@narmai
Instagram: @narmai
Blog: Piggie Luv
Follow Narmai for: Dreamy and romantic nail art that’s always impeccably finished. And she has some hella cute pet rats too!
@madamluck
Instagram: @madamluck
Follow madamluck for: Clever and creative indie swatches. She always has a clever design to perfectly match the name/colour/theme of the polish she’s swatching and, of course, the level of detail is sublime.
(for easy following if you’re on a device)
In typical fashion, I prepared this mani weeks ago but I still managed to be a few hours late with my Nailvengers post! It’s just been one of those days. It took a few unexpected turns but I’ve finally made it home and I’ll be going to bed as soon as I press publish!
For this nail art, I used Barry M Rose Hip as my base colour then painted on some really skinny pin stripes using Sweet Color White Liner Polish.
I painted on the roses using a nail art brush with NYC Peach Popsicles and contouring with NYC Rooftop Party Berry (there’s a tutorial for the roses here).
Next I painted the leaves around the roses with piCture pOlish Chillax.
My ring and pinky finger were painted with Barry M White and then I applied some nail wraps from Born Pretty Store over the top. I don’t think they match the rest of the mani at all but I couldn’t resist wearing them!
Social Media has come so far in the last few years that it’s sometimes hard to keep up. The last time I did some social media nails was almost two years ago and I thought it was time for a little update so today I’ve gone all mobile with some social app nail art!
These are my favourite social apps at the moment – the ones that I use the most and kind of rely on to stay in touch with friends! We’ve got Facebook Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat and Vine. Admittedly I’m not very active on Vine myself but I just can’t get enough of those 6 second clips! I am however on Snapchat as thenailasaurus if anyone wants to see what happens behind the scenes here!
Are there any apps I’m missing? Which apps do you use most to keep in touch with friends and relatives?
Here are the polishes I used for the base colours…
FB Messenger: Barry M Malibu
Instagram: Barry M Caramel and Essie Glamour Purse
WhatsApp: Sally Hansen Grass Slipper
Snapchat: Gradient Using Tiger 56 (a very light pastel yellow) and NYC Lexington Yellow. There’s a gradient tutorial here.
Vine: Barry M Kiwi
All of the white detailing was done using the polish from the Sweet Color White Liner but I used a separate nail art brush, not the one in the bottle.
Previously: Social Media Nail Art
When I found out that this month’s Lacquer Legion prompt was Garden, I did just what anyone would do – run out in to the garden and rummage for nail art supplies! I picked a few daisies and the plan was to use the petals in my manicure. After a few failed attempts, I had to abandon that little adventure but I still wanted to go with the daisy idea. I did a similar design to this as part of last year’s 31 Day Challenge so I reworked it with daisies this time around.
I used High Brow NP03 as my base colour and started the nail art by freehanding on the white details using Sweet Color White Liner Polish.
Using a nail art brush with NYC Lexington Yellow, I painted on the center then added in some little dots of OPI The ‘It’ Color to give it some texture.
It’s all topped of with two coats of Glisten & Glow HK Girl.
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.
Where to buy MoYou London Stamping Plates…
MoYou London plates are available from moyou.co.uk. Worldwide shipping is available and you get free standard delivery if you’re in the UK.
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