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    OPI Muppets Most Wanted Collection Swatches

    OPI Muppets Most Wanted Collection | The Nailasaurus | British Nail Blog
    Admittedly, I’m a little behind the times with this collection but I still wanted to post my swatches as there are some stand out shades in OPI’s Muppets Most Wanted Collection that are going to serve me well this summer. All of these swatches are with top coat. Read on to find out my favourites!
    OPI I Love Applause Swatch | The Nailasaurus | British Nail Blog
    I Love Applause is a very soft pink creme with just a tinge of lilac. It’s quite a sheer polish in between a creme and a jelly – a crelly – so I had to use 4 thin coats but there was no issue with streakiness. 
    OPI Let's Do Anything We Want Swatch | The Nailasaurus | British Nail Blog
    Let’s Do Anything We Want is a great glitter with small pink glitter and matt white squares. This is just one coat over a base of I Love Applause and one of the stand outs I mentioned earlier. I absolutely love how delicate it is paired with the soft shade underneath.
    OPI Kermit Me to Speak Swatch | The Nailasaurus | British Nail Blog
    I love OPI’s puns and Kermit Me to Speak delivers on that front. I wasn’t sure what to make of this polish because I’m not normally a fan of duochromes but the smooth formula of this one swayed me. I used three coats for opacity. The colour shift from purple to bronze is gorgeous and I think it’s a good one for toes!
    OPI Gaining Mole-mentum Swatch | The Nailasaurus | British Nail Blog
    Gaining Mole-mentum is a shredded glitter with gold, silver and pinkish toned pieces. I only used one coat over Kermit Me to Speak here because I was happy with the coverage but you’ll easily get more coverage with two coats or a thicker single coat. For the accent nail, I placed all of the pieces individually like a little mosaic… yep, it took ages!
    OPI Int'l Crime Caper Swatch | The Nailasaurus | British Nail Blog
    Int’l Crime Caper is my least favourite polish from the collection but that’s just because I don’t like sheer shades. As far as sheers go, the formula on this one was perfect. Just two coats for a smooth finish and no streaks!
    OPI Chillin' Like a Villain Swatch | The Nailasaurus | British Nail Blog
    The formula on Chillin’ Like a Villain is almost identical to I Love Applause. It’s a crelly that goes on sheer but builds up nicely to an opaque finish in 3-4 coats. It’s a very pretty peachy nude shade.
    OPI Miss Piggy's Big Number Swatch | The Nailasaurus | British Nail Blog
    Miss Piggy’s Big Number is a bright navy blue with shimmer that looks like a frosted finish and it looks absolutely amazing in the sun. I used two coats here.
    OPI Muppets World Tour Swatch | The Nailasaurus | British Nail Blog

    Muppets World Tour is a fantastically dazzling glitter that would look great over any shade of polish. It’s mostly silver glitter with a few colours sprinkled in. If you can believe it, this is only one coat over Miss Piggy’s Big Number.
    My favourites from the collection are I Love Applause, Kermit Me to Speak and Miss Piggy’s Big Number. I’d probably take a pass on Int’l Crime Caper unless you love sheers or plan to wear it over a darker shade.

    Where to buy…

    Muppets most wanted is available now in Department Stores and Salons nationwide. Also online from Ulta, Beauty Bay, Nail Polish Direct and more.
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    Triple Triangle Nail Art Tutorial Video

    Here’s a video tutorial for the ‘Cobalt is the Colour‘ nail art I posted last week. After a few tries I’m really getting in to the swing of making videos and a few people requested a tutorial for this nail art so I thought I’d jump back in. It’s a simple look but use the right colours and it will be absolutely stunning!
    I’ll have a tutorial for the watercolour/beachy gradient coming soon but if there are any other videos you’d like to see, do let me know!
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    For Shelley

    The Nailasaurus | British Nail Blog

    I want to dedicate today’s post to Shelley, the eldest of our two dogs who unfortunately passed away last night. She fell ill in the morning and her condition worsened throughout the day until she just slipped away so it was quite sudden and unexpected. She lived to the ripe old age of 12 which isn’t bad at all for a dog that was always falling down rabbit holes and gobbling up any old junk she found on the floor! Maybe I’m biased but she’s definitely the prettiest dog I’ve ever seen and she was just the softest dog in the world. Just don’t ask what breed(s) she was because we never knew… we’re still guessing!
    Shelley always wore a red collar with little bone shaped studs and I remembered One Nail to Rule Them All’s bone design which I thought would be a perfect match after I switched up the colours. The other fingers match her markings – black patches and speckly spots.
    I used Rimmel Heart on Fire and Barry M White for my base colours. The bones were drawn on with Barry M’s Nail Art Pen in Silver and I freehanded on the ‘markings’ using the Sweet Color Liner in Black. It’s topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.
    The Nailasaurus | British Nail Blog
    The Nailasaurus | British Nail Blog
    The Nailasaurus | British Nail Blog
    The Nailasaurus | British Nail Blog
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    Life’s a Beach

    Blue Watercolor Gradient Nail Art | The Nailasaurus | UK Nail Art Blog
    Today’s nail art is inspired by a print by Kitoki that I came across on Etsy. Their shop is full of beautiful photography which they describe as ‘dreamy’ and I can’t think of a better word for it. A lot of the pieces are kind of abstract which always makes for some great nail art. This particular photo is called Joy is water II.
    I think the nail art looks like a watercolour gradient. I used a flat nail art brush to sweep on the colours over a base of white, starting at the cuticle with the darkest shade and working my way to the tip blending the colours as I went. I think the result does look like sweeping water
    The shades I used are Barry M White as my base, Sally Hansen So-Nata Problem, Rimmel Britpop, piCture pOlish Swagger and Barry M Huckleberry. It’s all topped off with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.
    Joy is water II. by Kitoki on Etsy
    Joy is water II. by Kitoki on Etsy
    Blue Watercolor Gradient Nail Art | The Nailasaurus | UK Nail Art Blog
    Blue Watercolor Gradient Nail Art | The Nailasaurus | UK Nail Art Blog
    Blue Watercolor Gradient Nail Art | The Nailasaurus | UK Nail Art Blog
    Blue Watercolor Gradient Nail Art | The Nailasaurus | UK Nail Art Blog
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    Cobalt is the Colour

    Geometric Nail Art | The Nailasaurus | UK Nail Art Blog
    I’ve had this colour combination stuck in my head for a while now but I just couldn’t figure out what to do with it. Finally I sat down, got the striping tape out and came up with this simple geometric design. I’m so glad the colours match as well as I thought they would. I was worried there wouldn’t be enough of a contrast to see any details as they’re both very strong colours but luckily there’s just the right amount of complimenting and contrasting going on here.
    Geometric Nail Art | The Nailasaurus | UK Nail Art Blog
    For this nail art, I use NYC Lavender Blossom as my base colour.
    I applied striping tape in a cross at the base of my nails and filled in the triangles using a nail art brush and NYC Hudson Breeze, the most perfect cobalt blue ever!
    The glitter on my ring finger is Spell Polish Mr Spade. If you haven’t heard of Spell Polish before, don’t worry, you’ll hear a lot about them soon. Their glitter polishes are amaaazing!
    It’s all topped off with a coat of HK Girl.

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

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

    The Black Keys Turn Blue Nail Art | The Nailasaurus | UK Nail Art Blog
    The Black Keys Turn Blue Nail Art | The Nailasaurus | UK Nail Art Blog
    The Black Keys Turn Blue Nail Art | The Nailasaurus | UK Nail Art Blog
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    Freehand, Galaxy, Uncategorised

    Star Wars Nail Art (Obviously!)

    Star Wars Nail Art | The Nailasaurus | UK Nail Art Blog
    It’s kind of late in the day but I finally got around to doing my Star Wars nail art. It’s been impossible to avoid the fact this year with all the news about the upcoming film so there was no way I was going to forget like I did last year!
    I’ve done Star Wars nail art before (see that here) so I didn’t want to repeat myself this time around. I opted for a few galaxy nails and everyone’s favourite show stealing droids, R2-D2 and C-3PO.
    Star Wars Nail Art | The Nailasaurus | UK Nail Art Blog
    Star Wars Nail Art | The Nailasaurus | UK Nail Art Blog

    Star Wars Nail Art | The Nailasaurus | UK Nail Art Blog
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