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    Spots and Stripes

    1st July 2013
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    I’m back on the Blues this week and it feels gooood! Polka dots are a rarity on my nails and since I do so many stripes I thought I’d give spots a go too.

     
    The main colours here are Sally Hansen Himalayan Blue, Barry M White, Sally Hansen Dorian Grey and W7 Black.
    I created the roses following this tutorial with SH Himalayan Blue, Essie Mezmerised and NYC Raindrop. The stripes on my middle finger are in W7 Cosmic Blue and there’s a tutorial for striping here!
    I topped it all off with two coats of No7 Stay Perfect Top Coat.

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    Banish the Blues: Getting Skirty

    24th June 2013
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    Day 2 of Banish the Blues and so far so good… not an ounce of Blue in sight! When I sat down with this idea in mind last night I had no idea where it came from but I knew it would work. As I was getting dressed today I spotted a skirt in my wardrobe which I haven’t worn or even thought about for aaaaages with this same exact pattern on! I guess I had recently seen the skirt but only noticed it subconsciously until it surfaced as a nail art idea. Spooky stuff!

    I used Barry M Lychee as my base colour and then painted on the spiky stripes from the cuticle upwards using a nail art brush and No7 Just Black and Born Pretty Fluorescent Polish #15. It’s all topped off with a coat of No7 Stay Perfect Top Coat.

    Here’s an insta-shot of the skirt (kind of). I added an accent of black glitter this morning after the other pictures were taken!
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    Banish the Blues: A Very Good Place To Start

    23rd June 2013
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    You may have noticed that I love blue! It’s the most popular tag on my blog with a staggering 187 posts which means about 1 in 5 of my posts contain blue nail polish. There’s a whole rainbow out there and I want to take some time to know the rest of it so this week I’m banishing blue from my blog. I’m not allowed to use any blue nail polish for at least 7 days… welcome to ‘Banish the Blues’!
    There are so many polishes in my collection that don’t get used very often at all so I’ve been making more of an effort to look through the whole thing and match up interesting combinations. I think challenging myself to a blue free week is the perfect way to do so. Maybe I’ll even find a new love (but I doubt it!).
    Today I’m starting from the very beginning of the rainbow with red and orange. I don’t think I’ll be going in order for the rest of the week but I figured this would be a good place to start!

    I used Sally Hansen Dorian Grey as my base colour and then took a nail art brush to apply some random triangles with Barry M Passion Fruit (coral) and outline them with a thick border of Barry M Mango (orange). Then I used black acrylic paint to separate the two colours. It’s all finished off with two coats of No7 Stay Perfect Top Coat.

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    Pinky Minty

    22nd June 2013
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    Here’s the mint and pink concoction I mentioned in my last post. Luckily my nail art mojo has picked up a little since then thanks to a big ol’ Pinterest session! 

    My base colours are Sally Hansen Green Tea and Barry M Dragon Fruit. The purple for the zig-zags is China Glaze Tart-y for the Party and I created the pattern using craft scissors and scotch tape, there’s a quick step-by-step here. 
    The glitter on my ring finger is Angelica Spring Break and I finished it all off with a top coat of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly.

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    I Just Blue Myself

    20th June 2013
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    I’ve been very very indecisive when it comes to my nails lately. I can never settle on a colour or design and sometimes I start a manicure then remove it before it’s even finished! We all go through these phases right? Last night I just picked a few colours and decided to go with the flow, do whatever came to my head and be happy with the results.
    I’ve seen a lot of these chevrons around lately which I why I think it popped in to my head. Once it was done I decided that I did like this look but my satisfaction didn’t last long and this morning I replaced it with a mint and pink concoction which I really love!

    I used Barry M Blue Grape as my base colour and then used a nail art brush to paint on the triangles using L’Oreal Laquiresist 837, a super vintage polish. The contrast between the two colours wasn’t as obvious as I’d hoped so I used Born Pretty Fluorescent Polish #15 to paint on a border. I finished it all off with a coat of Essence Better Than Gel Nails.

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    LOL

    9th June 2013
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    Like a lot of you here (you know who you are!), I’m a bit of a meme addict and I’m slowly but surely making my way through Know Your Meme on my nails! 
    I kind of cheated with this one by creating a decal rather than freehanding it straight on to my nail.
    I started by painting a thin coat of clear polish about 2x2cm on to a sheet of plastic and letting it dry. Then I used acrylic paint with a nail art brush to draw the face. Once it was all dry, I peeled the whole thing away from the plastic and stuck it to my nail using a coat of clear polish and smoothing it down with my finger. Finally I used a brush dipped in acetone to remove the excess at the edges and top coated it.
    Unfortunately the result is chock full of air bubbles but they’re not super visible unless you get very very close!
    I used Barry M White as my base colour and created the face using the method described above. For the LOL text, I used a nail art brush with Rimmel Heart on Fire.

    Previously: Nail Art Like A Sir, Paint ALL The Nails

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