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    Brace Yourselves, Winter is… Oh Wait.

    20th January 2013
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    It snowed on Friday. And when I say it snowed, I mean it SNOWED! By the afternoon, I had a six inch coating of snow on my car, I’ve never seen that much snow in my life. 
    Of course, snow is pretty and stuff but  here in the UK it shuts everything down – the schools close people can’t get to work etc. Because we never get more than 3 good days of snow a year, no one really bothers to take too many precautions other than buying up all the bread and milk in sight, and maybe throwing salt all over their driveway! We’re all quit happy to stay inside where it’s warm and only venture outside to walk the dogs. So today’s nail are inspired by… you guessed it, SNOW!

    I used Barry M Blueberry Ice Cream as my base colour. I topped my ring finger with a coat of Sonnetarium Snowfall (very fitting wouldn’t you agree?) and every other finger with Girly Bits January Morning (also very fitting!).
    I freehanded the snowflakes using a nail art brush and white acrylic paint. Finally I added the rhinestones (1mm from eBay) using a dab of clear polish and finished it off with two coats of NYC In A New York Minute.

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    Gradient, Uncategorised

    Something Sweet

    3rd January 2013
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    It’s been a long time since I did a gradient. I’ve really been in the mood to create some gradient nails for a while now but I couldn’t think up a colour combination that I was really happy with and that I hadn’t already done! Blue and brown sounds wrong when you put the words together but I’ve always loved them paired as colours. I really have gone super girly recently. This is a very soft set of colours for me!

    I used two coats of Barry M Blueberry as my base colour and created the gradient with Essie Glamour Purse using a makeup sponge, following this tutorial. I topped it with two coats of Seche Vite for an ultra glassy look. 

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    Christmas, Freehand, Uncategorised

    Christmas Nail Mashup!

    22nd December 2012
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    Another December day, another Christmas manicure! As you all predicted I couldn’t keep my nails away from the festivities for too long. These are the nails I did for the Christmas ‘Do’ at work. I think the phrase ‘Christmas Do’ is a very British thing. In the US, you’d just call it a Christmas Party right? Or do you have another name for it?

    My base colour is Barry M White. For the candy cane nails, I used one coat of Seche Vite before marking off striped sections with thin cuts of scotch tape and painted on Rimmel Heart on Fire. While that was still wet I peeled off the scotch tape and, once dry, used a nail art brush to paint Barry M Red Glitter over the stripes.

    The Rudolph nail is one from last year. I used Essie Glamour Purse as the base colour, Rimmel Desire for the lines and Barry M Red Glitter again for the nose.
    Finally, the Christmas Tree which was inspired by a Wacky Laki manicure was created using glequins from Born Pretty Store (tutorial here).
    I topped it all off with two coats of Seche Vite to smooth it over.

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    31DC2012: Day 31 Recreate Your Favourite Challenge (Part 2)

    21st December 2012
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    Here it is. The very last. The final day of my 31 Day Challenge 2012! It’s been a long and bumpy ride, we even lost a woman 5 weeks in but just like last year, I’m so glad we did it! I don’t really have much else to say on the subject so I’ll just leave you with my recreation of Rie’s Day 8 Metallic Nails.
    I’ve never ever done a splatter mani before and I probably won’t be doing one again any time soon. The clean up on this took just as long, if not longer, than the mani itself! I think part of the problem was the metallic polishes. Whenever I touched acetone to the mess, it would send a million bits of shimmer swimming in to my cuticles and I just couldn’t get it all off! Saying that, I did grow to love the result and maybe a bit of practice will do me good.

    I used A-England Lancelot as my base colour, then used Essie Penny Talk, Barry M Gold Foil and Barry M Silver Foil for the splatters. I topped it with one coat of Seche Vite to make it dry quickly and then one coat of Rimmel Mattifying Top Coat.

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    Christmas, Freehand, Glitter, Uncategorised

    Wrap Me Up

    15th December 2012
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    I think this will be my last Christmas themed nail art for a while. I say that like I’m drowning you in them, but this is only the fourth! I’m really struggling to come up with fresh ideas, I really don’t know how I came up with 12 of them last year! It’s weird to look back at those and see how much my skills have improved since then. What a difference a year makes!

    For the green nails I used two coats of NYC Flat Iron Green (creme) as a base, then two coats of Sinful Colors Call You Later (glitter). The red nail is one coat of Rimmel Heart on Fire (creme), one coat of Barry M Red Glitter and one coat of Sinful Colors Paris (gold glitter).
    Next I used Barry M Gold Foil to stamp on some bows from Bundle Monster plate BM317, then freehanded the ribbon lines with a nail art brush. Then I went over the bows, because they didn’t stamp very well, and outlined everything with black acrylic paint.
    All finished with two top coats of NYC.

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    31DC2012 Day 26: Inspired by a Pattern

    29th November 2012
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    Today’s nails are inspired by good old gingham as part of the 31 Day Challenge. I’ve done gingham nails before but I wasn’t 100% happy so I wanted to give them another try and I like the outcome much better. 
    As always, head over to Let Them Have Polish and Nails and Noms to see their nail art today.

    I used Barry M White as my base colour and used a nail art brush to paint on the stripes 2×2 on each nail in Essie Navigate Her and then used Barry M Spring Green to paint on the little squares where the lines cross. I topped it all with a coat of Seche Vite.

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