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Galaxy Nails!

24th August 2012

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I’ve been meaning to do some galaxy nails for aaaaages! Whenever I’m in the process of doing this nail art, I’m always super disappointed with the way it looks so sometimes I give up before I’ve even finished. I have to remember that it never looks good until that final layer of glitter goes on and you take a proper look at them from further away.

The base colour is Look Beauty’s Nail Pop in Glamrock and the colours I used for sponging are Barry M White, Barry M Blueberry Ice Cream and A-England Princess Tears.

I used NYC Starry Silver Glitter for some extra cosmicness and finally added some Holographic Glequins before applying my Cult Nails Wicked Fast top c

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Gradient, Stamping, Studs, Uncategorised

Show Off

16th August 2012

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These are the nails I will be wearing to The Nails Show on Saturday, provided they haven’t chipped/fallen off/been picked off by then because I might not get a chance to redo them before the event. Although it’s not like I’m gonna be short of nail supplies where I’m going!
I know that lots of you are going to the event and I can’t wait to meet you if you are gonna be there! I’m not exhibitioning in case some of you thought that’s why I was going. I’m just gonna be a regular Joe strolling around so if you see me, come say hi! I’ll try to wear something distinctive and I’ll tweet what I look like so I’m kinda easy to spot!

I wanted to do some of my designs that people have responded to best and that really marked milestones in this blog I’m kind of best known for; my studded nail, the gradient and now glequin honeycomb.

The base colour is A-England Galahad and I used Barry M Gold Foil for the gradient and stamping (Bundle Monster BM322).

My thumb is a ‘Nebula Nail’ and the extra polishes are Barry M White, Nail Pop Glamrock, A-England Saint George and NYC Starry Silver Glitter.

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Freehand, Glitter, Uncategorised

Cinco De Mayo, But Not Really!

9th August 2012

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Despite my obsession with skulls, I’ve never attempted a sugar skull before. Now I know why, they’re very tricky to paint on to your nails! I don’t really love this outcome but for a first try, it’ll do!

The base colour is Barry M Blueberry Ice Cream and the Sugar Skull is freehanded with a striping brush and acrylic paints. Then I added some Barry M Blue Glitter with a sponge for the gradient effect. The chevron is freehanded and the yellow stripe is acrylic paint.

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I Like Your Lines

5th August 2012

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I’m headed off on my summer holiday tomorrow – nowhere too glamorous, we’re just packing up the car and going camping in West Wales – so it’s been a very hectic weekend of preparation. I haven’t even packed my case yet and we’re leaving in the morning!

While I was checking off my ‘to-do before holiday’ list, I came across a note that said ‘@Lacquerologist’s Nail Art Competition’ and I thought I must have missed the deadline by now but it turns out the deadline is tonight so I squeezed in a bit of time to create my entry last night!

The criteria for the competition is that the manicure must be based on one of the days from the Abstract Nail Art Challenge. I chose to do Lines and came up with this staggered multi colour idea. I kinda wish I’d stuck to one colour palette but I’m still very pleased with this satisfactorily abstract outcome!

I won’t list the colours because there are at least 15 in the mix and I honestly can’t remember what they all are! The bottle in my hand is Barry M Blueberry Ice Cream and I’m confident that’s the lightest colour on my middle finger.

To get this effect, I painted on the base colour and then used a striping brush to paint on random lines straight from my cuticle to the tip. I then painted some half lines in the gaps and added a bit of glitter on top of a few of them. It’s all finished with a few coats of Cult Nails Wicked Fast.

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Olympics Nails!

28th July 2012

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Most of you will have probably seen the opening ceremony by this time and some of you may even be watching live coverage of the 2012 Olympics right now!

I was watching the coverage of the opening ceremony live last night and I felt so patriotic. I’m sure you’ll all agree that it was a fantastical sight to behold, I really wish I could have there! I was tweeting throughout and anyone reading could tell that I was getting a bit too excited! James Bond, Mr Bean and even Her Majesty The Queen made some hilarious appearances.

As for the games themselves, I normally only ever watch the Gymnastics – I’ve been watching the men’s qualifiers most of the morning and was happy to see Team GB take an early lead there. I might tune in for some field events this year too though and see if anything else can peak my interest.

Loads more pictures under the cut!

There are too many polishes to list them all but the white base is Barry M White and the gold is Barry M Gold Foil. I used a striping brush for all the freehand details.

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Pastel Paradise

18th July 2012

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A comment on yesterday’s manicure prompted me to create something a bit more summery today. I always have to consciously make the decision to wear summery colours as opposed to the dark shades I normally favour. I have plenty of brights and pastels in my stash but I normally reach for the dark ones first!

My base colour is Cult Nails Manipulative and I used No7 Stand Back with a striping brush to draw chevrons on the tips.

The gold accents are Barry M Gold Foil, again with a striping brush, and I initially just drew thin, straight lines but decided to add a few curves which definitely turned out for the best.

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Social Media Nails! Also, who wants to Pin for me?

13th July 2012

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I mentioned last week that I had started a new job but I didn’t give too much away because, ya know, it’s private and all that. All I will tell you is that it has something to do with social media so these are the nails that I wore to the interview in an attempt to stand out a bit from the the other applicants. I drew the company logo on my other hand but that was too ugly to photograph! As it turned out I got way too shy and didn’t just want to say ‘Hey boss man look at my nails’, even though we discussed this blog and the fact that I do nail art which would have been a perfect segue for me to show him.

I tweeted the nails to him a fews days later anyway and ended up getting the job. Whoopee! It may or may not have been because of the kick-ass nails – who knows?!

I’ve painted social media nails before and the only differences this time are my much shorter nails and Pinterest in the place of Blogger. This leads me to a very exciting little announcement…

I’m looking for some guest pinners for my ‘Nails’ board on Pinterest!

More pictures (there are a lot!) and details about Pinning are after the jump!

I looove Pinterest and spend a lot of time browsing on there but I suck when it comes to actually pinning great stuff. I already have a ‘Nails’ board on there which is covered in pretty nails, but I want it more covered! Now this could all go awfully wrong but I’m gonna go for it anyway!

The plan is to add a few guest pinners to the board who can bulk it out and just make it a great board. I’m looking for people who are great at pinning and really know their nails so if you think you’re up to the job and would like to be considered, please follow these instructions:

~~Email me a with a link to your nail board (contact info here)~~

~~Make sure the subject line reads ‘Guest Pinner’~~

~~Easy as pie!~~
Submissions are now closed. Thank you!

I will choose my favourite Pinners as soon as possible and they will all be contacted. I’ll try my best to get back to everyone whether the answer is yes or no but this is a one woman mission so obviously if there are stackloads I won’t be able to. If you haven’t heard back within 2 weeks from today (July 13th), assume you were not selected.

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