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Blue Diamonds

16th March 2011

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It seems that Twitter has broken down. I don’t know what to do with myself, I’ve been sat here refreshing for 15 minutes but still nothing. What does Twitter think it is? Tumblr?!

It’s been so long since I used one of my matte top coats so I cracked them out again. I know I say this every time I use an all over geometrical pattern but I love that you can’t tell which colour is the base and which has been stamped on. Apart from when I mess up the double stamp on my thumb, which is every time!

Plate: Bundle Monster BM16

Base Colour: Barry M Cyan Blue

Stamp Colour: NYC Glossies 243B

Top Coat of NYC

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♪♫ Love Is The Coal That Makes This Train Roll

9th March 2011

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I know you’re probably getting sick of my unexplained, extended absences and I’m really sorry! So far, this year has been one crazy whirlwind of events and I’m finding it impossible to make time for blogging. I’m trying to get some structure back in the blog so I think instead of attempting a new mani every day, I’m gonna aim for three a week on set days (I’m thinking Monday, Wednesday and Saturday) so you’ll know what you can expect.

The internet connection in my house has been down since Sunday and no-one’s called up to fix it since it’s an 08 number and we only have cell phones so it will cost upwards of 35p per minute to call the ISP (I know it doesn’t sound much, but we’re all really stingy).

I’m blogging from home home today (my parents’ house) since I had to come back to get one of my wisdom teeth pulled. I’ve been complaining about it for months so I’m glad it’s finally gone. It wasn’t half as bad as I was expecting and I barely even felt the injections. It was actually the nicest procedure I’ve ever had done in a dentist’s office, if anything that takes place there can be called nice!

For the mani I used:

Carla Di Roma – Grape Wine

A coat of BYS Tinkerbell

Barry M Blue Glitter sponged from the corners downwards

GOSH Metallic Blue freehanded for the lines using a striper brush (eBay)

I’ve made a few additions to my list of regular polishes that work well for stamping. This GOSH Metallic Blue is on there! Head over to the Stamping Polishes page if you want to see all of the polishes I use for stamping.

Freehand, Review, Uncategorised

Born Pretty Store and my First Freehand Nail Art

27th February 2011

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I received a few items from Born Pretty Store a few weeks ago to review. You’ve already seen some of the Bullion put to use and I’ll cracking out the rest of the amazing nail art supplies in good time. Here are the goodies that I got….

I’ve wanted some of these tiny brushes for ages. I did buy a pack of nail art brushes on eBay but there are very few that are suitably teeny for painting designs like this on your nails and I’m actually using one of them to apply my eyeliner!!

This pack of 4 brushes is perfect for drawing anything you can imagine on your nails. They’re small but easy to grip and each one is a different size so you can use the smallest ones for lining and the larger ones for filling in colours.

I decided to try my hand at roses, which are heavily inspired by (read: copied from) Marina at Forever The Ugly Duckling who does some really cute and imaginative, yet simple, freehand nail art which is what actually inspired me to have a go myself.

I started out drawing the outlines of the flowers then filling them in with the blue. Then I went over the outlines again to emphasise them since the blue kind of covered them over. Then I decided to add the leaves by doing the same thing – outline, colour, outline again!

I’m really pleased with how it turned out and I’ll definitely be doing more freehand nail art in the future if I can come up with any ideas! If that’s something you guys would like to see?

I used:

Brushes from Born Pretty Store

Barry M Berry Ice Cream as a the base colour

Rimmel Black Satin to outline the flowers

Beauty UK Neon Blue to fill the flowers

BYS Fern for the leaves

Top coat of NYC

Disclaimer: The nail art brushes were sent to me by Born Pretty Store for review. Everything you read here is my honest opinion.

Glitter, Stamping, Uncategorised

Leopard Got The Blues

29th January 2011

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How do you like my new banner? I’m not too sure about it so I might make another one or go back to the old one soon.

Konad Plate: M57

Base Colour: No7 – Betty Blues

Konad Colour: China Glaze – Adore

Barry M Blue Glitter for the dots

Top Coat of NYC

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Barry M Mint Green

28th January 2011

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I had my last exam today. I’m so so so happy to have them over, even though I think I failed 3 out of the 4.

After the exam some friends and I went out for a pub lunch and just chatted for nearly 2 hours which was so much fun as I’ve been stuck inside for nearly 3 weeks. I was planning on going out with my friends tonight but decided to stay in eating, sleeping and watching movies since I haven’t really had a chance just to chill for the so long, but I’m looking forward to going out tomorrow – it should be a crazy night!

Konad Plate: M35

Base Colour: Barry M – Mint Green

Konad Colour: BYS – Fools Paradise

No7 Betty Blues for the dots done with a dotting tool

Top Coat of NYC

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Simple Ruffian

26th January 2011

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This one’s a bit messy. I’m terrible at doing tips or ruffian in any capacity let alone attempting to get the tiny little stripes matte so it went all lumpy and bumpy but I quite like it, I’m going to attempt at again in the future. After all, practice makes perfect.

The base colour is Barry M Cyan Blue with one coat of BYS Tinkerbell to get the shimmer, then a top coat of NYC.

The dark blue is No7 Betty Blues and I used E.L.F Matte finisher to matte out the ruffian strips.

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Barry M Raspberry

24th January 2011

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My mouth has been annoying me recently. My wisdom teeth have been causing me trouble on and off for years now but I’ve always just done my best to ignore it and wait for it to pass. I know I should really go to the dentist but I know they’re gonna say I need them out and I hate getting anaesthetic, doesn’t everyone?

Anyway, my whole jaw has been aching for a few days now and I hate it but I’m handling it like a boss!

I used a different camera for these two pictures and they’ve come out totally different colours! The first is most colour accurate but I love the second one because it looks so sunny and it’s nice to be reminded at this time of year that the sun still exists.

Plate: BM11

Base Colour: Barry M – Raspberry

Stamp Colour: George @ Asda – Natural White

Top Coat of NYC

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