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31 Day Challenge: Inspired by Fashion

27th September 2014

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Catwalk image source: vogue.co.uk

Last night I spent so much time scrolling through the catwalk galleries on the Vogue website, I didn’t even get round to actually doing any nail art! I did, however, pick out this incredible dress from Naeem Khan as my inspiration.

I thought carefully through all my options on this one – striping tape, loose glitter, glequins and more – but in the end freehanding won out. I always feel a bit wobbly when I get started on a freehand manicure (especially one that requires poker straight lines) but soon surprise myself by doing a pretty good job of it.

I used Barry M Lychee as my base colour and freehanded on the silver detail using a nail art brush and A-England Excalibur Renaissance. It’s all topped with one coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl.

Barry M Lychee with A-England Excalibur Renaissance

Naeem Khan Inspired Nail Art // The Nailasaurus

31 Day Challenge, Nail Art, Uncategorised

31 Day Challenge: Water Marbling

21st September 2014

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Well I must admit, I’m very relieved that the water marbling ordeal is over and done with. I spent the whole morning trying to create something passable and this is the outcome. While it’s certainly not my worst, I don’t think it’s my best either. Water Marbling is one of those things that either goes perfect for me first time, or takes hours and never looks as perfect as I wished it would! I decided to call it a day and paint two nails with solid colour since I just couldn’t get them right after multiple tries.

For the water marble, I used Barry M White as my base coat, then created the water marble using Barry M Mango, Barry M Miami and Barry M White.

On my middle finger is Barry M Miami and the thumb is Seventeen ‘Power Pastels’ Bright Peach.

It’s all topped with two coats of Glisten & Glow HK Girl.

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31 Day Challenge: Half Moons

20th September 2014

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NYC Raindrop

China Glaze Tart-y For The Party

Barry M Crush

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31 Day Challenge: Geometric

17th September 2014

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Art Deco Striping Nail Art // The Nailasaurus

Let’s revisit that old favourite – striping tape – for today’s nail art. Day 16 of the challenge calls for geometric nails so I knew I wanted to do something in an art deco style. You wouldn’t normally expect to see an art deco design in bright blue and green hues but I like that it’s different. Black and gold will never get old, but sometimes it’s good to mix things up a bit. I kept the design nice simple instead of attempting to add more lines at the risk of going overboard and/or ruining the overall look.

I used Rimmel Keep Calm & Play as my base colour with a thin coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl to make it dry quickly.

Next, I placed striping tape with a pair of tweezers where I wanted the green to show through.

I painted over the tape using Barry M Malibu, then immediately removed the tape using the tweezers.

It’s finished off with two coats of Glisten & Glow HK Girl to smooth everything over.

Geometric Striping Nail Art // The Nailasaurus

31 Day Challenge, Nail Art, Stamping, Uncategorised

31 Day Challenge: Animal Print

14th September 2014

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For my my animal print nails, I’ve gone pretty simple with a true classic leopard print stamp from Konad. This is the first stamping plate I ever owned so I have deep feels for the patterns that are on it!

This gold polish from NYC is really great for nail art as it’s good and opaque with a foil finish, rather than chrome, but it is a bit of a nightmare to clean up! I think it’s because it’s sort of like a lgitter in that there are trillions of tiny particles of colour in there which get away from you. I used my DIY Peel Off Base Coat around my nails before stamping in an effort to protect from the worst of it but you can still see little bits around my cuticles that I couldn’t get rid of. I could have scrubbed with a nail brush but I didn’t want to risk scraping off the stamping, since there’s no top coat over it.

I started with a base of Barry M Espresso.

I used a coat of Rimmel Matte Finish to even out the surface as I find the Barry M mattes can sometimes look a bit streaky.

Finally, I stamped the leopard design using NYC Full Metal Jacket with Konad Plate M57.

Matte and Glossy Stamping Nail Art // The Nailasaurus

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31 Day Challenge: Stripes

13th September 2014

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I’m a day behind on the 31 Day Challenge but determined to catch up over the weekend! These are my stripe nails for Day 12 (yesterday) inspired by Globe & Nail. When I was scrolling through piCture pOlish’s Instagram profile at all the amazing manis created with Nail Vinyls, Emma’s just really stood out to me so I was chuffed when I realised I had everything I would need to recreate it.

Items used

Barry M White

Straight Decals from She Sells Seashells

piCture pOlish Bonkers

piCture pOlish Swagger

Sweet Color White Liner

and a Nail Art Brush

31 Day Challenge, Freehand, Nail Art, Stamping, Uncategorised

31 Day Challenge: Rainbow Nails

9th September 2014

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Rainbow Half Moon Nail Art // The Nailasaurus

In the words of Chris Traeger, these are LITERALLY.. the best rainbow nails I’ve ever painted! This was the only nail art I had in my head when I took up the challenge and it turned out exactly how I pictured. I was doubtful about the freehanded rainbows but once I got past a few wobbles, it was easy enough and everything balanced out nicely in the end.

I started with a Base of Barry M Blueberry.

I stamped on the clouds using a Konad knockoff plate from Born Pretty Store (M79) and BK Matte White.

For the rainbows, I used a nail art brush with 6 different shades:

Purple: Rimmel Keep Calm & Party

Blue: Models Own Asscher Blue

Green: Rimmel Keep Calm & Play

Yellow: Rimmel Cute as a Kitten Heel

Orange: China Glaze Mimosas Before Manis

Red: Rimmel Mars

It’s all topped off with two coats of Glisten & Glow HK Girl.