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    Our Paper Hearts Are Folding

    V-Shape Manicure | The Nailasaurus
    Yellow, Black and White is such a stunning mix of colours but I don’t remember ever having worn it on my nails before. I got this mani in mind to use the colours and in my head it looked awesome but I noticed they kind of remind me of Wolverine and now that’s all I can see when I look at them! I’m talking about the yellow spandex clad version from the comics, not Hugh Jackman’s rugged, leather jacket wearing stud from the movies. I suppose there are worse things for nail art to remind you of!
    I started off with three coats of Tiger 56 for my base colour and once that was dry, I painted on the V shapes with a black liner polish.
    I filled in the empty space at the sides using W7 Black and then outlined using Sweet Color White Liner.
    The glitter on my accent is Claire’s Holographic Polish.
    It’s all topped off with two coats of Glisten & Glow HK Girl.
    V-Shape Manicure | The Nailasaurus
    V-Shape Manicure | The Nailasaurus
    V-Shape Manicure | The Nailasaurus
    V-Shape Manicure | The Nailasaurus
    V-Shape Manicure | The Nailasaurus
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    Glitter, Uncategorised

    We’ve Got a Headfirst Kind of Love

    My Instagram feed seems to have been taken over by Chevron nails recently and I’m pretty happy about that. I just love the way they look but haven’t always loved the tedious process of creating them using scotch tape and craft scissors. Here comes Nail Vinyls to save the day. There are quite a lot of places to get pre-cut vinyl chevrons but I went with Nail Vinyls as they’re the ones that always crop up on IG, plus they make mini versions which are definitely needed for my teeny-weeny nails.

    1. I used NYC Lavender Cupcake as my base colour on every nail and applied HK Girl to the fingers where I was going to add the chevrons. 
    2. While I was waiting for that to dry, I used two coats of Claire’s Silver Holographic on my pinky and ring finger.
    3. For the chevron effect, I stuck on some of the mini chevrons from Nail Vinyls and painted over them with a thick layer of Rimmel Violet Swizzle. I did this one nail at a time and made sure to remove the vinyls while the Rimmel polish was still wet.
    4. Finally, I topped it all off with two more coats of HK Girl.
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    Minty Glitter and Chevron Nail Art

    Whenever I pass a Claire’s Accessories, I can’t help but look in at the nail polishes ever since I found an amazing silver holographic glitter in there. Today I almost couldn’t believe my eyes when I was met with an amazing selection of indie-esque polishes on the shelf including some neon glitters. Considering that very few, if any, mainstream cosmetic brands in the UK have conquered the quirky glitter trend, I was pleasantly surprised to see these kind of polishes in Claire’s and I picked up three of them – a chunky neon mix, a blue neon glitter and this pastel green shimmery based glitter.
    These polishes run at £3.00 each and are now finally available to purchase online at claires.co.uk. I strongly suggest you take a look through the selection if you like drool-worthy glitter combinations and grab the silver holographic if you can!

    For the glittery nails, I used Sally Hansen Green Tea as my base colour and then applied two coats of Claire’s Shiver.
    To create the chevrons, I laid down a base of Barry M White followed with a thin coat of Glisten and Glow HK Girl to make it dry quickly. Once that base was completely dry, I cut scotch tape in to thin chevron stripes using some craft scissors and applied them to my nails.
    I painted over it all using W7 Black one nail at a time and quickly removed the tape while the black polish was still wet.
    It’s all topped off with two coats of HK Girl to smooth everything over.
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    Stamping, Uncategorised

    ♪♫ We could have had it all, rolling in the deep…

    This blue base is a Claire’s mood polish that is no longer moody. It doesn’t change colour to the ‘warm’ shade any more unless I expose it to extreme temperatures like earlier when I sat with my hands on front of my heater for 10 minutes and then it just went quickly back to the cold shade.
    Has anyone else found this with their mood polishes?



    Plate: Fauxnad – M34
    Base Colour: Claire’s Mood – Flirty/Shy
    Stamp Colour: China Glaze – Adore
    Top Coat of NYC

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    November Debut

    This mani is practically an exact duplicate of one I did a few months back just with different colours and a matte top coat.
    I would have done something totally kick ass and original for my November debut mani, especially considering I haven’t posted for a week now. But since I thought my camera was broken I obviously wasn’t expecting to be able to post one but what the heck, here it is.
    Check out my index finger! It’s never been so long. They’re normally so weak and I guess, because I use my index finger the most, the corners snap off every few days so normally I keep them quite short but I’ve been using OPI’s Original Nail Envy for over a week and I think my nails are stronger for it.

    Plate: Bundle Monster – BM18
    Base Colour: Claire’s Mood – Confident/Peaceful
    Stamp Colour: Stargazer – White
    NYC Glossies 243B for the line
    Top Coat of Essie Matte About You

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    Hulk Fail

    I was going for a Hulk look with this one. Anyone who is familiar with the comics or the films will know Bruce Banner wears his trademark purple shorts whenever he’s angry!

    The little pink bits you see are some weird tiny foil strips from Viva La Nails. It’s hard to come across ideas for using these.
    I tried to make a line with them but ended up just making a mess instead!

    Konad Plate: M57
    Base Colour: Claire’s Mood  – Peaceful/Confident
    Konad Colour: L’Oreal LaquiResist – Bebe Blue
    Purple: George @ Asda – Hoax
    Top Coat of NYC

    I’m staying away from home for a few days and trying to travel light which means I won’t be packing many nail supplies or my beast of a camera so I won’t be able to post anything for a while. I should be back on Friday.
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    Mood Swings – Some Strange Goings On

    When I first got these mood Polishes in my swap with Emily, I posted a quick swatch of them. Click here to see it. At that time, they weren’t changing with temperature, but when I tried them on after a few days, the difference between hot and cold was obvious. It’s very strange, but it’s like they were broken and now they’re fixed!
    This is Flirty/Shy. The lighter blue on the nail is warm and the dark colour towards the tips is cold. I used a butterfly from my Fimo cane and some sequins on my ring finger, both from Viva La Nails.
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