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My Christmas Manicure(s) 2014

26th December 2014

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Seems like I’m not the only one who finds it impossible to decide what I should wear on my nails on Christmas Day! I saw that so many of you guys had the same problem and then I didn’t feel so bad about the whole schtick. I actually ended up painting two Christmas manis and surprisingly, the final version is one of the most simple manis I’ve posted all year. I don’t even think it counts as nail art!

The first set I painted on Christmas Eve was a skittlette complete with a waterfall, glitter gradient and sparkly gold foil.
I used piCture pOlish LakoDom as the base coat for the nail art. The waterfall was created with Barry M Gold Foil, Rimmel Raw as Night and Essie Mojito Madness. Waterfall tutorial here.
The glitter gradient was created by dabbing W7 Cosmic Green on to the tip with a makeup sponge.
The gold foil is A-England Excalibur and it’s all topped with a coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl.

For mani number two, I went with something insanely simple. This velvety blue is Delush Eat Sleep Chic and I used piCture pOlish LakoDom and Lynnderella Mlle Violette de Bleu for some accents. Again, it’s all topped with a coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl.

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Top 5: Christmas Nail Colours

14th December 2014

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1. Delush – Glam Squad

You’d normally catch me wearing the classic red creme at Christmas but this year I’ve been converted to this frosty metallic red by Delush. With three coats, the colour is so deep and luxe. This shade isn’t from a holiday collection but I feel like it was made for Christmas!
See it here: Christmas Nail Art

2. piCure pOlish – LakoDom

I can’t get enough of this shade. White nail polish has been my go-to for plain nails these last couple of months and LakoDom immediately became a favourite from first wear! It’s a slightly grey tinted white with silver/holographic particles which makes me think of glistening snow.
See it here: Reindeer Nail Art Tutorial, Militarised

3. A-England – Saint George

I had to get a green in here somewhere but the traditional forest-y christmas tones have never been a favourite of mine. Saint George is a holographic teal polish that’s been with me for a very long time and I’ve just rediscovered it this month. I think it’s the least typically festive shade of the selection but it’s the only green I’ll be sporting this season!

4. Sally Hansen – Coat of Arms

This metallic polish is somewhere between gold and silver; a cool gold, if you will, and very majestic as implied by the name! The finish on this one is lovely – perfect in two coats with little (if any) streaking which is rare for foil polishes.
See it here: Turquoise and Gold Art Deco Nail Art

5. L’Oreal – Platinum Chic

What’s a Christmas mani without a bit of sparkle? Well, this polish has more than a bit of sparkle; it’s literally a bottle packed full of glitter. There are silver hexes in two sizes mixed in with irridescent gold micro glitter. For the swatch above, I used 3 coats for full coverage but you can also layer it over another polish for an equally stunning effect.
See it here: Christmas Nail Art

Christmas, Glitter, Nail Art, Stamping, Uncategorised

Nailvengers Assemble! Christmas Nail Art

30th November 2014

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Christmas Nail Art

The Nailvengers are getting in to the festive spirit today as we tick over in to December and Christmas Mania can officially begin. I made a start on my Christmas shopping this weekend and let’s just say I’ll be doing as much as possible online from now on. Carrying giant shopping bags whilst trying to navigate through hoards of people also carrying their own hauls doesn’t make for a fun Sunday and it even resulted in a few bruises!

For this nail art I used Delush Glam Squad, the perfect festive red then added a few gold accent nails with Sally Hansen Coat of Arms and L’Oreal Platinum Chic.

For the details, I stamped on some designs from MoYou Festive Collection Stamping Plate 06 using BK Matte White.

It’s all topped with a coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl.

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Nice But Naughty

3rd May 2014

Snippet: Summertime Madness

8th March 2014

Delush XO Collection with a Waterfall

10th February 2014

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Being the perfectionist that I am, I wasn’t entirely satisfied with the waterfall nail art that you saw on my Valentine’s Nail Wheel yesterday. It was quite tricky to paint straight lines on those false nails as they have a lot more curves and bends than mine so I really wanted to give it another shot on my own nails. Aside from the fact that I haven’t done a waterfall in so long, I really wanted to have a go with the amazing Delush XO collection before Valentine’s Day!

There are three polishes in the XO Collection – Make Me Blush, Je Ne Sais Quoi and Love Me Lights Out (gotta love a good Beyoncé reference). With this collection, Delush has also introduced a new bottle design with matte handles and a wider brush.

Make Me Blush is the base for this manicure – a Baby Pink creme with an incredibly subtle gold sheen. Je Ne Sais Quoi and Love Me Lights Out are both glitters with a milky white base. The appearance of green glitter was a surprise in a Valentine’s collection but the soft shade really works with the pinks and purples to create two glitters that are perfect not just for Valentine’s but the whole of spring.

Je Ne Sais Quoi is my favourite of the two glitters. There’s a good mixture of pink and mint green glitter in this one and the base is slightly pink tinted.

I’m wearing Love Me Lights Out on my ring finger. I really like the yellow gold in this one and there are also bright pink stars scattered through it although I didn’t manage to pick any of them up this time.

For these nails, I used 2 coats of Delush Make Me Blush as my base.

I applied two coats of Je Ne Sais Quoi on my first finger and two coats of Love Me Lights Out on my ring finger.

I created the Waterfall using Sally Hansen Lovely Lilac, China Glaze Pink-ie Promise, piCture pOlish Electric Dream and Barry M Gold Foil. There’s a waterfall nail art tutorial here.

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

These polishes are $8.95 each at delushpolish.com. Worldwide shipping is available.