Plate: Bundle Monster BM21
Base Colour: Rimmel 60 Seconds – Blue My Mind
Konad Colour: GOSH – Metallic Purple
Top Coat of NYC
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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.
I am now in love with freehand nail art! It takes longer and is not as ‘perfect’ looking as stamping but there is so much more you can do with it. That’s not to say I will be freehanding my nails all the time because there just aren’t enough hours in the day but it’s definitely something I’m going to keep playing with whenever inspiration strikes.
Today’s idea, once again, comes from Marina at Forever The Ugly Duckling. She just has too many great ideas! She suggested I try an Aztec pattern so I did some searching for a reference and found this pair of printed leggings which I based my design on.
I used Avon Chocolate as a base and GOSH Metallic Blue for the patterns and topped it off with a coat of NYC In a New York Minute top coat.The brush I used is from this set available from the Born Pretty Store.
Here is my attempt at creating some of those ‘Galaxy Nails’ that have been floating around a lot recently. I first saw one of these designs months and months ago but I thought it would be too hard so I didn’t even attempt to create it myself. Boy, was I wrong! Considering how pretty this look is, it’s some of the easiest nail art I’ve ever done and I think it’s absolutely fool proof. I was worried it wouldn’t turn out very well, but I don’t think this look could turn out badly even if you tried to mess it up! That’s the beauty of it.
All you need is a selection of cosmic colours and some textured paper tissue (i.e. kitchen roll) and I’d recommend using at least one holographic polish in the mix. Paint on your base colour and just start dabbing the colours on in patchy, thin layers.
Asami has a great video tutorial of the method.
This was the colour inspiration for my version.
The polishes I used (in this order) are:
NYC Glossies – 243B
E.L.F – Party Purple
BYS – Glittering Purple
GOSH – Holographic
E.L.F – Twinkle
Collection 2000 Maxiflex – Moonlight Shine (dotted on for the stars)
And of course, a Top Coat of NYC (not pictured)
Has anyone done their own galaxy nails? Please leave a link to your mani in the comments, I love looking at them!
My 300 follower giveaway is now closed and I’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who entered. I’m swamped with a school assignment at the moment so I won’t be able to run through the entries until the end of the week but I will announce the winner on or before Sunday. I promise.
Plate: Bundle Monster – BM11
Base Colour: GOSH – Holographic
Stamp Colour: BYS – Glittering Purple
Green star sequins from Viva La Nails
Top Coat of NYC
Don’t worry, I haven’t invented a new gruffalo-esque monster. It’s just a Ruffian Manicure with a Holo as a base 😀
I used nail guides for this one to get a crisp line.
Base Colour: GOSH Holographic
Top Colour: W7 Black
Top Coat of NYC
Here are some better pictures of the GOSH Holographic polish I got on the weekend. Monday’s post didn’t really show it in all its Holographic Glory.
This time, I applied it without using a base coat, which I read to do somewhere, and it was a much easier application.
Sorry, but I couldn’t get a good video on my crappy old digicam and my SLR doesn’t take them.
