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    31DC2012: Day 16 Tribal Print Nails

    Day 16 of the 31 Day Challenge calls for Tribal Nails. I love tribal nails but they take a hell of a long time to do! So I copped out and cooked up some glitter sandwiches on a few of my fingers when it was getting too close to bed time.
    I have a confession to make. Last week I cut my cuticles. I really couldn’t tell you why, I had the clippers in front of me so I just did it. It was one of those decisions I regretted almost instantly, like while I was still sat there cutting away at my fingers, and yet I still couldn’t stop doing it. I am never going to cut my cuticles again.
    There’s not really a bottom line to this story, I just thought it was something noteworthy to write down on my nail blog! I’ve always been an advocate of moisturise and push and since my bad decision last week, I feel stronger than ever about it. My favourite post about cuticle care is still this one from Lacquerized’s archive. Perhaps it’s time I finally wrote my own.

    I used three coats of Deborah Lippmann Fashion* as my base colour. The colours in the tribal patterns are NYC Water Street Blue*, MUA Shade 23 and Black Acrylic Paint. I used a small striping brush to paint the details. 
    The studs are from Born Pretty Store (SA5X31 to get 10% off).
    The glitter is JENsations Bubble Gum with a coat of OPI Samoan Sand over the top to create a sandwich.
    I finished it all off with two coats of Seche Vite.

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    31 Day Challenge, Stamping, Uncategorised

    31DC2012: Violet Nails

    If you couldn’t tell I’m totally obsessed with skittle manis at the moment. We’re on the last day of ‘plain colour’ challenges today so the frequency of skittles will probably decrease severely over the next couple of challenge days as it’s just a nice way to spice up a plain colour.
    For today’s nails I used two coats of Models Own Purple Grey as a base. This is where it gets complicated! On my forefinger, I added two coats of Sinful Colors Daddy’s Girl. On my ring finger I stamped the fishnet design from Bundle Monster Plate BM209 with Barry M Lilac Foil and on every other finger, I used two coats of JENsations Fantasy. Phew!
    I’m very excited to see Cris and Rie’s manicures today. I do love me some purple nails!

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    31DC2012: Day 4 Green Nails

    You all know how much I love a bargain and my base colour today, you’ll be pleased to hear, was indeed a bargain. I’ve mentioned before that I found some Essies in TK Maxx well now I’ve found some in The Original Factory Shop for £3 each. I picked up two and this is definitely my favourite, Navigate Her. It’s a mint green for autumn. There’s just a hint of something in there which makes it less pastel and more creamy.
    I sparkled it up with JENsations Buried Treasure, then went freestyle with Sinful Colors Last Chance and La Femme Lime Cream. Finally, I topped it with two coats of Seche Vite.
    Rie and Cristina will also have some green manicures for you today!

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    JENsations Purple Rein Swatch

    I don’t know if everyone’s realised, but nearly all of my blog posts have a ‘cut’. This just means that there’s more pictures and normally a description of the polish and technique used in the manicure to see if you follow the link at the end that says ‘click here to see more…’. I’m not trying to trick you, it just makes the page load quicker if I don’t have all the pictures on the front page! 
    Today I have another swatch of a JENsations polish. I often find glitter toppers a bit tricky to apply, I always end up with buckets of clear polish piled on to my nails and no glitter in sight! For chunkier glitter like this, I’ve started painting it on to a sponge, waiting a few seconds for most of the clear polish to sink in to the sponge and then dabbing on the glitter. So far, it’s worked very well for me!
    These swatches are a ‘dabbing’ of JENsations Purple Rein* over two coats of A-England Guinevere and topped with two coats of Essence Better Than Gel Nails.
    JENsations Purple Rein Swatch

    JENsations Purple Rein Swatch

    JENsations Purple Rein Swatch
    JENsations Purple Rein Swatch
    You can buy Purple Rein from Jen’s Etsy shop. Each bottle is $8.00 or approximately £5 plus shipping.
    *This item was sent to me for review. All opinions are my own. See my disclaimer for more information.

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    JENsations Bubble Gum Swatch

    From what I hear Etsy is a great place to buy polish nowadays. The selection on there is endless! It’s especially fun if you’re looking for something a bit unique that’s different to the stuff you see on the shelves – but I haven’t looked too deeply in to it myself as I’m sure I would just end up with massive cravings for polishes that are a bit out of my price range! Especially once you add in shipping from the US and the potential taxes at this end.
    When Jen from JENsations asked if I would like to try a few of her polishes, I jumped at the chance. Her shop is full of pretty glitter and shimmer polish toppers. This particular polish is called Bubble Gum – a clear base packed with tiny Blue, White and Pink hexes with a few larger Blue and White ones scattered in there too.

    I swatched Bubble Gum* over BYS Pretty as a Peach. It was a bit tricky to get good coverage but I find that with all glitter polishes and I’m sure most of you will be nodding along in agreement! Instead of painting it on in normal strokes, I tend to dab it and just swirl it around where I want more bits, kinda like this!
    I used a top coat of Essence Better Than Gel and then one coat of my old and gloopy Cult Nails Wicked Fast to ‘glaze’ it and give it a super smooth surface.

    You can buy this polish from JENsations on Etsy. The glitter toppers are $7.50 for a 10ml bottle plus shipping.

    *This item was sent to me for review. All opinions are my own. See my disclaimer for more information

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