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    Try My Two Tone

    22nd July 2011
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    This mani, like yesterday’s, came about when I just got too carried away trying to add a dash of whatever came to mind!
    I knew I wanted to use scotch tape and a stamp design so I did the base colour and stamp and left it overnight to dry and to give me time to decide what to do. ‘Blue’ I thought, but when the blue was on it just looked too clunky so I thought I’d set myself the challenge of trying to line up the stamps to get a two-tone effect on my nails. Turns out I needn’t have bothered because the pattern is irregular so you wouldn’t even notice if it wasn’t matched. I think I’ll set myself the mission of trying it with a more uniform pattern to see if I can get it to match up.

    Konad Plate: M57
    Base Colour: Barbara Daly – Purplicious
    Konad Colour: GOSH – Metallic Purple
    Top Coat of NYC
    To create the two tone look, I sectioned off the top part of my nail with scotch tape and painted on Barry M Cyan Blue. I removed this tape straight away and let the blue dry. Then I lined up more strips of tape with the blue polish and stamped over it with GOSH Metallic blue, attempting to line up the patterns and added another top coat.

    How do you guys feel about me using larger pictures in my blog posts? All the pictures I post are click through’s anyway so you can see a bigger version if the mood takes you, but I thought I would go bigger on the main page. Do you like it or do they just take up too much space?

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    Branching Out

    27th June 2011
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    Exciting news! I am now on YouTube! I uploaded my first video a few days ago and plan to make plenty more. The plan is to do nail and EOTD tutorials on occasion. I’m not making any kind of commitment to making videos and this blog will still be my priority, videos will just be something fun on the side.
    Branching out to YouTube is something I’ve been meaning to do for a long time although I never had the equipment before. Now that I’m home for the summer, I can use my Dad’s camcorder! 
    So here is my first video! It’s a short step-by-step of Konadding. When people ask me how I get the designs on my nails, I struggle to explain and I’ve been searching for a short and sweet video showing the absolute basics of the process but I can’t find one so I just decided to make my own.
    I know the lighting is bad but as with anything, it’s all a learning process and I’m sure my videos will improve with time and practice.

    EDIT: I have now removed the video from YouTube but fear not… I made a better one! You can see it here.

    Does anyone have any requests for videos they would like to see from me? Any particular looks that you are wondering how to recreate? I have a few ideas but I’d love to do stuff that you guys actually want to see. Please leave any suggestions in the comments or get in touch on Twitter 😀 Thank you!

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    Bright Purple for a Bright Day

    26th April 2011
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    The gorgeous weather we’ve been having is starting to dwindle but it was still bright outside today so I went out in to the garden to take my pictures. I think they come out much nicer in direct sunlight. Normally I just take them in my bedroom.
    I ordered a new mp3 player from Tesco today which will be ready for me to pick up at my local store on Thursday. Now, you may not think this a particularly exciting event but I’ve been rocking various really old Creative Zens for a few years now and I finally decided it was time to catch up with the rest of the world and get something a bit more modern. Also, my Zen Micro keeps switching off whenever it pleases thanks to some rattly insides and is so old that it’s not really even compatible with my computer!
    I went for the Sony NWZ-S754 in blue which was a bargain because I took advantage of the double up your Clubcard vouchers offer so I only had to put £20 towards it. Apologies to anyone not in the UK who’ll have no idea what I’m talking about. ‘Clubcard’ a loyalty card scheme for the massive supermarket chain, Tesco, and you can get some amazing rewards from them. I’ve already had 3 annual magazine subscriptions without a penny coming out of my pocket.

    Konad Plate: M57
    Base Colour: Barry M Bright Purple
    Konad Colour: Stargazer White
    Top Coat of NYC
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    Tips Please

    25th April 2011
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    Belated Happy Easter to everyone! I’ve had a such a great weekend, I really don’t want it to end but unfortunately it’s back to reality tomorrow. I’m back home from Uni at the moment so I saw plenty of my good school friends on Saturday night and spent Sunday and today with family. Now I really have to knuckle down and study for my upcoming exams before I get a nice big break for the Summer.

    Konad Plate: M35
    Base Colour: Carla Di Roma – Grape Wine
    Konad Colour: GOSH – Metallic Purple
    Top Coat of NYC
    I posted a make-up look on my other blog today. When I went to see Sucker Punch last week I couldn’t stop staring at the make-up so I decided to try out Baby Doll’s look. It’s a picture heavy post so I didn’t feel like it would fit here!! Click here or on the picture to see the post.
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    BK Matte Pureple

    21st April 2011
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    I have some great news guys! I was one of the winning 25 in the Bundle Monster competition. I want to thank every single one of you that voted for me, I really couldn’t have done it without you. If, like me, you love yourself a bit of internet drama, there was some controversy on Bundle Monster’s facebook page when one of the girls who didn’t place in the top 25 got on her high horse and started complaining about the competition, even going as far as to single out another innocent girl’s entry like a playground bully then continue to talk herself in to a deep hole. I must admit, I did put my two cents in because I just couldn’t sit there and watch her going on like an intolerable toddler.
    This polish is another of Born Pretty‘s new matte polishes called Pureple. No, that’s not a typo, it really is pure-ple. 
    Again, I’m super impressed with this polish. The colour is a pinky lavender soufflé with a lovely frosty finish that I haven’t really seen in matte polishes before. And there’s not a single brush stroke in sight. 

    I didn’t get a great picture of it with the top coat but I can assure you it looks absolutely gorgeous. ‘Twinkly’ is the word I would use to describe the way it looks with a glossy top coat – somewhere between a glitter and holographic. I just love it.
    The design is from Konad Plate M64 stamped with Nails Inc. Victoria and finished with a top coat of NYC.
    You can buy the polish here and as I mentioned before, postage is free worldwide so I really recommend you take a look at Born Pretty Store if you’re in need of any nail supplies.
    Previously: BK Smoky Grey Black
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    BK Matte Smoky Grey Black

    18th April 2011
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    Jessica from Born Pretty Store got in contact with me recently to tell me about some new polishes that she had in stock. They’re Matte so I immediately jumped at the chance to review them. I have a long standing love affair with matte nails though I don’t actually own many polishes that are matte, I always just use a matte top coat to get ‘the look’. The name on the bottle is BK, which I’ve never heard of before. 
    I was pleasantly surprised at the high quality and finish of this polish, especially since it’s such a low price. The brush is narrow and flat which made it really easy to apply the polish neatly. It was opaque in two coats but, as I do with all dark colours, I added another for maximum colour intensity. I love that it’s full of tiny silver flecks which give a great depth to the polish, as opposed to it being a flat old grey.
    Manglaze Fuggen Ugly came to mind when I saw this polish on my nails. I don’t own Fuggen Ugly myself but I looked at a few swatches and to my eyes it seems like a really close match.

    I added the bluebell design from Konad M54 using GOSH Metallic Purple and finished it off with a top coat of NYC. I definitely prefer this polish matte. The silver speckle is really muted with a glossy top coat.
    You can buy this shade from Born Pretty Store here. Shipping is free worldwide! How amazing is that? And all the products are so cheap. I actually just ordered a few of the Konad copies which are only $1.55 each at the moment because I really want to see how they compare to real Konad plates. 
    I have to add one thing about Born Pretty which is that the website is kind of a nuisance to navigate and can be hard to understand in some places (example) but I think this is just down to some bad translation. For the prices of the stuff, I’m not really going to complain!
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