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31DC2012: Day 15 Delicate Print

5th November 2012

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Good news. We’re halfway through the challenge and so far, we’ve only suffered a few minor hiccups! I’m back on track now so tomorrow’s post should put me back in sync with the schedule. Hooray!

Day 15 calls for delicate print so I reached for my favourite Konad plate, M57, to print on this lacy design. There’s something about the nude and black colour combination that I associate with, like, eternal elegance or something. Whatever, I just love it!

Don’t forget to visit Cris and Rie for some delicate print!

I used Deborah Lippmann Fashion* as my base colour. I’ve worn this colour every day since it arrived on Saturday! I’ve been finding it hard to choose plain colours that I want to wear recently so I keep going back to my fail safe black (A-England Lancelot) and nudes a lot so this couldn’t have come at a better time. It needs three coats to be opaque but it’s totally worth it.

I stamped the pattern using Konad Plate M57 with W7 Black before topping it with a coat of Seche Vite.

Here’s a reminder of what the challenge has left in store…

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Late Polish Days: Get Sentimental

15th October 2012

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I totally missed Polish Days last week. The date completely passed me by and I didn’t even realise until this weekend! I’ve had the idea for this theme since I received the first email and I didn’t want to let it pass me by so I’m posting it today, almost a week late. Whoops!

The theme for October is Get Sentimental so I went back to the very first manicure I ever posted on this blog and recreated that. You can see the post here. Looking back is so cringe worthy. Let’s just say I didn’t have any concept of decent lighting or healthy nails back then! When you look at that picture and these pictures side by side, you wouldn’t even know it’s the same hand.

In other news, I got some Seche Vite this week. After the rather long post about my top coat history last month, so many of you have been offering me recommendations for potential new beaus. The ones that cropped up the most were INM Out The Door and Seche Vite.

The only reason I’ve never tried Seche before is the price tag. I know it’s amazing from everything I’ve heard but I just could never bring myself to spend £10 on a top coat that will be all used up within a few weeks (at the rate I paint my nails!). A lovely lady on twitter tipped me off to Urban Outfitter’s sale where they’re selling Seche at £5 a bottle plus an extra 10% with the code UO10 and free delivery. How could I not buy it?! If you want some yourself, you can buy it here.

I ended up ordering two bottles for £9 and the delivery was insanely fast. So far I love the stuff but I’ve yet to experience the dreaded shrinkage!

Both of the polishes I used for that manicure are long gone so I had to use new ones. I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Pacific Blue as my base and stamped with Sally Hansen Plum Luck and GOSH Metallic Purple using Konad Plate M57. I finished it off with one coat of Seche Vite.

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Day 13: Animal Print

22nd October 2011

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Who doesn’t love a good animal print nail huh? This combination of colour and stamping is the one I used to wear the most before I started blogging, but it’s been a long time since I wore it. I was going to try something more adventurous today, like freehanding a leopard print, but laziness took over and I pulled out my stamping plates!

If you’re craving more animal print manis, check out Cristina and Rie‘s Day 13 challenges too!

BYS Astro Gold
W7 Black for the stamp
Konad Plate M57
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Day 7: Black and White Nails

16th October 2011

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I toyed with a few ideas for today’s nails before deciding to play it safe and go with Zebra print. It’s been so long since I wore this pattern and colour combination (I normally go for the tiger colour combination) and I forgot how amazing it is. It’s definitely not a subtle look, but I think I pull it off okay!

Don’t forget to check out Cristina and Rie‘s nails today for some more crazy black and white designs.

I used an unnamed Collection 2000 White then stamped with W7 Black and Konad Plate M57.

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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
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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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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

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Do You Think I’m Tex-y Too?

30th March 2011

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It’s just a quick one today. I did spend quite a while writing about how I think this shade is similar to OPI’s Do You Think I’m Tex-y then realised it didn’t really make any sense! I blame it on the cold I’ve been suffering with since the weekend, my head is all stuffed up and I’m just too tired to make real sentences.

Konad Plate: M57

Base Colour: NYC Glossies 235

Konad Colour: Stargazer White

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