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31 Day Challenge: Inspired by a Movie

23rd September 2014

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I was grocery shopping on the weekend when I saw a real-life Herbie in the car park. I knew then and there that I would have to do some nail art dedicated to the famous Bug and luckily for me, it fits in perfectly with today’s prompt – Inspired by a Movie. There’s quite a selection of Herbie movies to choose from and it’s been a very long time since I saw one. I mostly remember watching the TV series in the middle of the day on the weekends as a kid and wanting a Beetle so badly!

For the nail art, I used a base of Sally Hansen Ion then a quick coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl to make it dry swiftly.

Next, I did the racing stripes using striping tape for the red and blue, then filling in the middle with a white striper polish. The red polish is NYC Rooftop Party Berry and the blue is NYC Hudson Breeze.

For the ’53’, I painted on the white circle using the polish from my white striper and added the black details with a black liner.

It’s all finished with another coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl.

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Unikitty Lego Nail Art!

5th March 2014

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My Lego Movie nail art was such a huge hit with you guys and I’m so glad you liked it! I’m back today on the same vein with some Unikitty nail art. She was one of my favourite characters in the movie thanks to her (mostly!) positive outlook and amazing Alison Brie voice.

I used Barry M White as my base colour for the three middle fingers. Using a nail art brush, I painted on the details using black and white acrylic paint, W7 Baby Pink and NYC MoMa. I also used a dotting tool for the black parts of the eyes.

Using scotch tape, a marked off the tip of each nail and painted the bottom half pink. Then I used a smaller strip of tape to mark off the white stripe and painted the tipes using NYC Raindrop and Lexington Yellow (which I mixed with some white to make it pastel).

My pinkie and thumb are two coats of Claire’s Silver Holographic over Barry M Prickly Pear. I outlined them using Barry M Blueberry and added a thin line of white acrylic paint.

It’s all topped off with two coats of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

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The Lego Movie Nail Art

14th February 2014

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Since I’m single this Valentine’s day I’ll be spending the evening at the cinema with my girlfriends in what has kind of become an annual tradition for us. The plan this year is to watch the The Lego Movie but there are quite a few good picks showing so it could go any which way! I do like a good movie mani and I thought it would be totally awesome to do some nail inspired by The Lego Movie.

I started with a base of Barry M White on every nail.

The character details were all freehanded using a nail art brush. I used mainly black and white acrylic paint with Essie Glamour Purse, Sally Hansen Himalayan Blue and Sally Hansen Lively Lilac for the pops of colour. NYC Lexington Yellow is the perfect yellow for the Minifig faces.

To get the effect of lego blocks, I had to create some 3D pieces to attach to my nails. I did this by stacking up some small, round pieces of glitter. I sandwiched them 10 high with a dot of clear nail polish between each layer. It took ages but it was totally worth it! The glitter I used was these white glequin-like sheets from Born Pretty Store.
I painted on two coats of the colour and then stuck on the glitter stacks before it dried. Then I used a small nail art brush to paint over each stack in the same colour.
The colours I used for the bricks are No7 Poolside Blue and Rimmel Heart on Fire.

I finished it all off with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top and added Rimmel’s Matte Top Coat to the character nails.

Before I go, I want to leave the ladies with this stellar bite of Leslie Knope wisdom. Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!

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31DC2013 Day 23: Inspired by a Movie

23rd September 2013

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Considering how much I love movies and the amount of them I watch, I had a really hard time choosing one which inspired some nail art! I eventually decided on 21 Jump Street. It’s one of my favourite comedies from recent years and I re-watched it (for the fourth time) last week so it was fresh in my mind. There are a couple of images from the movie that stood out so those are the ones I put on my nails. And yes, that right there is a pile of dung. Perhaps quite a surprising sight if you haven’t seen the movie!

I used quite a selection of colours for the details in this mani but the bases are Barry M White, Barry M Blue Plu, and NYC Wild With Passion. The glitter on my pinkie and thumb is Nail Lacquer UK Dog Days. The glitter has nothing to do with the movie, I just felt like wearing it (and was out of ideas… sssshh!).

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See what’s coming next in the 31 Day Challenge 2013!

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Life’s Like a Box of Chocolates

6th June 2013

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… you never know what you’re gonna get!

I’ve never tried sugar spun nail art before but I wanted to give it a go this week and Forrest Gump served for the perfect inspiration. I wanted to create the look of fancy boxed chocolates and I think the sugar spun technique was the right way to go. I had to add the foil heart because it seems to me like you get one of those in every single box of chocolates!

The colours I used for the chocolate are NYC Midtown Mink, Essie Glamour Purse and Stargazer White. I added a top coat of Essence Better Than Gel Nails to each nail before adding the sugar spun details. You can watch a tutorial for that just here.
On my middle finger I freehanded the heart with NYC Enchanting Fire with a small nail art brush over 2 coats of NYC Midtown Mink.

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Monsters University Nail Art

1st June 2013

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A few days ago Mollie requested some Mike and Sully nail art
in time for the new movie, Monsters University. Straight away I was on the case
and I dug out this blue flocking powder which is just perfect for Sully’s fur.

For Mike I used Barry M Key Lime as a base colour, then used white acrylic paint for the eyeball, with Barry M Guava for the Iris and W7 Black for the pupil.

For the University colour nails I used Barry M Matt White and Sally Hansen Thinking of Blue with the striping tape method on my thumb and pinky.

Sully’s fur was created with Sky Blue Flocking Powder from Born Pretty Store.

I also used a selection of Nail Art Brushes and Dotting Tools throughout.

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The Great Gatsby Inspired Nail Art

11th May 2013

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Since I first saw a trailer for The Great Gatsby I’ve been completely besotted. I like Baz Luhrmann and I love Leonardo DiCaprio (who doesn’t amirite?!) so I can’t wait to see the movie. I’m a sucker for beautiful looking films and I’m sure this one won’t disappoint in the aesthetics department. The posters alone are gorgeous enough and you know I can’t resist a good gold and black combo so today’s nail art is inspired by the amazing art deco pattern plastered all over the artwork for the movie.

For the base I used one coat of Barry M Gold Foil and one coat of Sally Hansen Gilded Lily to get the luxurious, glistening gold look. I painted on a thin coat of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly and waited about 15 minutes before applying striping tape where I wanted the gold to show through. Next I painted W7 Black over the top and swiftly removed the tape. There’s a full striping tape tutorial here which explains in more detail. Finally I topped it off with another two coats of Dries Instantly to smooth everything over.

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