Christmas is exactly 7 weeks away so it’s about the time to start stocking up on Christmas themed goods (if you haven’t already). I’m not normally one for getting on the Christmas train this early but look at me all organised and prepared!
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After seeing No7 Galaxy on Brit Nails, I knew I had to have it. It took a few weeks of casual searching, but I finally found one in stock although I’m two months behind all the cool kids who knew about this beautiful shade way back in January! I felt it only fitting today to use it as a base for some galaxy nail art.
For this nail art, I used No7 Galaxy as my base colour.
For the galaxy, I used a make-up sponge with China Glaze Tarty for the Part-y, Sally Hansen Lively Lilac, Barry M Pearl and a sprinkling of piCture pOlish Altered State.
I used white acrylic paint with a nail art brush for the star details.
There’s Galaxy Nail Art Tutorial here.
It’s all finished off with a coat of Glisten and Glow HK Girl.
I’ve been wanting a personalised necklace for the longest time. I remember having a ‘Samantha’ necklace when I was in my teens which quickly turned green on the underside but I kept wearing it until I eventually lost it – which was probably for the best! I have a bit of a history of falling in love with necklaces. You may remember my T-Rex necklace from Slashpile designs which I posted about back in February and am still head over heels in love with but now there’s a new kid on the block – my ‘Sammersaurus’ necklace!
This necklace comes from a company called My Name Necklace who offer a huge range of customised jewellery including some Tatty Devine style pieces (at a fraction of the price!). This particular design is the sterling silver ‘Carrie’ style name necklace and I decided to get my online moniker, Sammersaurus, instead of something a bit more traditional like my real name! Once again, I’m in love. I also want to mention how amazing the delivery time was. I was told to expect a wait of 2-3 weeks which is more than reasonable because of course items are made to order but my order arrived in just over 7 days.
If you want your own personalised piece (or maybe you want to drop some heavy hints at someone else before Christmas comes around!), My Name Necklace have been kind enough to offer a code for 10% off any purchases. Just enter NAIL at the checkout!
For the nail art, I used No7 Just Black as my base colour. On my pointer I added two coats of NYC Smokey Top Coat and then added some 1.5mm Silver Studs from The Nailasaurus Emporium near my cuticles.
For the finishing touch, I monogrammed my ring finger using a nail art brush and Barry M Silver Foil.
It’s all topped off with a coat of Cult Nails Wicked Fast.
Day 2 of Banish the Blues and so far so good… not an ounce of Blue in sight! When I sat down with this idea in mind last night I had no idea where it came from but I knew it would work. As I was getting dressed today I spotted a skirt in my wardrobe which I haven’t worn or even thought about for aaaaages with this same exact pattern on! I guess I had recently seen the skirt but only noticed it subconsciously until it surfaced as a nail art idea. Spooky stuff!
I used Barry M Lychee as my base colour and then painted on the spiky stripes from the cuticle upwards using a nail art brush and No7 Just Black and Born Pretty Fluorescent Polish #15. It’s all topped off with a coat of No7 Stay Perfect Top Coat.
Here’s an insta-shot of the skirt (kind of). I added an accent of black glitter this morning after the other pictures were taken!
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I’m not really sure where the idea of matte x glossy came from but it’s been at the back of my mind, niggling away, all week. I’ve been playing with different combinations and I really wanted to try it with stamping although nothing seemed to work. I’m going to keep at it as I’m determined to perfect glossy undercoat with matte stamping but for now, I’ve settled for something simple (again)!
I used two coats of No7 Just Black as my base colour with one coat of W7 Cosmic Black on my ring finger, then used one coat of Rimmel’s Mattifying top coat. Then I took a nail art brush and applied NYC In a New York Minute just to the tips of my nails.
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Welcome to Day 2 of the challenge! Today calls for orange nails but I added in a little zig zag on the tips which was inspired by Nailside‘s signature style. Only I pretty much hate scotch tape so I just freehanded the tips with a brush!
I used No7 Tangy as my base colour and Essence Irreplaceable for the tips. It’s finished off with two coats of Sally Hansen Advanced Hard as Nails.
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This nail design is from the Tracy Reese show at NYFW SS13. They were created by Sally Hansen’s manicurist, Tracy Lee. There were 4 different colour combinations but the blue was my favourite of course! You can see more pictures of the manicures and the other colour combos at The Budget Babe.
I used Barry M Blueberry as a base colour and then a striping brush with No7 Stand Back to first draw on two lines to make a triangle and then fill in the rest of the nail (If you don’t trust yourself with a skinny brush, I wrote a tutorial using scotch tape over at Makeup and Beauty Blog). Finally, I used two coats of Essence Better Than Gel Nails to top coat it.
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