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    31DC2015: Tiffany Looking Polka Dots

    13th September 2015
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    Yay for lazy Sundays! I won’t lie, I spent pretty much the whole day watching Community and painting my nails. I’m taking a quick break to post these Polka Dot nails for Day 11 of the 31 Day Challenge before I go right back to Netflix and um.. painting my nails. OH! Plus cookies… I’m baking cookies so it’s all good.

    We’re in to what I like to call ‘Phase 2’ of the challenge when the technical skills start to kick in. I’m feeling pretty confident about the next 10 days but I’ll let you know how I feel about Phase 3 when we get there!

    I titled this post ‘Tiffany Looking’ because even though I wasn’t initially inspired by the iconic Tiffany packaging, I noticed after the fact that I had used a Tiffany blue polish with bright sparkling silver, a wave of recognition rolled right over me and it was just too much to ignore.

    The Nail Polish

    I used Rimmel Too Cool to Tango as my base colour with Rimmel Your Majesty for the accent nail and polka dots

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    A Catch Up: With Cats

    20th January 2015
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    Cat Nail Art

    No more ‘Happy New Year’, it really is the new year now and I can’t believe how quickly it’s passing. Admittedly I’ve been pretty awful at posting on the blog so I thought today would be a good time for a quick catch up.

    I was completely overwhelmed by the number of you that took the time to complete my End of Year Survey. Every response has been perfect and will really help to shape the future of The Nailasaurus. I’ll be taking some time out this weekend to take a thorough look at the replies and pick out the important parts but if you haven’t had a chance to fill it out, there’s still time. Now let’s find out what I’ve been up to recently…

    Doing: A huge deep clean and clear out. Goodbye old clothes and anything else that’s outlived its usefulness. Clear house; clear head, I say!

    Avoiding: Emails and carbonated drinks

    Watching: The Walking Dead – Season 3

    Listening to: Purity Ring and Fall Out Boy: American Beauty/American Psycho (Faves: Irresistible, Fourth of July and Uma Thurman)

    Playing: Assassin’s Creed: Rogue

    Crazy For: The Body Shop Camomile Cleansing Butter, piCture pOlish Holiday, buying cheap watches from China, and my new jewellery.

    The Nail Art

    I started with a base coat of Nicole by OPI At Least I Pink So, then applied some darn cute DIY Nails Here, Kitty water decals.

    Once they were all in place, I used a tiny dotting tool to add the random polka dots using Sally Hansen Pinch of Punch and Barry M Coconut.

    Cat Water Decals

    DIY Nails Here, Kitty

    Cat Nail Art Macro

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    31 Day Challenge: Polka Dot Confetti

    11th September 2014
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    Polka Dot Confetti Nail Art // The Nailasaurus

    Good old polka dots. They’re always so reliable and versatile. You know polka dots have got your back when that water marble isn’t going right or you just can’t get those glequins to stay put! I spent a long time picking out the colours for this final mani because there were a few combos that didn’t make it past the first coat.

    I love that it looks like confetti – it just makes me happy. I think it would look even better with a few more bright colours thrown in there too.

    For this nail art, I started with a base of Rimmel Lose Your Lingerie.

    I added the dots using the smallest dotting tool in my set with Models Own Asscher Blue and Sally Hansen Coral Reef. I alternated between the colours to blend the dots together.

    It’s all topped with two coats of Glisten & Glow HK Girl.

    Polka Dot Nail Art // The Nailasaurus
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    Polka Dot Confetti Nail Art // The Nailasaurus
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    And The Winner is…

    27th July 2014
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    yoomoo #guiltfreeze Polka Dot Nail Art


    After a week of voting on yoomoo’s Facebook and Instagram pages, the winner of the #guiltfreeze competition has been announced! It was a really close competition right to the end. All the entries were truly amazing and it was so hard for me and the ladies at yoomoo to narrow it down to just five. Hey, it’s a tough job but someone’s got to do it!

    With the most votes, @thepolishlist is the winner of £1000 in Thomas Cook vouchers to plan her perfect Ibiza holiday. Coming in a very close second was @rosietabor and as a special treat, yoomoo will also be sending her £500 in vouchers for her own summer holiday. Congratulations ladies!


    Although the grand prize has already been awarded, there are still prizes to be won in the competition. Keep up with yoomoo’s tutorials on YouTube and posting your yoomoo nail art on Instagram with the hashtag #guiltfreeze to win nail polish and more. You can also still get a coupon for 50p off your pot of yoomoo – and let me tell you, with this insane heatwave, I will be eating ALL the fro-yo!

    The Winners

    Vicky from @thepolishlist created a perfectly freehanded Strawberry Swirl design.

    Rosie from @rosietabor was also inspired by Strawberry Swirl, creating a swirly design complete with 3D frozen treat!

    yoomoo #guiltfreeze Polka Dot Nail Art
    For my own latest yoomoo inspired nail art, I followed their polka dot tutorial which you can watch below. I used Barry M Rose Hip as my base colour and then Nails Inc. Udderly Shocking Pink and Nicole by OPI The Coral of the Story with dotting tools to complete the look.
    yoomoo #guiltfreeze Polka Dot Nail Art

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    The Birds

    25th May 2014
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    Press Sample

    Sometimes (okay most of the time), I paint on my base colours with no idea what nail art I’m going to put on top. When I put these down, I thought they looked like very ‘mod’ colours and for some reason I thought of an old beach towel! This naturally led me to the seagulls and moddy dots!

    The base colours here are Barry M Elderberry and Olive with OPI Suzi Says Feng Shui thrown in for the nail art too.

    I topped it with a coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl then one coat of Rimmel Matte Top Coat.

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    POW, PINK WEDNESDAY!

    10th August 2011
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    You may have heard of a little salon called Wah Nails?! Well I found out that they are open to recruiting anyone with a knack for nail art, nail technician qualifications aren’t required. So if there are any UK nail art enthusiasts who think they’d like to apply, check out their careers page. I would apply myself but I live too far away from their salons and I’m in no position to move at the moment so it’s going on my ‘what I want to be when I grow up’ list!
    Today’s Pink is Nails Inc Shoreditch and is definitely not something I would pick out on any normal day but I like to step out of my comfort zone on Pink Wednesdays and try out the colours in my stash that normally get overlooked. I thought I would be removing this colour as soon as the pictures were taken but I’m oddly enamoured with it! It’s a creme formula so I used 4 coats for maximum opacity then spiced it up with some of Wah Nails’ designs, Pow! and Basketcase.

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