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    Press Play

    9th March 2013
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    Since I was 16, I’ve had a pair of headphones almost permanently attached to my person. Whenever I’m on my own, I put them in my ears and disappear in to my own little world. The best mp3 player I ever had was a Creative Zen Micro. Does anyone remember those?!
    I actually had a total of four in my time, one in almost every colour, because I’m a klutz and I break pretty much every piece of technology I touch! Even when they stopped manufacturing them, I’d be straight on eBay scouring for a new one as soon as mine bit the bullet. You can even still buy them! The symbols on the touchpad glowed blue and that’s the inspiration behind today’s manicure.
    I used China Glaze Tart-y For The Party as my base colour. The dark purple details are Barry M Blackberry and I outlined them in Calvin Klein Blue Wants to be a Millionaire.
    The glitter on my ring finger is La Femme Purple Glitter and I did the stripes on my pinky by applying a few strips of striping tape, then painting over them using the Barry M and quickly peeling them off.
    It’s all finished with a coat of Seche Vite.

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    Take A Guess…

    3rd March 2013
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    This nail art is a little different from the kind if stuff you normally see here. I wasn’t really sure if I liked it at first but after wearing it for a few hours I’ve come round and decided it’s quite an interesting look. I think it looks a lot like camo print in groovy colours and I’m not going to reveal exactly how I did it today because there’s a tutorial coming later in the week. I used one tool to complete the look and it wasn’t a nail brush. I’d love to hear your guesses, I think you’ll be surprised when you find out what it is!

    Polishes used:
    China Glaze Tart-y For The Party
    China Glaze Sunday Funday
    China Glaze Pink-ie Promise
    Barry M Gelly Blueberry
    Barry M Gelly Greenberry
    Seche Vite Top Coat

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    Black Cat Lacquer: Welcome to Portlandia Swatches

    2nd March 2013
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    Today I have Black Cat Lacquer‘s Welcome To Portlandia collection* for your eyeballs. I have to admit, when I first saw these polishes in the bottles I wasn’t completely sold but as soon as they were on my nails I completely changed my mind about every single one. Aside from the black and white glitter, they each bring something totally new to my stash – I’ve never seen anything else like them.
    If you fancy getting these on your hands, you can buy from Black Cat Lacquer‘s website or their Etsy Shop. They ship internationally plus you can get 20% off with discount code NAILASAURUS20 on their dot com and Etsy!

    This is two coats of Put A Bird on It over Nails Inc All Saints Row. It’s a selection of lightly coloured matte glitter in a shimmery, slightly white base.

    Sanitation Twins is a real jumble of colours and glitters. Too many to list here! It gives great, even coverage and I used two coats over NYC Lavender Cupcake and Barry M Greenberry on the accent.

    The Dream of the 90s is Alive looks like it has a grey shimmer base but I used two coats over this dark colour, Nails Inc Belgrave Place, and all I saw was a bit of shimmer. I suspect it would be a different story over lighter colours.


    I think We Can Pickle That is my favourite from the collection. The base is a mint shimmer and the combination of glitter is just perfect. I can see pink, black and a few shades of green and blue in squares and hexes. I used two coats over Essie Navigate Her.

    Finally, we have Women and Women First which is a black and white glitter in a clear shimmery base. There’s a mix of hexes, squares and bar glitter. Here you see two coats over Barry M Dragon.

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    Cotton Candy Gradient

    27th February 2013
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    I’m so so proud of myself today! This is the smoothest gradient I’ve ever done and possibly my favourite colour combo too. I’m going to chock it up to the perfect polishes which are both smooth but kind of watery two coaters – perfect for gradienting!

    I used NYC Lavender Cupcake as my base coat and created the gradient using Barry M Gelly Blueberry following this tutorial. Then I coated it with one coat of  Seche Vite.
    For the striped finger I applied a few strips of striping tape straight from cuticle to tip using some nail art tweezers, then painted over them with W7 Black and quickly removed the strips.
    The glitter on my accent finger is La Femme Purple Glitter. La Femme make some interesting polishes but unfortunately the names aren’t quite as creative! This one’s is a vibrant purple jelly base packed with tiny purple and blue squares and only took two coats for full coverage. I found this in my local What! store. They don’t have a website but they’re scattered all over the country and they’re one of those shops that you have to just stumble across unless Google Local has one listed near you!

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    Blanket Case

    10th February 2013
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    I have a bit of a thing for blankets. I just love curling up underneath one on a Sunday night while I’m watching  whatever ITV drama is on at the time (at the moment, it’s Mr Selfridge!). A few weeks ago, I bought the BEST blanket, it’s fleecy on one side and felt on the other with a lovely fair isle pattern. I love it so much, I had to do nails inspired by it!

    I used Barry M White, Sally Hansen Plum Luck and Rimmel Grey Matter as my main colours with a nail art brush. I also used white acrylic paint for some of the small details such as drawing on the snowflake design and neatening up my lines.
    Finally, I topped it with two coats of NYC.
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