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Gradient, Uncategorised

Go On… Have Another!

3rd June 2012

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I’m back to the gradients! The Gradient Tutorial I posted about a month ago has really blown up and I really want to thank everyone who shared it on their blogs/twitter/pinterest/wherever!

I used to really hate making tutorials but the amazing response to that one has made me change my mind. They always seemed so much hassle to create but now I’ve found a ‘tutorial creating’ style that works for me, hopefully they’ll become less of a chore and become way more fun for me to write and you to read!

It’s not your eyes playing tricks on you, this manicure does look very pink toned even though the polishes are definitely purples (and the names prove it!). I must have got the white balance wrong on my camera, whoopsy!

I used No7 Lucky Lilac as a base coat and Barry M Bright Purple as the second colour in the gradient following this tutorial.

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Gradient, Uncategorised

Purple Gradient

24th May 2012

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It would seem that I’m hell-bent on trying every possible colour combination for gradient nails and I may even venture in to 3 colours soon. I’ve been insanely uninspired when it comes to nail art recently, despite having plenty of new tools and colours to play with. It’s almost like I’m so overwhelmed with choice that my brain just frizzles every time I think about it! So I’m sorry for the simple/boring nail art I’ve been sporting recently and hopefully things will pick up soon!

Gradient Nails using A-England Guinevere and Revlon Plum Night. Tutorial here.

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Glitter, Uncategorised

Wibble Wobble, Polish on a Plate

20th May 2012

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Fun fact – In the UK (as opposed to the US), Jello is called Jelly and Jelly is called Jam. Wrap your brain around that for a second! Also, have some context for the title.

This is my first ever Jelly sandwich! It just seemed to slot together this week after I got my first ‘proper’ jelly in a package from the States and spotted this multi glitter in The Original Factory Shop yesterday.
For those of you that aren’t familiar with jelly sandwiches, the process involves layers of jelly polish and layers of glitter or other special kinds of polish painted alternatively on the nails so the glitter looks buried underneath.
I didn’t get too overzealous with layering on this one because I didn’t want a mani that would take five hours to dry! I kind of cheated and used a crème first to cut down on the amount of coats I’d need to get it opaque. You can find all the details of the polishes and the order I used them in down the page a little.

You may also notice my funky new watermarks. I finally figured out how to get text to follow a curve in Photoshop so I had a good time playing with that effect. I’m not sure if I’ll be keeping them this way because it takes much longer than just stamping on the straight version but for now, they’re lots of fun! I’d like to know what you think if them, do they detract from the pictures or do you prefer the way they’re integrated instead of randomly placed?

Glitter Sandwich with OPI Houston We Have A Purple

The Recipe

One coat of Barry M Bright Purple

One coat of NYC Starry Silver Glitter

Two coats of OPI Houston We Have A Purple

One coat of Cult Nails Wicked Fast Top Coat

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Stamping, Swatch, Uncategorised

A-England Guinevere Swatch + Stamping

18th May 2012

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A-England is a brand I have buckets of admiration for. I’ve yet to find one of their polishes that disappoints and the brands creator, Adina, is one of the most inspiring women I’ve ever had the pleasure of speaking to. Guinevere is from the Mythicals collection – a collection of sublime cremes – and this one’s no different. Look how creamy!! The colour is a slightly greyish lilac, it’s so pretty and neutral enough for work.

All swatches are 2 coats of A-England Guinevere* with a top coat of Cult Nails Wicked Fast.

Click ‘read more’ for more pictures and the nail art!

You can buy Guinevere from A-England.co.uk right here with free worldwide shipping!

Stamping Plate: Red Angel RA108
Base Colour: A-England Guinevere
Stamping Colour: Barry M Gold Foil
Top Coat of NYC

* Items marked with an asterisk were sent for consideration. See my Disclaimer for more information

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Gradient, Holographic, Uncategorised

Hologradient

15th May 2012

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I’m back to doing gradients again! In the tutorial I wrote, the sponge I’m using is a bathroom sponge and is quite porous. A lot of other bloggers have been using make-up sponges to create their gradients and many of you lovely lot suggested I try one myself to get a smoother fade and less ‘bumpy’ gradient. It definitely works – make up sponge > bath sponge for gradient nails!

I used A-England Princess Tears as a base and then added A-England Bridal Veil to create a gradient following this tutorial.

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We Like to Touch

14th May 2012

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This mani was a bit-by-bit creation. By that I mean I picked my base colour, painted it on. Picked up my scotch tape and just kept adding! This is the fastest scotch tape mani I’ve ever made thanks to Cult Nails Wicked Fast which really does dry wickedly fast. I’ve switched top coats recently after the couple bottles of my favourite NYC top coat that I picked up most recently turned out to be really runny and not very hard drying. I was waking up every morning with sheet and hair marks all over my nails! I’m really hoping it’s just a bad batch and they haven’t changed the formula.

I used Rimmel Grey Matter as a base and Cult Nails Vicious and My Kind of Kool Aid for the patches which I marked off with scotch tape to paint. I used a coat of Cult Nails’ top coat, Wicked Fast in between each new layer to prevent the scotch tape from puling it all up and two coats on the top!

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Freehand, Uncategorised

You Only Live Once. That’s the Motto.

10th May 2012

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A little while ago I kept seeing YOLO everywhere on the internet, mostly on Tumblr though! So I looked it up and found out it’s an acronym for ‘You Only Live Once’ and the phrase’s recent notoriety has spawned from Drake’s song, The Motto (YouTube).

I’m not a huge Drake fan but I think it’s a pretty good motto to live by and something I often tell myself when I need to be convinced to take chances and opportunities I might otherwise shy away from. So I revisited the Nail Tatz idea and put it on my fingertips!

The base colour is Rimmel Blue My Mind and I used white acrylic paint for the lettering. It’s hard to see in the pictures because of the lighting but I also added some accents to the letters in Gosh Metallic Purple.

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