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Nautical But Nice

31st July 2013

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I really love nautical nails. There’s something about wearing the scheme of red, blue, white and gold in the summer that just makes you feel very sophisticated; like you’re always ready at the drop of a (captain’s) hat to hop on to the yacht and sail around Europe!

I spotted these water decals at Born Pretty Store and fell in love immediately! The pack is $2.86 (approx £1.90) and you get a selection of 20 decals in compass and anchor designs. I’m beyond impressed with these. As you can see, they’re the kind that are really thin so as long as you apply them carefully and give them a good smooth over, you can’t even tell they’re decals. Although this does mean they’re very delicate so you have to be light handed when applying them!

1. My base colours are Barry M White and NYC Raindrop on my index finger.
2. I applied the nautical themed water decals using a pair of tweezers.
3. Using striping tape, I marked off some stripes on the other fingers and used a nail art brush to fill in the gaps with Barry M Gold Foil, Essie Mezmerised and Rimmel Heart on Fire.
4. I finished it all off with two coats of No7 Stay Perfect Top Coat.

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Watercolour Florals from Lucy’s Stash

22nd July 2013

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Welcome to my holiday week! First up on the list of mystery guest posters we have Lucie from Lucy’s Stash! Most of you will know Lucie already but in case you aren’t familiar with her blog, Lucy is a fellow British blogger whose nail art is always impeccable and she’s really got an eye for the little details, as you’re about to find out!

Where to find Lucy’s Stash
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Hi everyone,
I’m very excited to write a guest post for Sammy as she’s always been one of my favourite bloggers. It wasn’t easy to decide on what nail art I should do as sometimes it feels like everything has been done before. Lately, I fell in love with watercolours so that’s the technique I’ll be doing today.
I’ve started with two coats of China Glaze Snap My Dragon and one coat of OPI Matte Top Coat. Then I’ve diluted white watercolour paint and started to draw four-leaf flowers.

Then I’ve continued to paint the rest of the flowers. This is how it looked before topcoat – lovely matte finish!

I was curious as to what the design will look like glossy so I’ve applied one coat of Seche Vite top coat.

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Fiery Waterfall

7th July 2013

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So it seems you guys like the waterfall mani as much as I do! Thank you for letting me know your amazing ideas for colours. I’ve noted them all down and will be trying them out asap!

The weather today has been insane. I’ve spent half the day moving around at quarter speed and the other half laid down completely still with a fan pointed at me trying to cool off! I’m really not one for this scorching heat… when it gets to May I’m always like, ‘Hmmm this isn’t too bad. Maybe I like summer now’, but as soon as July hits I remember the torture and start counting down the days to October!

For this nail art I used Sally Hansen Crinolin, a super pale pink, as my base colour then painted on streaks of Barry M Papaya, Essie Lollipop, NYC Lexington Yellow and NYC Full Metal Jacket.

I topped it with two coats of No7 Stay Perfect Top Coat.

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Happy Fourth of July

3rd July 2013

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Being in the UK I don’t get to celebrate Independence Day but I’d still like to wish all my US friends a happy Fourth of July! The holiday looks like a helluva lot of fun to me (I may or may not be a closet pyro!). Here we have to wait until November 5th for bonfires and fireworks! However, geographical misfortunes won’t stop me when I spy the opportunity for some themed nail art!

I actually created this mani (plus a tutorial) for Divine Caroline where I’ll be doing a bit of writing here and there from now on. So if you want to see the tutorial for this look, jump on over to my post on DivineCaroline.com… Stars and Stripes Nail Art

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Banish the Blues: A Very Good Place To Start

23rd June 2013

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You may have noticed that I love blue! It’s the most popular tag on my blog with a staggering 187 posts which means about 1 in 5 of my posts contain blue nail polish. There’s a whole rainbow out there and I want to take some time to know the rest of it so this week I’m banishing blue from my blog. I’m not allowed to use any blue nail polish for at least 7 days… welcome to ‘Banish the Blues’!

There are so many polishes in my collection that don’t get used very often at all so I’ve been making more of an effort to look through the whole thing and match up interesting combinations. I think challenging myself to a blue free week is the perfect way to do so. Maybe I’ll even find a new love (but I doubt it!).

Today I’m starting from the very beginning of the rainbow with red and orange. I don’t think I’ll be going in order for the rest of the week but I figured this would be a good place to start!

I used Sally Hansen Dorian Grey as my base colour and then took a nail art brush to apply some random triangles with Barry M Passion Fruit (coral) and outline them with a thick border of Barry M Mango (orange). Then I used black acrylic paint to separate the two colours. It’s all finished off with two coats of No7 Stay Perfect Top Coat.

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The Lady is a Vamp

16th June 2013

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I don’t really know what came over me but today I attempted, once again, to water marble… voluntarily! Once again I was reminded how much I hate it so this will probably be it for a while.

I picked up this pretty black glitter for £1 is Store Twenty One today, it’s Thunderstorm from BYS. I was expecting it to be a pretty glitter that I could layer over black polish but it turns out you don’t even need a base colour so I was pretty happy about that. It’s even prettier than it looks in the bottle too, I think it’s going to see a lot of love from me.

I used Sally Hansen Blackout, Rimmel Heart on Fire and BYS Thunderstorm as my base colours. The water marble was created using Heart on Fire and Blackout. Finally I finished it all off with a coat of Essence Better Than Gel Nails.

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Red Red Ruffian

28th April 2013

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This weekend has completely passed me by, I really can’t believe it’s already over! I’ve had a good balance of excitement and mundaneness. Think a Saturday night drinking with old friends and watching Iron Man 3 today vs. lots of cleaning and a nail polish cull!

I reorganised my Helmer and picked out 37 bottles for recycling, or as I like to call it…. frankening fun! It was good to go through my stash and rediscover a lot of polishes that I’d kind of forgotten about. Every two minutes I’d be like, ‘Aaaah yes, I remember you!’. It made me realise I probably need to figure out a way to catalogue my ever growing collection. Call me crazy, but that job sounds like hella fun!

The two colours here are Barry M Lychee and Barry M Blood Orange. I painted on the red ruffians using a nail art brush and added some orange studs from Born Pretty Store. Finally I topped it all off with a coat of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly.

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