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    Happy St George’s Day!

    23rd April 2013
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    I actually didn’t know it was Saint George’s day until kinda late in the day! Saint George is the national saint of England and I actually live and work in Wales so I think I can be forgiven, right? Here’s a fun fact for you, my younger brother is called George. Anyway, on to the nails!
    I used Rimmel Heart on Fire and Barry M White as my base colours.
    On my thumb and ring finger, I used two coats of Aphrodite Lacquers Smolder. My index finger has a coat of Sonnetarium Snowfall and my pinkie finger has Sally Hansen Cha-Ching sponged on to the tip.
    I used a nail art brush with Rimmel Heart on Fire to draw Saint George’s cross on my middle finger and topped everything off with two coats of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly. 

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    Ahoy There Sailor!

    9th April 2013
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    My go to summer style has been nautical for the past few years. I love the colour scheme, the stripes and the inevitable anchors that come with the package. Something sparked in me this week and I’ve gone nautical mad. Naturally a nail design followed!
    I used Barry M White as my base colour and then applied a coat of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly (my new favourite top coat!) before applying strips of striping tape across my nail to paint the lines. This tutorial will demonstrate. I used a nail art brush to paint the red and blue colours between the striping tape lines, then freehanded on the gold in between afterwards.
    The red is Sally Hansen InstaDri Rapid Red, the blue is Sally Hansen Thinking of Blue and the gold is Barry M Gold Foil. Finally, I finished it all off with two coats of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly.

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    Red Nose Day 2013

    14th March 2013
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    Here in the UK it’s Red Nose Day tomorrow. Although it’s impossible here to avoid it, overseas readers might be unfamiliar with the concept! RND is a national annual fundraising event and you can read more about it here. Every year they sell red noses up and down the country to raise money and this year they’re di-NOSE-saurs. Amazing right? Meet Dinomite, T-Spex and Triceytops!

    The red is Rimmel Heart on Fire with two coats of Barry M Red Glitter on my ring finger. I did the small freehand details using acrylic paint and a small nail art brush. For the dotty fingers I used a base of Barry M White and then picked up a dotting tool to apply Heart on Fire.
    Finally I topped it off with a coat of Seche Vite.

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    Gradient, Uncategorised

    Pink and Hearts

    14th February 2013
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    Happy Valentines Day. Here’s some nail art and stuff.
    To start, I used two coats of Barry M Lychee on my thumb, middle finger and pinky and one coat of Deborah Lippmann Fashion on my pointer and ring fingers.
    I created the gradients following this tutorial with China Glaze Life is Rosy*. 
    I used striping tape to mark off the lines on my middle finger, applied one coat of Life is Rosy and then peeled off the tape while that was still wet.
    Using a nail art brush, I filled in the ‘outside’ of the hearts on my pointer and ring fingers using China Glaze Pink-ie Promise and Snap My Dragon respectively. Then I painted the silver lines using Barry M Silver Foil.
    It’s all topped off with two coats of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri.

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    Freehand, Uncategorised

    Where’s Wally Nail Art

    23rd January 2013
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    Today’s nails are inspired by everyone’s favourite Hide and Seeker…Wally, of ‘Where’s Wally?’ fame! He may be known to some of you as Waldo and he’s well known for his iconic red and white stripy attire and bobbly hat. 
    After I painted these, One Nail to Rule Them All popped up in my timeline and her profile picture stuck out to me. Without even seeing her Where’s Wally design, I had created one almost identical. Great minds think alike, right? You should all go check out her blog, she’s a fellow UK blogger and perfectionist – her nail art is amazing!
    This is the first very intricate freehand design I’ve done in so long! I miss having the time (and inspiration) to create these manicures. I seem to be getting my spark back and I’m getting better at managing my free time so, painted fingers crossed, there’ll be more of them in store.

    I used Barry M Matt White as my base colour, then freehanded on the red stripes using Rimmel Heart on Fire and a nail art brush. I added the red glequins while the red polish was still wet.
    For the man himself, I used black acrylic paint with a nail brush to paint the outlines. I used Deborah Lippmann Fashion for his skin, Essie Glamour Purse for his hair and some more Rimmel Heart on Fire for the red details. Then I had to go over some of the outlines again. I had to concentrate so hard when I was doing his eyes not to make him look like a googly-eyed fish!
    Finally I topped it off with two coats of NYC In a New York Minute.

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