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    I need to be alone like the way you left me…

    I’ve been super short of inspiration recently which I mentioned to my bestie earlier and the next thing I know, I’ve got 3 new emails packed with pictures for inspiration. That girl is a lifesaver! I’m brimming with ideas. One of the images was a cute little doodle of a heartbeat and this is what I made of it!

    I used Rimmel Heart on Fire as my base colour and painted on the lines with white acrylic paint using a nail art brush. Simple and effective! I finished it off with two coats of NYC In A New York Minute.

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    Maroon Half Moon

    For this mani I used two coats of Essie Lollipop (the moons) as a base coat and then freehanded on Essie Bordeaux, a deep maroon, for the rest. I used a nail art brush first for the crisp line and a bit of filling, then I used the brush from inside the bottle for the rest. I had to use about 3 coats of Bordeaux to get it looking opaque so there was a huge bump where the colours meet!

    I finished it off with a coat of Seche Vite which did a little to smooth out the bump but not much. I need to think a bit further ahead next time I do a half moon and make sure I pick a top colour that’s opaque in one coat!

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    Glitter, Uncategorised

    Lac Attack Magical Musings Collection Swatches

    The Magical Musings Collection is the latest Harry Potter inspired creation from Lac Attack who have teamed up with bona fide HP fangirl, Kirsten from Glitta Gloves. The result is an absolutely incredible collection of polishes that truly capture the essence of the Harry Potter universe. Each and every polish is true to its namesake and as a big fan myself, I feel I have the credentials to say so! 
    For me personally, this is one of the most exciting things that could ever happen on the planet. Harry Potter x Nail Polish? Squee is all I can say to that!
    If you’re not a Harry Potter lover, just ignore my babbling and feast your eyes on all the glitter!
    Beauxbatons Academy is a selection of small blue hexes, yellow hexes and white squares in a milky blue base. I layered two coats over Rimmel My Denim. I left the index finger completely free of Beauxbatons Academy so you can see the effect it has on the base colour. In this case, with a medium blue underneath, it’s just turned it a pretty powder blue. I can’t wait to try this out in some other combinations.

    Dementor’s Kiss is one of my favourites. I love black. If it comes in black I’ll take it in black. So it was kind of a given that I would love this black glitter polish. There are two sizes of black hex glitter in here and some matte red ones too. I layered 1 coat of Dementor’s Kiss over two coats of Essie Bordeaux. The glitter payoff in this one is brilliant.

    Felix Felicis is the prettiest gold packed top coat you can imagine. There are tiny gold flakies, squares and hexes all floating around in a clear base. I used one coat of Felix over 2 coats of  GOSH Pool Party.

    Holidays in Hogsmeade is a matte glitter polish. There are 3 sizes of red, white and green hexes suspended in a clear base. I applied 2 coats of Holidays in Hogsmeade over 2 coats of Sally Hansen Ion. For my ring finger, I painted the polish on to a sponge before dabbing it on to my nail and repeated that a couple of times until the whole nail was covered. 

    Finally, we have Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes. This is my favourite of the bunch. It’s a very unique combination of matte bar glitter and hexes and you can wear it with absolutely anything, I love the way it clashes against the turquoise blue but the two look like they were made for each other. I think the Weasley twins would be proud of this fun and eccentric combination. The blue base colour is NYC Water Street Blue and I used 1 coat of Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes with a few patches here and there. On my ring finger I used a sponge to dab it on from the tip dowards.

    The Magical Musings collection is available from LacAttack.com in full sized bottles ($8.00) and mini bottles ($4.25). You can also buy the whole collection, full sized or mini, at a discount.

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    Christmas, Freehand, Glitter, Uncategorised

    My Christmas Jumper Nails

    Merry Christmas everyone! I don’t know if it’s the done thing to blog on Christmas morning but every year, we have a few hours to ourselves in between the early morning present opening and when the rest of the family gets here so I thought I’d squeeze in a quick post to show you what I’m wearing on my nails today! 
    I’ve matched my nails to my Christmas Jumper which you can kinda see here. They’re not super christmassy, I’ve gone easy on the glitter and haven’t even featured any gold or green but I like them!

    I used W7 Black as my base colour and painted the details with White and Red acrylic paint using a nail art brush. On my thumb and ring finger, I’m wearing Rimmel Heart on Fire with Lac Attack Dementor’s Kiss sponged on to the tips. I finished it all off with a few coats of NYC In A New York Minute.

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    Christmas, Freehand, Uncategorised

    Christmas Nail Mashup!

    Another December day, another Christmas manicure! As you all predicted I couldn’t keep my nails away from the festivities for too long. These are the nails I did for the Christmas ‘Do’ at work. I think the phrase ‘Christmas Do’ is a very British thing. In the US, you’d just call it a Christmas Party right? Or do you have another name for it?

    My base colour is Barry M White. For the candy cane nails, I used one coat of Seche Vite before marking off striped sections with thin cuts of scotch tape and painted on Rimmel Heart on Fire. While that was still wet I peeled off the scotch tape and, once dry, used a nail art brush to paint Barry M Red Glitter over the stripes.

    The Rudolph nail is one from last year. I used Essie Glamour Purse as the base colour, Rimmel Desire for the lines and Barry M Red Glitter again for the nose.
    Finally, the Christmas Tree which was inspired by a Wacky Laki manicure was created using glequins from Born Pretty Store (tutorial here).
    I topped it all off with two coats of Seche Vite to smooth it over.

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    31 Day Challenge, Freehand, Studs, Uncategorised

    31DC2012: Day 31 Recreate Your Favourite Challenge (Part 1)

    It’s here! Technically, today is the last day of the 31 Day Challenge – Recreate Your Favourite Challenge. Although it’s not really because there’s another instalment of Day 31 coming very soon. I just erm… haven’t had a chance to do that mani yet!
    Like last year, we decided to recreate our favourite challenges from each other for Day 31 rather than recreate our own manicures.

    Today I recreated Cristina aka Let Them Have Polish’s Day 18 manicure – half moons which you can see here. What can I say, she used studs, so I had to!

    I used Rimmel Heart on Fire as my base colour on every nail and then freehanded on the chevrons at the base using a nail art brush and W7 Black Cherry. For the accent nail, I painted everything but the chevron with the W7 polish. The studs are from Born Pretty Store and I finished with a top coat of NYC.

    Head over to Cristina’s blog to see her recreations of her favourite from mine and Rie’s challenge manicures.

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    Stamping, Uncategorised

    Festive Fingertips

    I popped in to town a few days to go thinking I would pick up a new matte top coat as my Essie Matte About You ran out a long time ago and I never got round to replacing it. What a near impossible mission that turned out to be! I tried Boots and Superdrug as I was almost certain 17 and GOSH both had their own matte top coats but Rimmel came out on top as the only one available. 
    I also picked up Heart on Fire, this bright creme red. It’s my favourite red creme without a doubt. I always find they’re too runny or leave stains all over my cuticles when I remove them. Well, this one is opaque in two coats and left absolutely no staining. WIN.
    I used two coats of Rimmel Heart on Fire as my base coat and stamped on the design from Bundle Monster Plate BM323 using Sally Hansen InstaDri Whirlwind White. I added some glequins from Born Pretty Store and finished it with a coat of Rimmel’s Mattifying Top Coat.

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