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    Freehand, Uncategorised

    Brace Yourselves, Winter is… Oh Wait.

    It snowed on Friday. And when I say it snowed, I mean it SNOWED! By the afternoon, I had a six inch coating of snow on my car, I’ve never seen that much snow in my life. 
    Of course, snow is pretty and stuff but  here in the UK it shuts everything down – the schools close people can’t get to work etc. Because we never get more than 3 good days of snow a year, no one really bothers to take too many precautions other than buying up all the bread and milk in sight, and maybe throwing salt all over their driveway! We’re all quit happy to stay inside where it’s warm and only venture outside to walk the dogs. So today’s nail are inspired by… you guessed it, SNOW!

    I used Barry M Blueberry Ice Cream as my base colour. I topped my ring finger with a coat of Sonnetarium Snowfall (very fitting wouldn’t you agree?) and every other finger with Girly Bits January Morning (also very fitting!).
    I freehanded the snowflakes using a nail art brush and white acrylic paint. Finally I added the rhinestones (1mm from eBay) using a dab of clear polish and finished it off with two coats of NYC In A New York Minute.

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    Glitter, Uncategorised

    Polish Days: BLING Nails!

    Two posts in one day? I’m on fire! But don’t get too used to it because I’m so fire that I’ve kind burnt myself out so it might be quiet for the rest of the week. Or maybe not, I can’t think straight right now. Ask me again after I’ve had a nap.
    Today is the December Polish Days event and the theme is Bling so I went straight for the rhinestones and holographic glitter. I was determined to go all out with today’s mani and really expected to hate whatever I came up with but I actually love it! I wore it for as long as I could today before the urge to pick it all off overcame me just after lunchtime.

    The holographic glitter I’ve used is H&M Jo Is In The House. I used three coats of that as the base for my ring finger before covering it in 1mm rhinestones. For the bronze finger, I used Rimmel Metal Rush in Gold Save The Queen as my base colour and then stuck on the bronze rhinestones from Cult Nails
    For the rest of the fingers with the glitter gradient, the base colour is Deborah Lippmann Fashion and I used a sponge to apply the H&M glitter from the tips downwards.I finished those fingers with two top coats of NYC.

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    Video Tutorial: Applying Rhinestones

    A few months ago, I opened my Etsy shop and started selling decorated nail sets to raise money for a decent video camera. I ended up buying a Panasonic HX DC10 and I’m really impressed with the quality, considering it was quite a bargain at £139.

    So here’s the first video I’ve made with it! It’s just a super quick tutorial that will hopefully answer any questions people have been asking about how I apply rhinestones to my manicures. I apply studs, fimo and bullion in the same way but sometimes I might use pliers or a toothpick to place them instead of a brush.

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