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    Autumnfall

    19th November 2013
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    When I do nail art, I hardly ever wear the same design on every nail. I’m an advocate of the skittle manicure but lately I’ve been completely obsessed with this double accent style. One just isn’t enough any more! I’m revisiting the waterfall today. It’s been more than a month since my last one and I’ve been itching to do one for a while. This combination was inspired by the glitter polish on my accents – KBShimmer You Autumn Know. I tried to match the colours in the glitter polish as closely as possible and decided to apply it over a shimmery gold base which is perfect for autumn!

    The glitter accents are two coats of KBShimmer You Autumn Know over one of Barry M White.

    I create the waterfall nail art (tutorial here) over a base of Rimmel Sunset Bronze. I used a nail art brush to apply the stripes using Barry M Gold Foil, Rimmel Purple Reign, Essie Jag-U-Are, China Glaze Dandy Lyin’ Around and Sally Hansen Sun Kissed.

    It’s all topped off with a coat of Seche Vite.

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    Be My, Be My Baby (Blue)

    27th October 2013
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    I had one of those amazing Sundays where I just got everything done that I wanted to. I did so much cleaning and even went grocery shopping! Most weekends I completely sloth out but I must admit it always feels great on Sunday night when I know I don’t have a pile of laundry still waiting to be done.
    Today’s nails have a lot going on but they still look nice and simple. I always underestimate the power of polka dots. I love these miniature ones so much, I must do them more often!

    I used Rimmel Aqua Cool as my base colour and added a black and white glitter, Seventeen Graffiti in Monochrome, on my thumb and middle finger.
    Using BK Matte White I did the polka dots using a dotting tool and then stamped on the baroque/fleur de lis design from MoYou Tourist Collection 07 stamping plate.
    It’s all topped off with two coats of Color Club top coat.
    In case you have your eye on any of their plates, MoYou have been kind enough to offer a discount code for me to share! Enter SAMMY20 on the ‘Cart’ page (before you go to the checkout) on their site to get 20% off your first purchase. Just make sure you’re signed in otherwise the code won’t work.
    I should mention that MoYou ship worldwide and shipping within the UK is completely free!

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    White Rosa

    23rd October 2013
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    I have a full review of MoYou‘s stamping plates coming soon (spoiler: they’re awesome) but to get the ball rolling I thought I’d post a quickie manicure using their Princess Collection 09 plate. This plate has 18 full nail designs that are 12x15mm each. They just about cover my little nubs width wise but fear not, if you have wider nails they offer XL plates too!


    I used Rimmel Aqua Cool as my base colour and created a gradient using Sally Hansen Brisk Blue. There’s a gradient tutorial here.
    I stamped on the design from MoYou Princess 09 Stamping Plate using BK Matt White.
    It’s all topped with Color Club Top Coat.

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    31DC2013 Day 26: Inspired by a Pattern

    27th September 2013
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    As I mentioned yesterday, I got my days in a twist this week so although it’s technically Day 27 of the challenge, these are the nails for the prompt for Day 26: Inspired by a Pattern.
    While I was browsing Asos for inspiration for Day 25’s Fashion inspired nails I also found the inspiration for today – a grungy variation of the houndstooth pattern – on a t-shirt!

     Image source: Asos.com

    I started with a base of Rimmel Grey Matter and stamping on the houndstooth design from Bundle Monster Plate BM322 using BK Matte White.

    To get the frayed look around the edges, I took a nail art brush then using Barry M White and Rimmel Grey Matter, I added lines over the sharp lines in the pattern going in the direction of the houndstooth.

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

    Day 26: Inspired by a Pattern 2012
    Day 26: Inspired by a Pattern 2011
    See what’s coming next in the 31 Day Challenge 2013!

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    31DC2013 Day 25: Inspired by Fashion

    25th September 2013
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    For today’s inspiration I picked a Paul Smith Scarf. The minimalist design and great use of contrasting colours immediately drew me to this scarf when I saw it on the Asos website and of course, anything with stripes always jumps out at me!

    Photo courtesy of paulsmith.co.uk
    I used a base of 2 coats of Barry M White with a coat of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly.
    Once that was dry, I used striping tape to mark off all the lines, then used a nail art brush to paint on Sally Hansen Back to the Fuschia and Rimmel Grey Matter, creating the stripes.
    Finally I topped it all off with two coats of No7 Dries Instantly.

    Day 25: Inspired by Fashion 2012
    Day 25: Inspired by Fashion 2011
    See what’s coming next in the 31 Day Challenge 2013!

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    31DC2013 Day 1: Red

    1st September 2013
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    My red nails for Day 1 of the challenge aren’t too adventurous as I wanted to keep it classic to go with the red polish. I went through a phase when I was crazy about this polish, Rimmel Heart on Fire, but it’s been sat in its drawer unloved for a few months. I was very glad to dust it off and give it a whirl today.

    1. I started with a base coat of OPI Nail Envy and waited for that to dry before applying hole reinforcers to mark off the half moons near my cuticle. 
    2. I then painted the rest of the nail with Rimmel Heart On Fire and removed the sticker straight away. Fragrance Direct currently has loads of Rimmel Lycra Pro polishes for 99p including Heart on Fire! 
    3. When it was all dry, I added on the accent lines in Barry M Gold Foil with a nail art brush.
    4. Finally I topped it all off with two coats of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly.
    I did a pictorial for half moons over at Divine Caroline if you’d like to see the process in a bit more detail.

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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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