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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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Shiny Tips

18th May 2013

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I’m not really sure where the idea of matte x glossy came from but it’s been at the back of my mind, niggling away, all week. I’ve been playing with different combinations and I really wanted to try it with stamping although nothing seemed to work. I’m going to keep at it as I’m determined to perfect glossy undercoat with matte stamping but for now, I’ve settled for something simple (again)!

I used two coats of No7 Just Black as my base colour with one coat of W7 Cosmic Black on my ring finger, then used one coat of Rimmel’s Mattifying top coat. Then I took a nail art brush and applied NYC In a New York Minute just to the tips of my nails.

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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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Blanket Case

10th February 2013

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I have a bit of a thing for blankets. I just love curling up underneath one on a Sunday night while I’m watching whatever ITV drama is on at the time (at the moment, it’s Mr Selfridge!). A few weeks ago, I bought the BEST blanket, it’s fleecy on one side and felt on the other with a lovely fair isle pattern. I love it so much, I had to do nails inspired by it!

I used Barry M White, Sally Hansen Plum Luck and Rimmel Grey Matter as my main colours with a nail art brush. I also used white acrylic paint for some of the small details such as drawing on the snowflake design and neatening up my lines.

Finally, I topped it with two coats of NYC.

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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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Me Looooove Cookies!

18th January 2013

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A few days ago, a fellow blogger got in touch with me to introduce her blog, Brush me Blush, and in particular a 30 day series of tutorials she has created with twists on the french manicure. I immediately spotted some ideas that I want to try out and she even sent me a few sneak peeks of ones that are to come. This is one of those and you’ll be able to see the steps on her blog very soon.

The tutorial was for Cookie Monster half moons – absolute genius! I’ve been meaning to do Cookie Monster nail art since I got this flocking powder and I even bought googly eyes but I just couldn’t get it right. Ria has nailed it with this tutorial!

I won’t give too many of the details away – you’ll have to wait for the tutorial at Brush me Blush – but I used NYC Water Street Blue, Essie Glamour Purse, Rimmel Desire and some flocking powder from Born Pretty to create this look.

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

16th January 2013

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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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