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My First Christmas Nail Art of 2013

28th November 2013

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I know that today is Thanksgiving but I don’t have any thanksgiving themed nail art for you. Being that I don’t celebrate it here in the UK and I’m painfully jealous of everyone feasting on turkey dinners today, I thought I’d kick of some Christmas festivities to remind me that I have a delicious roast dinner coming to my dining table soon enough!

This year I really feel like everything’s been done when it comes to Christmas nail art but I’m determined to come up with something at least semi-original before the 25th. If you want to see the Christmas designs I’ve done in the past, you can flick through the archives here!

For starters I used Essie Jag-U-Are (which is the metallic red) and stamped on a fair isle design from Nailz Craze Plate NC03 using BK Matt White. The snowflakes on my thumb are from MoYou London Kitty Plate 09 and the crazy cute decal on my middle finger is from She Sells Seashells. It’s a deer but I think it can pass as a reindeer!

The milky white polish with the green and red glitter is Sonnetarium Peppermint Kiss over one coat of Barry M White. The green and gold mix on my pinkie is W7 Cosmic Green over one coat of Ulta3 Mermaid Green.

Finally, I topped it all off with two coats of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

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Snippet: Purple Gradient

6th August 2013

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Barry M Prickly Pear

China Glaze Fancy Pants

Sonnetarium Samurai Princess

Gradient tutorial here

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Glitter, Stamping, Uncategorised

Banish the Blues: Mint Chevrons

25th June 2013

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I’m on such a chevron kick recently and although using tape and craft scissors is great because I get to choose exactly where each zig zag goes, the chevron plate from Bundle Monster’s 25pc set gives super crisp results when I don’t have the time or spare energy to use the tape method!

I used a base colour of Essie Navigate Her and stamped on the chevron design from Bundle Monster Plate BM201 using Born Pretty’s Matt White Polish (SUCH a good stamping polish!). I used 1 coat of Sonnetarium Snowfall on my ring finger and topped it all off with a coat of No7 Stay Perfect Top Coat.

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Half/Stud/Half

15th June 2013

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I know it’s been quiet around here this week. I’ve been more than a little bit poorly but I’m on the mend now and slowly getting back in to the swing of things. I’ll start with something sweet… pastels!

The colours here are Sally Hansen Green Tea, Sally Hansen Dorian Gray, NYC Raindrop, NYC Lavender Cupcake with Sonnetarium Lenten Rose on the ring finger.

I painted them all on as skittles then added a top coat to make them dry nice and quickly. Once the base colours were dry, I used scotch tape to mark a clean line halfway down each nail. Then I painted a second colour over the top one nail at a time and removed the tape straight away. I waited for that to dry and added a final top coat, attaching the studs while that was still wet.

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Stop and Smell the Roses

20th May 2013

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Happy Monday! I know some of you will be thinking that Monday is not a day to be happy, but it’s recently become my favourite day of the week because it means a new episode of Game of Thrones! I can’t believe there are only 2 episodes left in the season after today’s. I must confess I haven’t read the books, so far I’ve only made it half way through the first, so I have plenty of material to tide me over until the fourth series.

I used NYC Lavender Cupcake as my base colour with Sonnetarium Lenten Rose glitter on my ring finger. I did the pinstripes on my index finger using striping tape and BK Matt White. For the roses I used NYC Bubblegum Pink, Barry M Blood Orange and BK Matt White with NYC Mint Macaroon for the leaves. There’s a full tutorial for the roses here. Finally I topped it all off with two coats of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly.

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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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Happy Easter Again!

31st March 2013

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More Easter nails today! I couldn’t resist trying on this sugary sweet combination today and I added a fishtail accent which I absolutely love! I can’t believe I’ve never tried it out before.

The clocks jumped forwards in the UK last night and the sun was shining until about 7pm today which was just amazing. I am SO ready for summer to come but until it does I’ll be wearing plenty of pastels on my nails to remind myself it’s not too far away!