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31 Day Challenge: Stripes

13th September 2014

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I’m a day behind on the 31 Day Challenge but determined to catch up over the weekend! These are my stripe nails for Day 12 (yesterday) inspired by Globe & Nail. When I was scrolling through piCture pOlish’s Instagram profile at all the amazing manis created with Nail Vinyls, Emma’s just really stood out to me so I was chuffed when I realised I had everything I would need to recreate it.

Items used

Barry M White

Straight Decals from She Sells Seashells

piCture pOlish Bonkers

piCture pOlish Swagger

Sweet Color White Liner

and a Nail Art Brush

Nail Art, Uncategorised

Pastel Goth Textured Saran Wrap Nail Art

6th August 2014

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Let me introduce you to the new look Nailasaurus! I’ve been itching to get a new design on this blog for a while now and after a few weeks spent looking around, I finally settled on a new template. Things aren’t too different so you shouldn’t have trouble finding anything, but I might continue fine tuning it until I’m really happy with the way it looks and the way it’s used. It looks amazing on mobile devices too so don’t forget to check it out on -the-go when you get a chance.

The biggest change you’ll notice is the way you comment on my posts. I’ve installed the Disqus system which you’ve probably seen around on other blogs. I think it’s much better than the old Blogger system for drumming up good conversation and it looks a lot prettier! You can sign in using your Facebook, Twitter, Google or Disqus account and it’s really easy to track your conversations and replies.

The nail art I created today is one of my favouite manis for a while. The pastel purple textured saran wrap is really dainty but the crosses give it a bit of an edge.

I started by painting all my nails white and top coating with HK Girl. I marked off the crosses using striping tape and applied the texture over the top using the ‘textured saran wrap’ method (video at the end of this post).

What I Used

Barry M Matt White

2true Shade 15

NYC Lavender Blossom

Sally Hansen Lady Lavender

Sally Hansen Pinch of Punch

Striping Tape

She Sells Seashells Gold Shell Embellishements

Glisten & Glow HK Girl Top Coat

Pastel Goth Nail Art Polishes // The Nailasaurus

Pastel Goth Nail Art with Seashell Accent // The Nailasaurus

Pastel Goth Nail Art with Crosses // The Nailasaurus

Purple Textured Saran Wrap Nail Art // The Nailasaurus

Purple Pastel Goth Nail Art // The Nailasaurus

Nail Art, Uncategorised

Geometric Nail Art with Barry M Malibu

4th August 2014

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Nicole by OPI Lay it on the Lime Nail Art // The Nailasaurus

What would you call a design like this? Where the lines meet up at the corners, but continue on in a different direction? I just feel like there must be a name for it! I’ve been through a few possibilities like ‘Alternate Chevrons’, ‘Crosshatch’ and ‘Weird Zig Zag Things’ but I just don’t think any of them are right. It’s been distracting me for a while now – a real mind bender!

To achieve the disconnected look, I used scotch tape to tape off half of my nail and applied rows of striping tape at an upward slant. Next, I painted over the tape with Barry M Malibu then removed all the tape as quickly as possible. I added one thin coat of HK Girl to dry the polish and then repeated on the other half of my nail.

What I Used

Barry M Coconut

Barry M Malibu

Nicole by OPI Lay it on the Lime

Glisten & Glow HK Girl

‘Lost in Space’ Midi Ring from Astrid & Miyu

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The Lacquer Legion On Holiday: Windbreakers

30th June 2014

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If you’ve ever spent the day on a British Beach, you might know what I was going for with this mani! I spent many of my childhood summer holidays on beaches along the coast of Devon and Cornwall and have nothing but fond memories of those times so my #LLOnHoliday manicure is paying tribute to an essential piece of beach equipment in the UK – the windbreaker!

Although I don’t love the nail art – it’s a bit bright and gaudy for my taste – I have so many lovely memories with those windbreakers that I don’t even care! It just makes me happy to look down and be reminded.

Don’t forget to keep up with The Lacquer Legion on Facebook to find out what next month’s challenge will be and if you post your On Holiday nail art today, don’t forget to use the hashtag, #LLOnHoliday!

For this nail art, I used a base of NYC Lexington Yellow and then a thin coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl to dry it out nicely.

I put down a few straight vinyl stencils and painted over everything in NYC Hudson Breeze before removing the stencils right away.

Finally, I used a long striping brush to add the red details with Rimmel Raw as Night and topped it with a thick coat of HK Girl.

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Sorbet Stripes

10th June 2014

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I wanted to do something fun and flirty today so I picked out a few sorbet colours, grabbed the gold striping tape and set about creating this banded nail art. The striping tape is holding up well so far – no peeling but there has been a bit of colour leakage! The gold seems to have seeped out of a few pieces leaving me with silver but that’s not so bad.

I recently purchased the Straight Stencils from She Sells Seashells which save me so much time that used to be spent fussing around cutting scotch tape in to thin strips whenever I did a manicure like this with lots of straight lines!

1. For this nail art, I used a base coat of Nicole by OPI At Least I Pink So on all nails followed by a thin coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl.

2. I waited 10 minutes for it to dry completely.

3. Next, I placed some straight vinyl stencils randomly over my nails and filled in some of the gaps with NYC Peach Popsicles and Sally Hansen Lady Lavender. I removed the vinyls as soon as I was done painting on each nail.

4. Once everything was mostly dry, I applied the striping tape using nail art tweezers. Instead of trying to guess how long my strips should be, I made sure each strip was too long and then trimmed each edge with cuticle nippers once it was already placed on my nail.

5. Finally, I used two coats of Glisten & Glow HK Girl to smooth it all over.

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Triple Triangle Nail Art Tutorial Video

13th May 2014

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Here’s a video tutorial for the ‘Cobalt is the Colour‘ nail art I posted last week. After a few tries I’m really getting in to the swing of making videos and a few people requested a tutorial for this nail art so I thought I’d jump back in. It’s a simple look but use the right colours and it will be absolutely stunning!

I’ll have a tutorial for the watercolour/beachy gradient coming soon but if there are any other videos you’d like to see, do let me know!

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Cobalt is the Colour

8th May 2014

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Geometric Nail Art | The Nailasaurus | UK Nail Art Blog

I’ve had this colour combination stuck in my head for a while now but I just couldn’t figure out what to do with it. Finally I sat down, got the striping tape out and came up with this simple geometric design. I’m so glad the colours match as well as I thought they would. I was worried there wouldn’t be enough of a contrast to see any details as they’re both very strong colours but luckily there’s just the right amount of complimenting and contrasting going on here.

For this nail art, I use NYC Lavender Blossom as my base colour.

I applied striping tape in a cross at the base of my nails and filled in the triangles using a nail art brush and NYC Hudson Breeze, the most perfect cobalt blue ever!

The glitter on my ring finger is Spell Polish Mr Spade. If you haven’t heard of Spell Polish before, don’t worry, you’ll hear a lot about them soon. Their glitter polishes are amaaazing!

It’s all topped off with a coat of HK Girl.