Halloween is upon us and I love it! Last year I completely missed out on the festivities so I’m making up for it this year. Sunday was spent, painting my nails, picking a costume and carving pumpkins! First up is the finger nails. Little bit of skulls, little bit of bats, little bit of beetlejuice. A hint to my costume and super easy; as long … Continue reading Like a Bat Out of Hell
Dry brush nail art is the new big nail art trend. I saw quite a few models rocking this look on the catwalk during fashion week. Obviously I had to give it a go. This is most likely the easiest nail art I’ve ever tried. I went for a gold base coat rather than the white; I think its more fitting for Autumn. Firstly, I … Continue reading Brush Strokes
As much as I like this simple geometric design, I can’t help but feel they are just too plain. Two coats of lilac and then I added the white lines. I used my dotting tool rather than a brush as I find this works better for straight lines. I had planned to add a little stud but couldn’t work out where it would fit. I … Continue reading White Lines
Indeed they are, these little bad boys lasted my whole holiday and are still going strong. I picked up these pastel nail polishes specifically for my holiday, man did they look good in the sunshine. After two coats of colour I added a top coat and placed the diamonds before curing it under the UV light. I’m glad I went for the extra little design … Continue reading Diamonds are Forever
Last week I asked for some holiday nail inspiration. A few of you came back voting for glitter, though when I floated this idea with some of my friends one described them as Eurotrash. Not really the look I was going for, fingers crossed they’re a bit classier than that. I’ll admit these were a bit of a nightmare, glitter always gets everywhere and is … Continue reading Eurotrash Nails
Over the past three years of this little blog there’s been a selection of holiday nail art. Some bright and bold, some simple and chic. I think my favourites have been the most recent combo of nude fingers and neon sunset toes for my Marbella girls holiday With Italy less than a week away, I seriously lacking in imagination though? Should I go holiday bright … Continue reading Holiday Nails, Help?
Getting it wrong first time round seems to be becoming a theme with my nails. I picked up the little nail stamping kit and had planed a golden floral design on the purple base. The stamp just wouldn’t show up though, even when I tried a different colour. I’m not sure if it’s the dark purple base I chose or that the kit was from … Continue reading Shooting Star
Never try to paint your nails in a hurry, it’ll always end I disaster. I was planning a design using matt and gloss top coats. After almost a hour it was obvious there wasn’t enough of a contrast on this red for the design to work. Did I give up? Nope, if at first you don’t succeed and all that. I layered up on the … Continue reading If At First You Don’t Succeed
Saturday was rewind so my nails needed some serious eighties neon. Pink and yellow selected fairly quickly now what design to go for? I was inspired by those awesome eighties cartoon superheroes who had bright lightening bolts flying around. My tip for these is to paint the design in white first then add the yellow on top. This is much easier than trying to outline … Continue reading Jump On That Lightening Bolt
I’ve not been drinking watermelon, it’s gross I don’t like it. This track has a strong summer feel though so seemed fitting for these summer toe nails. My aim was to bring some summer with these fruity toes to match my fruity fingers. It seems to have worked as the sun is truly shining today, finally. It created these by starting with a half moon … Continue reading I’ve been drinking, Watermelon
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