Monday 18 May 2015

Summer chevron tips

Today I went for a simple and summery mid-week mani.

Using; OPI - Natural base coat, Nailsinc - Duke Street and Seche Vite - Fast dry top coat.

This is one of my fave nail polishes at the moment, such a great pastel colour for the summer! I have a longer post on this polish and the nail kale range in an older post. 
To create the french manicure I did this free hand, it works so much better free hand rather than using tape. You can use peel off base for the clean up or just an acetone dipped brush. I get quite messy doing this type of mani so it's all about the clean up!

Thanks for reading, happy Monday everyone!
xox 


Monday 11 May 2015

"Florals for spring... Groundbreaking"

This mani was inspired by one of my all time favourite nail artists @Ninanailedit.
I literally love every single one of her mani creations and have to try them out myself!

For this mani I used: OPI - Natural base coat, Sinful colors - Snow me white, Nanacoco - Love black, Acrylic paints for the flowers and Seche Vite - Fast dry top coat. Also using a dotting tool and tape to create the monochrome nails. 

To create the flowers - First, I put a few acrylic paints onto a palette to mix the colours I wanted. To create the flowers I layered on 3 different colours creating circular shapes. It's very much a trial and error process when creating flowers! There are lots of good beginner video tutorials on Youtube. 

I love the flowers because light blue/turquoise are my fave colours - I'm going to try them again with different accent nails to see what I can create! 
Please excuse my poor cuticles at the moment - they've been suffering from a little neglect. 
Thanks for reading! 
xox






Saturday 9 May 2015

Royal fizz

In the UK it's safe to say as a nation we're obsessed with the Royals, and I'm definitely a fan too!
I've met Kate and baby George a few times because her family home is in my village so I love them a little more! 

Polishes used were; OPI -  Suzi shops & island hops, Sinful colors - Snow me white, Models own - pink fizz, Seche Vite - Fast dry top coat.

I wanted to do a Royal baby mani but wasn't sure how to go about it. I then saw @dahlianails mani so had to recreate! I'm not overly pleased with how my mani turned out, it's a little rushed for my liking - if I'd had time I would have done it over. The colours are a little girly for me so I didn't wear this mani for long but I definitely think it fits the theme! And I also think it's pretty cute! 

What do you think of the Royal obsession? A little too much or just a great mani opportunity!
xox 


Wednesday 6 May 2015

I'm back!

So first of all, I must apologise for my absence - if you follow me on Instagram you may have seen me post about my recent disappearance. I'm in the midst of all my last Uni assignment deadlines of the semester, so it's been very full on. I haven't been able to spare the hours I normally do to enjoy painting and posting. 
However, today I allowed myself a day off after about a 15 day streak in the library all day. So here is my first post back!

Today I decided to do a spring mani but the weather hasn't been great so I went for a nude feel. 
Polishes used were; OPI - natural base coat, Orly - Dare to bare, Sinful colors - Snow me white and Seche Vite - fast dry top coat. 
This mani is really easy to recreate using a bobby pin if you don't have a dotting tool. I would recommend this flower nail art for those just starting out/wanting to do something easy! 

The nude polish and gold stud combo is a fave of mine, it was such an effective look. I dabbed the tiniest amount of nail glue to hold them in place before using a my top coat. This made them last really well and they weren't difficult to remove.
I'm looking forward to sharing a few more mani's I have to come over the weekend.
Thanks for sticking with me through my absence when life gets in the way of blogging!
xox