Overcast

This is my take on the NailIt challenge theme of - today's weather.

I didn't want to do something completely obvious,  so I decided to try drag-marble which is something I've been wanting to try for a while now!

Using; Sally Hansen - White on and OPI - I have a herring problem.

Perfect colours because the OPI turned into a glittery grey when it was dragged through the white base coat.

I chose these colours because the weather was grey and overcast (hence the blog title) 

A top tip that I learned from just winging it instead of looking up a tutorial of some kind is to do two base coats. Let the first dry completely and then don't let base coat number two dry at all so it drags easily.

Apart from that it is soo easy, there is hardly any technique to it and it always creates a cool pattern.

Will definitely be trying this again soon - it is a lot less mess than water-marble aswell. 

More NailIt challenge pictures to come and I only have ONE day left of it.

xox

Mexican Skulls

This was part of the 30 day nail art challenge; day 16 - accent nail. 

I saw this design on the talented nail tech's instagram @marikonail1214. I absolutely loved the design so gave it a go myself.

Polishes used were; Sally Hansen - White on, Essie - Pure Pearlfection, the eyes; Orly - Passionfruit, Essie - Fiji, and for the rest; Wynie - 698, L'oreal - Mystery. 

I love this mani because it is so different to anything else I would normally do and it was actually really fun do to! 

Will continue to share my favourites from the challange.

xox

Red Arrows

I have been busy doing the Nail It nail art challenge and am up to day 16 so I am still going strong hence the slightly delayed posts. But check out my instagram (@nailstori) to see all of the nails that didn't make it onto the blog. 

This was for the theme; your choice. And I decided to go simple and pretty. 

Using; L'oreal - Raven's Dreams, Essie - Fifth Avenue and LA colors. 

Raven's dream is one of the best nude's I've used, I think it is so pretty. A lot of nude's look odd on my skin tone but I really like this one. (Even though it looks a little yellow in the pictures)

At first I was going to use striping tape to help my lines but I decided to go free hand to get some practice in, and it didn't go too badly. There is definitely room for improvement but isn't there always. 

These pictures are without a top coat - because I forgot! How could i. So it actually looked super glossy and I just loved wearing it. 

I couldn't resist adding a picture of them on my trip to the spa - they looked so good with their lighting. What a sad thing to be thinking about! 

Cannot wait to share some designs I've already done. And hopefully some stamping practice with my MoYou kit finally! 

xox

The most british of brands

I have stuck out the NailIt challenge to day 7 so far and here is my take on 'pattern/fabric'. And if you hadn't recognised it is the famous burberry print. 

I didn't actually expect this to be a success, I had seen the design before and wondered what my take on it would look like. I enjoyed the challenge of freehand lines. 

The polishes used were; Essie - Millionnails, Loreal - Mystery, Loreal - Raven's dream, Model's own - French white, Essie - Fifth avenue and Kiko top coat.

I really like Loreal - Mystery, it is more of a grey than a black but with two coats it looks much darker. It is so much easier to take off than normal black colours and it hardly stains. It also has a shimmer in it that more it a lot less harsh than solid black polishes. 

I have a lot of 'what I would do different next time' thoughts on this design but I like the first attempt. 

Straight lines are so easy to mess up and some nail girls are just too amazing at it - practice make perfect I hope. 

Looking forward to seeing what the next 25 designs bring - how excitingly daunting! 

xox