Friday 20 April 2012

Pink Friday-Disco Mash-Up

These nails are amaze and I really think that they turned out well. They are a bit OTT but you can never have too much pink or glitter in my opinion soooo.......!!!!!


Difficulty: 4/10

Thursday 19 April 2012

Nails of the Week-Flamin' Hot

These nails were inspired by the ridic coldness that we have been experiencing this week in England... i just new last months sunny spells were to be replaced by April showers. Hosepipe ban? Anyway I really liked this colour combo and it was supa easy, all you need to do is paint your nails grey ( I can never find the right shade this one is tad too dark) then paint on with a nail art brush white flames and then do yellow ones on top so that the white looks like an outline.


Difficulty: 2/10

Monday 16 April 2012

Nails of the Week- YOLO

Sooooooo, you only live once and I found this amaze picture on a beaut tumblr called denOFopulence which is just full of really cute/funny/beautiful pictures which kinda are stunning.
so having been loving Drake recently since I became cool this photo just really caught my attention and makes good nails because it had 4 letters
And these are the nails, I kinda took a took the suggestion of flowers as I just used a sponge to stipple on different shades of pink but I think you get the idea.
And I used a shimmery white rather than black for the words so they weren't too out there!!
Difficulty 3/10

Upload-a-thon!!

Apologies for the lack of posts late, I have been on break from uni and at home I just get nothing done. So here are some of the nails that I did over the last month, well the ones that I remembered to photograph anyway. I think part of the problem was that I was lacking in ideas as well but I feel renewed and hopefully will come up with some amaze summery nails for the coming months. P.S. Sorry for the poor quality of the photos my camera was indisposed so i had to use my Blackberry which as anyone who's got one know knows take awful pictures.

These were crazy neon but also quite cool!!!


These were inspired by this liberty print but unfortunately you cant really see the detail, to get the  fine lines perfect I did the red first and then the pink on top as I knew that I would never get the red line thin enough with a brush.Lagos Laurel C Jersey, Liberty Art Fabrics

These were just a really cool twist on my usual leopard print or the ones with a stripe that I did before, by putting the V-shaped smile lines in it makes the nails look really pointed which is a really modern shape for nails this season.

Wednesday 28 March 2012

Nails of the Week-Groovy Grunge

These nails were born form a lack of inspiration, I just ended up layering different colours because I couldn't decide and I realised that a good effect could be had by layering up the colours and then removing some to reveal the layers.

Here's How To:
1. Paint nails a with a good basecoat and a dark colour like a black (a very dark brown would be excellent here but I don't have one so I use black). Wait for it to dry COMPLETELY
2. With a nail art brush (like one with a square tip) paint on very roughly and streakily both a dark blue and a brown colour over different parts of each nail.
3. Paint using the nails art brush the entire nail with a pale minty green
4. Over different sections of the nail paint pinks and purples, again not being  perfect AT ALL!!
5. Dip your nail art brush in polish remover and brush over the nails in different areas to expose the layers, it works best if you do it in downward stripes. Try to show all the colours, the more you apply remover the more polish will come off so vary the pressure you apply and be sure not to remover the colour all the way off to your bare nails!
5. Apply a topcoat and if you can streak the polish even more for that distressed look.

Difficulty: 2/10

Nails of Last Week- Spring

This is late because I lost the lead to connect my camera to my laptop... ooooops!! these pretty florals are beaut!!!

Difficulty: 5/10
P.S. I also did my sisters nails (she is 6) in a more vintage-y floral to match her dress for a wedding we went to. Here they are

They are very sketchy because it is very heard to get a 6 year old to stay still for more than 5 mins!!

Friday 16 March 2012

Pink Friday-Gel manicure

this week, on Thursday I got a gel manicure, like shellac, the results are amaze and I was pleased to learn that I could pain my own polish on top. They should last about two weeks which is great because I am going to a wedding next week and the nude colour I picked will be nice and classy, because my dress is bright pink!!!
this is what they looked like when I left the salon...


Tried to get a good shot in different lights, the only problem that was my nails were such a wreck (they looked like I had clawed my way out of my own grave!!) so they had to be cut really short. Oh well, hopefully they will grow stronger and longer because of the gel. 

Anyway to fit Pink Friday, and hopefully make my nails look longer I did they leopard with the pink stripe across one side, vertical stripes are lengthening. These really should be called Cece nails as they are her fave. 


Difficulty: 4/10
TIP: The more neon the block colour side, the better!!!