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.

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.

Pink Friday-What's that on your fingers??

Lovin' these geometric inspired shapes on my finger-lingers!! These again took ages but the effect is so amaze that it is worth it!! It's just a shame the gold, silvery colour didn't show up on the camera.

Difficulty: 7/10

Nails of the Week- Floral not my Fave

Urgh, these didn't really seem to go right for me, they just took ages and I am not pleased with the results, which remind me of William Morris wallpaper which reminds me of school trips to the V and A Museum. i just wanted to do something spring like, but its freezing here so it seems premature. Ohh well.

Difficulty: 8/10

Nails of the week-No two are alike...

Hi guysies, back with my personal favourite xmas look this year, snowflakes!!! Yes, this look was done by hand (mine, obvs) because my brother thought it was a stencil, I told him that all snowflakes are unique and therefore a stencil is useless!!! Yes, this took ages, but I am home from uni for the hols and I had the time to spare so I didn't really mind. (NB if you didn't have the time you could do this on the ring and thumb nails only.)

 Here is how I did it...
1. Paint nails with basecoat and two coats of colour. Leave to dry FULLY or the red will bleed into the white and it won't be crisp.
2. Using a cocktail stick (I have done this before with a very fine artists brush but the results are not as good) dipped in white nail polish start creating your snowflakes. There is no fool proof way of doing this you need to be very patient and a bit creative but it is helpful to have images of snowflakes (which are everywhere this time of year) for inspiration.
TIP:  By applying pressure to the cocktail stick, you can scrape away the white while it is still a bit wet, leaving the red underneath, which allows you to either tidy up lines or create very fine gaps of red between areas of white. Leave to dry FULLY.
3. Finish with a topcoat.
VARIATIONS: I have used red (which looks much darker in real life than in the photo) but pale and dark blues, purples, gold would look really nice too and also I have done this in the past with a glitter topcoat placed only on the actual snowflakes, which also have an added Xmassy effect.
DIFFICULTY: 7/10