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

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.

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!!

Nails of the week- Who you callin' a natural beauty??

Outside of my usual MO area these neutral earthy inspired nails, sometimes its nice to go simpler...!!

Difficulty 4/10

Nails of the week- El Salonisto Inspired

Easy as this week, although I don't take credit for the design which comes from http://elsalonsito.com/. On this site there is also a fantastic photo tutorial although this is extremely simple and doesn't require any skill or special tools!! I mixed mine up a bit by adding the half moons at the top but they could be left out if desired.

Difficulty: 2/10