Monthly Archives: November 2014

November 28, 2014

O.P.I Solitaire (and some random studs I found in my nail art box)

By Ruth

Hi!

I decided earlier this week that I really have to start going though my pile of untried polishes, as I have far to many!

OPI Solitaire

So here is Solitaire from OPI! This is a pearly white textured polish with silver glitter, I think it looks a bit like snow!

I didn’t use any glue for applying the studs, I just used an orange stick to press them into the wet polish! This won’t last as long as using glue or using a strong top coat to attach them but it seems to work quite well.

OPI Solitaire

There are two things about this polish that I wouldn’t usually like, it’s white and it’s textured, this is why it’s been in my untried pile for so long lol

Now it’s on my nails I think it looks rather festive! 🙂

3 Comments | tags: Christmas Nails, Glitter, Manicure, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Varnish, OPI Solitaire, silver, White | posted in Nail Art

November 26, 2014

Pick and Mix – Purple Fire Brush Stroke Nail Art

By Ruth

Hello 🙂

Brushstroke Fire Nail Art

The prompts for this weeks pick and mix challenge are Favorite Brand and Brushstroke…

my first problem is I don’t have a favorite brand of polish, out of all the polish brands I have tried I actually have two, Illamasqua and Chanel… I don’t think I could ever choose between them!

Brushstroke Fire Nail Art

for this Brush stroke fire look I used

Chanel – Black Pearl
Chanel – Paradoxical
Chanel – Vendetta
Illamasqua – Baptiste
Illamasqua – Poke
Seche Vite top coat

I used two coats of Paradoxical as the base colour, when it was dry I applied wiggly brush strokes of the other polishes, only a couple of each on each nail, with as little polish on the brush as possible

I found that with the Chanel polishes even with a really tiny amount of polish on the brush, they still applied really nicely, so the final look didn’t end up with the defined brush strokes I was hoping for!

Brushstroke Fire Nail Art

Even tho this didn’t work out quite how I was expecting I still like it! 😀

9 Comments | tags: 52wpnmc‬, Chanel Black Pearl, Chanel Paradoxical, Chanel Vendetta, Illamasqua Baptiste, Illamasqua Poke, Manicure, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Varnish | posted in Challenges, Nail Art

November 24, 2014

Sparkly Snowflakes

By Ruth

Hello!

I hope you have had a lovely weekend 🙂

Snowflake Nails

Seeing as the weather is getting colder now I thought it’s time to do some wintery nail art!

Rimmel 17 and Maybelline

To get this look I used

Rimmel London – Hot Black To Go
17 – Moonstruck
Maybelline – Sugar Crystals
Stamping Plate QA86
Seche Vite

QA86 from born pretty store

plate QA86 is available here QA86

I have to say this Mani looks much more sparkly in real life, It’s really difficult to capture it with a camera!

😀

5 Comments | tags: Snowflake Nails | posted in Nail Art, Nail Stamping

November 21, 2014

Barry M Silk. Poppy, Orchid and Forest.

By Ruth

Hello 🙂

Today I have three new (I think) Barry M nail polishes from the Silk range to show you. I found these while polish hunting in Boots, and they are on a 3 for 2 offer. Bargain! 😀

Poppy

Barry M Silk Poppy

Poppy is a really pretty pinky red with a gold and silver shimmer

It is a dream to apply, opaque in two coats, no visible brush strokes and dried within a couple of minutes. I applied this over my usual base coat.

Barry M Silk Poppy

Forest

Barry M Silk Forest

I really love this dark teal colour! Along with the shimmer it also has a subtle green to purple duo-chrome colour shift.

Again the polish formula was really nice, fast drying with no visible brush strokes.

Barry M Silk Forest

Orchid

Barry M Silk Orchid

Orchid is a very pretty intense magenta toned purple with silvery shimmer.

I found there was less sparkle in this polish, but the silver shimmer gives this an almost but not quite metallic quality which I think is very pretty.

Like the other two polishes the formula for this polish is lovely, opaque in two coats and dried really quickly!

Barry M Silk Orchid

I really like the finish of these silk polishes, but I love matte polish so there’s not much of a surprise there lol 😀 I have to say I much prefer these bright colours to the pastel shades from the rest of the collection.

I really hope more bright and dark colours are going to be released in this range!

😀