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Green Splatter Nails
Here a are my green nails for day 4! I really couldn’t decide on which polishes to use, So I ended up using nearly all of them (well the green ones)
I used
- Sinful Colors – Pistache
- Color Club – Artsy Crafty
- Barry M – Acid Yellow
- 2True Metallica – Arete
- Sinful Colors – Rise And Shine
- China Glaze – OMG a UFO
- Color Club – Perfect Mol-Ten
- Zoya – Logan
- Sally Hansen – Grass Slipper
I started with two coats of base coat (green stains my nails more than any other colour) then a coat of Pistache.
After that had dried, using a cotton bud (q tip) with the ends cut off I blew the green polishes onto my nails.
I alternated between light and dark shades to make sure there was a good mix of green!
All Of The Green!
This was really messy and took ages to clean up but it was a lot of fun! 😀
4 Comments | tags: 2True Arete, Barry M Acid Yellow, China Glaze OMG a UFO, Color Club Artsy Crafty, Color Club Perfect Mol-Ten, Glitter, Green, Green Splatter Nails, Holographic, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Varnish, nailpolish, Sally Hansen Grass Slipper, Sinful Colors Pistache, Sinful Colors Rise And Shine, Splatter, Zoya Logan | posted in Challenges, Nail Art
Maybelline Electric Yellow and China Glaze White On White
Here are my yellow nails for day 3 of the 31DC2014 challenge.
for this I started with three coats of Electric Yellow from Maybelline Color Show, then I used White On White from China Glaze for the freehand V shaped french tips, then I added the dots with a medium sized dotting tool!
This was a really quick and easy design to do (which I’m really glad about, I probably should have thought through doing two challenges at the same time!)
Maybelline Electric Yellow and China Glaze White On White
I still don’t like yellow 
2 Comments | tags: 31DC2014, China Glaze White on White, Dots, Dotting Tool, Maybelline Electric Yellow, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Varnish, nailpolish, White, Yellow | posted in Challenges, Dots, Nail Art
GOT Polish Pastel
Here are my Pastel nails for today’s GOT Polish Challenge!
For this I decided to have a try at water spotted nails and it was surprisingly easy! 😀 The Polishes I used are Lathering Lilac which is another of the free ones (that I haven’t used) from Bizzybee and Pink Flamingo from Barry M
I started with two coats of Lathering Lilac, when that was dry I used Pink flamingo for the water spotting. I have to say it’s a really fun technique, loads easier than water marbling!
Then when that was dry I applied a coat of color club top coat, then a final coat of Matte Finisher from Elf
Water Spotted Nails
Don’t forget to have a look at the GOT Polish Challenge Pinterest Page! 😀
12 Comments | tags: Barry M Pink Flamingo, Bizzybee Lathering Lilac, E.L.F Matte Finisher, GOT Polish Challenge, Matte, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Varnish, nailpolish, Pink, purple, Water Spotted Nails | posted in Challenges, Nail Art, Water Marble
Orange with bats
For my Orange nails I have a Halloween mani to show you 🙂
I really couldn’t work out what to do for my nails today. I don’t like orange nail polish, I don’t hate it, I just don’t like it. I feel the same way about yellow nail polish, I don’t like that either.
As I don’t actually own any “orange” nail polish, I decided to use the same polishes from my GOT polish challenge orange water marble mani, you can find that Here.
Halloween nails
I started with a couple of coats of East Austin from Color Club, then using the cling film technique I applied Roguish Red from China Glaze. to make the orange coloured background.
For the bats I used Konad SP in black with plate 10 from the Moyou Suki collection.
I finished it off with Color Club topcoat, there is a little bit of shrinking but it’s not too bad. 🙂
China Glaze Roguish Red over Color Club East Austin
4 Comments | tags: 31DC2014, China Glaze Roguish Red, Color Club East Austin, Halloween, Konad special polish Black, Manicure, Moyou Suki Collection, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Stamping, Nail Varnish, nailpolish, Orange | posted in Challenges, Nail Art, Nail Stamping
I am doing the 31 days of Colour nail art challenge! On top of the GOT polish challenge (I must be mad)!
Chanel Rouge Noir Stamped over Sally Hansen Ruby Stilletos
I am doing this challenge along with some very talented people in the NPQ G+ community If you’re not a member I would really recommend joining! 😀
And this is what we’ll be doing
Originally from nail art 101
My red nails for Day 1
Red Butterflies
I started with a couple of coats of Ruby Stilletos from Sally Hansen. This is a really lovely polish, it’s a bright red with loads of red glitter! The butterflies are from Moyou stamping plate Pro Collection XL 05, using Rouge Noir from Chanel. Then finished it off with a coat of Color Club Topcoat.
The Right way round!
This is the first time I have tried a red on red stamp and I really like the result 🙂
Hmmm what to do for tomorrow’s nails?….
8 Comments | tags: 31DC2014, Chanel Rouge Noir, Color Club Topcoat, Glitter, MoYou, Moyou Pro Collection, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Stamping, Nail Varnish, nailpolish, Red, Sally Hansen Ruby Stilletos | posted in Challenges, Nail Art, Nail Stamping
Braided Rose Nail Art
I decided that I wanted some pretty spring time nails! And here they are! 😀
I started by making the rose decals, for these I used
- Sally Hansen – Grass Slipper
- China Glaze – Near Dark
- Rimmel – Double Decker Red
- Sinful Colors – A Slice To Go (striper)
- China Glaze – White On White
- Color Club – Top Coat
Braided Rose Nail Art
I applied a coat of white on white over my base coat, for two reasons the first so that the greens would pop and the second being that green stains my nails more than any other colour!
For the braid I used
- Zoya – Logan
- China Glaze – Agro
- L’oreal – Owl’s Night
- China Glaze – White On White
After I finished my braided nails I ended up having to do some washing up (ugh) and the tips of my nails ended up with a few little chips 😦 Booo!
I applied my rose decals with a little bit of color club top coat, then sealed them in with another coat over the top.
Braided Rose Nail Art
I think the greens I chose where a little too dark but it still looks pretty 🙂
9 Comments | tags: Braided Nail Art, China Glaze Agro, China Glaze Near Dark, China Glaze White on White, Decal, Glitter, Green, L'oreal Owl's Night, Manicure, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Varnish, nailpolish, Pink, Rimmel London Double Decker Red, Sally Hansen Grass Slipper, Sinful Colors A Slice To Go, Zoya Logan | posted in Nail Art
The Adorned Claw 