Category Archives: Nail Art

January 22, 2015

Purple Flames

By Ruth

Hey everyone 🙂

Purple Flames nail art

FIRE!!!!

Today I have another mani for the pick and mix challenge! This weeks prompts are fire and three shades of green or yellow, and as I’m really not in a green/yellow mood, it had to be purple! 😀

Purple Flames nail art

Messy Mansion MM27

For this I used Sally Hansen HD in Cyber, I’d Melt For You from China Glaze (only because it was on my desk and I didn’t feel like hunting through my collection to find another good silver for stamping) and Konad Special polish in Black.

The stamping plate is MM27 from Messy Mansion, you can find that here, Messy Mansion MM27

Purple Flames nail art

Cyber, I’d Melt For You, and Konad Black

😀

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January 19, 2015

Double Stamped and Leadlight Roses

By Ruth

Hello! 😀

Roses!

ILNP My Little Glacier and China Glaze I’d Melt For You

My nails today where a bit of an experiment! I was really at a loss about what to do for my post today.

So I closed my eyes and grabbed the first two polishes from my polish pile! Then I did the same with my box of stamping plates!

Leadlight Roses

Leadlight Roses

The polishes are My Little Glacier (H) from ILNP and I’d Melt For You from China Glaze. I also used two of the tinted polishes I mixed a while ago, along with Konad special polish in black.  The stamping plate is MM07 from Messy Mansion.

I started with a couple of coats of My Little Glacier, then using the center leaf pattern from plate MM07. Here’s the link to the plate Messy Mansion MM07

Then using I’s Melt for you I added the barbed wire and the roses.  I used the dark purple and the dark blue tinted polishes to colour the roses here’s a link to the post if you want more information on how I mixed the Leadlight Polishes

Bonus Macro

Close up!

Bonus close up! 🙂

Holographic nail polish makes me so happy!

Messy Mansion MM07

I think I’m going to have to try randomly picking polishes and stamping plates again some time!

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January 11, 2015

Black Lace Nails for My Birthday!

By Ruth

Hey Everyone!

Black Lace Birthday Nails

Black Lace Birthday Nails

It’s my Birthday! Woo! 🙂 So here’s a little post to show you what’s on my nails today! 🙂

Black Lace Birthday Nails

MM44

This is Modern Love From Deborah Lippmann stamped with one of the lovely lace images from Messy Mansion plate MM44.

Modern Love has to be one of my favorite nude creme polishes!

You can find the Messy Mansion Plate Here.

Black Lace Birthday Nails

Deborah Lippmann Modern Love

I think i’m going to spend the rest of today shopping, eating cake until I feel a bit sick and seeing my lovely family! 🙂

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January 7, 2015

Blue Dotty Funky French!

By Ruth

Hello everyone!

Dotty French Manicurer

Dotty French Manicurer

For this weeks (actually on time) Pick and Mix challenge I chose to use the dotting tools prompt, I really wasn’t feeling in a pink ans aqua mood!

China Glaze - I'd Melt For You and Morgan Taylor - New Year New Blue

China Glaze – I’d Melt For You and Morgan Taylor – New Year New Blue

For this I used China Glaze I’d Melt For You and Morgan Taylor New Year New Blue I picked up both of these from my local Sallys. They where reduced… How could I refuse? lol

I applied two coats of New Year New Blue, this is the first Morgan Taylor polish I have tried, and I love it! the brush, the polish formula and the drying time are all perfect!

I’d Melt For You looks like it will be an amazing stamper, it dries really quickly too!

China Glaze - I'd Melt For You and Morgan Taylor - New Year New Blue

All Of The Dots!

Here’s the 52 Week Pick and Mix Pinterest Page where you can see loads more of the wonderful challenge manis 🙂

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January 4, 2015

Double Gradient Nail Art!

By Ruth

Hello!

I hope you are having  a lovely start to 2015!

Purple Double Gradient Nail Art

Three Shades Of Purple

Here is my three shades of purple nails for the pick and mix challenge this week.

Purple Double Gradient Nail Art

All The Striping Tape

The three purple polishes I used are

  • Chanel – Vendetta
  • Barielle – Grape Escape
  • China Glaze – Get Outta My Space

I also used striping tape and Seche Vite topcoat.

Purple Double Gradient Nail Art

Stripy!

I seem to always be surprised that using striping tape always takes so long lol.

Purple Double Gradient Nail Art

Purple Gradient

 

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December 31, 2014

My Top 10 Posts of 2014!

By Ruth

Hello! 🙂

Today’s post is a little round up of some of my favorite nail art looks from my blog this year! 😀

In no particular order. Oh if you would like to see the original posts I have added the links in the titles 🙂

My first water marble!

Black and silver water marble

Black and silver water marble

My first successful water marble! This was a good day! I think my water marbling has improved a huge amount since this post, 2014 the year I mastered the water marble! Hehe, well after a lot of spilled polish, splashed water and swearing! 🙂

Pink Panda

Pink Panda Nail art

Pink Panda Nails (yes my hand is upside down)

This is one of my most popular posts from this year! This was my first successful stamped decal mani! The little Pandas are so cute! 😀

Art Deco Inspired Nails

Art Deco Taped Nails

Art Deco Taped Nails

This mani was a pain to do, it took ages with all the tape ring binder hole reinforcements, striping tape and tip guides, but the finished result, I think is lovely!

Patchwork Skin Halloween Nails

Patchwork Flesh Halloween Nails

Patchwork Flesh Halloween Nails

I really enjoyed creating this Halloween Nail art look! I should probably try a non-Halloween Patchwork mani at some point 😀

Blue Sky Nails

blue!

blue!

This is another Mani from the 31dc2014 and I love this, it’s so pretty and delicate!

Stamped Caviar Nails

Ciate Caviar Pearls with Stamping

Ciate Caviar Pearls with Stamping

Stamping over caviar was a bit of an experiment, but it worked surprisingly well!

Camouflage Nails

Camouflage Nails

Camouflage Nails

This was another first attempt at a technique, I have to say Camouflage nails didn’t really appeal to me until I painted these!

Dripping Blood Halloween Nails

Dripping Blood Nail Art

Coming to get you!

And another Halloween mani! 😀 I think the gradient around the edge of the nail is a really interesting technique and I’m definitely going to do this next year, maybe without the drippy blood tho 🙂

Blue Water spot Nails

Blue Nails

Blue Nails

I really love how these look! Water Spotting is such an easy technique!

Birefringance with Moyou Gothic 03

Birefringence With Moyou Gothic Stamp

Birefringence stamped with Moyou Gothic 03

And finally I absolutely love this mani! I couldn’t help staring at it for days lol!

I do have some New Years Resolutions for my blog

  • Stick to a posting schedule – This is something I have had problems with this year. I’m thinking 3 posts per week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
  • Look for ways of improving my photography and maybe start making videos.
  • Buy More Polish!
  • Eat More Cake (not really blog related, but CAKE!)

Happy New Year! 😀

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