Tag Archives: Nail Art

January 7, 2015

Blue Dotty Funky French!

By Ruth

Hello everyone!

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

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!

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 5, 2015

Holographic Grey Nails with MM16

By Ruth

Hello! 🙂

mm16

Todays nails are actually the ones I created for last weeks pick and mix challenge, I just didn’t have time to post them, so here they are now 🙂

Galactic Grey

I used a base of China Glaze Galactic Grey, Over the top I stamped an image from Messy Mansion plate MM16 using Konad SP black Than a coat of Seche Vite and a quick clean up and it was finished!

Holographic Grey

It took 20 minutes including drying times! 🙂

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January 4, 2015

Double Gradient Nail Art!

By Ruth

Hello!

I hope you are having a lovely start to 2015!

Three Shades Of Purple

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

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.

Stripy!

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

Purple Gradient

8 Comments | tags: Barielle Shades Grape Escape, Chanel Vendetta, China Glaze Get Outta My Space, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Stamping, Nail Varnish, Seche Vite, Striping Tape Nail Art | posted in Challenges, Gradient, Nail Art

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

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 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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

Birefringance with Moyou Gothic 03

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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December 23, 2014

Thoroughly Unfestive Tropical Fish Manicure!

By Ruth

Hello! 🙂

Today I have some thoroughly unfestive tropical fish nail art to share with you 🙂

Tropical Fish

I recently replanted my fish tank with loads of plants! It looks really nice now and my fish look really happy (well as happy as fish can look)!

For this I started with a couple of coats of Lumin-iceant from Color Club, I really like this polish, it’s a blue toned silver foil polish and it’s opaque in one coat.

MM21 and MM09

I used two stamping plates from Messy Mansion, MM21 for the scales and MM09 for the fish, along with konad special polish in black.

For the leadlighting chose to use some tinted polishes that I mixed myself, you can find the post about them Here. I used my dark blue, purple and red ones.

Tropical Fish Leadlight Nail Art

Here’s a bonus (rather rubbish) photo of my fish tank.