Tag Archives: Nail Art

December 5, 2014

Icy Blue Glitter Gradient

By Ruth

Hello! 😀

Snowflake Glitter Gradient

Today I have some more icy snow inspired nail to share with you!

For this I used

Filthy Gorgeous – Prism
Chit Chat – Silver Glitter
OPI – I Snow you Love Me
Illamasqua – Propaganda
Konad – SP Black
Stamping Plate HD05
Seche Vite Fast Dry Topcoat

Snowflake Glitter Gradient

I began with two coats of Chit Chat Silver Glitter over my usual base coat, then a couple of coats of Prism. Prism from Filthy Gorgeous has a clear base with scattered fine holographic glitter.

After that had dried I started fishing for glitter in the I snow you love me… I love the glitter in this polish, The suspension base, not so much, the texture really reminds me of uncooked egg white (shudders).

All this took such a long time to dry but when it eventually did, I added the Propaganda with a makeup sponge for the gradient.

The snowflakes are from stamping plate HD05. Then I finished it of with a thick coat of Seche Vite!

Blue silver and holographic Glitter gradient

I really like how this looks, it’s so sparkly in sunlight! 😀

9 Comments | tags: Chit Chat Silver, Christmas, Filthy Gorgeous Prism, Glitter, Illamasqua Propaganda, Manicure, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Stamping, Nail Varnish, Opi I Snow You Love Me, snowflake | posted in Gradient, Nail Stamping

December 3, 2014

Camouflage Nails

By Ruth

Hello! 🙂

Camouflage Nails

The pick and mix prompt I have chosen for today is Camouflage!

I haven’t tried Camo nails before and I actually really like them! It’s a very easy technique so I’m definitely going to be doing this again 🙂

As it’s winter (not that it’s snowing here) I decided on using Arctic Camouflage colours!

Glittery Camo Nails

The polished I used are

Barielle – Out-Grey-Geous
Sally Hansen – Midnight In NY
China Glaze – Pelican Grey
China Glaze – Galactic Grey
ILNP – My Private Rainbow
Seche Vite – Topcoat

I started out with two coats of Out-Grey-Geous, when It was dry I applied Pelican Grey in squiggly lines and splodges with a thin brush, when the pale grey was completely dry I did the same with Galactic Grey, but overlapping the colours slightly. When I had applied the Midnight In NY I thought it wasn’t quite sparkly enough so I added a tiny bit of My Private Rainbow over the black.

It really was, bumpy and uneven by the time I had finished, so I added two layers of topcoat!

Grey, Black and Silver Camouflage Nails

😀

11 Comments | tags: 52wpnmc‬, Barielle Out-Grey-Geous, China Glaze Galactic Grey, China Glaze Pelican Grey, Glitter, grey, Holographic, ILNP My Private Rainbow, Manicure, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Varnish, Sally Hansen Midnight In NY, silver | posted in Challenges, Nail Art

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!