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I have wanted to do some sugar skull nails for ages! And I have finally got the chance to do them 😀
Sugar Skulls
I started with two coats of Poke from Illamasqua. Poke has to be one of my favorite purple varnishes! It’s so vibrant 😀 for the skulls I made decals using this technique here! I used Ivory Skull from Sally Hansen and Hot Like Lava from Color Club along with Konad special polish in black for the stamping!
I used plate BM-413 from the Bundle Monster CYO set. I found that the large skull image was fine for my thumb nail but it was a little bit wide for my ring finger. it took a bit of repositioning the decal before it looked right.
on my other fingers I used one coat of Black Magic from Revlon topped with Chit Chat Pink Glitter!
Sugar Skull nails
I am definitely going to be doing something like this around Halloween! 😀
12 Comments | tags: Black, Bundle Monster CYO, Chit Chat Pink Glitter, Color Club Hot Like Lava, Halloween, Illamasqua Poke, Konad special polish Black, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Stamping, Nail Varnish, nailpolish, purple, Sally Hansen Ivory Skull, Skull | posted in Nail Art, Nail Stamping
I have some subtle grey and silver nails today, they actually turned out to be a lot more subtle than I was expecting!
I started out with three coats of Pelican Grey from China Glaze, It’s a lovely pale grey with a slight silver shimmer, then I used Cosmic Dust which is also from China Glaze, to create the gradient and stamp the accent nail.
My camera was actually behaving today! so here is a bonus close up of the stamping 🙂
The plate I used is from Messy Mansion MM16 it is available here.
I finished it off with a coat of Seche Vite.
I’m so not used to not having bright colours and black on my nails that my hands don’t look like my own oO I’m not sure that I like it lol
7 Comments | tags: China Glaze Cosmic Dust, China Glaze Pelican Grey, grey, Holographic, Messy Mansion, Messy Mansion MM16, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Stamping, Nail Varnish, nailpolish, Seche Vite, silver, silver nails, silver shimmer | posted in Gradient, Nail Art, Nail Stamping
I’m not really going to do science, just some science inspired nails 😀
The plate I used today is from Messy Mansion, its plate MM25 and you can find it right here. 😀
Science Nails!
I started by painting my thumb and ring finger with two coats of Revlon Black Magic
On my other fingers I added a coat of French White from Nina Pro with two coats of Barry M Acid Yellow over the top, I used the coat of white polish to make the yellow really glow!
When that was all dry I topped it off with a coat of Barielle Shades Stardust for some sparkles and then and then a thin layer of topcoat.
Science!
For the stamping I used Barielle Shades night moves for the silver and Konad Special Stamping Polish in Black for the images over the yellow.
Then a coat of color club topcoat to seal in the design, there was a tiny bit of streaking form the konad polish 
I didn’t really like this when I had finished it I think it was because of the colour and that I ended up using a lot of polish it felt very thick
But now that I’m looking at the photographs I really like it! 🙂
11 Comments | tags: Barielle Shades Night Moves, Barielle Shades Stardust, Barry M Acid Yellow, Black, Glitter, iridescent, Messy Mansion, Messy Mansion MM25, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Stamping, Nail Varnish, nailpolish, Neon, Nina Ultra Pro French White, Revlon Black Magic, silver, Yellow | posted in Nail Art, Nail Stamping
Something rather strange happened today… I was planning on creating a stamped gradient but I did the sponging and my nails where so pretty that I just couldn’t bring myself to stamp over them! oO
Blue Black Gradient
I started with two coats of Black Magic from Revlon, and made the gradient with Sally Hansen Diamond Strength in Pure Midnight and Cold Metal from Color Club.
It’s so shimmery and sparkly! 😀
Blue Black Gradient
I think this is a case of less is more!
5 Comments | tags: Black, blue, Blue Black Gradient, color club, Color Club Cold Metal, Foil Polish, gradient, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Varnish, nailpolish, Revlon, Revlon Black Magic, Sally Hansen, Sally Hansen Pure Midnight, Seche Vite | posted in Gradient, Nail Art
Here are my stripey nails for the Golden Oldie Thursday Challenge 🙂 After all the pink flowers from my last post I needed something simple and not too complicated!
GOT polish Stripes
I started off with a thin coat of silver polish from Eyeko just on the top half of my nail, when it was dry I used some striping tape to mask off where I wanted the stripes to be, then I applied a thick coat of the vamp polish and removed the tape before it dried!
It’s so easy! the only fiddly bit was lining up the tape! I really should use my striping tape more! 😀
Eyeko polish
Look at how old those bottles are! 😀 The silver one was the first metallic/chrome polish I ever brought I think it was from Superdrug! The vamp polish joined my collection a couple of years later, it’s a blue black, and there’s nothing nasty about it!
GOT polish Stripes
Don’t forget to check out the Pinterest page of the other fantastic Got Polish Challenge nails! You can find that right here 😀
15 Comments | tags: Black, Eyeko, Eyeko Silver Polish, Eyeko Vamp Polish, GOT Polish Challenge, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Varnish, nailpolish, silver, Stripe, Striping Tape Nail Art | posted in Challenges, Nail Art
I have been making stamped decals again! 😀 this time I used images from two of my Moyou plates, 01 and 02 from the Suki Collection.
The polishes I used!
- Barielle Shades – Grape Escape
- Color Club – Ulterior Motive
- Revlon – Sweet Revenge (the pink one from the duo)
- Barry M – Shocking Pink
- Sally Hansen – Ivory Skull
- Revlon – Calla Lily
- Konad Special Polish – Black
- Color Club – Topcoat
Pink and Purple Cherry Blossom
I started off by making the flowers, you can find how I made them here.
I used Grape Escape and sponged on a little Ulterior Motive on the tips as the base colour, when that was dry I applied the flowers using the Color Club Topcoat like glue! 😀
When that was all dry, I applied a couple more coats of topcoat to seal all of my decals in! In some places on my nails there must be at least 6 layers of polish, it feels really thick like Gel! It took ages to dry, about half an hour
Cherry Blossom
I really liked making the cherry blossom decals, even tho the tiny flowers where a bit fiddly to paint! The time it took to get them all on my nails was rather a lot longer than I would have liked, then getting them to stick was a pain! I think that it’s because I made them to thick, but I’m going to have to try out some other clear polishes to find the best one for decal making! 😀
This is still quite a new technique to me, practice makes perfect and all that! 😀
10 Comments | tags: Barielle Shades, Barielle Shades Grape Escape, Barry M, Barry M Shocking Pink, Cherry Blossom, color club, Color Club Ulterior Motive, Glitter, Konad special polish, MoYou, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Stamping, Nail Varnish, Pink, purple, Revlon, Revlon Calla Lily, Revlon Sweet Revenge, Sally Hansen, Sally Hansen Ivory Skull | posted in Nail Art, Nail Stamping
The Adorned Claw 