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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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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 leadlight nail art

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.

tropical fish leadlight nail art

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

Tropical Fish Leadlight Nail Art

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

fish tank

Fish Tank!

In a couple of months when the plants have grown in a bit I think it’s going to look lovely!

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December 21, 2014

Winter Trees

By Ruth

Hallo!

Winter Tree Nail Art

Winter Tree Nail Art

Just in time for this weeks pick and mix challenge! I decided to go with the glitter topper from this weeks two prompts.

Winter Tree Nail Art Moyou Mother Nature 14

Moyou Mother Nature 14

For this I used

  • Sinful Colors – Cool Grey
  • Barry M – Crystal Glaze
  • E.L.F – Matte Finisher
  • Konad – Black
  • Moyou – Mother Nature Plate 14
  • Seche Vite
Winter Tree Nail Art

Matte Iridescent Glitter

I really love how adding matte topcoat over Iridescent flakie glitter looks like opal! 😀



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December 13, 2014

Gold and Red Chevrons

By Ruth

Hi!

It’s been ages since my last post! Sorry about that!

Before I run out of time here is my Pick and Mix Mani for this week! This weeks prompts are Red, Gold and Chevron.

Gold and Red Chevron Nail Art Taras Talons Zombie Blood and Revlon Golden

Taras Talons Zombie Blood and Revlon Golden

For this I used Zombie Blood from this years Halloween range from the lovely Taras Talons, It really is a glorious red jelly! The green holographic glitters are wonderful.

The gold polish is from Revlon and it’s called Golden.

Gold and Red Chevron Nail Art Taras Talons Zombie Blood and Revlon Golden

very festive colours

I didn’t want to add to much gold to this mani, Zombie Blood Is so lovely I didn’t want to cover it up!

Gold and Red Chevron Nail Art Taras Talons Zombie Blood and Revlon Golden

So much glitter! 😀

I applies three coats of the red polish then when it had dried I used striping tape to create the Chevrons and the triangle shapes and carefully added two coats of golden.

Gold and Red Chevron Nail Art Taras Talons Zombie Blood and Revlon Golden

Lovely, lovely striping tape

This really is such a festive look!

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December 5, 2014

Icy Blue Glitter Gradient

By Ruth

Hello! 😀

Snowflake Glitter Gradient

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

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

Blue silver and holographic Glitter gradient

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

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December 3, 2014

Camouflage Nails

By Ruth

Hello! 🙂

Camouflage Nails

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!

Camouflage Nails

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!

Camouflage Nails

Grey, Black and Silver Camouflage Nails

😀



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