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Today’s GOT polish challenge is chevron nails!
My first attempt at this was with my Messy Mansion chevron stamping plate, I tried to do a black and white gradient with the stamp in reverse over the top, unfortunately my white polish isn’t so good over black and it all went grey 
I really like the look and I’ll be trying it with different polishes…
My second attempt was a lot more successful!
Free Hand Chevron Nails
I free handed these! Not a single scrap of tape in sight! I was expecting this to be a horrible mess but I’m honestly really surprised at how well these turned out!
I started out with two coats of White on White from China Glaze, then I used Style Slave from 17 for the first chevron followed by Grey from Barry M, and finally Black On Black from Sinful Colors.
I overlapped the different polishes to make sure the lines where even. Like a very simple fishtail braid mani!
Black White Silver Grey Chevron Nail Art
The oldest polish I used is Style Slave, I must have owned this one for at least 10 years! Barry M Grey I have had for about three years, the Black on Black from Sinful Colors and White on White from China Glaze I haven’t had s as long!
Don’t forget to have a look at the GOT polish pinterest page
Here’s s quick recap of the rules:
- The polish you use should be at least one year old.
- If you haven’t been a polishaholic that long, you can use the oldest polishes you have.
- The polish should be previously used, but if you’re stuck, you could free a yearling from Mount Untried.
- You can use more than 1 polish as long as it fits the theme and the rules.
Chevron Nails
5 Comments | tags: Barry M, Barry M Grey, Black, China Glaze White on White, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Varnish, nailpolish, silver, Sinful Colors Black on Black, Style Slave fast finish 17 | posted in Challenges, Nail Art
I decided that the Ducato polish from my last post would make a nice base colour for some stamping, and I finally get to use one of my new Moyou plates! 😀
I used plate 08 from the Suki collection.
Suki Collection 08
I’m so glad that the cloud pattern on the plate is big enough for my whole nail, even my thumb! I find that on a lot of the large image/picture plates most of the individual patterns are just too small.
For stamping the clouds I used Lumin-Iceant from Color Club. The range of foil polishes from Color Club are amazing for stamping! 😀
The butterflies (I think they look more like bows) are also from the same Suki plate, I used Konad special polish in Black. it was a bit fiddly to clean the stamp up quickly enough before applying them to my nails.
Moyou Suki 08 over Ducato Polish
I really like the grey/silver combination even tho my camera decided to show more of the blue tones in this polish.
I think that if i redo this mani I’ll use a couple of larger butterflies rather than lots of small ones!
Moyou Suki 08 over Ducato Polish
6 Comments | tags: Black, Color Club Lumin-Iceant, Ducato, grey, Japanese Nail Polish, Konad special polish Black, MoYou, Moyou Suki Collection, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Stamping, Nail Varnish, nailpolish, silver | posted in Nail Art, Nail Stamping
Today I have another lovely Japanese nail polish to show you 🙂
Ducato Nail Polish 04
I have no idea what the shade is called other than Color 04!
It is a pretty pale grey cream with a slight purple tint. the bottle holds 10ml.
Ducato Nail Polish 04
The brush is flat and quite a bit wider than the brushes in the other Japanese polishes I have tried so far.
I found that the formula was a little bit on the thin side, but it has a nice amount of pigment and it flowed very nicely from the brush so the application was very smooth.
This is three coats with no top coat, it dried really quickly and it’s very glossy!
Ducato Nail Polish 04
I really like the colour of this polish! I think that the purple tint makes the grey seem so much warmer!
6 Comments | tags: grey, Japanese Nail Polish, Nail polish, Nail Varnish, nailpolish, purple, swatches | posted in Swatches
This is my first ever (just about) successful water marble! 😀 It’s taken me ages just to get this technique to actually work! *does happy dance*
Black and silver water marble
It’s far from perfect, there are loads of bubbles and I missed a big bit on my thumb also the clean up was an absolute nightmare! Even with taping up my fingers, the silver polish is lovely but the sparkles are really sticky!
Black and silver water marble
I started off with a base of Pumice from Sally Hansen, I created the water marble in a paper cup with two polishes from Orly, Liquid Vinyl which is a glossy black creme and Dazzle which is the sparkly silver metallic.
I found it worked best when the water was slightly cooler than skin temperature rather than at room temperature, I was in my kitchen and it tends to be a bit cold in there!
Black and silver water marble
I am so happy that I have finally managed to do a water marble! 😀
19 Comments | tags: Black, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Varnish, nailpolish, Orly, Orly Dazzle, Orly Liquid Vinyl, Sally Hansen Pumice, silver, Water Marble | posted in Nail Art, Water Marble
Today I have some very Anti Valentine’s day nails to show you!
Anti Valentines Day Nails
I don’t think I could have made this any less valentine’sy!
I started out with two coats of Pumice From Sally Hansen, then using a make up sponge I applied patches of Pure Midnight which is also a Sally Hansen Polish.
Then I used a combination of cling film and tiny bits of sponge to add Barry M Grey, China Glaze Galactic Grey and Color Club Shabby Drab to create the stone effect.
Anti Valentines Nail Art
I used two Bundle Monster Plates BM-426 and BM-413 for the stamping, I used Konad Special Polish in Black, then with a thin brush I added some Lumin-iceant from Color Club to the letters.
I also used Lumin-iceant for the stamping on my thumb, unfortunately it doesn’t show as well as I would like 😦
Anti Valentines day Nail Art
I finished it off with a coat of Seche Vite, but then decided it would look better in matte so I added a coat of Matte Finisher from E.L.F!
I think that’s enough hate nails from me! And I hope you have a lovely Valentine’s day what ever you are doing! 🙂
12 Comments | tags: Barry M Grey, Black, BM-413, BM-426, Bundle Monster CYO, China Glaze Galactic Grey, Color Club Lumin-Iceant, Color Club Shabby Drab, E.L.F Matte Finisher, grey, Holographic, Konad special polish Black, Matte, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Stamping, Nail Varnish, nailpolish, Sally Hansen Pumice, Sally Hansen Pure Midnight, Seche Vite, silver, Valentine's day | posted in Nail Art, Nail Stamping
Here are my Valentines day nails for todays got polish challenge! I have to say I’m really not into the whole Valentines day thing, I find it all far to commercialized and a bit cheap… But enough of me grumbling lol!
Valentine’s Day Nail Art
I started out by making the little stamped decals using Bundle monster BM-401, for the stamping I used Konad special polish in black. Then color club ulterior motive for half of the hearts and Maybelline Flash Cosmic with a coat of Barry m shocking pink over the top for the rest.
Valentine’s Day nail art
While I was waiting for my decals to dry I used Sinful Colors Bubbly and Barry m shocking pink to create a sponged gradient, Bubbly is a polish from my unused pile along with the Maybelline glitter polish. Then I stamped with China Glaze Cosmic Dust using Moyou Pro Collection XL plate 04 for the leopard print. I used topcoat to stick on the decals, and added a few dots of Ulterior motive. then another layer of top coat to even it all out!
Valentine’s Day Nails
This didn’t turn out quite how I was expecting! But for pink and girly it’s not that bad….
Remember to have a look at the GOT polish Pinterest page for more Valentine’s Day nail art!
18 Comments | tags: Barry M Shocking Pink, Bundle Monster CYO, China Glaze Cosmic Dust, Color Club Ulterior Motive, Glitter, GOT Polish Challenge, gradient, Holographic, Konad special polish Black, Manicure, Maybelline Flash Cosmic, Moyou Pro Collection, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Stamping, Nail Varnish, nailpolish, Pink, Sinful Colors Bubbly, Valentine's day, White | posted in Challenges, Gradient, Nail Art, Nail Stamping
The Adorned Claw 