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Purple and Pink Glitter Leopard Nail Art

Glitter Leopard Gradient Nails

Glitter Leopard Gradient Nails

I started with one coat of Amethyst from Sinful Colors, this polish is a really nice colour, it’s a mid purple creme, (I’ll do a swatch at some point) I used it as a base colour to tone down the very bright pink polish I chose for the gradient.

For the sponged gradient I used Black on Black also from Sinful Colors and Ulterior Motive from Color Club, which is a fantastic bright magenta pink jelly with iridescent pink and blue micro glitter. The gradient took two coats, I had to work very quickly as the glitter kept sticking to the sponge!

For the leopard print I used Moyou XL Pro Collection 04, and Konad special polish in black.

I finished it off with a coat of Seche Vite. Not including the clean up this only took me 15 minutes!

Glitter Gradient Leopard Nails

Glitter Gradient Leopard Nails


Halloween Nail Art!

Hello!

Here is my first Halloween Nail art for this year! 😀

Halloween Nail Art

Halloween Nail Art

For this I used Secret Agent from Color Club, Couture Grey from Maybelline, Night Moves From Barielle Shades, Cosmic Dust from China Glaze, Black on Black from Sinfulcolors and Konad SP in black!

Halloween Nails

Halloween Nails

I started with a sponged gradient using Secret Agent, Couture Grey and Cosmic Dust.

For the moon I used Night Moves, to get the circle I painted two thick coats onto a plastic bag and left it to dry, then peeled the polish from the bag and used a hole punch to make it! I stuck it to my nail with a dab of the grey polish and covered it with a coat of Seche Vite to secure it in place.

After all of that dried I used Konad special polish in black for the stamping, the plates I used where some cheap unbranded ones from Ebay! It did take me quite a few attempts to get a good image from them, but the final result was worth it 🙂  Then one final coat of Seche to finish it off!


Nails inc. Swatches Franklins Row, St Mark’s Square, Old Bond Street, Cheyne Walk, Clifford Street and Oxford Street.

Today I have six rather lovely nails inc. polishes to show you Franklins Row, St Mark’s Square, Old Bond Street, Cheyne Walk, Clifford Street and Oxford Street.

Franklins Row, St Mark's Square, Old Bond Street, Cheyne Walk, Clifford Street and Oxford Street.

Franklins Row, St Mark’s Square, Old Bond Street, Cheyne Walk, Clifford Street and Oxford Street.

St Mark’s Square

St Marks Square

St Marks Square

This is a really nice lilac foil, really nice to apply, good consistansy and flow from the brush, fast drying, not as much pigment as I would like but it is a very pretty colour, this was two coats.

Clifford Street

Clifford Street

Clifford Street

Clifford Street is a lovely dark purple grey creme with gold iridescent glitter, it is lovely to apply, really nice consistancy, good amount of pigment, the gold glitter adds depth to the polish. there was some dragging while I was applying this polish, this was two coats that dried quickly.

Old Bond Street

Old Bond Street

Old Bond Street

Old Bond Street is a lovely mid grey with pink shimmer.  this is a really lovely polish, such a shame it is a limited edition it is great to apply and fast drying,

Franklins Row

Franklins Row

Franklins Row

Franklins Row is a dark purple with purple and blue iridescent glitter and blue shimmer. This is an amazing colour, so sparkly! This was three coats it has a slightly sticky consistency probably from all the glitter the flow from the brush is much slower and so is harder to apply than the others.

Cheyne Walk

Cheyne Walk

Cheyne Walk

Cheyne Walk is from the Mirror Metallic range it has a pink/purple metallic finish this too 3 coats. It is a very pretty colour, easy to apply, but slower drying than I would like.

Oxford Street

Oxford Street Matte

Oxford Street Matte

Oxford Street is a matte black this was one coat dried in a matter of seconds, a bit tricky to apply because it dries so quickly, but this is a fantastic matte polish, it states on the bottle that this won’t last as long as the other Nails Inc. products. Unfortunately this is a hard to find limited edition! It has lots of pigment so was very messy to remove.


Illamasqua Swatches in Poke, Snap, Faux Pas, Propaganda, Baptiste and Scorn.

Here are six lovely polishes from Illamasqua!

Scorn

Illamasqua Scorn

Illamasqua Scorn

This lovely Black has a wonderful satin finish, It is my favorite black polish! it dries in minutes and lasts for ages! I used one coat! with no base or top coat.

Baptiste

Illamasqua Baptiste

Illamasqua Baptiste

This is a lovely metallic dark purple, it’s almost a duo-chrome it’s so shimmery (almost but not quite) it has a very high gloss finish! This took two coats again with no base or top coat!

Propaganda

Illamasqua Propaganda

Illamasqua Propaganda

Apparently this polish is getting quite hard to find, I’m so glad managed picked this up when I did! This is a very dark blue jelly it’s almost black and incredibly high gloss, the formula for this is good but it does tend to drag if you are not really careful when applying it. This was 3 coats  in daylight 2 coats would be fine but my camera was picking up every brush stroke :/

Faux Pas

Illamasqua Faux Pas

Illamasqua Faux Pas

This polish has a rubber finish, it is a lovely mid purple with a grey base for some reason it is looking more violet from my camera. This was two coats the formula is really lovely, no streaking or dragging and as with all Illamasqua polishes it dries really quickly!

Snap

Illamasqua Snap

Illamasqua Snap

This is a lovely metallic shade, it has so much shimmer that i would say its close to a foil! this was one thin coat with no base or top coats, I have found that this is a really good polish for stamping!

Poke 

Illamasqua Poke

Illamasqua Poke

I absolutely love this colour! It’s a bright purple with silver shimmer and a satin finish, the formula flows really smoothly, it dries really fast and it lasts (on my nails) all week!


Glittery Zebra Nails

I Painted this is on a lovely friend of mine!
Mad Alice Silver Zebra Nails

I used Mad Alice by Technic for the base and Barielle Night Moves for the zebra print stamp.

Technic mad alice silver zebra


Purple and Blue Rose Nail Art

My New Moyou XL stamping plates came today! Yay! I couldn’t wait to try them out, For this I used plate 07 from the pro collection.

The finished blue and purple rose nails.

The finished blue and purple rose nails.

I started off with a base of Sinfulcolors Paradise, it’s a good polish but I don’t think I would wear sky blue on it’s own. I much prefer darker shades 🙂 Then using the cling film ( or Saran wrap) technique I added Star Gazer polish number 309, it’s a really pretty dark pink jelly with iridescent pink and blue glitter. I’ll do a swatch for it at some point! 🙂

Rose Manicure