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Hallo! For day 25 of the (am I ever going to get this finished) 31DC2014 challenge, I have chosen this rather amazing dress from the Fall/winter 2014 collection from Alexander McQueen!
Alexander McQueen Fall/Winter 2014-2015
The whole collection is rather amazing! you can find more of the collection here
Anyway on to the nails!
I used Tickle My French-y from O.P.I for the nude base then the Black is Twilight from Filthy Gorgeous, and the white is Ivory Skull from Sally Hansen.
I have to admit that I’m not amazingly happy with how this turned out, It looked a lot closer to what I had imagined before I applied the top coat, the brush strokes gave it a lot more of a textured almost fuzzy look, rather than my nails looking a bit like moldy strawberries lol!
I started out with 3 coats of the O.P.I polish, it’s a lovely colour that I won in a giveaway along with 3 other O.P.Is 😀 I’ll post swatches and a proper thank you to the lovely lady who ran it when I eventually finish this challenge!
Then using a thin brush I painted on the zig-zag pattern and started to fill in the rest of my nail with the black, then I added the white in wiggly lines…
I’m annoyed that I didn’t think to take photographs before adding the top coat 
but I had to take this off quite quickly because of having a job interview so I had to have slightly more sensible nails!
Even though this didn’t turn out as well as I had hoped (I’m going to blame the fact that I’m dreadfully out of practice) It’s not that terrible, I think this would look nice with replacing the white with a bright colour, maybe a neon blue or purple!
2 Comments | tags: 31DC2014, Black, Filthy Gorgeous Twilight, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Varnish, Nude, OPI Tickle My Frenchy, Sally Hansen Ivory Skull, White | posted in Challenges, Nail Art
Rainbow Nails
here are my rainbow nails for day 9 I started with a coat of white, I used Ivory Skull from Sally Hansen.
Then I used these polishes for the gradient,
- Illamasqua – Poke
- China Glaze – Frostbite
- Sinful Colors – Happy Ending
- Maybelline – Electric
- Rimmel – Double Decker Red
It took three coats, then I applied a thin coat of Prism from Filthy Gorgeous for some sparkle.
After fighting with nail tape for around half an hour I gave up and freehand painted the stripes, which is why they are a bit wobbly lol!
rainbow nails
I think these are a bit too bright and colorful for me!
6 Comments | tags: 31DC2014, China Glaze Frostbite, gradient, Holographic, Illamasqua Poke, Maybelline Electric Yellow, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Varnish, nailpolish, Rainbow Nails, Rimmel London Double Decker Red, Sally Hansen Ivory Skull, Sinful Colors Happy Ending | posted in Challenges, Gradient, Nail Art
I made my first franken polish! 😀
I had a clear mini polish ( I think it was a top coat) from a cheap glitter set I picked up, and I knew that I was never going to use it so instead of leaving at the back of a draw, forgotten and covered in dust I decided to mix it with some other polishes to make something I would (hopefully) like and use!
Blue Jelly Sandwich
I emptied the mini clear polish into a larger nail polish bottle then I added around eight drops of Propaganda from Illamasqua, I really love the dark blue colour of Propaganda, it’s so intensely pigmented that eight drops was enough for the blue colour.
I wanted my blue jelly to have a bit of shimmer so I mixed in some Mikado from Astor, this is a teal/green duo-chrome (ish) colour. I have swatched this polish once and it’s not as nice on as it looks in the bottle, so i’m glad that I got to use it for something. I must have added around twenty drops of it before I was happy with it.
Then I added four/five drops of Strap On Your Moon Boots from China Glaze, as you can’t go wrong with a bit of holo sparkle!
My First Franken Polish
For the stamp I used Ivory Skull from Sally Hansen and Moyou Suki collection plate 02 I used three coats of my franken jelly polish with a stamp between each layer!
I’m rubbish at naming things so… What do you think I should I call my new polish?
6 Comments | tags: blue, Frankenpolish, Glitter, Holographic, iridescent, Moyou Suki Collection, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Stamping, Nail Varnish, nailpolish, Sally Hansen Ivory Skull | posted in Franken Polish, Nail Art, Nail Stamping
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 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 weather has been so horrid recently, all grey and miserable. So I decided that painting some bright sparkly nails would cheer myself up! 😀
Pink Panda Nails ( and yes my hand is upside down)
I don’t think that you could get much more bright and sparkly than this! 😀
I started by making the Pandas using the Stamping Decal technique, using Bundle Monster Plate BM-424. Using Konad special polish black and Sally Hansen-Ivory Skull along with my Color Club topcoat.
While they where drying I applied two coats of Essie-Tour De Finance, followed by one very thin coat of No7- Sparkling Silver, I only have a tiny bit left and this polish was discontinued years ago (cries) but I have found the closest Polish like it, Fairy Dust from China Glaze!
Podgy Panda On My Thumb
I used more of the top coat to stick the Decals to my nails, lucky it’s not a fast drying one, as I had to poke them around a bit to get them into the right place! And then squash them a bit to get an annoying bubble out from underneath
The Bamboo image was also on Bundle Monster Plate BM-424 and again I used Konad SP in black.
I still haven’t found a better black stamping polish than the Konad one. I know that Moyou have recently brought out a range of stamping polishes but I haven’t seen any good reviews
Panda Nails
I finished them all of with another coat of Color Club topcoat. Amazingly it covered up all the little crinkles and fingerprints from my poking and squishing!
After having a play about with the stamping decal technique I really think it’s something I’m going to be doing a lot more of! It’s so much fun and it’s really opened up a whole new dimension to using stamping plates! I might even write a tutorial about it… But I think I need a bit more practice first! 🙂
9 Comments | tags: Bamboo, Bamboo Nail Art, Black, BM-424, Bundle Monster, color club, Essie, Essie Tour De Finance, Glitter, Holographic, Konad special polish, Nail Art, Nail polish, Nail Stamping, Nail Varnish, No7 Sparkling Silver, Panda, Pink, Sally Hansen, Sally Hansen Ivory Skull, Stamped Decal, White | posted in Nail Art, Nail Stamping
The Adorned Claw 