Hallo!
My social media feeds have already been inundated with red and pink Valentines day manicures… I have to say I’m really not feeling it!
So… Here are my Gothic Text nails! 😀
I used Bettina – Iron, Sinful Colors – Snow Me White and Revlon – Stiletto for the radial gradient, The text is from Moyou Gothic Plate 04 along with Hit The Bottle – Black.
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Hey Everyone 🙂
My nails today where a bit of an experiment, I needed to something to take my mind off something rather upsetting that happened yesterday.
But nails first! I’ll say a little about what happened at the end of this post.
I started off with a simple black and white french tip, I used A England Camelot and SinfulColors Snow Me White. Then using a large dotting tool I added the first layer of dots along the line of the french tip, then using a medium sized dotting tool I added the next lot of dots. After they had dried I applied a thick layer of Seche Vite.
For the watermarble I used OPI Color Paints. Magenta Muse, Purple Perspective and Turquoise Aesthetic. Then I finished it off with a coat of Illamasqua Matte Topcoat.
This mani ended up being way better than I was expecting! But you could get the same effect by stamping over a watermarble lol.
My unhappy news (I’m not going to be offended if you want to stop reading now).
I had to have one of my Ratties euthanized yesterday 😦 Wednesday night he lost the ability to stand and started having seizures.
It my vet said that it looked likely that he had a very aggressive brain tumor, and that his symptoms would only get worse.
I know having him pts was the kindest thing to do, but I’m still shocked at how quickly it happened. Up until Wednesday he was one of the biggest, strongest, healthiest, bouncy ratties that lived here with me.
It’s very sad but I know he’s not in pain, and that he’s had the best life that I could provide.
Sleep well Mr. Seth. I’m going to miss you little buddy.
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Hello! 🙂
Here are some lovely water slide decals that have been sent to me for review from Born Pretty Store
These are called “Tribal Style Nail Art Water Decals Wonderful Scenery Printed” (which is a bit of a mouthful!) and you can find them right here
I was drawn to these because I like Magpies! As well as being mischievous and very clever, they really are rather pretty!
For the base of this mani I used
The decals themselves where really easy to use, they slid easily from the backing paper and didn’t wrinkle up when placed on my nails!
These decals are really good quality, and in the pack there are enough for 2 full manicures! 🙂
if you would like a 10% discount on non sale items you can use the code RPG10 at the checkout! 🙂
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What is the Christmas Pickle?
Seriously! I have no idea what this is about! Maybe it’s because I live in the UK that I haven’t heard of this vinegary tradition, here we just bake lucky silver coins into our puddings, well you get luck or a broken tooth…
Is it a lucky pickle? If you are lucky enough to find this mystical vegetable are you blessed with a year of produce in jars? Or even a deluge of vinegar based condiments! Ugh I have so many questions.
For my pickle nails I used
I started with three coats of Samba for the base and Snow Me White for the french tip, when this had dried I applied a little Chill Out over the tips. It really does look like sparkly snow, it really is a very pretty polish.
The branches are a mixture of Omen, Rain Forest and Logan applied with a thin brush.
The little berries are a mixture of Barry M Red Glitter and Tip Your Hat, I had to mix the glitter in with another red as it’s getting old and stringy and I’ve run out of polish thinner (bad times!).
The pickle is Omen from Illamasqua with a couple of stripes of Rain Forest!
I used a lot of glitter polishes in this mani and it needed a couple of coats of Seche Vite to give it a glassy smooth finish!
I think that this is actually the most festive mani I have created this holiday season!
If you would like to see some more amazing Holiday nail art be sure to have a look at the HPB link up below!
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Here are some really pretty Magico Nail Stickers that have been sent to me for review from Born Pretty
You can find them right here Magico Paper Fan and what’s even better is at the moment they are half price, and for non sale items you can use the code RPG10 for 10% off! 🙂
In this pack there is a lovely selection of pink and white blossom, buds, petals and the cute red fans.
I was a little bit worried that these stickers might be slightly transparent and the black stamping would show through the stickers, but I’m pleased to say that it didn’t at all.
One thing I did find a little bit annoying about them is they don’t stick very well to Seche Vite, they kept peeling up at the edges. To make sure that it wasn’t a problem with the stickers after I had removed this mani I tried a couple of the flowers over Nails Inc 2 in 1, and there was no sign of the peely edges!
The other stuff I used for this
I think these stickers are a really nice quality product that’s really easy to use!
Hey everyone! 🙂
I have to admit that I’m feeling so incredibly un-festive, I have been trying to create christmasy nails but it’s just not working…
I think I’m going to stick with winter nails for now 🙂
This is a base of Snow Me White from Sinful Colors, with a coat of China Glaze Make A Spectacle.
The tape decided that it didn’t want to play nice, it kept curling up at the edges, and generally not sticking to the polish, in hindsight I should have added a layer of topcoat over the glitter… 
Then I added a coat of Camelot from A England and removed the tape, then added my topcoat to smooth it all.
Yay for non christmasy candy cane! 😀
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The Adorned Claw 