Pick A Polish: OPI - Can't Find My Czechbook

Hello lovelies. How are you all? I've just been looking at holidays.. so I am now feeling all excited!

I'm back with this week's Pick A Polish post, this week we have a lovely blue polish; OPI - Can't Find My Czechbook. This was one of the first polishes I got from OPI about a year ago and since then I have collected many more OPI polishes.. I used to use this one a lot but haven't used it as much lately. 

To see what I came up with read on after the jump.

Copycat Saturday: Blue Floral Manicure

Hello everyone. How are you all? I'm trying to catch up on blog posts today, what with my new job and everything that I've had going on lately my nails have taken a bit of a back seat.. but I am determined to keep up with my current posting schedule!

So for this week's Copycat Saturday post I decided to recreate this design by Raggio Di Luna Nails. If you don't already follow this girl, go check her out she does some flawless nail art!

For more details on this manicure read on after the jump.

Copycat Saturday: Red and Gold Hearts.

Hi everyone.

I have the first of two posts for you today, up first is this week's Copycat Saturday. I was still feeling in the Valentines spirit after the Week of Love Challenge so I decided to recreate this design which is by esnail. 

For full details please click below.

Week Of Love Valentines Challenge - Freestyle/Recreate Another's

Hi everyone. Happy Valentines Day! I have had a very busy morning this morning but now I am waiting for my boyfriend to come home so we can spend the rest of the day together :).

It's the last day of the challenge, I am kinda sad it's over! I love taking part in these challenges. The last theme is freestyle/recreate another's, I decided to go with the latter and recreate this design by b_jessica_3 on instagram. If you aren't already following her go check her out as her nails are gorgeous!

To see my version of this design read on after the jump.

Week Of Love Valentines Nail Art Challenge - Roses

Hi everyone. I hope you are all well. I nearly forgot to post this today, I got carried away swatching and suddenly remembered I hadn't published this.. but luckily I remembered :).

We are half way through the Week Of Love and today's theme is roses. I haven't done a rose manicure in ages so I was really excited to have another go at them. 

To see what I came up with read on after the jump.

February Tri Polish Challenge: Brown, Pink and Grey.

Hello lovelies. How are you all? Another morning post from me today, it feels strange that I'm being a bit organised!

I'm back with the first instalment of the Tri Polish Challenge for February, this month the three colours are brown, pink and grey. When I first saw these I wondered whether I would be able to make them work together, they sounded like an odd combination.. but so far I think I have done okay.

The three colours I chose today are China Glaze - Ingrid, Barielle - U-Concrete-Me and OPI - Suzi's Hungary Again.

To see what I did this week click below.

Pick A Polish: Picture Polish - Shy Violet.

Hello my loves. Happy Monday. I'm on a late shift today so I have decided to do a morning post for you, so I don't have to rush it when I get home from work.

I am back today with this week's Pick A Polish, this week I chose piCture pOlish - Shy Violet. This is a brand I love, but I only own a few polishes by them.. I think that may possibly change in the future!

Read on after the jump.

Pick A Polish: Wingdust - Space Cadet

Hi loves. I hope you have all had a good Monday. It's a late post for me today, I got stuck on the phone after my shift so have only just managed to sit down to post this.

It's time for Pick A Polish again, this week we have an indie; Wingdust - Space Cadet.

Click below for swatches and some nail art.

Copycat Saturday: Colourful Sponged Manicure

Hello loves. How are you all? I hope you all have wonderful weekends. My laptop is doing strange things at the moment.. I hope it doesn't die on me :(.

For Copycat Saturday this week I recreated this design by Polish You Pretty. I have always known about their blog, but have only literally just found their bloglovin' button so have only just started following them properly (it's hidden right at the bottom). But I have had this design pinned on my pinterest for ages so I figured it was finally time to give it a go.

For more pictures click below.

Abstract Floral Print.

Hi everyone. How was your day? Mine was busy and I still have lots to do, I'm glad I wrote this post up in advance!

Today I have another random manicure to show you all. I saw a top whilst I was out with a print like this on, so I decided to put it on my nails. I'm not sure if it is meant to be, but it reminds me of flowers, so that is what I am going with.

For full details on this manicure click below.

Copycat Saturday: Skulls and Diamonds

Hello lovelies. How are you all? I'm glad its the weekend (as usual) and I am looking forward to a meal out with my friends this evening.

Its time for this week's Copycat manicure and this week I have recreated this design by XOXO Alexis Leigh. I haven't copied this one exactly, I have made a couple of changes (mainly because I don't own suitable stamping plates) but it is definitely very similar.

Click below for full details on this manicure.

Gold Chain V-Gaps

Hi everyone. I hope you are all well. I am feeling super tired today since my body didn't want to let me sleep last night, I think I will be having an early night tonight. 

I have another random manicure for you today. I felt like wearing something a bit more classy (in my opinion anyway) on my nails, I think with all the crazy Christmas nails I had been doing I needed a bit of a palette cleanser. So this is what I came up with..

For full details on this manicure click below.

Soundwave Nails.

Hello lovelies. I hope you all had fun celebrating the new year. 

I wasn't really sure where I was going with today's manicure, I just sat down and thought I would see where the wind took me. The final outcome I think is reminiscent of sound-waves so that is what I have named this manicure.

For full details on this manicure click below.

Pick A Polish: OPI - Sparrow Me The Drama

Hi loves. How are we all? I can't believe it is New Years Eve tomorrow already, it's crept up so fast.

It's time for this week's Pick A Polish manicure. The polish for this week is OPI - Sparrow Me The Drama. Doing these posts every week has made me realise how many pink polishes I own, nearly every week has been a pink polish so far lol. I promise I do own other colours too!

I got this polish a while ago on ebay.. I am not 100% sure if it is real because the bottle feels very slightly different from the rest of my OPI's, but it still does the job and I got it cheap so I am not going to complain.

Sparrow Me The Drama is a rosy pink cream. This photo shows 3 coats without topcoat. It was fairly opaque and was almost okay in two coats, however there were a few slight bald spots so I added a third to even it out completely. I had no issues with the application.

Click below to see the nail art I created..

12 Days Of Christmas Challenge: Day 12 - Freestyle Christmas Mani

Hello my loves. I hope everyone is okay. I'm not very well at all today, I have had to take the day off work. I hope I shake this off before Christmas! I'm glad I had this post written up in advance because I think I need to go back to bed now lol.

It's the final day of the challenge, as I have said previously I shall definitely miss doing this. I'm not sure I'll know what to blog about now I won't have a theme to use lol. Maybe I need to find another challenge to join :).

Today's theme is a freestyle Christmas mani, so I took that as anything Christmassy. I wanted to do something a bit different and when I came across this design by Nails by Kayla Shevonne I decided that I needed to try it. I was going to try and think up a design myself and be original, but her mani was way cooler than anything I was thinking anyway lol.

Click below for more.

12 Days Of Christmas Challenge: Day 11 - Christmas Trees

Hi everybody. I hope everyone has exciting weekends ahead of them. I am feeling rather under the weather so I think I shall spend mine resting.

Its day 11 of the challenge, just one more prompt after this :(. Today the theme is Christmas Trees. 

I was experimenting with my Color Club topcoat to see what its like with nail art, and it smudged my baubles :(. So apologies for that, CC topcoat is good but not quite as good as Seche Vite in my opinion.

Click below for more.

12 Days Of Christmas Challenge: Day 10 - Santa

Hello my loves. How are we all? One more day til the weekend!

It's day 10 of the challenge, we are so close to the end now. I will miss this challenge once it is over, I have really enjoyed participating. Today the theme is Santa.

Obviously I painted the man himself.

Click below for more..

12 Days Of Christmas Challenge: Day 9 - Snowmen

Hi everyone. How are you all? I am needing the weekend already!

It's day 9 of the challenge, today's prompt is snowmen. I was really looking forward to today's theme, I have seen so many cute snowmen nails and I couldn't wait to do some of my own.

I came across this design and fell in love so this is what I went with. Plus its based on The Snowman which I used to watch over and over again as a child.

Read on after the jump.

12 Days Of Christmas Challenge: Day 7 - Christmas Animals

Hi lovelies. I hope you're all well. I have had a super stressful day and need a break but I still have to work tomorrow, waah!

It's day 7 of the 12 Days Of Christmas Challenge and today's prompt is Christmas animals. I thought long and hard about what animals to do, I was planning on trying to do something different. But in the end I just went with very unoriginal Rudolph nails.

You can't really go wrong with Rudolph though can you.

My base colour is OPI - Don't Burst My Bubble.

The reindeer's heads are OPI - A Taupe The Space Needle and the antlers are OPI - Warm Me Up. Although these two colours don't actually look as different as I was expecting them to.

I added the eyes with a dotting tool using Color Club - White and Rimmel - Black Cab. For the noses I used a coat of China Glaze - Hey Sailor and then a coat of OPI - Underneath The Mistletoe. I wish I had used a more bright, glittery red.

I'm not in love with these, but they are definitely not my worst effort. I probably could have made them better but I was a bit rushed whilst doing these.

What are your thoughts? Let me know in the comments.

Thanks for looking.

12 Days Of Christmas Challenge: Day 6 - Christmas Decorations

Hi everyone. Happy hump day! Although I have the day off and am working on Saturday, so its not really hump day for me.

We're at the half way point of the 12 Days of Christmas Challenge, today's theme is Christmas Decorations. 

Since this is the first Christmas I have been moved out of my parents house I had a lot of fun choosing all my own Christmas decorations for my flat. I decided to do my nails based on the decorations I have on my tree because I like them so much.

I started with a base of Color Club - White on my index, middle finger and pinky. For my thumb and ring finger I used OPI - Can't Find My Czechbook.

On my thumb I did some tinsel. I used a detail brush and Color Club - White, La Femme - Disco and Barry M - Boots C (what a creative name).

For my baubles I used OPI - Dining Al Frisco on my index finger and OPI - Tiffany Case on my middle finger. The silver is Avon - Mercury Metal and the black string is Rimmel - Black Cab.

On my ring finger I freehanded the snowflake using Avon - Mercury Metal and added a bit of Barry M - Boots C over the top for some added sparkle! On my little finger I did the star using OPI - Tiffany Case. All the round glittery bits are individually placed pieces of glitter from OPI - I Snow You Love Me.

Here's a close up shot my boyfriend took of our Christmas tree to give you an idea of what I was working from. We also have white tinsel with little iridescent sparkly bits, shiny blue baubles and glittery blue stars (in a similar style to that tree).

I really liked these, they have kind of an icy feeling which is what my tree is like also. I'm gonna be sad when I have to take my tree down this year!

Let me know what you think in the comments.

Thanks for looking.