Halloween Cobwebs.

Hello lovelies, I hope everyone is well. I am trying to make the most of my weekend before I go back to work on Monday :(.

Today I have some Halloween themed nails to show you. As much as I love Halloween  I haven't felt very inspired to do lots of Halloween nail designs. This is the only one I have done so far, and its nothing too adventurous. 

I started with a base OPI - Peace & Love & OPI. 

I then freehanded the cobwebs using a striping brush and a white creme.

That is all there was to it. These were much easier to do than I had first anticipated.

I was pretty happy with these, I think using a duo-chrome as a base makes it look a bit more interesting.

Have you been getting in the Halloween spirit this year?

Thanks for looking.

Waterspotted Sea Shells

Hello everyone. I'm back from my holiday now, I got back the early hours of Wednesday morning. It was lovely to have a week away but it went way too fast!

Today I have a rather unseasonal design to show you, I did this a few days before I went on holiday so I was feeling a bit summery. I had also recently bought some seashell studs from She Sells Seashells and was dying to use them. 

I started with a white base and then added a coat of piCture pOlish - Majesty over this. This gave it a nice subtle little shimmer, but it doesn't really come across in my photos too well.

I then did the waterspotting technique using Sally Hansen - Fairy Teal. This took me quite a few goes to get right, but I got there in the end! I think most people do it using a spray but I used this technique here. 

I then added the studs on with my topcoat, however as my nails are very curved they didn't sit flat so didn't last very long. In future if I wanted to keep them on for more than a day I would use nail glue. But these still might be my favourite studs ever, soo pretty!

This design came out completely different to how I imagined it in my head, I think my waterspotting skills may just need a bit of refining. But still it's not too bad for a first attempt. It definitely reminds me of the sea though which is what I was going for.

What do you guys think?

Thanks for stopping by.

Waterfall Half Moons

Hello everyone. This is my final scheduled post, by this time I will be nearing the end of my holiday and I will be coming home tomorrow.

Today I have a twist on the Nailasaurus' waterfall nail art. I really love her original design but I thought I would try it out with a half moon thrown in the mix too.

The base I used was Models Own - Apple Pie, the formula isn't great on that polish, it doesn't self level at all and is really hard to get even. But it is a pretty colour.

To make the half moon shape I used some of them hole reinforcer things.

Then using a striping brush I added the lines. I did this nail by nail so the polish wouldn't dry too much over the hole reinforcers and make them hard to remove. The colours I used were Rimmel - Green With Envy, Revlon - Blue Slate, Barry M - Greenberry, Cirque - Erda and an unnamed turquoise colour from Colour Club.

That was all there was to it, easy right? I really liked these nails, a lot of people complimented me whilst I was wearing them.

Have you tried waterfall nails yet?

Thanks for looking.

Autumn Trees

Hello loves. I hope everyone is well. This is another scheduled post as I will still be in Cyprus when this goes live, hopefully I will be a few shades browner by now!

Today I have a very autumnal design to show you, I love the colour of the leaves at this time of year so I decided I wanted them on my nails.

The base I used was Sally Hansen - Ion.

I free-handed the tree trunk and branches using China Glaze - Ingrid.

For the leaves I used China Glaze - Riveting, Essie - Fear or Desire, Models Own - Peach Sherbet, Nicole by OPI - Hit The Lights and Avon - Lemon Sugar. I did all the details on this design using a detail brush.

I was really pleased with these, I enjoyed having tiny little trees on my nails. Perfect for the current season!

Have you done any autumn designs this year?

Thanks for looking.

Abstract Circles.

Hello everyone! This is a scheduled post so providing this works I should currently be sunning myself in Cyprus :).

Today I have some nail art to show you that I did based on this image. I am not 100% sure what it is meant to be, but I really liked all the circles. This was really hard to capture on my nails, so I haven't replicated it exactly. But I am still pleased with my interpretation.

I started with a white base and sponged OPI - I Saw.. You Saw.. We Saw.. Warsaw (that name is way too long) and Rimmel - Blue Eyed Girl over the white. I feel this may have been a bit of a pointless step because you couldn't really see it once I did everything over the top.

I sponged OPI - Live and Let Die and OPI - Uh Oh Roll Down The Window onto the tips.

I then made some circles with a white creme using my largest dotting tool. I diluted a bit of Barry M - Blueberry using nail polish remover and added this in blobs over the circles.

I added more circles using the same technique and did the diluted blobs using Rimmel - Blue Eyed Girl. I also diluted a bit of OPI - Uh Oh Roll Down The Window and added a tiny bit of this.

I really enjoyed doing these, it was something a bit different. They definitely aren't a perfect replica of the inspiration but you can kinda see the connection right?

Thanks for looking!