ONE STROKE FAIL ART!

Oh man, this was such a fail but to be perfectly honest I didn't mind because this was just one of those mani's  that just kinda happened ! 

The colours didn't blend together and the leaf on the middle finger is just too big! 

For this I just used Sally Hansen Instadry in Whirlwind White along with red, blue, green and yellow acrylic paint and a black gel pen for the rest of the detail

Not really anything more to say about these nails ! Have you had any nail fails recently?

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MISTY BLUSH WITH MORE ONE STROKE NAIL ART

Hi guys, I'm really cold and I have a lot of work to do so you'll probably see about 5 more posts from me, mainly because it takes too long to edit the photos! Anywho onto today's nails...

I already had Layla Misty Blush on and it's such a gorgeous colour and holo, the holo effect is really strong but it doesn't totally mask the unique base colour ! 

So after a full day of wearing this I decided to add some nail art, I wanted to try out some more one stroke flowers. This time I decided to do them in black and white because Misty Blush flashes every colour of the rainbow and I thought it would be a nice contrast!

I did like a double petal flower thing on my pinky and pointy finger but it's not very noticeable. I didn't topcoat this design as I didn't want to dull the holo underneath!

Unfortunately I  didn't have the sun available to take some shots in direct sunlight to show off the full potential of the holo so all the shots below are with a daylight bulb but just imagine the holo rainbow to be 10x as strong ;) 

The thing I most loved about this mani was the contrast between the intense holo and the black and white art! What do you guys think? Is this something you would wear?

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MAYBELLINE COLOR SHOW NAILS - POLKA DOT COLLECTION REVIEW & SWATCHES!

Hi guys, I'm super excited about what I have to show you today.

 A few people recently posted  pictures of these beauties on Facebook and I knew I needed them ! I am missing the pink one but I didn't really want that one but I may pick it up to review if I come across it in my travels! In the meantime you can see swatches of them here and here. 

Ok this is really picture heavy so I've inserted a jump, click more to read full reviews and see lots more photos of these beautiful polishes!

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GLITTER GRADIENT TUTORIAL

Hi guys, so I hope you all enjoyed your bank holiday here in the uk :) Today I have a new tutorial for you! 

I've recently posted quite a few glitter gradient mani's here, here and here and subsequently had a few requests for a tutorial so here you are guys! 

I have lots more glitter gradients to show you in upcoming posts so I thought now would be a good time to share this tutorial with you in case you wanted to try it out for yourselves!

Ok, let's get started, I've done my regular pictorial but I've also included a little diagram at the end of the tutorial to help explain a little bit better!

What you will need 

Base Coat 

Base Colour (I'm using China Glaze Liquid Leather)

Glitter nail polish (I'm using Color Club Gingerbread)

Topcoat 

STEP 1- Apply your base colour (after base coat)

STEP 2 - Wipe the majority of glitter off the nail polish brush (so it's mostly dry)  

Now brush on some of the glitter onto the top 2/3 of the nail. Start from the tip and drag the polish towards the cuticle. The glitter should be sparse at this point.  

STEP 3 - Apply more polish to the top 1/3 of the nail now, make sure your brush doesn't have too much polish on as it will ruin the gradient effect. 

Drag the polish from the tip down again to help you spread the glitter out. 

STEP 4 - For the next step I like to have a good amount of glitter on the brush (not too much though!)

Apply a thick layer of glitter to the very tips of the nail, then wipe off the excess polish from the brush and blend the glitter slightly so there are no harsh clumps of glitter, which will ruin the gradient efftect. 

STEP 5 - Finally, when your gradient is dry, apply topcoat 

Right so that's fairly simple right, but just to help you a little bit further I've included this little diagram to show you some guidelines for applying the glitter!

For Step 1 apply a sparse layer of glitter upto the pink line, for Step 2 start at the tip and stop at the blue line, for Step 3 stop at the green line. 

Ok so I hoped that made things a bit clearer and didn't just confuse you lol !

Any questions please ask, any other requests please leave a comment and if you try this mani out be sure to share it with me as there's something exciting coming up!

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ONE STROKE BUTTERFLY NAILS

Hi guys, have you entered my giveaway here?

I hope your enjoying warmer weather wherever you may be because we certainly are here in the uk! The lovely weather is what inspired these nails, clear blue skies and pretty butterflies!

So for this I started off with two coats of Color Club Take Me To Your Chateau, then sponged on a little bit of white for clouds before applying one coat of Revlon Whimsical (simply because it's pretty and I haven't used it in ages). When that was dry I used the one  stroke technique to paint on the butterfly wings and finally added the rest of the detail with black acrylic paint before topcoating it all!

This design was far from perfect but I really enjoyed these nails, so summery and happy, what do you guys think?

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A MAAH GRADIENT

Hey guys, sorry I haven't posted recently, I had my practical exam today and more exams coming up so unfortunately my posting is going to be rather sporadic!

Anywho I'm still loving glitter gradients so I have another one for you today, this time using the gorgeous Mad As A Hatter by OPI

I started off with 2 coats of China Glaze Sydney Sand and then applied MAAH to the tips and then topcoated it all!

The reason I loved this so much is because with a gradient you can see all the different colours in MAAH which can sometimes get completely lost when it's worn as a solid mani!

Ok so, take care guys, I'll see you in my next post :)

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JUICY ROYAL GLITTER HALF MOON NAILS

Hi guys, have you entered my giveaway here? 

Anywho I hope your enjoying your weekend, I'm spending my weekend studying and cleaning, what a fun combination, right?!

So onto nail business, I haven't done half moon nails in what seems like an eternity, so I decided it was about time I cracked out the hole reinforcement stickers. For these nails I started out with 2 coats of Sally Hansen Lady Luck (and I concentrated the glitter near the cuticle). Once that had dried (after about 10 minutes) I applied the reinforcement stickers and painted the rest of the nail with 2 coats of Revlon Royal and applied one coat of topcoat!

This looked so shiny, juicy and squishy in real life ! I loved it :)

What do you think? When was the last time you did a half moon mani?

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