ONE STROKE BOW NAILS

Hey guys, today I have a quite post for you. 

I saw some one stroke bow nails on instagram and I knew I had to give them a try. I used Essence Dare It Nude* for a base and then purple and white acrylic paint for the bow before outlining it in black acrylic paint and then I ruined it by adding those 'creases' on the bow which ended up looking silly. 

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MINNIE MOUSE NAILS WITH BOW STUDS

Hey everyone, boo it's Sunday night, I have a full week of uni to look forward to! I'm planning a trip to Sally's though tomorrow so hopefully I can find something nice for there.

Anyway so a little while ago me and the lovely Sarah did a little swap and in the package she included a little bag with some gorgeous nail studs, decals and other embellishments she sells in here store She Sells Seashells. The store stocks loads of different nail art accessories for a really good price and it's based in the UK which means that you'll get your order in only a few days aaand shipping is a very reasonable £1/£1.20 for orders under £25 and free for anything above £25!

Ok, so that's a bit of background into the shop, now let's talk nails!

 I decided to use the 3mm bow rhinestones* in black and silver. I thought they'd work really well in a Minnie Mouse inspired design, so I started with two coats of OPI Big Apple Red, then used OPI Alpine Snow and a dotting tool to create the polka dots. 

To stick on the rhinestone I applied a small dot of top coat where I wanted the rhinestone to sit on the nail before applying a generous amount of topcoat (which smudged some of my design) 

I loved this, it was so cute and the rhinestone held up really well and was flat on the nail. 

You can buy these rhinestones here for £1.25 !

* this product was sent to me as a gift

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BIG HOLOGRAPHIC CHRISTMAS BOWS

Hey peeps, another Christmassy nail design with glequins :)

I picked up a 3 packet of Deborah Lippmann from T K Maxx for only £8 in the clearance and this was one of the polishes and wow this is such a stunner, it's one of those polishes that glows from within, so so beautiful!

For these nails I started off with two coats of Deborah Lippmann Through the Fire and then used small, holographic, hex glequins and did these squares on my nails which ended up looking like a big shiny bow in my eyes!

So, that's it for today, hopefully I'll see you in the next post :)

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JESSICA HOLOGRAM CHIC & HITS APOLO

I've decided to take advantage of the sunny weather were getting here, it probably won't last so we have to make the most of it !

So for this mani I did one coat of no7 Poolside Blue and the pinky, ring and thumb and then I layered 2 coats of Hits Apolo over the top, then on the other fingers I used 2 coats of Jesicca Disco Diva, I decided to test out the Retro Revival base coat and used it for the middle finger and I can say it definitely improves application and you can already start to see some tipwear on the pointy finger !

Finally I used poolside blue to stamp on a bow and then I stamped over it with Hits Apolo, it was meant to look like a shadow to get a 3d effect, but you can see it just looks like dodgy stamping loll ! 

I also used Gosh Holographic to stamp the dotty bow on the thumb but it wasn't very good ! 

I loved this mani soo much I loved the colours, Disco Diva is absolutely gorgeous I was blown away by how holo it was, seriously this definitely rivals Gosh Holographic, I haven't done a comparison yet but I will do for you !

I had tried the blue layering to get a ds glamour (huge lemming) dupe but it didn't work, if anybody knows a good layering combo for a ds dupe please let me know ! 

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VERY RARE PINK NAILS !

Soo much work to do, unbelievable ! i'm going to have to have a break from blogging soon when it get closer to my exams ! : ( 


anyway yesterday's nails, pink polishes are the most dominant in my collection, but i haven't worn a pink in months, and even then that was only for 2 hours! i hate pink polish on me ( Ivana if you're reading this, i have to say sorry loll) i don't know why, i just do and haven't bought any for a long time, but when i saw this i decided to give it a chance (take a chance on meeee, loll sorry that abba song pops into my head) 

2 coats, one very thin one and a slightly more generous 2nd coat and no top coat loook how glossy it is ! 

whilst watching some programme i was reminded of the combo of pink and leopard print and added this crappy leopard pink bow ! 

well, i must say i was pleasantly surprised with this, in fact i grew to like it and when it came to taking it off, i was almost sad ! loll, i do like this shade and will wear it again,

what's your opinion on pink polishes? 

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POLKA DOTS AND BOWS

(this is a scheduled post) 


hi ladies i'll keep these posts short and sweet, so here's a mani i did a few weeks ago and completely forgot to post, it's really simple but cute :  )

you can tell my nails are much longer here !

both of the bows are different for some reason but i like it : ) i prefer the bow on my point finger 

the polka dots look a bit messy here, but recently i saw a tutorial by kayla shevonne and so next time when i do polka dots they should look a lot neater : ) 

ok there you are ladies, hope you liked it : ) 

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