CANDY CANE SWIRLS TUTORIAL

So I thought I'd do a tutorial for yesterday's nails, it's really easy to do and you can use any colours you want

What you will need 

Base coat

2 different colour polishes ( I used red and white you can use any colour)

A needle/orange wood stick or anything pointy you can find (I forgot to include it in the photo)

STEP 1 - apply your base coat 

STEP 2 - paint on your base colour, paint on a thickish coat and one coater polishes are probably best for this

STEP 3 - While the base colour is still wet, dot on your other polish randomly on the nail, work quickly!

STEP 4 -  Using your pin/needle/orange wood stick, start to swirl the colours around, don't be too hard because you'll end up taking the base colour away too

Ta daa, there you go ! 

Hope this helped you guys, it's my first tutorial so be kind but please leave feedback so I can improve them :) 

I've added a tutorials tab at the top so you'll be able to find this there 

I'll probably be back with another post for you tonight, so take care till then 

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BUTTERFLY STAMPING NAILS

I got home about 10 mins ago from a work Christmas dinner, and I'm really tired (it's been a long day). 
 I had to post because I have so much to show you before Christmas so I can't miss a day ! 
Anways these nails I did a while ago for a stamping contest, that was when my internet was messing up and after brainstorming and doing the design for 3 hours the internet died and didn't come back on until the next day by which it was too late ! 
Anyway for the background I did a swirly tye die effect with black and blue, then I stamped on the butterfly image from BM-205 plate, but instead of using one solid colour I painted on Barry M Gold foil, a mini metallic pink Revlon and Barry M Silver foil in vertical stripes across the image and then stamped ! The gold kind of missed the nail in some places but hey, I'm still learning ; )

Sorry for the blurry pic but it shows the stamping better 

Then I topped it all off with 1 coat of Essence Waking up in Vegas 

Ok, guys I'm really tired so I'll leave it here and speak to you guys tomorrow : )

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CANDY CANE SWIRLS

Hi guys hope your all doing well, happy 12/12/12! : )  

So my iphone finally came yesterday (about time) and I've spent the day messing with it and I've finally sorted everything out, I am also now on instagram and you can follow me, my username is nail_loopy (I'll add the widget thingy on the right hand side soon too) Also you can now like me on Facebook (the link is on the contact me page, again I'll add the button when I get a chance) 

Also I got some epic nail mail today which I shared on my twitter so go and check it out and follow to see sneaky peeks of upcoming posts and awesome nail mail ; )

So here is another Christmas themed mani, I't didn't turn out perfectly but that's what I like about it (I've also done a tutorial for this design which I'll include in a post later)

It's very simple to do but I got quite a few compliments on it

What do you think? It's simple, easy to do but cute nails for the holidays  : D 

Take care mes amis and I'll talk to you all tomorrow 

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RED & GREEN CHRISTMAS GRADIENT NAILS

Hi guys, how are you all doing? I was in a good mood until I got my new glasses about an hour ago, I really don't like them, the frames are the same but the lenses aren't and they're much thicker and they're giving me a headache : ( Other than that, I'm good !

So this is my first proper Christmas mani of 2012, now this year is a bit of a challenge for me, why ? Well because I keep all my polish stuff in our den which is quite big so we all have a section of the room for our hobby stuff but it's the top floor of the house and we don't turn the heating on because it takes ages to warm up and we don't spend all day up there, so when summer comes it's really stuffy and when winter comes it's the same temp as outside, often freezing. So in the winter we close the ladder and leave it. It's too heavy to open everyday and too cold for me to sit up there doing nails so I often grab a handful of polishes and take them down and they often last me throughout the colder months, this means I don't have any of my nail art tools with me so all the nail art I'm going to do will be using regular household items, like a sponge or a pin etc. which means you should be able to recreate these mani's without a problem! 

Wow, long explanation lol ! 

Anyway for this gradient I didn't apply a base colour because it kind of overshadowed the gradient, so on a sponge I directly painted a strip of red (I used Max Factor Redly Nightshade) and then green (I used Catrice King of Greens) and made the colours overlap a little for a smoother gradient. Unfortunately the green didn't really stay green, but it still looks ok, then I added a coat of sOPI 18k Gold topcoat. 

Simples!

Ok so there you go, do you like it ? I'll talk to you guys tomorrow then : )

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OPI - MATADOR RED

I think this is my favouritist red ever ! So shiny, the perfect red and opaque in 1 coat with a perfect formula ! Somewhat a htf these days but I picked it up in a job lot on ebay for a really low price, unfortunately there was only half a bottle left, so I'm glad this is a one coater : ) If you find this anywhere get it ! Bottle colour here is probably most colour accurate 

This makes the polish look patchy and streaky but it's not, it's the light playing tricks on you : o 

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ZOYA VERUSCHKA HOLO

Wow, I am on a roll, I've posted every single day this week : o  

So when the holiday season comes around there is one polish that screams my name, can you guess what it is ? Yep, It's Veruschka by Zoya, seriously guys if you ever buy only 1 Zoya polish make sure it's this one, the colour and the shimmer is to die for ! Anyway so I cracked this out and applied 1 thin (slightly uneven) coat of Sally hansen prism om Diamond, a strong linear sheer silver holo perfect for layering ! 

I couldn't capture the holo very well and the sun was starting to go down too but trust me when i saw this combo is gorgeous ! 

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SALLY HANSEN PRISM STAMPING

So, I shortened all my nails because they were getting a bit too long and annoying and I kept scratching myself lol! I kind of prefer my nails shorter now, wonder how long it'll last 

Ok, I have a confession to make and it's a bit embarrassing, Ok well, out of all the polishes I own I don't have a simple black or white creme polish :o ( I know, don't judge me!) Well that all changed last week when I went and bought one of each from W7 (which are actually really good) and since then I've been trying to use them in nearly every mani ! 

So this is the first mani I did with my new black polish, it just glided on to the nails in 1 lovely, easy, smooth coat : ) After that I used a Sally Hansen Prism in South Sea Pearl and stamped the water marble design from the BM-320 plate (yes the stamp doesn't line up on all the nails but hey ho I'm still learning ! 

This prism doesn't look much in the bottle but over darker colours the duochrome comes out to play, unfortunately it isn't as strong in the photos as it is irl !

Gorgeous purple and green duochrome : )

Sorry for the picture spam but the duochrome wouldn't show up in all the photo's! 

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