Life in Lacquer Nail Art Challenge July: FLORAL

After a little faux pas on monday, some of you may have already seen these! I was sat in my car looking at lions in Longleat when my twitter went a bit mental as I had published the wrong post DUH!

Today's prompt is Floral... I decided to give one stroke another go.I wanted to do something very feminine so decided to use pink and of course some glitter!

A couple days ago I bought the Cupcakes and Champagne collection by Ruby Wing from a nail friend only and I couldn't resist using one!
If you didn't know the collection of polishes are all scented and they change in the sunlight!
The scent is strong even with a topcoat on, its divine!

For this look I used Essie Neo Whimsical and Color Club Strawberry Shortcake. The roses are painted using some acrylic paint.

My one stroke still needs loads of work and my middle finger is the worst but I do still like the look of this nail art and I am pretty proud of the results.

You can see the other challenge entries below and please go and give them a view. 

An InLinkz Link-up

Rose Nail Art Take 2!

After yesterdays annoyance I decided to give roses another go. 

I tried to use the water decals again over a lighter colour but you still couldn't see the decals colour. 

So I thought bugger this Ill give hand painting them a go (again) 

It has been a while since I have done any hand painting but I don't think they have turned out that bad. 

I used Sick Lacquers Cotton Candied and BarryM Gelly polish in Blueberry. I also decided to go matt today for a change and I LOVE IT!! 

I watched a few vids by Chelsea King a while back and I took inspiration from THIS video :D 

It also reminds me of like shabby chic Cath Kidston style and the Sick Lacquers polish really fits in with this design IMO. 

Photos are rubbish again! I feel like I have really fallen out of flow with my nails and this blog and hope to start a fresh in the new year with better photos. I know I am not a photographer but I want you guys to see my nails in the best way possible. 

So what do you think of these? 

My Winnings From Wendys Delights!

A good few months ago I won a competition run by +Wendy Stanbury over at Wendys Delights and +BornPretty BPS. 

The prize was $20 voucher to spend at the Born Pretty Store. 

Unfortunately the first package went missing :( that's why I am only just writing about it now. 

Here are the goodies!

I wanted to try a glow in the dark polish for ages so I picked up two a clear one and a bright pinky purple. I also thought I would give these stripers a try as I usually just use a brush and paint. The stripers do have a strong funky smell. 

I also got a set of 4 brushes, the handles are really long! I haven't used them yet but they look good. 

I bought a few packs of water decals as my nan loved the roses so I bought them for her (also a little it for me :P) 

I have $1 left so I bought a surprise gift. It came with a striping tape, stickers and angry bird decals. I don't think ill use any of that but you never know haha 

So what do you think of what I picked? 

Thanks to Wendy for this giveaway and its the only giveaway I have ever won :D

Birds & Cats with Butterflies & Roses!

I just couldn't wait to give the new Sick Lacquer a try so here is my first one!

This is Butterflies & Roses!

3 thin coats, no base coat. Seche Vite to top it off. 

Couldn't resist putting something really cute and girly with this, so went with MoYou London's stamping plate called Kitty Collection 11.

I bloody love this polish. It has blue and pink hexes, pink micro glitter and cute pink butterflies! The formula is fab and there's good glitter coverage. I love the design as it really stands out against the background! 

The photos are a tad washed out as i had to use the flash. The light here is terrible today. All rain and no sun BooHooo

What do you think? Are you loving this girly design?

Artsy Rose Nail Art

Today 2 of my new stamping plates by Cheeky turned up.... 

So expect to see lots of stamping from now on! 

This is from the Home Sweet Home Jumbo plate 2013. 

I purchased them from +Amazon.co.uk. But because they came directly from Asia they took approx 12 working days to arrive. 

They have a nice range of patterns on. The full designs are a lot bigger than usual, but this isn't necessarily a good thing. looking at a few designs I am wondering if they will even fit on my nails. 

Only time will tell I suppose. 

But i really am looking forward to trying the new designs as there are some really funky ones! 

Products Used 

CND Sticky Base

BarryM Matte White 

Essie She's Pampered

Konad Special Polish in Black 

Seche Vite 

To do this I made circles in Shes Pampered first then indiviually stamped over them after. 

I think this does look a bit messy but i actually really like that, this pattern reminds me of Clarice Cliff in some ways. 

This also fits in to the new white nail trend! I have seen a lot of people wearin white nail polish recently, i remember the first time I wore white nail polish a few years ago.....

 My auntie said it looked like Tip-Ex LOL....

Doc Marten Roses Inspired by Get Nailed

 I have been watching a lot of Get Nailed Videos on YouTube and I had to give this one a go!

Let me first apologise again for my crap cuticles and fingers in general :( They just are not getting better!

I used BarryM Berry Ice Cream, Vivid Purple and Bright Purple.

The leaves are OPIs Dont Mess With OPI, I also used BarryM Nail art pens in white and black to highlight them in places. 

View Get Nailed videos HERE

What do you think of these roses? Do you like floral manis?