Black and White

Today I had an urge to use just black and white.

Oh, and a touch of glitter!

I know its only simple but i quite like it. 

I used OPI Alpine Snow, Sinful Colors Black on Black and L'oreal Confetti. The white line are done with a striper from The Born Pretty Store. 

I hadn't used the Confetti polish in months and it had gone sooooo thick. Im glad I had some thinner to hand! 

I really like Confetti as it has really small bits of glitter in as well which adds to the sparkle! i think it looks especially good over pastels. 

I used a make up sponge to do the gradient. 

What do you think of this mani? Do you like monochrome manis?

In other news I reached 4000 Likes on Facebook!! Thank you all so much!! 

*Insert Oscar type speech here* 

Matte Leopard Print Nails

Hello my lovelies! 

A few days ago I saw THIS post by Louise over on her blog Tips and Topcoat.
It really rekindled my love for leopard print. 

In December I made a few sets of false nails (posts can be seen HERE and HERE).

 I made these leopard print ones back then to sell but never got round to putting them on eBay. 

So today I recreated my false ones on me :D 

I used BarryM Gelly in Lychee and a black Sinful Colors polish. Best Black EVER! 

I really like making them matte as i think it makes them look all elegant haha! 

I hope you have all had a great weekend!

Guest Post from PenguinsLeftGreenPolish. Rose Nail Art

Hey All,

Guest posting again :) I love doing guest posts for the nail blog community, especially when we need the extra help from our nailistas!! Today its a post for Jade! Totally love her blog :) and I've only just discovered it and I'm glad I did! She does amazing nail designs and definitely more creative than I am! 

Thanks for having me Jade! :) and keep on posting amazing swatches and nail art! 

My favorite had to be the Mr Bump Nail Art she did, so cute and I remember growing up to the books!

Today's design is just some simple roses using a dotting tool and two shades of one colour and making random swirls on my nails! :) Hope you all like it!

What do you guys think?!

Thanks for reading and thank you Jade for having me! :D

x



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Island Daisy

 I love this colour and when i saw it on my nails I thought daisies would look lovely. 

They would have looked lovely, if I could do them! 

The base is Island Coral by Sinful Colors. Pictured here with 2 coats and Poshe topcoat.

For some reason i just couldn't get these too look good and then ended up messing one up completely. 

So here's my attempt at daisies. 

more practise needed!

Art Deco Design

 This is an Art Deco Design using Sinful Colors in Envy.

Two coats with Poshe top coat. I used Barry M Foil Effects in Gold, Barry M nail Art Pen in White and Barry M Nail Paint in Black.

The studs are from the Born Pretty Store. 

I love Art Deco but this design was annoying, in fact i changed my mind halfway though, and i actually think i should have stayed to my original idea :P

Panda Skulls!

 These are the decals that were sent to me by Nail Delights. 

I chose to do a gradient using Sinful Colors Pistache and OPI's Don't Mess With OPI.

I Also used Kleancolors Peaceful Heart as the glitter. 

It was hard to get enough glitter for the effect that I wanted so this is about 3 coats. The problem i fine with Kleancolor glitters is that they don't self level so they leave an uneven finish. They remain silky and shiny to the touch but you can feel that they are not even. 

I love this panda design and i havent seen a decal like this before now. I chose to do green as it reminded me of bamboo. I also like the way the fade is subtle.

You can get the Decals HERE

*some of these products were sent to me for an HONEST review. The views on this product are COMPLETELY my own.*

Fruity Grape Mani

 

 

 

Today I've taken part in the Nail Polish Lovers Weekly Challenge to create a design inspired by fruit.

 

I chose to do grapes and a stamped accent nail.

 

Base is Kleancolor Love is in the air

Grapes are Kleancolor Plum and accented in Konad Special Polish in white.

Vine parts are Sinful colors Envy and Manhattan Rock Topia in shade 4

 

Kleancolor's love is in the air is actually a beautiful colour, it has a really nice green shimmer to it i have done two coats here but i feel if i wanted it to be really opaque it would require three. I didnt want the base colour to be to bold though so i opted for two.

 

 

Accent nail is Kleancolor Plum as a base and Konad polish in white. I also used cheeky plate number CH42 from the summer 2012 collection.

 

I know the stamping has smudged abit but this was already my second attempt, i have no idea whats happened to my stamping recently?! It used to be so easy!

I must just be having and off week.

 

The grapes where super easy to do all i used was a dotting tool. I'm starting to use these more than the finer brushes as most of the time i feel they give a better result for me. Brushes tent to streak.

 

What do you think? Would you wear a fruity mani?

Sinful Colors Island Coral Swatch

 

 Sinful Colors 3x Coats of Island Coral

Lumos Top Coat

This is such a summer colour and i can see coral shades being very popular!

I wasn't that keen when i saw the bottle but for £1.99 i couldn't resist it!

On the nail it is lovely though, an orangey pink shade.

 

 

This has got me in a summer mood :)

 

Purchased from Boots