Gustav Klimt Inspired Nail Art

Its time for Father in Law nail art again!!

 I am going to start calling this "segment" Marcus's Manis! 

It looks like this will become a regular thing, which is great.... An art lesson and nail art.

Today we have a nail art inspired by Gustav Klimt. We decided to pick out elements of the image below and kind of combine them (taken from Google Images) This painting is a portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer I 

Marcus loved the brushed bronzey gold of the background so that's where we started. He used a fan brush to "scrub" Bronze (actually out of a Color Club striper) over Avons Deluxe Chocolate. 

Marcus then proceeded to hand paint the design. The design looks ancient Egyptian to me LOL 

I have had to take this pictures with natural light by my window instead of in my tent thing as I couldn't get the scrubbing etc to show....

Just look at the scrubbing texture! Its like antique looking. It really gives it more dimension and helps to make the design! 

As always I think Marcus has done a fabulous job! He seems to be improving every time. 

Oh and he actually paints everything including the nail polish etc I do nothing! 

I really like having them done actually, we have a laugh and we all sit around together. Its lovely to spend quality time together and mix that in with my passion! <3

What do you think? 

and as always you can check out Marcus on his website HERE 

OH Does My Nails! Finally!

I have finally gotten around to actually letting my other half do my nails! 

He has been waiting patiently whilst I let everyone else have a go and now it is his turn.

He favorite colour is yellow so its no suprise that he chose a yellow indie polish as his main colour. 

Alex chose Banana Stand by Happy Hands. I love Happy Hands. They don't make polishes any more and its gutting as I REALLY NEED the Simpsons collection they released but I cant get it anywhere....

  On a side note if anyone knows where I can get them or are willing to sell me some then please drop me a line! 

 Bottle shot ^^

He also used Foie Gras by China Glaze and then stamped a little submarine using The Beatles stamping plate by MoYou.  

We all live in a yellow submarine.....

The yellow really goes with the brown and I think he did a great job for his first ever stamping! Bless him! 

What do you all think? 

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My Father in Law Does My Nails AGAIN!!

I think this may become a regular thing! 

My father in law has done my nails again..... I think he really loves doing this and hes showing real promise too, he'll have his own nail business soon you watch LOL 

He again did it in some sort of arty style but Lord knows what. I kinda switched off haha! 

He has some more ideas too so watch this space! He will be teaching us all art history through nail art! 

He used OPI Alpine Snow and two nail art stripers by Color Club.

Then a nice coat of Seche Vite to shine it up!

What do you think of Marcus's second nail art? I think it looks so good! 

Father in Law Does My Nails!

Keeping with the theme of Other Half Does My Nails... This time my father in law wanted to give it a go. 

He is an artist so I was very excited to have him do my nails and also a bit scared he could put me out of buisness lol!

Okay so he chose to do something inspired by Henri Rousseau and heres what he came up with

The tiger is hiding lol!! 

I think he did such a good job! I think I may be in trouble here! 

What do you all think? 

If you want to check out my father in laws website showcasing his art then please click HERE 

please take a look at everyone elses other halfs attempts below!

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MDJ Creations Arctic Night

Hello my lovelies! 

Today I have a beautiful jelly polish by MDJ Creations. 

It features shards of glitter that look like ice. 

I havent seen anything like it before, its like a icy snowstorm captured in a bottle.

I used three coats to get opacity and two coats of seche vite to smooth it all out. The is a lot of glitter in this formula but i still didnt have problems applying 

The only thing is that because of all the layers its on the thicker side on the nail which i am not keen on so i think next time i will layer this over a dark blue. 

The jelly effect of the polish does give great depth though so you can see loads of glitter.

This MDJ polish and others can be found on ETSY and FACEBOOK

What do you think? Would you wear this polish?

This polish was sent to me as a press sample. Please see disclaimer for details 

My OH Does My Nails Tag.... Well My Brother Does My Nails

Ok so on the British Nail Bloggers facebook page this week a few of us are letting our other halfs loose on our nails!

Both my brother and husband wanted to give this a go so first up is my brother Aaron. They both have got quite excited over this. I am hoping they realise its not as easy as they think! 

I actually think Aaron did a good job! 

Not too messy and some cool stamping. 

He seemed to get quite into it! 

I better watch my back!

He even tried to do clean up bless him!  

He used 2 different Moyou Stamping Plates and a Jade polish called Fascinio Violetta. 

What do you think?? 

Please check out the other bloggers and what their OH have been up too! 

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