Foil Squiggle Nail Art

I have wanted to try foils for so long so when Effect Beauty offered to send me some I jumped at the chance!
 I wanted to have a play and not, for now, go for the full nail foil coverage.

The foil comes rolled up in a plastic pot so its great for storage in ye olde Helmer. The actual sheet of foil is really long, I could do this nail art about 20 times I think! Obviously you would use more foil if you were doing a full nail.

This was really really hard to capture! 

I used a dotting tool to add the foil glue onto the nail in a random squiggly pattern. Then waited until the glue went from white to see through. I then placed and pressed the foil onto the nail and pulled it off. And this was what I was left with!!

In love with this, it catches the light and reminds me of a very exotic fish tail or something ha ha.

I used Mentality Polish Scoundrel. A black with a minute shimmer.

This foil and others are available from Effect Beauty and you can get 10% off with the code LACQUER :)

some of these products were sent to me for my honest review

Artistic Brush Strokes Nail Art

Effect Beauty has sent me a ton a goodies to play with and share with you all and today we have a very simple nail art using one of their nail art brushes and their silver Mylar flakes. 

Today I wanted to show you all a nail art that can be done using a flat brush. I usually save these for clean up brushes but I wanted to try out something different this time. 

I used 3 different coloured acrylic paints. 

The paints I used are just a cheap set from The Works. If you don't use acrylic paints then please look into them and give them a try. I used to struggle with nail art until I started using paints. They cover better and I personally think more is achievable with them. 

ON TO THE NAILS......

The brushes seemed alot nicer quality than the cheap ones on eBay. They are softer and I can wait to try more of them out! 

They come in a set of 5. 

The Mylar Flakes come in a bag of 5g but going by the tiny amount I use for this, that's going to last a LOOONNNGG time! 

I used the brush to "scrub" the colour onto the nail. 

Do not overload the acrylic paint on the brush. It needs to have like minimal paint on the bristles. 

I then placed Mylar onto one corner using topcoat to stick it. It reminds me of a mermaid! 

I used an unnamed light greeny blue Color Club polish for the base. The glitter polish is Laugh Myself Lily by KBShimmer, matted. 

I really like this nail art. It really does remind me of the sea or mermaids, Its so easily achieved too.

Effect Beauty have been very kind and they are offering all Life In Lacquer readers 10% off on their website. Just use code LACQUER at checkout. 

This code should be valid from 02/05/2014

CLICK HERE to be taken to Effect Beauty :) 

**these items were sent to me for my honest review. This are my own opinions**

Design Your Own Indie Polish With TarasTalons

Hi everyone, sorry for the lack of nail art Ive been very poorly this week :( 

I was browsing TarasTalons Etsy Shop and found that she was now offering a custom polish! 

So basically you email her with what your looking for and maybe email her some pictures of a swatch you like and she will design a polish just for you! 

You can even name your creation and TaDa! You will be the owner of your very own custom, one of a kind polish! 

A must have for any nail addict! It would even be a great gift idea for any one who loves nail polish! 

I can see it now "Here you are, Ive had this made just for you!" Id swoon after anyone with that gift offering!! If your reading this Hubby, take note!! 

And to make the offer even more sweet you can use the Life In Lacquer discount code lifeinlacquer20 to receive 20% off your order (no minimum order!) 

So you can get your very own unique polish for under a tenner, postage included! 

Go and check it out HERE

Ive ordered one myself so keep your peepers peeled for a swatch when its made!!

UK Indie Polish By TarasTalons. Meet Tara :)

 

 

Hi Lacquer Lovers!

I have been lucky enough to get the opportunity to speak to Tara, the lady Behind TarasTalons. One of the very few indie polish makers in the UK

 

In case you didn't know, indie polish is a term that describes a hand made polish from a small company. They are currently all the rage in the nail world and there are many different brands available,especially in the USA. Most retail their polish line through +Etsy.

Its hard to get handmade polishes here as the postage can be quite pricey and shipping is slow.

 

 

Tara sells a range of limited editions, most are one of a kind, handmade shades that are highly pigmented and truly beautiful!

 

 

 

So Tara,tell us a bit about yourself....

 

My name is Tara and I grew up in London, I moved to County Durham when I was about 16 with my family and went to college up here (performing arts) I also met my fiancé up here and bought my first house with him so, although I miss the family I've still got in London, I think I'll be staying up here!I am a nail artist, nail blogger and very excitingly a UK indie nail polish creator! Since I started blogging and creating polish I've had LOTS of support from fellow bloggers, indies and polish lovers and lots of exciting things are happening for me so I'm very glad I 'felt the fear and did it anyway' when deciding to start my TarasTalons brand! I am also deciding on some courses to become a fully trained nail tech!

It must be hard to decide on colours and names, so where do you get your inspirations from?

 

My inspiration for the polishes I make comes from so many things; clothes, makeup, TV, films, people and my own memories, likes and experiences. My first collection was ten polishes which were all based on one of my childhood memories! My second collection was 16 polishes based on fantasy things like unicorns and fairies because I like stuff like that!

 

What do you do when your not making your gorgeous varnish?

 

In my spare time I love to shop, read, watch TV (when I'm watching stuff with my fiancé it's stuff like Law and Order SVU and Criminal Minds but when I'm on my own it's more like Sabrina the teenage witch, The Rachel Zoe Project and Eastenders :D) I also spend a lot of time chatting to my sisters and friends - I'm VERY talkative! I also spend far too much of my 'spare' time doing stuff related to nails - YouTube videos, forums and nail magazines take up lots of time ;)

Whats your favourite polish out of all the ones youve made?

 

It's really hard to pick my favourite polish because I'm biased and love them all ;) but I'm going to pick 'Clowning around' because it was the first polish I ever made while I was practising to make sure I could make polishes good enough to sell :)

 

What are your best sellers?

 

The ones that have been most popular from my first collection are 'Mum's makeup' which is now sold out 'Dolly' which has almost sold out and 'Clowning around' which isn't far behind! My second collection were all one off polishes so lots of them sold quite quickly and I got lots of feedback from people saying they loved that there was only one ever made so I thing from now on I will just create one off polishes!

Can you give us any clues about your next range?

 

I've currently got lots of glitters being tested for 'bleed' in my nail room and a book full of ideas so while I don't have my third collection actually made yet, it IS planned out and I can tell you it's very luxurious ;)

 

Tara has been kind enough to give us an exclusive discount code so we can all get 20% off with no minimum spend,we are very lucky :) Just enter the discount code Lifeinlacquer20.

 

The polishes are priced at £6.50 (+pnp) find the full range HERE