Mylar Nail Art

Heres a new one for me.... Mylar.

I first heard about it years ago when I was working as a nail tech but I had never tried it.Until now!
I know Mylar can be great encapsulated in gel or acrylic but I was unsure how to use it with polish.

This is shade Iridescent Hot Pink and in the bag you get 5g but that is loads!

I basically just put it on top of wet nail polish to stick it and then topped with topcoat. 2 coats needed at least. If you are one of those people who don't like things sticking on your nails then this wouldn't be for you at all.

I really like this Mylar. Its pink but also looks blue and even Orange sometimes. I think it adds a unique dimension.
I was in a massive grump doing this nail art so as you can see its not my best. I just hate Rose Hip by +Barry M . Its streaky and hard to apply. It gets me in a rage every time I use it! I just love the colour though... Anyone know of any alternatives?

I used a darker pink acrylic and a nail art brush from Effect Beauty to do the squiggles and dots.

You can buy the nail art brushes and Mylar from Effect Beauty. They sell everything you could ever want in regards to nail art plus you can get 10% off using code LACQUER

Like I said Mylar may not be for everyone but sticky up bits don't bother me and I rather like it.

*press sample, All opinions expressed are honest and my own*

Easter Inspired Nail Art

Today I have actually managed to get a post done on time! 

This mani is inspired by Easter. I have a draw full of bits and bobs and today I chose to use the gold leaf. I highly doubt this is real gold leaf seeing as I payed about a quid for it but it looks good! 

The gold reminds me of Easter egg wrapping! I didn't want to go for the whole bunny and chick thing as that tends to be what the majority of other people are doing. 

I wanted to use a pastel shade as it really reminds me of spring. BUT I just couldn't find one that I felt went with the gold. 

I dislike gold.

Immensely. 

I used Barry M Gelly in Huckleberry and the Gold Foil Effect. I HATE the newer gellys. They are so thin! I like the thicker consistency of the others I have. They used to be great for stamping and art but that's not the case now. What happened +Barry M ?

The "gold" leaf was quite hard to get neat. I don't think its possible to get the application perfect. Its thin and a pain in the butt to use but it gives this mani an Easter twist.

What do you think? Have you ever used gold leaf?

And if you are celebrating Easter then have a great day, if not have a great day anyway!

Lightining Nail Art!

I have been super busy this week with a couple crochet orders I have to finish so here is a quick lightening themed nail art!

This was one of those late night faffings. My husband and brother were on Fifa so I thought Id have a mess around.

I used two polishes for this. BarryM Gelly in shades Guava and Grapefruit.

I love the Gelly range as they thicker. They are great for stamping and art although I do find the application can be a bit more tricky as it is that bit thicker.

I used the Bowie stamping plate from MoYou but i think that was like special edition or something so I am not sure if it is still available... But I do have another MoYou plate and that has bolts on it too. 

I haven't used these polishes in so long and pretty much forgot I had them lol. After using these I then ordered the new shades and a few others from the range.... OOOOPPSS!

This is so funky and bright! And its been awhile since I have done any art at all.

The gradient nail didn't go completely to plan and I think it looks like more of a tie dye nail LOL

What do ya all think?

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Blue Flower Nail Art

Today I have some pretty stickers from Sparkly Nails to show you.

I really wanted to use my new Girly Bits polish called Cosmic Ocean so I used it over this LAME gradient. It is so much more noticeable in real life but pastels are my enemy! I can never get them to show their true colours!

Cosmic Ocean is so sexy. It makes a huge difference to the polish and mani overall. It gives it a blue iridescent glittery shimmer that really makes it pop!

I used BarryM Gelly in Guava with Blueberry sponged onto the ends. If you squint you may be able to see it!!

The stickers are very easy to apply, they are the spongy type of stickers. After I have applied the stickers I just top them off with a top coat. 

I think they go really well with the blues.

You can buy these stickers and other nail art bits HERE and you can check out Girly Bits HERE

Hope you are all having a good week so far!


*these stickers were sent to me for review. All opinions are my own HONEST thoughts and ramblings*

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!

Breast Cancer Awareness Week Day 4

Today we have something a bit blingy! 

I have used studs and two different sizes of pearls both purchased from +BornPretty BPS 

I used Essie Cascade Cool and BarryM Gelly Grapefruit. 

All topped off with Color Club topcoat. 

Again my pics are not great. I really need some help lol 

I used a Fan brush to make this design and set the pearls and studs in the topcoat. 

What do you think of today's design? I love a bit of bling! 

Please spare a moment to look at the other girlies work tonight... Breast Cancer Awareness Nail-Supporters

Pish Posh and Polish	Nail Parade!	No More Nail Polish Mum!
Monkey Nails	Emma's Little Corner	The Pink PrincessZ
Life in Lacquer	Neon Sparkly Nails

Simple Stripes

Yesterday I went to TK Maxx and found a set of Color Clubs for £9.99. The set features seven colours from the Girl About Town collection.

I have only ever tried one Color Club before and was keen to try some more! 

I chose to use Silver Lake. A very light grey. I used two coats for perfect coverage. The formula and application are fab. Although I don't think it suits my skin tone.

Again, my pics are not great. In fact I seem to be getting worse! Lighting is rubbish! I am so close to investing in a light box but I just don't know (opinions VERY welcome!)

I used a tiny brush from a nail art set by Essence. I bought it from Sally Magpies (and its on half price clearance!)

Its so thin and really nice to use. 

I used BarryM Gelly in Blackberry to so the stripes but I found it got thick very quickly so was very hard to get straight lines :( 

What do you think? What's your fave brush to use? 

Have a great weekend! 

NOTD: Mysterious Lines

I love BarryM gelly polishes but i hardly ever use them. I find them a bit thick sometimes so I think that puts me off when I go to pick my colours.

I have wanted to use Sick Lacquers Mysterious Ways for ages and last week I wore it on a night out, but forgot to take photos DUH!
Everytime I use a new Sick Lacquers polish I always say to my other half  "this is my favorite one, you know."
I just love them all so much I can't actually decide which one I like best. The formula is always great, never too thick (my pet hate) and have great coverage in two coats.
I hand painted the lines using a very small brush that I have cut down some of the strands to make it even thinner.

 For this funky line mani I used Sick Lacquers Mysterious Ways. BarryM Gelly in Guava and Grapefruit. All Pictured with 2 coats.

Whenever I photograph Guava its never bloody right. Its alot more of a teal in real life and you can really see the green hue. Its not this blue pictured here. *SIGH*

Mysterious Ways has a white base which is opaque in two coats. It features glitter in a vast array of sizes and colours. 

You can find Sick LacquersHERE

What do you think of this bright mani? 

Scatterbrains!

I am having a bit of a scatterbrain day today so I thought I would use this beaut called Scatterbrains from Sick Lacquers.

See what I did there?!

This is a funky polish indeed. Bright hexes and black shards in a milky base. If you look closely there is also micro pink glitter! 

My nail art actually SUCKS on this. I am not happy really but if I had done the triangles straighter it would have looked fab. 

I used BarryM's Gelly in Grapefruit and Blueberry to do the design. 

The studs are from the Born Pretty Store. You can buy them HERE 

Sick Lacquers Scatterbrains is available from Peggie and John HERE

Bright Leopard Print with Studs

Im Back!!!!

Have you missed me?

My laptop was poorly so it had to go to laptop hospital.

All is well again so here i am!

Today we have a very bright summer mani

I used BarryM Gelly in Guava and W7 in Its Pink!

I also used BarryM in Black for the print.

The W7 polish is the brightest colour I own and unfortunately I couldn't get the camera to capture the colour properly :( It is a lovely pink neon. 

The studs are from the Born Pretty Store.

Starry Night

 I was sent a few packets of nail stickers From Nailtopia and I found it really hard to decide which ones to use as they are all soo pretty! 

Today Ive chosen to use these stars. They are gold glitter and they have a really high glitter content. 

They actually look like they are made from the glitter i also have on my nails, not like overly sticky out like stickers usually are. 

Nailtopia sent these and i received them the next day! I love not having to wait for things. 

I used the same technique I used for the Trees nail art HERE 

The background is BarryM Blueberry Ice Cream with BarryM Cobalt Blue and BarryM Gelly in Guava. 

The glitter is my all time fave Kleancolor 24 Carat. I use this glitter more than i use any other glitter, its beautiful!

To purchase these stickers and a wealth of other nail art supplies check out Nailtopia HERE 

*These decals were sent to me for an HONEST review by Nailtopia. The views on this product are COMPLETELY my own.*

More Leopard Print!

 Feeling really down in the dumps today and just wasn't in the mood really to do anything at all but I received a new nail art pen set today and I wanted to give it a go. 

The base is OPI If You Moust You Moust and the dots are BarryM Gelly in Guava

I wanted a more rugged type of print but in the picture it just looks messy.

Basically my new pen is an actual dip fountain pen. It came with 5 interchangeable heads and 2 handles. 

It was hard to get used to in the beginning but it seems to produce a nice thin line. 

The pen uses acrylic paint that only works when it has been watered down to the consistency of double cream. 

The only problem I had was that sometimes paint would flood my nail and ruin the whole design! 

(this happened to a design I did after this one, which infuriated me even more ARRRGG) 

I think I need a lot more practise with this and I am not sure its worth all the extra effort. 

 

BarryM Gelly Guava Bubbles

 This is a BarryM Gelly in Guava. A new addition to the Gelly family.

Unfortunately I the photograph doesn't show the colour as i had hoped. 

Its a bit more turquoise in real life. 

I was really disappointed with the consistency of this product. It was quite thick and hard to apply. But the colour is truly beautiful! I am not a fan of a thick polish, it reminds me of a cheap polish. 

Its actually put me off using this polish again which is sad as its so beautiful.

The bubbles are done using OPI If You Moust You Moust and Barry M Nail Art Pen in White.

BARRY M MORE NEW PRODUCTS!

I was doing my usual read of another nail blog Polished Criminails when i discovered that there will be more new products coming in June!

 

 

Confetti Nail Effects.

This type has polish has been everywhere this year and now Barry M are release their version, I am particularly interested in the blue one!!

Colours are Dolly Mixture (Multi), Liquorice (Black/White), Marshmallow (Pink), Bubblegum (Blue), Sour Apple (Green). 

These can used as a top coat or can be built up to a more opaque shade using multiple coats.

 

There will also be five new members of the Gelly family :) again i am looking forward to the blue!

 

 Key Lime (Lime Green), Guava (Teal), Passion Fruit (Pink/Red), Blue Grape (Cobalt Blue), Mango (Orange)

Both Polishes will retail at £3.99 and will be available on June 5th in Superdrug and Boots on June 12th :)

Nautical Nails again :)

 

 I apologise for the messiness of this application, i had a few problems with this design and i was getting abit annoyed ;P

 

OK so here we have another nautical design using Barry M polishes.

I used Cheeky Plate CH36 from the summer 2012 collection.

Stamped using Barry M Gelly Pomegranate and Blackberry.

Base is Barry M White

Holographic striping tape and diamante to finish.

I do love this design as i really like this stamp, but i maybe should have kept all the nails the same design as i think it looks abit "busy"

 

I used Lumos top coat to help the tape stay down and i left the polish a good hour before applying and is STILL smudged the stamping.

does anyone have any tips on how i can prevent this?

I'm thinking of changing to Seche Vite as i find the Lumos only completely dries on professional polishes and not on budget or high street ranges. I find it works really well on China Glaze for instance but not very well on say Barry M or Kleancolor.

 

 

Louis Vuitton Inspired Nails, Paris Fashion Week 2013

 

 It was all about the chequered pattern at the Paris fashion week for Louis Vuitton, so i have done a nail design inspired by this pattern.

Checks are bound to be everywhere by summer.

 

 

I used Cheeky Plate CH3 for the checks and Fuchsia by China Glaze for the base colour.
Barry M Gelly Blackberry for the stamping.

I did find the pattern abit of a pain to get straight, and its not dead on but i think it looks fab.

This is a bright,vibrant take on the monotone version.

The design will look great with a tan! 

 

 

 

 

 

*the louis vuitton pictures are not mine,just using for reference*

Star Manicure Design, Peel Offs

 

 

I went to my Nans and had a rifle through her craft room, that's right a whole room dedicated to craft *swoon* In her card making supplies i found some peel offs and thought i could use them as stencils......

and it worked! i use tape for alot of my nail art anyway so i suppose its not much different.

 

just make sure the nail polish is really, truly dry before you put the stickers on or it'll peel off the polish.

 

The cuticles are a half star

 

i used Essie Neo Whimsical and Barry M Gelly Pomegranate

 

Ive used Neo Whimsical alot recently but i just love it. Its a lovely spring colour.

 

 

Barry M Gelly Nautical Style Stripes

 

 

It was 3 for 2 in Boots again, so i decided to pick up a few of the Gelly Range from Barry M

 

For this i used the shades, Pomegranate,Lychee and Blackberry. The silver is Foil Effect also by Barry M

 

 

I'm sorry but i really cant see any difference between the Gelly and normal nail Polish. Its not any shinier or anything? I wouldn't call it high shine, But they are lovely colours none the less.

I have always been a fan of Barry m as they provide a huge array of colours at a very good price and they are also very up to date with trends etc.