Halloween Spider Nail Art

Finally had time to heave a play with a Halloween design!
There is some bad news unfortunately, well bad for the claw lovers, the claws are gone *sobs*  I broke the index one and there was no chance of a repair. I am back to nubbs now but that may please some of the claw haterz lol!

I am not hating the short nails as much as I thought I would. Its nice to have a change!

 For more info and pictures, as always, join me after the break! (I love saying that as it makes me feel like a TV presenter!)

Wedding Nail Art

Todays is our fourth wedding anniversary :)

We got married in a small registry office whilst I was 36 weeks pregnant. Not a shotgun wedding I swear :P

I did a nail design based on the colour theme and the outfits we wore.

I thought I wore a straight neckline but turns out I wore a sweetheart one haha! 

The butterfly sticker from Nail Stickrs represents a butterfly broach I wore gifted to me by my nan. 

The butterfly is beautiful and glittery! Also its not really thick so sits on the nail nicely.

I used Moyra 87 and Manglaze Mayonnaise for the purple and white and acrylic paint for the rest. 

Unfortunately the picture isn't the best. 

Sometimes its a battle and sometimes I don't win. 

Heres to more years together! 

 some products were sent to me for my honest review. Opinions are my own.

Nail Stickrs Review and Nail Art

Today I received these lovely samples in the post!

Nail Stickrs is a company based in the USA but they DO ship to the UK.  Shipping is cheap too, $2.50 which works out at around £1.49

I was sent a pretty big pack of stencils and stickers to play around with so expect quite a few designs with these babies!

Okay so today I decided to try the straight lines and the arrow type ones first. I am in love with all things geometric at the mo!


The polish needs to be proper dry before using these so I recommend waiting a while after base colour application. I didn't use a fast dry topcoat so waited about an hour. I have tried to use a topcoat to speed up this process before but I actually don't think it works too well. It makes you think its dry when its not, sneaky!

First I picked up a bunch of the stencils and the placed them on my nails. This way I can ensure they are straight and equally spaced. 

Then I removed every other sticker. I found using tweezers made this part easier. 

When I was happy with the positioning I used the end of the tweezers to push the stencils down into the sides of the nail to make sure there are no gaps. 

And there you have it. The smallest tutorial of all time! The base is Manglaze Mayonnaise. A matte shimmery white. Takes 3 coats for opacity.

I then used a sponge and OPI Nein Nein Nein Okay Fine and Mentality's Scoundrel to create the gradient.

The triangle shape was also made using Nail Stickrs but this time I used the straight lines.

I did make some mistakes with these though. Some of the polish leaked under the stencil. I found using a little brush with some nail polish remover on cleaned it up a bit. I don't think they are bad at all for a first attempt!

Matted it all, again. I mean I just love matte!

What do you think of these new Nail Stickrs? I love them and whether your new or a dab hand a nail art these have a use for everyone.


You can purchase and peruse at their WEBSITE, FACEBOOK and INSTAGRAM


*products featured were sent to me as a press sample. Opinions are honest and all my own*

Sally Magpies Haul!

I was supposed to be saving for holiday.....

Then Sally announced a 50% off EVERYTHING sale last week. I was very good and only got 4.

Pretty and Polished April Showers, Picture Polish Aurora, Pretty and Polished Pretty Chameleon, Manglaze Mayonnaise. 


I have wanted to own a Manglaze for a really long time and I needed a new white so win win! I love the art on the bottle and the less than savory names.... :P

As you all know I love thermals! So I picked April Showers and Pretty Chameleon by Pretty and Polished. I really wanted May Flowers but it was sold out. Ill have you one day May Flowers!

I cannot wait to get Aurora on my nails. I actually said WOW when I opened it. It nothing like the mutlichromes I own now, its nothing like anything I own now!
If I wasn't going away in a couple days I would have bought all the limited edition Picture Polishes. I also really wanted the Rocky Horror ones but a held myself back!

Unfortunately the sale is over BUT Sally stocks a wide range of indies polishes and shes in the UK!
You can find her HERE