Mani: Owl nails

Nail this look at home with:

Base coats are a secret, sorry!

ChinaGlaze 'Lemon Fizz'

OPI 'Black Onyx'

DB 'French White'

BYS 'Light Purple'

Barry M 'Blue'

Green, fuchsia, tangerine are a secret, sorry!

Dotting tool - various sizes

How:

1. Apply base coats, keeping ring finger as an accent nail. Let dry completely.

2. I have a set of dotting tools that come in various sizes, using the biggest dotting tool I dotted on the initial outline of the eyes in mint/teal.

3. While the eyes dry, use small dotting tool and ChinaGlaze 'Lemon Fizz' to draw on small beaks in the shape of an upside down triangle. 

4. Using the smallest dotting tool and misc colours  (I have used BYS 'Light Purple', Barry M 'Blue' and a few secret polishes) create the hearts. These can be quite fiddly and require patience. The best way to do these is by making one small dot for tip/bottom of your heart, then make a small dot above and to the right of it and also above and to the left. This will give you three small dots in the shape of an upside down triangle. To form the love heart, simply connect the dot at the tip diagonally to the dots above it. I hope that makes sense!

5. The eyes should be dry now, using a medium sized dotting tool and OPI 'Black Onyx' dot two black eyes on top of your mint/teal. Let dry completely.

6. Using a small dotting tool and DB 'French White', dot two small white spots on top your black dots to finish the detail on the eyes. 

Once you have your base coat applied and dry, you can actually do the above steps in whichever order you find easiest or however works best for you!

Let's go get nailed with an owl mani x

Making love potions and having midnight dreams

It's official, I am a nail nerd. I recently spent a Saturday afternoon frankening nail polish. It was probably the best afternoon of my life. 

As a result, I have two new babies that have quickly become the loves of my life. 'Love Potions' and 'Midnight Dreams'.

I'm not exaggerating when I say that I nearly peed my pants a little bit as I watched the first blobs of glitter float through the clear polish. Watching 'Love Potions' come to life re-defined what love is for me, luckily my boyfriend does not read this blog. 

Here are some pics of 'Love Potions', it's yet to be swatched - partly because I just like to look at it and partly because I've had to many mani's jump the line in front of it. Pics will go up once it's swatched

How can you nail this at home? Easy. Find an old clear polish, find a shiz load of glitter and combine!

'Midnight Dreams' was a little bit different. I started out with a clear coat and a buttload of glitter but then I decided I wanted it to have a tint. I'd been using all shades of blue/turquoise glitter so I ran with a blue tint. I grabbed a few of my blue polishes that I have and dropped them in. I used a splash of a Sally Hansen HD 'Electric Blue', OPI 'Russian Navy' and a Sportsgirl blue polish. 

The only part of this process that is not fun is mixing it all together. Luckily the clear polish I used had a few steel balls in the bottom, which help agitate the polish and mix it together. I have no better advice than to shake it like a polaroid picture. Be prepared to work the bingo wings. It ain't easy!

Midnight Dreams I have swatched and it was an absolute delight! It applied easily and I wore it on it's own without a base colour underneath. The best part was that I laced it with blue love hearts and I think my heart stopped when I saw one drop out onto my nail. 

 

Mani: Turquoise gradients

Nail this look at home with:

ChinaGlaze 'Re-fresh Mint'

ChinaGlaze 'For Audrey'

ChinaGlaze 'Towel Boy Toy'

Sportsgirl 'Electric Blue'

Makeup sponge

How?

1. Apply base coat of ChinaGlaze 'Re-fresh Mint'. Let dry completely. 

2. Using makeup sponge, sponge on ChinaGlaze 'For Audrey', starting from the tip of the nail. Sponge three quarters of the nail. 

3. Using makeup sponge, sponge on Sportsgirl 'Electric Blue', starting from the tip of the nail. Sponge halfway down the nail. 

4. Using makeup sponge, sponge on ChinaGlaze 'Towel Boy Toy', starting from the tip of the nail. Sponge a quarter of the nail. 

Let's go get nailed with a turquoise gradient mani x

Mani: Vintage floral

Nail this look at home with:
Sportsgirl 'Iceberg'

Color Club, Art Club 'White'

ChinaGlaze 'Go Go Pink'

OPI 'La Pazitively Hot'

Nail Art Liner 'Green'

Dotting tool

How?

1. Apply base coat of Sportsgirl 'Iceberg'. Let dry completely.

2. Using Color Club's Art Club 'White', add vertical stripes to nails. Let dry completely. 

3. Using dotting tool, create flower base in ChinaGlaze 'Go Go Pink'.

4. Using dotting tool, add flower petal detail in OPI 'La Pazitively Hot'.

5. Using dotting tool, add leaf detail in Nail Art Liner 'Green'.

Let's go get nailed with a vintage floral mani x

Mani: Stripes

Nail this look at home with:

Sportsgirl 'Iceberg'

Color Club, Art Club 'White'

How?

1. Apply base coat of Sportsgirl 'Iceberg.' Let dry completely.

2. Using Color Club's Art Club 'White'(which has a long, thin application brush), add vertical white stripes to nails. 

Let's go get nailed with a striped mani x

Mani: Coloured tips

Nail this look at home with:

Sally Hansen 'Salon Effects Nude'

Barry M 'Pink

Barry M 'Blueberry'

ChinaGlaze 'Re-fresh Mint'

ChinaGlaze 'Lemon Fizz'

BYS 'Light Purple'

Multi-coloured hexagonal glitter

The hexagonal glitter is from Dollar Nail Art. I buy all my nail art accessories there!

How?

1. Apply base coat of Sally Hansen 'Salon Effects Nude'. Let dry completely. 

2. Apply a strip of ChinaGlaze 'Re-fresh Mint' along the tip of thumb. Repeat this step for all fingers with a new colour on each tip.

3. Using nail glue, or apply while nail polish is wet, line each tip with hexagonal glitter in the same colour as the tip. 

Let's go get nailed with a coloured tip mani x

Mani: Boy/Girl

I did this mani for my sisters baby shower - she ended up having a boy!

Nail this look at home with:

Barry M 'Blueberry'

Barry M 'Pink'

Colour Club, Art Club 'White'

NB: I didn't use tape, but if you are worried you won't have a steady enough hand, you can use scotch tape to ensure you achieve a straight edge with each section

Let's go get nailed with a boy/girl mani x