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

Mani: Heart tips

Nail this look at home with:

Sally Hansen 'Peachy Keen'

Can't tell you the pink/red, it's a secret sorry!

Dotting tool

How?

1. Apply base coat of Sally Hansen 'Peachy Keen'. Let dry completely. 

2. Using your dotting tool and a red or pink polish, outline your heart about halfway up your nail. 

3. Using your red/pink polish, fill in the heart starting from halfway up your nail, painting toward the tip. 

Let's go get nailed with a heart tips mani x

Let's Go Get Nailed giveaway!

Well, now on top of the Instagram account and the blog, I also have a facebook page. 

It's a Let's Go Get Nailed! overload. I have some big ideas for Let's Go Get Nailed! and have finally started to get the ball rolling to turn my ideas into actions, hence the facebook page. For right now, it will be quite similar to my IG and this blog, in that it will mostly revolve around nail art. However in the near(ish) future it will move away from that into a little something more, a business venture that I don't want to say too much about just yet!

To celebrate my decision to get off my toosh and become an action woman, I'm having a giveaway. I have 6 brand new, beautiful polishes to ship off to a good home. For free. What? Yep, you heard me, for free. 

To enter, all you have to do is head to my facebook page - www.facebook.com/LetsGoGetNailed - and 'like' the page. Simples. The comp will finish 7 April and the winner will be picked at random. 

What are you waiting for, let's go get nailed!

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: Purple gradients

Nail this look at home with:

BYS 'Light purple'

NYC Color 'Deep Berry'

Make up sponge

How?

1. Apply base coat of BYS 'Light Purple'. Let dry completely. 

2. Using make up sponge, gradually apply NYC Color 'Deep Berry', starting at the tip of your nail and sponging down toward the base. 

Gradient nails are one of the quickest and easiest mani's to do if you're after something a little bit extra but are time limited. They're an all time fave back up of mine if I've spent too much time trying to make my head look presentable and haven't left enough time for my hands!

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

Mani: Cherry Blossom

Can't tell you how to nail this one at home just yet...BIG things are happening with Let's Go Get Nailed! xx

Mani: Mixed studs

Nail this look at home with:

Australis 'Grey'

Sportsgirl 'Silver'

Misc nail art studs

I bought all the nail art decals in this mani from Dollar Nail Art.

Let's go get nailed with a studded mani x

Mani: Glitter top coat

Nail this look at home with:

OPI 'Black Onyx'

Australis 'Crystal Colour' top coat

Let's go get nailed with this glitter top coat mani x

Mani: Gold accents

Nail this look with:

NYC Color 'Vintage Pink'

ChinaGlaze 'Blonde Bombshell'

BYS 'Gold Glitter'

Metal rectangle nail art

Nail glue (optional)

I bought this nail art from Dollar Nail Art

How?

1. Apply base coat of NYC Color 'Vintage Pink'. Let dry completely.

2. Apply ChinaGlaze 'Blonde Bombshell' to accent finger. Let dry completely.

3. Apply BYS 'Gold Glitter' to accent finger. Let dry completely. 

4. Using nail glue, or just a clear top coat, apply metal rectangle nail art to nails.

Let's go get nailed with a gold accents mani x

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: 2000 followers

When I first started my letsgogetnailed Instagram account, I had a handful of followers, a positive attitude and a set of claws that I loved to paint. My boyfriend said to me, 'I want you to promise me that if you reach 100 followers, you'll start a blog'. I laughed and agreed because I never thought it would come to it.

Now, just a mere 6 weeks - and a couple of well-timed shoutouts - later, my Instagram following stretches beyond 3,200 people. That's a lot of women who love nails!

I did this mani when I reached 2,000 followers and still feel as chuffed now as I did then. 

This is a just quick note to say thanks and encourage us all to keep on getting nailed!

 Let's go get nailed x

Mani: Twist on Cheeky Cheetahs

Nail this look at home with:

ChinaGlaze 'For Audrey'

ChinaGlaze 'Go Go Pink'

OPI 'Black Onyx'

BYS 'Light Purple'

Dotting tool

Scotch tape (optional if you are worried you don't have a steady enough hand)

How?

1. Apply base coat of ChinaGlaze 'For Audrey' to half of each nail in vertical direction.

2. Apply base coat of BYS 'Light Purple' to the other half of each nail in vertical direction. Let dry completely.
3. Using dotting tool, create pink spots in ChinaGlaze 'Go Go Pink'

4. Using dotting tool, draw on cheetah print in OPI 'Black Onyx'.
 

Let's go get nailed with this twist on a cheeky cheetah 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: Cheeky Cheetahs

Nail this look at home with:

ChinaGlaze 'For Audrey'

BYS 'Light Purple'
OPI 'Black Onyx'

Dotting tool

Scotch tape (optional if you are worried you don't have a steady enough hand)

How?

1. Apply base coat of ChinaGlaze 'For Audrey' to half of each nail in vertical direction.

2. Apply base coat of BYS 'Light Purple' to the other half of each nail in vertical direction. Let dry completely. 

3. Using dotting tool, draw on cheetah print. 

Let's go get nailed with a cheeky cheetah 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: Summer Lovin'

Nail this look at home with:

ChinaGlaze 'Lemon Fizz'

ChinaGlaze 'Blonde Bombshell'

DB 'French White'

Barry M 'Yellow'

Sally Hansen floral nail stickers

Dragonfly fimo

Thin nail art brush

Nail glue

Makeup sponge

How?

1. Apply base coat of ChinaGlaze 'Lemon Fizz'. Let dry completely. NB: Keep nail sticker accent finger bare

2. Apply Sally Hansen nail sticker to accent finger.

3. Using makeup sponge, sponge ChinaGlaze 'Blonde Bombshell' on to middle finger to create gradient effect.

4. Using thin nail art brush, stripe Barry M 'Yellow' on to thumb vertically.  Wash brush.

5. Using thin nail art brush and DB 'French White', draw a small white heart on to pinkie finger. Wash brush and outline heart with Barry M 'Yellow'. 

6. Using nail glue, glue dragonfly fimo onto pointer finger. 

Let's go get nailed with a summer loving mani x

Mani: Gradient glitter

Nail this look at home with:

Glitter, glitter, glitter!

Gold studs 

Nail glue

Clear polish

I buy all my nail art supplies online at Dollar Nail Art  

This is, by far, the fiddliest nail art I have done so far. And the messiest. Expect to look like a disco ball when you finish and expect your workspace to look the same!

How?

1. Apply a thin coat of clear polish to a third of your nail,  closest to the base. 

2. Either roll your nail into green glitter, or sprinkle green glitter onto the wet polish. I found rolling my finger in the glitter to be more effective. 

3. Repeat steps 1 & 2, for a deep blue glitter in the centre of your nail and a light blue glitter along the tips. 

4. Let settle for approx 15mins.

5. Apply desired top coat, being careful not to drag it along the nail too much - as you want to gently blend the glitter together, but not blur it all. 

5. Using nail glue, glue gold studs along the outer edges of your nails, but not along the tip.

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

Mani: Pink Glitters

Nail this look at home with:

Sportsgirl 'Ballerina'

ChinaGlaze 'Blonde Bombshell'
BYS 'Gold glitter'

Makeup sponge

How?

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

2. Using sponge, sponge on ChinaGlaze 'Blonde Bombshell'. Create a gradient effect by sponging more glitter along the tip and gradually fading it out down the nail.
3. Using sponge, apply BYS 'Gold glitter' along tips for a chunkier looking glitter effect.

Let's go get nailed with a pink glitters mani x

Mani: 70's Cheetah

Nail this look at home with:

ChinaGlaze 'For Audrey'

ChinaGlaze 'Go Go Pink'

OPI 'Black Onyx

Dotting tool

How?

1. Apply base coat of ChinaGlaze 'For Audrey', except for accent nail. Let dry completely. 

2. Apply base coat of ChinaGlaze 'Go Go Pink' to accent nail. 

3. Using dotting tool and ChinaGlaze 'Go Go Pink', create pink spots on your green nails.

4. Using dotting tool and ChinaGlaze 'Re-fresh Mint', create green spots on your pink nail. 

5. Using dotting tool and OPI 'Black Onyx', draw a thin line on each side of your spots. 

6. Using dotting tool and OPI 'Black Onyx', add small dots randomly on each nail to finish off the cheetah effect.

Let's go get nailed with a 70's cheetah mani x