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

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: 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: Window nails

Nail this look at home with:

Sally Hansen 'Salon Effects Nude'

ChinaGlaze 'Shocking Pink'

ChinaGlaze 'Blonde Bombshell'

Peacock decal

Dotting tool

Small art brush

Nail glue

How?

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

2. Using small art brush, frame the nude polish with ChinaGlaze 'Shocking Pink' to create a window effect. 

3. Using nail glue (or apply to accent nail while polish is still wet), apply peacock decal and gently press down on to nail.
4. Using dotting tool, draw a thin line of ChinaGlaze 'Blonde Bombshell' at base of nail. 

Let's go get nailed with a window nail mani x

Mani: Flutterby Nails

Nail this look at home with:

Sally Hansen nail stickers!

Let's go get nailed with a flutterby nails mani x