Friday 31 March 2017

26 Great Nail Art Idea - Green Freestyle

This week's prompt is Green Freestyle, which I take to mean green and whatever I fancy.
I love green nails. I think blue is my favourite colour but I love so many greens that it's a close run thing and actually I think there is a wider range of green polishes.
Anyway, I started with a gel base of Gellifique One Step 6022, a bright lime green.
Then I stamped blossoms from Dixie plate DP10 with Hit the Bottle Absinthe Minded and then I added larger bolder flowers with A England Saint George. They are quite bright and in some lights the base looks almost yellow but I was really pleased with how these turned out. Although there are no other colours I think they just look so Spring like!
Green with Dixie Plate DP10
Green with Dixie Plate DP10
Green with Dixie Plate DP10
Green with Dixie Plate DP10




Thursday 23 March 2017

Nail Crazies Unite - Sweets

This was a tricky one, I really struggled to find any plates with sweets on apart from Messy Mansion Merry Christmas.
So, after trying and failing to come up with an alternative solution, I went with that plate.
I started with a base of HJ Manicure Candy Pink and then stamped sweets from Messy Mansion Merry Christmas on each nail with Moyou London White Knight.
I wasn't sure if they looked a bit plain so I also did a coloured version using A England In Robe and Crown and Leighton Denny Rebel.
Messy Mansion Merry Christmas with Moyou London White Knight over HJ Manicure Candy Pink
Sweets ; Messy Mansion Merry Christmas 
 Messy Mansion Merry Christmas with Moyou London White Knight over HJ Manicure Candy Pink
 Messy Mansion Merry Christmas with Moyou London White Knight over HJ Manicure Candy Pink



Thursday 16 March 2017

26 Great Nail Art Ideas - Spring Animals

I thought of bunnies and chicks for Spring but I think maybe that's Easter...a Spring animal is any baby animal that's born in the Spring?
Anyway, I went with the cute animals on the Bundle Monster Fuzzy and Ferocious Forest plate, BM - S167. Even if they aren't Spring animals, they are cute and the fanbrush base used pretty springy sort of colours, I think.
So, the base is three HJ Manicure polishes, Pink Champagne, Turquoise Sea and Lavender.
Then I stamped a selection of the cute animals with Bundle Monster BM-S167 and Moyou London Black Knight.
As usual I had some issues with capturing these cuties on camera and had to resort to the trusty matte top coat.
Bundle Monster BM-S167
Bundle Monster BM-S167
Bundle Monster BM-S167



Saturday 11 March 2017

Nail Crazies Unite - Rainbow

This week's prompt was Rainbow and I decided to combine it with another prompt, butterflies for #clairestelle8march.
I went with my initial idea for this mani and then I wasn't sure. I did all fingers the same on the other hand (because it's easier!) and I think I preferred the look so I re-did the middle 2 fingers so they were all the same.
I am posting both so you can see.
I used Esmaltes da Kelly Soap Bubbles in red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple and then stamped the butterflies using Loja BBF 46 and Moyou London Kitty 14 with A England Camelot.
I used the Soap Bubbles and a small brush to lead light the butterflies in version 1.
Loja BBF 46 and Moyou London Kitty 14
Rainbow butterflies
 Loja BBF 46 and Moyou London Kitty 14
 Loja BBF 46 and Moyou London Kitty 14
Loja BBF 46 and Moyou London Kitty 14
Loja BBF 46 and Moyou London Kitty 14



Friday 3 March 2017

26 Great Nail Art Ideas - Mixed Tape Mani

Not such a great idea!!! I hate striping tape and when I saw this prompt I thought - oh no, no way I can cheat or avoid that - I will just have to face it. Feel the fear and do it anyway!
Well, I did it. I used my fanbrush mani as a base and then waited 'til the next day so it was properly dry before doing the tape. I only had one type of tape so I used vinyls stripes too.
I applied the tape and vinyls in a random pattern and then painted with A England Polovetsian Dances, a gorgeous dark purple holo that I thought would give the best contrast against the green and orange.
It smudged a bit in places and although I took a lot of photos there was no getting away from the fact that this was not my best work! At least I tried...
Mixed tape mani