26 Great Nail Art Ideas - Work Appropriate Nail Art

Work Appropriate Nail Art - I am sure we will all interpret this differently but I read it as nails that were suitable for work. I work from home and never see anyone so for me anything goes but I believe that this would be the sort of nails that would be acceptable if I worked in an office meeting clients, or maybe attending interviews.
In other words subtle, understated. I'd hate to think I'd ever have to have naked nails although after six months of wearing gels my nails do look a better colour!
Anyway, I went for a pale khaki shade, Gellifique 6020 in their one step gel range.
Then I stamped the pretty cherry blossom image from Messy Mansion MM77XL with A England Fotheringhay Castle. This was not quite the same shade, different enough for the stamping to be visible but not in your face!

Messy Mansion MM77XL

 

 

 

Messy Mansion MM77XL - matte

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October Challenges - Gold and Holo Splatter

I combined the first two challenges of October.
The first challenge was Gold for #30daysofcolourchallenge. I used Avon Frosted Peach and Born Pretty BP-19 to stamp leaves over an Autumnal base.
The second challenge (which I did first!) was Splatter using holo polishes for #wnac2015.
I used A England Fotheringhay Castle and SV by Sparkly Vernis Gilded Lemon Drops over Colors by Llarowe Mocha Grande. I did the splatters on my Uber mat so there was a lot less mess!
Once I had finished my splatters I stamped some leaves using Colors by Llarowe Love Actually and Born Pretty BP-19. The contrast wasn't great for photos but they looked pretty in real life and this was the Autumnal base I added the gold stamping to.

Avon Frosted Peach and Born Pretty BP-19

 

 

 

 

Colors by Llarowe Love Actually and BP-19

Splatter -  SV by Sparkly Vernis Gilded Lemon Drops
 and A England Fotheringhay Castle

 

 

 

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When Colours Collide - Inspired by Art from another Country

I joined in on a collaboration with some lovely ladies from When Colours Collide.
The theme was Inspired by Art from another Country, and I decided as my husband is Welsh and I love all those Celtic swirls, I'd go for a Celtic look.
I started with a gradient of A England Tristam and A England Dancing with Nuryev, then I stamped a spiral pattern from DRK A with A England Saint George and A England Fotheringhay Castle and finally I stamped a celtic pattern from DRK A with SV by Sparkly Vernis Gilded Lemon Drops.
I was so pleased with how this turned out until I tried to capture it on camera, you could have the holo or the stamping but not both, so I took hundreds of pictures!!!
If you have access to Instagram take a look at #whencolourscollide to see all the other fantastic contributions - the collaboration pic is at the bottom of this post, all pulled together by lovely Mary from Dreamymm.

DRK A and SV by Sparkly Vernis Gilded Lemon Drops

gradient of A England Tristam and
A England Dancing with Nuryev

DRK A with A England Saint George and
A England Fotheringhay Castle

Stamping! A England Fotheringhay Castle with A England Rose Bower

Today I have stamped over my beautiful green Fotheringhay Castle. I wanted to stamp with something contrasting, and having lined up a good selection of my A England polishes I chose Rose Bower, which I last wore almost a year ago! Where did that year go?
Rose Bower is a stunning raspberry red, just enough pinkiness to it for me as I am not a red red fan! I think it looks fantastic with the vibrant green. It stamped really well but I didn't quite seem to be able to capture the contrast between these shades - to the naked eye the images are pin sharp.
I used Moyou London Mother Nature 02 and selected the end of a small branch with leaves and flowers. I think this has a bit of an autumn feel to it and I love the colours together.

A England Fotheringhay Castle and Rose Bower

 

  

 

A England Fotheringhay Castle

Today I have the most beautiful polish to show you. I haven't blogged an A England polish for a while, a bit shocked to see June was my last posting, although recently I have been using them for stamping, so they are certainly not being neglected or forgotten!
In October A England brought out  a new collection - the Elizabeth and Mary Collection, and this stunning green, Fotheringhay Castle, is one of those polishes. When I first saw the swatches this was the one that caught my eye and I absolutely had to have.
This is the most gorgeous intense mossy green holo, it is perfection in green! The scattered holo is so pretty, and I was lucky enough to get some sunshine pictures today that have captured that quite well. This polish has such depth, and I have included daylight and indoor pictures to show that this polish is just beautiful, whatever the light. You'll also see a golden warmth to the polish, most apparent in the sunshine.
This is quite a thick polish and almost a one coater, so again it will be great for stamping, but I've done 2 coats here, and pictures are taken with top coat. It applied and dried well.
I am so pleased I bought this one, I do have other holo greens, but nothing exactly like this and you can never have too many greens!

A England Fotheringhay Castle