February Challenges - More Smooshing and some UberChic flower stamping

This weeks #smooshynailsunday colours were periwinkle, coral and bright blue.
I used Nails Inc Bluebell, Copacabana Coral and Baker Street.
Then I stamped with UberChic UC5-03 and A England Camelot.
And then with UberChic UC4-01 and Colour Alike Kind of White

#smooshattack

 

UberChic UC5-03 and A England Camelot

 

UberChic UC4-01 and Colour Alike Kind of White

 

April Challenges - Blue and Blue for Autism Awareness

I decided to try and do more challenges which might be a bit mad because it is now year end at work so I'll probably be really busy. The logic is that if I follow the challenges I won't spend ages trying to decide what to do on my nails. We'll see - I think the blog posts will get shorter (hurray! I hear you shout)
Anyway, the first challenge is #30daysofcolourchallenge hosted by @procrastinailart. This is a daily challenge and the first prompt is blue.
The other challenge I decided to try is #ukstampersapril and the prompt for 1st April is Autism Awareness, so the 2 challenges should be OK to combine since the main colour behind this campaign is blue.
I started with a base of Nails Inc Instyle Bluebell, and then I stamped a water marble design from Hehe 040 - a wonderful plate if your water marbelling skills are anything like mine!
I still wanted to stamp on top of that so I went for a subtle effect, stamping Fancy Gloss Mermaid Tales. This is a very pretty blue tealy holo, not really opaque enough for bold stamping but perfect for what I wanted. I was really pleased with how that looked.
Finally, from Lealac LLC-A I have used the jigsaw image and Kleancolour Neon Sapphire.

Nails Inc Instyle Bluebell
#30daysofcolourchallenge

Hehe 040 and Fancy Gloss Mermaid Tales

 

Lealac LLC-A and Kleancolor Neon Sapphire
 #uknailstampersapril

 

Lealac LLC-A and Kleancolor Neon Sapphire
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Watercolour mani with Nails Inc pastel shades

As I mentioned on my last post, my previous mani was intended as a base for nail art. This is what I did with it...
I think I mentioned I had joined a group run by Debbie from The Crumpet, to learn some basic nail art. There are week by week tutorials to follow, but I joined late so I am catching up, mainly with the ones that interest me most. Last week I decided to try the watercolour mani.
I chose greens and blues, and at the back of my mind was something very pretty like Monet's Waterlilies. A quick check of Google showed that the colours were nothing like Monet's but never mind!!
I had the soft green base of Nails Inc Holland Park Gardens, and the other 3 colours I chose were also Nails Inc, mainly because I have polishes in the colours I wanted to use, rather than any specific desire not to mix brands. I chose Bluebell, a slightly lilacy blue, Royal Botanical Gardens and St James Square, 2 very pretty tealy pastel shades, St James Square being bluer and a touch darker.
I followed Debbie's tutorial and this is what happened.
I couldn't quite decide when I'd finished whether its looked really good or a complete mess, but comments I received were mostly positive, and actually it really grew on me. Initially I had intended to do some stamping on top straight way but I decided to wear it on its own for a coupe of days and then I was too worried about spoiling it. The stamping bit will now get a separate post.

Watercolour mani with Nails Inc pastel shades