April Challenges - A Smoosh and some Spirals

This week's #smooshynailsunday colours just screamed mint choc chip icecream to me, and a lot of others too, I think. Minty green, chocolatey brown and a cream, beige shade - yum!
I used Leighton Denny Morning Dew, Not Tonight and In the Buff  and I think they worked well together.
Then I used it as my base for Spirals for #clairestelle8april. I used a large spiral pattern on Pet'la Plate Spinning and Leighton Denny Not Tonight over the smoosh.
Then I used a smaller spiral pattern from the same plate with Leighton Denny Really Royal. This actually looked pretty good but it didn't like the camera so much.

Mint choc chip smoosh!

Pet'la Spinning and Leighton Denny Not Tonight

Pet'la Spinning and Leighton Denny Really Royal

When Colours Collide - Orange, Purple and Pink

This time round we decided to collide three colours rather than two- orange, purple and pink.
I started with a base of Nails Inc Power Pink. The I added chunky zigzags from Pet'la The Perfect One with Virtuous Polish Diligence, a very neon orange.
Then I added slimmer zigzags with the same plate and  Hit the Bottle Purple Reign.
I thought it looked OK but the pink base maybe should have been a pinker pink.
Anyway, just to be sure I used Hit the Bottle Magenta at Your Own Risk and Pet'la Plate Spinning to add one final layer. This was quite subtle over the rather bold mani but I think it added just enough pink for me to be happy!
One final thing to say is I am glad I went orange then purple rather than the other way round - that orange is very bright!!

Pet'la Plate The Perfect One, Hit the Bottle Purple Reign
and Virtuous Polish Diligence

 

 

Pet'la Plate Spinning and
Hit the Bottle Magenta at your own Risk

 

February Challenges - Colours that I Love and some Hearts

Yesterday's prompt for #clairestelle8feb was Colours that I Love. My favourite colour for nails has been blue for as long as I can remember closely followed by green and then purple.
So I went for a blue base and then stamped with green and purple.
I started with Leighton Denny In The Navy - I love this blue so much! A really stunning creme shade, just very slightly dusky and very wearable (says me who loves to wear blue!)
Then I stamped with Esmaltes da Kelly Helix and Pet'la Plate Spinning. The EDK holos stamp beautifully but to do Helix justice I should have chosen a more solid pattern. The camera couldn't pick up the fine pattern that well, but I loved it, and from a distance my nails looked tealy green and holo, no complaints there.
Then I added Hit the Bottle Purple Reign with another image from the same plate. Again, not the clearest pictures although to the naked eye they did look fab, honest!!
The prompt for #ggfnachallenge was hearts so I used Fab Ur Nails FUN14 and SV by Sparkly Vernis Blurple Ice Cubes over the blue green and purple.
Blurple Ice Cubes always stamps beautifully and is usually quite good to catch on camera, and then lucky for me, the sun came out!

Leighton Denny In the Navy

 

Esmaltes da Kelly Helix and Pet'la Plat Spinning

 

Hit the Bottle Purple Reign and Pet'la Plat Spinning 

Fab Ur Nails FUN14 and
SV by Sparkly Vernis Blurple Ice Cubes

 

January Challenges - Flakes and Spirals

I treated myself to a new black polish last week, 'Ard as Nails Beauty. It was part of a new selection of creme shades they had just brought out - you always need a good black in your stash!
This one is lovely, excellent application and good coverage in two coats. Pictures are taken with no top coat and look how glossy (ignore the rain drops!!)
I then used that as my base for #wnac2016. The prompt was Foil / Flakes - I don't have any foils but I do have this stunning metallic flakie Violet Rose Polish I Have a Dream, a stunning mix of metal flakes with purple being the main colour, and then a dash of evrything else in there too!
I just used one coat for this mani.
Then I added Spirals for #clairestelle8jan using Pet'la Plate Spinning and Colour Alike Aurora.

'Ard as Nails Beauty

 

Violet Rose I Have a Dream

 

Pet'la Plate Spinning