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

 

November Challenges - Hearts / Love

One of the November challenges I am participating in is being hosted on Instagram by @ladyandthe_stamp and @starryeyed83 for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness - there are 5 prompts and they all have to be purple.
The first one is Hearts / Love so I chose to use one of my new Uber Chic plates, UC 4-03.
I started with a base of Barry M Black Currant - these new Barry M black polishes are lovely, really dark and glossy - I am afraid I had to buy all 4 and I expect I will try to use them all this month. I have already stamped with each one and I am really pleased with them.
This applied nicely, I did 2 coats but coverage was pretty good with the first coat.
Pictures are taken with top coat but it was beauitifully glossy anyway.
Then I added a coat of the gorgeous flakie from Violet Rose, I Have a Dream.
Finally I stamped using Uber Chic UC4-03 and 2True Pro Metallica Artemis. I chose the image because I liked the look of the hearts but didn't really properly think it through - my nails aren't really big enough to show the full image but I was quite happy with the end result.
Finally I added matte top coat - you have to matte anything with flakies, don't you!

Barry M Black Currant

 

 

Violet Rose I Have a Dream

 

Uber Chic UC 4-03 and 2True Artemis

 

 

Wiki'd Nails - Random - Little Fish

This week's challenge for Wiki'd Nails was Random - and I got Little Fish! a strange page with references through to a selection of other fish related pages but it came up after about 20 hits on the random button so I figured it would do!

I stamped some little fish I found swimming along the bottom of Fab Ur Nails FUN 17 over the flakie/scaley mani from earlier in the week using 2true Pro Metallica Arete and Athena.

It looked OK but then to add to my underwater scene I added a coat of  Violet Rose Polish I Have a Dream - more flakies!!! I think these gave it a really nice finishing touch.

Little Fish!!

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