40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Mint Green Watercolour

Mint Green Watercolour for #40greatnailartideas - This week's colour was mint green and my prompt was watercolour.
I used Barry M Bikini, Avon Peppermint and Nails Inc Queen Victoria Street over Avon Iceberg White  - I am not sure if they looked watery enough but having free-handed flowers that actually looked remotely like flowers, I was reluctant to mess with them.
I did go on to stamp over them but I'll save that for another post.

Mint Green Watercolour - Barry M Bikini, Avon Peppermint
and Nails Inc Queen Victoria Street over Avon Iceberg White

 

 

 

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June Challenges - A Smoosh and a Galaxy mani

The week before last the smoosh colours were pink, green and black - I used China Glaze Treble Maker, China Glaze Liquid Leather, and HJ Manicure Candy Pink.
I really liked this smoosh and that particlar week there was also a challenge within a facebook group to do a galaxy mani. It seemed to me that my smoosh would be a great base for a galaxy.
I sponged SV by Sparkly Vernis Blurple Ice Cubes over the smoosh and then stamped with Avon Iceberg White and Vivid Lacquer VL 040.
I think they ended up OK.

Smoosh!

Avon Iceberg White and Vivid Laqcuer VL 040

 

June Challenges - Colours you don't usually wear and Fruit!

Colours you don't usually wear for #clairestelle8june - well, having done so many challenges there really aren't a lot of colours I don't wear, including the dreaded yellow but it is still the colour I would choose not to wear so I've done yellow with a bit of white!
I used Colour Alike Lemonade and Moyra Plate Florality 2 over Virtuous Polish Chastity and then Colour Alike Kind of White and Moyra Plate Florality 2.
I don't think I liked it at any stage - sorry yellow lovers!! Anyway you can see them below - they did look a bit better in real life, the stamping was clearer.
The second challenge was Fruit for #clairestelle8june and I used Moyra Florality 1 and Barry M Blackcurrant over the yellow mani (never waste a mani!)
I coloured a few of the fruits in with a Sharpie and I really liked the final mani - despite the yellow :)

Colour Alike Lemonade and Moyra Plate Florality 2

Colour Alike Lemonade and A Kind of White
with Moyra Plate Florality 2

Moyra Florality 1 and Barry M Blackcurrant

 

When Colours Collide - Brown and Pink

I decided I'd use the layering plate by Clear Jelly Stamper - CJS-02 for this mani. I started with a base of  Leighton Denny Supermodel, and then stamped with Above the Curve Friday the 13th, Colour Alike Sweetheart, Hit the Bottle Magenta at your Own Risk and Avon Polished Pink.
The choice of polishes was restricted by which pink and browns I could actually get to work with my clear jelly stamper, I think it needs a bit more washing as it's a bit choosy with what it will pick up.
Finally I used Hehe Fairytale 002 with Barry M Surfboard to add the lacy layer and then to finish it all off I added Barry M matte top coat.
These took a long time, all that individual image stamping! I like the idea of the clear stamper but I think it will be saved for occasional use, at least until I master it a bit better!

Clear Jelly Stamper CJS-02

added a few more roses

Clear Jelly Stamper CJS-02 and Hehe Fairytale 002

with matte top coat

June Challenges - Squares and the most awesome green!

I might have just found a new favourite green! Itsy Nails Green with Envy - I bought this last week along with a gorgeous slate grey, Cosmic Dust and a pretty light grey, City Girl.
I used the green first as it was the least like any other colour I own and I love it - it is so vibrant!! It applied beautifully, and dried nicely. It also seemed pretty well pigmented to I decided to see if the other 2 would stamp.
The prompt was Squares for #clairestelle8june  - I tried the beautiful slate blue grey Itsy Nails Cosmic Dust with Ejiubas Modern Geometry to stamp squares over the green mani. The squares were part of a tower block with lots of tiny windows and I think they worked well for this prompt - I don't have many plates with squares on.
Then I did a bit more stamping with Ejiubas Modern Geometry - this time quite a subtle addition with Itsy Nails City Girl, the lighter grey and a concentric circle pattern. The polish was not completely opaque but I really liked the look that I got. Although from the angle in the shot you can clearly see the concentric arcs, from many other angles you got more of a camouflage look.

Itsy Nails Green with Envy

 

 

Itsy Nails Cosmic Dust and Ejiubas Modern Geometry

Itsy Nails City Girl and Ejiubas Modern Geometry

June Challenges - Uber Chic !

Lovely Jolene @superninjaflyingmonkey had this great idea of showcasing Uber Chic manis on a Sunday so this is my first entry - Uber Chic UC 1-01 and A England Spirit of the Moors (over UC 1-02 and Leighton Denny Supermodel that I did for my 40 Great Nail Art Ideas Wedding mani )
And then for my second entry - Uber Chic UC 1-03 and Avon Iceberg White - I was frustrated with this one - it looked so pretty but the camera just couldn't capture it.

Uber Chic UC 1-02 and Leighton Denny Supermodel

Uber Chic UC 1-01 and A England Spirit of the Moors

Uber Chic UC 1-03 and Avon Iceberg White

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Weddings

This week's prompt was Weddings for #40greatnailartideas - I decided I would try to match my nails to my wedding dress using Uber Chic UC 1-02 and Leighton Denny Supermodel over Barry M Coconut Infusion Skinny Dip  - I took loads of pictures to try and capture the dress and the mani.
When I actually got married, 22 years ago, I just had very plain nails - a clear polish from Avon, I think but if I were to get married now I think I'd probably go for something floral but dark blue just to be different. These would have been my sensible choice :)
As I took so many pictures I did a few collages so I'll post these instead of making this a very long post!

Uber Chic UC 1-02 and Leighton Denny Supermodel

 

 

 

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