31DC Day 27 - Inspired By Artwork

Hi Goddesses

As a self-declared splodger, it really shouldn't surprise you which direction I took today :)  I was Googling around, looking for something funky yet random, when I found this -

And I likeyed.  A lot.  In the end, it was harder to do than I anticipated, mainly because a nail is not as large as a canvas lol, but I do wish I had done the pattern across all the nails, rather than individually on 5 nails.

In the process though I used my Sally Hansen Nail Art pen for the first time and we are soooooo indecently in love we need an 18 rating.   I can't believe it's taken me ppppffff  15/16 months of nail art before I knew of its existence, but now that I have found her, I am not letting go!

The base for this mani was the stunning Zoya Megan, which will be coming to a Work Wear Wednesday near you soon.   I then created my pattern with my white pen, and coloured in, using a thin dotting tool and the following colours - 

Barry M - Turquoise, Mint Green, Indigo, Coral, Bright Pink, Bright Purple

Overall, this mani has got some POW but I don't think I've quite captured the original.  That said, it's exactly the sort of random nail art that I adore.

Fresh, funky and colourful.

Enjoy xx :)

31DC Day 9 - Rainbow

Hi Goddesses

Welcome to a post of pure happy !!   It's impossible to look at this mani and not feel all warm, fuzzy and smiley :)

And is it just me, or does anyone else always burst into "I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainboooooooow .... " Lol.

This is another ruffle mani.  They are so easy to do and  sooooo effective.  They do take a little while, but I think they're worth it.

I wanted to do something different on a couple of the nails, so the index has the ruffle diagonally, and the middle has the ruffle starting at the centre.

Most of the polishes I used were Barry M -

Max Factor Red Passion

Barry M Block Orange

Barry M Yellow

Barry M Spring Green

Barry M Cobalt Blue

Barry M Indigo

Barry M Bright Purple

Love it !!  I was very happy with how this turned out.

Enjoy xx

Barry M Bright Purple Goes Dotty!

BARRY M – BRIGHT PURPLE

Hi Goddesses

When Barry and his M made Bright Purple, they made a beautiful polish.  This is deep, vibrant and utterly winning.

Bright Purple is a blend of –

·         Darkest fuchsia

·         Dark magenta

·         Red toned violet

·         And Zoya’s Demi, which it bears more than a passing resemblance to

It’s fabulously intense, like some tribal goddess paint, or a super toxic cocktail.  This has been steeped in berries, sprinkled with gin and left to soak not far from the beetroot juice jar.  It’s totally tropical, an exotic parrot or a strutting peacock that got mauled by the pink fairies at birth.

This is NOT a shy and retiring polish but possibly one of the most dramatic colours you can put on your nails.  I’m not sure it’s purple, but then it’s not pink either, and I’m getting stressed because I have no idea which polish family it needs to move in with!

Whatever, this is fab-u-lous, and that’s as much, and as little, as you need to know.

HAVING FUN WITH BARRY M’s BRIGHT PURPLE

I had been yearning to do this pattern for ages, and this seemed a really good base colour to do it on.  So here we have, Fun With Dotting.

I used CG Cheers To You and my largest dotting tool for this, doing random large silver dots.  I then did some smaller silver dots, with a small dotting tool.

Finally, I used a medium dotting tool to dot some Bright Purple over the silver, to give the appearance of rings or hoops.

Personally I just LOVE this.  It is so simple and easy to do – hey, even a Crumpet can’t fail at it! 

Enjoy xx J

Enjoy J  xx

J

Top Tip – if you’re ever unsure what a nail colour looks like, go to Google images, which will give you plenty of contrasts and compares.