Neon Week - Fish Scales

Hi Goddesses

Wow, I am a little late posting tonight and more than a little breathless, as I was watching Andy Murray.  For 11.5 months of the year, Britain doesn't care about tennis, but when Wimbledon's on, we ALL go crazy lol.

Anyway, it was a GREAT match, but I won't spoil the result, just in case you haven't seen it yet.  To the nails, and this one was a hit at work.  If I'm honest, I don't really love it as it's not very "me", but it does work.

This started with 3 coats of w7 white as a good solid base, and then I splodged my neons over the top. We've got -

* Sation Miss Emo Shuns All

* China Glaze Hang-ten Toes

* China Glaze I'm With The Lifeguard

* Color Club Daisy Does It

* China Glaze Surfin' For Boys

The aim of the splodgerama is to create a smorgasboardof colour that blends and clashes - it's then perfect for stamping or arting over.

I used my Barry M white Nail Art Pen here.  As you can see on the thumb, the design started out as a distinct flower, but wobbled a bit as I moved round the fingers!  The pen didn't like being used over the Poshe top coat I'd used to seal my splodgerama, and so the pattern was a bit averse to laying its tracks.

I deliberately mixed it up on index and pinkie, and overall, I don't mind that the art is different from nail to nail.  I think the overall craziness of the neon base helps the randomness of the patterning.

Don't forget to check out my Lady Friends - enjoy xx :)

Neon Week - Splatter!

Hi Goddesses

Today I have a neon splatter for you, and words cannot express how much I loved wearing this mani, or how fabulous it looked.

Unfortunately, now, in photos, all I see is the really messy clean up (and man I scrubbed at this for hours) and somehow, none of the photos seem to convey the intense HAPPY of this mani.

Let's start at the top, with the polishes.  White base, and then 4 colours - OPI Roll In The Hague, China Glaze Papaya Punch, China Glaze Hang-ten Toes and w7 Fuchsia.  I was going to do you a posh photo of them, but decided to show you how they look amongst the continual clutter of my nail desk!

I absolutely LOVED how this splatter fell on my nails, and the colour collision was just perfect.  

Those cuticles though - I am so sorry.   I don't think I appreciated how much harder the neons might be to remove lol, and despite spending ages on, just couldn't get those last bits out.  I think my clean up brush just lost the will to live in the end.   In real life, they weren't so noticeable; in photos - yikes.   Still, I don't believe in Photoshopping my pics (don't even know how to) and I know you like to see when even I make a big mess.  I'm just bummed it detracts from the overall awesome.

Don't forget to check out the other Luscious Ladies - enjoy xx :)

Summer Challenge Day 35 - Summer Lovin

Hi Goddesses

This is one of those challenges which SEEMED such a good idea when I was putting the challenge together lol, but in reality, well, what does Summer Lovin MEAN ??

Obviously it makes me start singing my fave Grease song EVER, but that's not really what it's about, is it ?   I was super stumped for ideas, and then hit on the idea of holiday romances ..... so here we go .....

This started as a China Glaze Neon skittle - Splish Splash on the thumb, then Sunshine Pop, Orange You Hot?, Hang-ten Toes, and Aquadelic on the pinkie.  Yes, Aquadelic is not a neon, it's from the Brights Collex, but it's pretty ....

Then they all had a layer of a lovely Lush Lacquer polish which now was a different name and has to be referred to as Flippin Out.  Whatever, it's a great happy, sunny, summer mani type of glitter - a total rainbow.

I then turned to this strange stamp in the new Bundle Monster set - it's BM-310.  When it first came out, I had no clue whatsoever what it was, til Kirsten pointed out to me that it was the male / female symbols ...... ah!  yes !!!  hence .... summer rumpy pumpy lovin !!!

I stamped, as I always do, with Konad White.  I've said it before and I'll say it again - I wish I had just caved and bought this from the start.  I get too frustrated to faff around with trying to stamp with other colours.   Each to their own, but I would seriously recommend that if you're dabbling with stamping you set yourself up with a Konad white and a Konad black.

And that, goddesses, is Summer Lovin :)  Enjoy xxx