30 Days of Purple - Day 19 - Duri Grape Swirl Dotticure

Hi Goddesses

Well, it's still mayhem at Kitty Towers, hence the slightly erratic posting and sadly no Sat-ART-Day Club this weekend. Don't worry though, I WILL get that post done at some point, cos I was really psyched about honouring one of my favourite sci fi shows :)

Today features the amazing DURI Grape Swirl.  I love Duri.  Not particularly easy for me to get hold of in the UK, but gorgeous. Smooth and dreamy in application and utterly classic in bottle style.

This one is a dark metallic grapey colour, darker on the nails than in the bottle.  It's also a bit of a shape shifter, appearing much darker in certain lights than others.

The brown aspects are offset by the metallic tones, creating a perfect purple lusciousness.

I then dotted randomly with a variety of polishes, trying to vary both tone and texture.  I used - 

OPI My Boyriend Scales Walls

Sally Hansen Delphinium

Claire's Cosmic - insanely sparkly!

Barry M Blackberry

KIKO 338

There is no particular rhyme or reason to how the dots are applied - just try to keep it as random as possible.

And the overall effect ?  Well, you really can't beat a simple dotticure, and honestly, they're effortless.  Easiest nail art ever, and so effective :)

Enjoy xx :)

30 Days of Purple - Day 11 - Camouflage

Hi Goddesses

I am really in love with this mani, albeit it's not quite what I had in my head!

This is a camouflage mani, which is ridiculously easy to do - all you need is a dotting tool, some polishes and then off you go, making random squiggles!

I scuppered myself by using the gorgeous Sally Hansen Delphinium as a base.   Because she's quite a pink-toned lilac, I had to go with brownier (rather than bluer) purples, and sadly, most of my best ones are in the bluer group.

Second unfortunateness?  2 of the colours I chose were just tooooo similar :(  So you've got Bettina 191 (the dark one), then China Glaze Jungle Queen (medium dark) and Duri Grape Swirl (palest, and slightly metallic).

That said, I do love this combination of colours, there's something very striking and arresting about it, and it certainly has impact.

If you're scared of camouflage nails, don't be, they are soooo easy.  Best of all, the dotting tool does most of the work for you.  Place your dotting tool on your nail, and drag it halfway or two thirds of the way towards the other side.  As you do so, the line will thin itself out as the polish gets used up - this creates the perfect uneven, jagged appearance of your camouflage stripes.

Enjoy xx :)