The Sat-ART-Day Club - 1950s

Hi Goddesses

Today's Sat-ART-Day Club sees a very different type of theme - a decade.  When I think of the 1950s, I immediately think of stunning dresses and hourglass figures - clothes that made a woman look sooooo womanly, so that's what I went with today.

At one point, I was going to go with 5 dresses, one on each nail, but I didn't know whether I'd be able to pull it off, so I only did that on my thumb.

Most of the other nails are polka dot - this is kind of my defining fashion pattern from the 50s, I can always see polka-dotted skirts in my head.  All the polka dotting was done with a dotting tool.

I wanted to stick to a simple palette so I picked again the colours which to me are 1950s - black, white, red and pink. I used OPI Black Onyx, My Boyfriend Scales Wall and Sparrow Me The Drama and Max Factor Red Passion.

If I could go back in time and wear only one decade of fashion, I *think* it would be this one - was it the 50s that also had Capri pants?  If so, then yes, the 50s, with all it's hope, simplicity and family values is where I wanna be :)

Enjoy xx :)

31 DC - Day 28 - Inspired By A Flag

Hi Goddesses

Ugh today has been a long day.  I am full of snot from a particularly heavy cold, have just been for a meal out and STILL have a blog post to do before I can call it an early night and listen to the Ryder Cup.

Inspired By A Flag was a tricky one for me, but only because I did soooooo many variations of the Union Jack this summer.  Because of that, I couldn't bear to do it again, but then I really struggled for something else to represent.  In the end I wondered what flags there were to represent causes rather than countries, and that's where today's mani came from.

Today we have the Peace Flag - rainbow gradient lushness and look, letters !!!!   As soon as I found it on Google, it seemed soooo appropriate given our troubled times, and I also loved how it harked back to the 60s, and a much simpler era.

The base of this mani is a gradient of 5 nail polishes.  I LOVE how these all mooshed together.   I felt it would be too much to do 7 polishes, so I eliminated a couple!  I ended up using Max Factor Red Passion, and Barry M in Yellow, Spring Green, Cyan Blue and Indigo.

For the gradient, I dribbled the polish in lines on my piece of plastic that I use, allowing them to overlap a little, and then used a smooth make-up sponge to apply.  I think I used  3 applications to get enough polish on the nail.   Now this next part is personal preference, but I deliberately didn't line my sponge up perfectly every time I reapplied the polish - I thought it added to the gradient to do it this way. Here is the gradient on its own - pretty damn gorgeous if I do say so myself.

And finally I used a thin brush and OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls to add the lettering - I quite like that the lettering ended up being simple and childlike.

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