Hi Goddesses
Oh goddesses, goddesses, goddesses, this post is soooooo late. This was due to be my post last Friday, at which point I had been battling a sinus infection for a week. Finally armed with anti-biotics, I went to bed, determined to post over the weekend, only to not actually manage to get out of bed all weekend. I've been back at work this week but soooo low on energy. In fact, it's a whole week since I even sat at my laptop (oh yeh, AND I have bare nails - eeeek!).
Which is a shame because I LOVE THIS MANI !!!! This is one of my favourites that I've ever done and I loved wearing it.
So, what we got? Well, this week's (last week's) 40 Great Nail Art Ideas theme was 3 shades of purple - obviously, that's always going to be a good idea - and my prompt was decals. I decided to only decal 2 nails and I'm glad I did - it saved time, but also gave the mani room to breathe.
I deliberately picked 3 "living" purples - colours that have extra life and shift to them. So on the thumb we have Lorelei from Powder Perfect, a stunning flecked lilac. On index we have Protect Your Girly Bits, a stunning purple holo twinkling with copper lights. And finally on pinkie we have one of my all time faves - OPI Planks A Lot.
My stroke of genius was to apply my decals to a silver background. It was unusual, and really made the whole mani pop. I used the super sparkly Stinky Little Truck from Literary Lacquers and this gorgeous flower image from UberChic 5-02.
Ta-dah! Super happy Crumpet :)
Hi Goddesses
Wow, that was a catchy post title eh? Lol. Today I am doubling up, with my final post of the DD's New & Improved week, as well as nail art for Things That Fly, this week's 40 Great Nail Art Ideas challenge.
Today the 2 are united by .... decals. Ever since I saw the Things That Fly prompt, I've wanted to use this super cute bumblebee design from UberChic. I'm also obsessed with the notion that logically, there is no way a bumblebee SHOULD be able to fly, and yet it can. Oh, and I love their lovely dumpling shape!
This mani is also a bit more evolved than my usual nail art, bringing it back to the Improved element. I have 3 nails stamped with flowers, and 2 bumblebee nails.
For the garden, I did a base coat of Literary Lacquers Phizzwizard, a great pale green holo, stamped it with these super cute daisies from UberChic 5-01 and dotted their centres with OPI Hot & Spicy, Planks a Lot and Jessica Ocean Bloom. I liked those nails a lot.
My bumblebees are from the same UberChic plate, and I coloured my decals in with OPI The It Color. I got some smudginess from the bees' faces, but other than that, did better with my decals than before - mainly, I think, because I cut them to size before applying them to my nails. (Over Barry M Huckleberry).
That's it for this week - I hope you've enjoyed what you've seen from us, and maybe it's inspired you to try something new or give something another go. Have a great weekend.
Hi Goddesses
Another mani today with the fabulous It Girl 03 plate which I was sent for review. This was also a great chance to use my UberMat and make some decals!
I bought the Color Club pastel neons MONTHS ago, and then took my blogging break, and for the longest time they have been sat on my shelf staring at me accusingly. This mani seemed a perfect time to use them!
There is no base on my nails, just base coat. I stamped onto my UberMat (over a prepped aread of base coat) using Barry M Silver Foil, and then basically coloured in!
I loved the childish aspect of the colouring in lol, but I have to tell you, this KILLED my back! I don't think I could have chosen a pickier pattern, and this took me pretty much an hour to do (for 5 nails), which is unheard of for me.
Still, the final effect was worth it, something about the pastels with that silver is just WOAH to me, and I really was reluctant to take this one off.
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Hi Goddesses
Ok, here we go, more messy decal madness!
As you may know if you follow this blog, me and watermarbling don't get along. I really struggle to get my polish to spread, however much I yearn for those amazing patterns.
I recently saw THIS tutorial on Betty's Beauty Bombs, and wondered whethered it would be a better option for me. Basically, you make your watermarble pattern, let it "set" on the water, then pull it out, cut it to the right size (AND pick the bit of the pattern you like) and plonk it on your nail. So easy.
Yeh. So again, I'm posting this one as a work in progress, something we can hopefully look back on in a few months when I have perfected it (cough).
2 things strike me - the see through bits in my pattern. I don't know whether I need to do double rings, but man it annoys me, as does the slightly shaky lines in the water. Oh and the lumpiness. Flat it layeth not :/
Secondly oh this was messy. I think other people may be better at cutting their decals to size - I ended up dissolving the "extra" bits with acetone and then getting all messy. Yeh, YouTube here I come :)
Polishes used -
Morgan Taylor Sitting Pretty
China Glaze At Vase Value
China Glaze Lotus Begin
