Digit-al Dozen DOES Nature - Spring Flowers

Hi Goddesses

For several weeks now, on my nail desk, I've had a bunch of about 12 polishes gathered together.  All pastels, green, peach and pink, they complement each other perfectly and gave me LOADS of nail art inspiration, of which today's mani is one.

I've done this style of mani before.  Not only is it easy, it's a real delight to do.

The base was a splodged mixture of the greens you see, over a base of Barry M Coconut.

Once that was dry, I added overlapping, 5-dotted flowers in the peaches and pinks, with a small white dot in the centre.

In real life, this mani looked GREAT, but as seems to happen more and more these days, it would not photograph in all its glory.  Glossy, it looked too glassy, and matte it looked too .... dry (or is that just my cuticles).    I also hated how many HAIRS the mani had on it lol - I don't think Bluebelle has ever managed to sabotage a mani to this degree before lol.

I hope you've enjoyed this week.  You can probably expect me to be quiet for another week or 2 while I get myself sorted out.  I do have loads of nail art I haven't posted, as well as at least 6 sets of reviews to show you, so I will be back ... in some format of myself.


Enjoy the start of Spring, and I will see you soon xxxx

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Digit-al Dozen DOES Patterns on Patterns - Camo and Roses

Hi Goddesses

Today's mani is the only one this week that is inspired by a real thing.

A couple of weeks ago, a girl I worked with, came into work wearing a scarf.  At first glance, it looked like pure camo but on closer inspection .... ooooh, roses!

The roses were woven into the camo and really unexpected.  I loved the clash of masculine and feminine patterns, and knew instantly that this would make it to DD week.

The camo pattern was done with a dotting tool, and Barry M Olive and Cardomom and w7 Spearmint.  Once the base was dry and sealed, I added the roses.

The roses are a base of Morgan Taylor Sitting Pretty and petals of w7 Salmon.  I adore the clash of the pink with the green and the mix of patterns here.

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