Monday 30 December 2013

A Few Christmas Manicures

Hi all.

I've been lagging in posting all of the Christmas-type manicures I've been doing recently so I thought I'd throw three in one post!
Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: Essie - Muchi Muchi
Stamping Colour: Konad White
Image Plate: Bundle Monster BMH02
Top coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails
 

The next manicure is one that I wore for a week solid with only minimal tip wear (see pic) I loved wearing these. I honestly Just adore My Cherry Amour so much, iPhone pics do not do it justice at all!
Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Stamping Colour: Barry M - Gold Foil
Image Plate: Bundle Monster BMH03
Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails
This purple manicure only stayed on for a couple of days as it just bored me to high heaven!
Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: Sinful Colors - Amethyst ( I think!)
Stamping Colour: NYC - Niagara Foils
Image Plate: Bundle Monster BMH03
Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails
My favourite has to be the first snowflake manicure. It reminds me of some nails I did back in 2011. I was going to link to them but man I used to keep my nails so long back then I'd rather not!

So do you have a favourite from these three?

**Nicole by OPI Gumdrop polishes mentioned were sent to me for consideration of review**

Friday 20 December 2013

Christmas Pick & Mix

Hi all, happy Friday!

This week has been a loooooong week, but I'm hoping that this weekend will help me recover further from my cold/cough and a night out with the bestie will get me into the festive mood further!

I've been sporting these nail since Sunday, and while they are currently chipped on a few corners, they're holding up quite well!

The white base on most of the nails is Rimmel - French White, and the glitter on those nails is Nails Inc - Electric Lane. Not sure why I love white with glitter like this, but I do! I really still need to buy a new white as this one has been thinned so much it smells more like thinner than polish!
Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Coats: Rimmel - French White, NOPI - My Cherry Amour & W7 - Night Suede (pinky)
Image Plates: Bundle Monster BMH01 BMH03
Glitter: Ciaté - Sequin Mistletoe Magic (thank you Debbie-dumpling for this :D)
Stamping Colours: W7 - Suede, Konad White, Rimmel Black, Revlon - Emerald City
Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails


 And for funsies here's the stamping without dotting or a top coat. Rudolph freaked me out so much at this point with his zombie eyes!

Hope you's like these :] I'm hoping to post more festive-themed nails soon when I do some more peoples nails!

Sunday 15 December 2013

Candy Coloured Splatter With Skull Stamping

Hi all.

How's everyone doing this murky Sunday? I'm particularly gloomy, and still feeling rough with this horrid cold, but I'm going to try and be productive and maybe even get some Christmas themed nails done later!

This mani is something I did back in August, and I loved these, quite a lot. I'm a little obsessed with the using the method of using the rough side of a sponge to "splatter" colours on for a base before stamping.

The base colours for this mani were all from the Nicole by OPI Selena Gomez range. I used Selena, Love Song and Pretty In Plum, and used Konad White and the Cheeky Viva Mexico Plate for stamping.
Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: Nicole by OPI - Selena
Splatter Colours: Nicole by OPI - Pretty In Plum, Love Song
Stamping Colour: Konad White
Image Plate: Cheeky Viva Mexico
Top coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails
 Here's the splatter mani:

And here's a picture of the pretty Selena

I think I'm gonna settle myself in bed with some nail supplies and a film and see what I come up with! Hope you've all had a good weekend.

Monday 9 December 2013

NOPI - Love Song & Barry M - Gold Foil Stamping

Hi all, happy Monday, can you believe there's only just over two weeks left until Christmas?!

I'm hoping I may get the chance to post some festive manicures before Christmas rolls around but I don't hold high hopes - so I may not even do any, and how crazy is that?!

Today I have a little post showing the lovely NOPI - Love Song with some stamping from the Viva Mexico Cheeky Plate using Barry M - Gold Foil.
Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: Nicole by OPI - Love Song (Selena Gomez collection)
Stamping Colour: Barry M - Gold Foil
Image Plate: Cheeky Viva Mexico
Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

And here's a swatch shot of Love Song.  It's a really gorgeous Lilac shade, with very slight shimmer, which is mainly hidden on the nail but it definitely lightens up the whole thing.

Hope you've all had a good Monday so far.  I think by the time this posts I will be setting up the Christmas tree in the office :]

*This NOPI polish was sent to me for consideration of review*

Tuesday 3 December 2013

French Manicure

Hi all,

This is a crazy crazy week for me for free time, so I'm not sure how much I will be able to post, this is a lovely little french manicure I did for my bestie Dom's mum, and I'm doing her nails again tonight so will post those soon too.

Base Coat: CND - Sticky
Base Colour: Essie - Muchi Muchi
Tip Colour: Rimmel - French White
Stickers: Nailene
I'm hoping to be back some time soon with some christmasy nails. Hope you're having a good week so far!