Hit The Bottle

It’s finally warm in the UK, spring is giving way to summer, apart from the past couple of days which were more like November! My summer dresses are out, and I want some bright, pretty nails to go with them! I had my eyes on plenty of summer polishes in yesterday’s best of nail polish post, so Picture Polish Orchid is perfect for right now.

Picture Polish Orchid swatch

Yesterday was Crystal’s birthday, who is otherwise known as polish_plebe. She’s a qualified pilot (!) and her favourite colour is blue, so a group of us got together to do some manis for her. Check out my Flying Airplane nail art below!

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Last week’s challenge on NAN was half moons. I was having a bit of a block with nail art generally, and decided on this design the day after the prompt was posted. I quite liked how it turned out. But then forgot to post it, for so long in fact that the next prompt had already gone up. Doh! But if you are looking for a quick and easy way to create some Half Moon nail art, this is perfect.  Read More

Today, I’ve written a guest post for Katherine of Procrastinails, all about the Bow Polish Thermal Top Coat, and of course there is some nail art!

Thermal polishes like this …
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This design was part of the Maniswap Circle on Instagram, organised by glacewing (Angela) and natasha_dauncey (Natasha). I recreated noregrets4life_nails (Danielle) who did this Cyber Punk Samurai design. I was recreating it in cornflower blue to make Electric Punk Samurai. The Maniswap Circle specifies a colour each time to use. Read More

Over on Nail Art Nation, my friend Fabiana set this week’s challenge… ‘Sexy Flags’. Frankly I’ve no idea how you make that sexy, so here are some shiny Flag Nails instead.  Read More

I wanted to make the most of the blacklights I knew I’d be under this weekend, so I brought out the Orly Neon Gradient. These glow beautifully when exposed to UV light! Read More

This another of my purchases from a recent sale. Cirque Hatch is a white crelly polish with tiny black glitters. I feel a bit like I’m wearing an Oreo milkshake on my nails! Read More

This is one of my favourite colour combinations and I own far more grey polish than I could ever use. This Yellow and Grey Nail Art gave me the chance to …
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I was sent the Clear Jelly Stamper for review by Born Pretty Store.  The clear stamper and translucent barrel means you get a great view on exactly where you are placing …
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