Illamasqua

I feel like I’ve really lost my nail art mojo lately. My full-time job is taking a lot out of me at the moment and I think there’s no space left for creativity.  Or energy left at the end of the day. I came up with this gradient stamping design because I wanted something with a little more interest than a straightforward stamped mani, which has kind of been my default lately.

It’s still quite simple and quick, and the gold flakes in the base colour show through delightfully.

Teal to lime gradient stamping

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I shared my old Lady Circuitry design as part of Throwback Thursday this week and it inspired me to revisit it. This is an easy nail stamping design and it looks very …
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This is my version of “work appropriate” nails…I’m really not sure what I’d do if I was employed somewhere that didn’t allow polish! That might be a French manicure or even …
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I chose her waterfall rainbow on white and Elie Corzo chose my Art Deco freehand design from September. The hardest part about these mani swaps always seems to be choosing …
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This was supposed to be just a swatch, but I couldn’t resist adding something else: trimmed down paper lashes for a silhouette and a glitter gradient.

Illamasqua Facet Essie …
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This is my version of Fleury Rose Nails’ design, which you can see on Pinterest.

Illamasqua Raindrops 2True Artemis and Aglaia MoYou London Sci-Fi 05

The matte glitter in the …
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Just a really simple glitter topper tonight, but it looks really effective. It might not be very summery, but the weather isn’t either despite the bank holiday weekend!

OPI Nein! …
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I had a think about orange things when searching for inspiration and chose clownfish. They are very cute and it makes a great, bold pattern. 

This was a simple nail …
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Having been set the challenge by the NPQueens to do a freehand yin-yang mani, I really needed to make something normally monochrome bright. It was also a chance to break …
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I’ve seen similar designs on Pinterest in the past and I’ve finally got all the tools and colours to create my own comic book design.  It’s a bit like the …
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