Image

stripes

Picture Polish Merge
8 years ago

Picture Polish Merge

I am a bit of a sucker for Picture Polish shades, and this is one I bought earlier this year.  Picture Polish Merge is a beige creme with scatter holo particles.  That means all the individual pieces make their own rainbow, rather than one big one across the nail.  I started with a swatch, then added some nail art (of course) and then had to go a bit crazy with the hand positions to capture the art!

Read More

Work Appropriate Nails?
9 years ago

Work Appropriate Nails?

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 …
Read More

Review: Star Vinyls
9 years ago

Review: Star Vinyls

As you’ll have seen from my last post I have some new Born Pretty Store items for review.

These full nail vinyls are really long (longer than my nails even) …
Read More

American Mash-Up
9 years ago

American Mash-Up

This mani is two celebrations in one: 4th July and #lovewins! A rainbow gradient of stars and stripes over a silver holographic base. Double rainbow! Read More

Review: Nautical Ship Wheel Charms
10 years ago

Review: Nautical Ship Wheel Charms

Next up from Born Pretty Store are these cute ship wheel charms. They are silver metal, but really thin. This was great for me since I could bend them around …
Read More

Hello Holo
10 years ago

Hello Holo

I couldn’t live with the tipwear on the matte black polish. Since it’s actually sunny in the UK right now, I brought out a full #holographic design.

        WIP Dark …
Read More

On the fourth day of Christmas…
10 years ago

On the fourth day of Christmas…

Today’s mani is inspired by candy canes. I thought I’d try stamping over a textured base, but to be honest I think I prefer it with topcoat instead.

My stamping …
Read More

Vintage Roses
10 years ago

Vintage Roses

A Cath Kidston style mani today using some classic colours. I couldn’t decide between dots and stripes so did both!

Chanel Nouvelle Vague Graffiti Nails Ice White Barry M Gelly …
Read More

Lucky 7 Ladybirds
11 years ago

Lucky 7 Ladybirds

This is one design I couldn’t do so effectively with long nails! I did ladybird nails a long time ago, so it’s nice to come back to it with better …
Read More

31 Day Nail Art Challenge: Day 6 Violet
11 years ago

31 Day Nail Art Challenge: Day 6 Violet

I feel like a bit of a cheat today, but I wanted a bit of spare time for chores and to go to the cinema…I also had a good idea …
Read More