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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

Finally! Two new Chanel Nail Polish Fall 2016 Swatches for you. I picked these up in store last weekend. I’m still on the hunt for Emeraude from last season – can’t believe I missed out on that one.

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I’ve never been a big fan of striping tape, mostly because I never really got the hang of it.  It never leaves the clean lines I am hoping for, it’s really fiddly and forget about using the tape itself in a design.  I find it always lifts and peels off the nail, despite top coat. But, because Fabiana set it as a challenge on Nail Art Nation, it’s back for one time only. I paired it with pretty polishes to make myself feel better, aka Holographic Lines. Read More

Today is the final day of July’s Watermarble Practice Wednesday challenge, and I had to create a seaside inspired design. My Beach Watermarble Nail Art uses waterspotting to imitate waves crashing on to a beach.  Read More

The challenge on Nail Art Nation this week is here! I’ve tried this technique just once before, so I decided to keep it simple with some monochrome Drag Marble nail art. Read More

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

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 weekend, lots of nail art addicts are getting together to create Rainbow Pride Nails for Orlando. This community is so good at coming together and reacting to a crisis, and I am really proud to be a part of it. If you can, please consider donating to a fund for the families of the victims. Read More

This is another easy nail art technique which looks completely unique each time you try it. Smoosh Nail Art isn’t for you if you like all your nails to be identical, …
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