Henna Inspired Manicure

Henna Inspired Manicure

Almond Nails Casual Cool Collection Henna Manicure Morgan Taylor MoYou UK Nail Art Nails New School Nude OPI OPI A Piers To Be Tan Stamping

Hi NaiLovelies!

I am just popping in quickly to show you the manicure I created using the lovely New School Nude  by Morgan Taylor as the base for this henna inspired mani.

This is a manicure I have wanted to try for many many months, New School Nude provided me with the perfect base to finally give it a whirl along with one of my favourite MoYou stamping plates.

I spent a moment trying to decide on the best shade of brown to use to achieve a look of henna on the nail.  In the final two were OPI A Piers To Be Tan and OPI How Great Is Your Dane? I decided to use A Piers To Be Tan by OPI from the San Francisco autumn 2013 collection.  It stamps perfectly, as do many OPI polishes.  I found that allowing it to dry a little on the stamper helped prevent smudging the image.  Just a quick blow on the stamper before transferring provided me with just the right amount of drying time to produce a crisp image on each nail.

New School Nude - Morgan Taylor
A Piers To Be Tan - OPI
Explorer 03 Image plate - MoYou London

I stamped a different image on each nail using the Explorer 03 plate.

 I am thrilled with how it turned out and I didn't want to take this manicure off!!

Ciao 4 Now

Mini Manicures ~ Morgan Taylor New School Nude

Mini Manicures ~ Morgan Taylor New School Nude

Almond Nails Casual Cool Collection Mini Manicures Morgan Taylor Nails New School Nude

Hi NaiLovelies!

Today I have a swatch of New School Nude from the Morgan Taylor Casual Cool collection.  I have all but one of these polishes and so far I am super impressed!!!

Nude

Casual Cool 2014 collection

Crelly

Thin consistency but very easy to apply especially for a light colour

Two

Easy, no issues

Another plus point was that New School Nude was very hard wearing and I experienced minimal tip wear after several days of wearing this manicure

Ciao 4 Now

Ahead Of The Game by Morgan Taylor

Ahead Of The Game by Morgan Taylor

Ahead of the Game Almond Nails Casual Cool Collection Morgan Taylor Nails Regular Nail Polish Yellow

Hi NaiLovelies!

I have a swatch of a nail polish brand which is new on my radar, yet easily available at my local beauty supply store.  This pretty polish is Ahead of the Game and it is from the Casual Cool Collection by Morgan Taylor.

Ahead of the game is a cool pastel yellow creme with the addition of a fine pale silver shimmer running through it, which I think adds depth to the polish and prevents it looking chalky.

The formula of Ahead of the Game has a nice thickness to it which makes it easy to apply neatly, without pooling around the cuticle and sidewalls.  It was a little streaky as is the case with most yellow nail polishes,  This one wasn't too bad however, I think the shimmer helped a bit and I found that the polish does self-level nicely once applied.

This is three coats with a coat of HK Girl topcoat.  I think those with shorter nails and smaller nail beds could easily get away with two medium coats.

I love the size, shape and weight of these bottles - they feel very substantial and are nice and easy to hold for photos!

In my opinion, Ahead of the Game is a really beautiful colour.  I am pleasantly surprised by this one as I never thought I would be able to wear pastel yellow - but turns out I can and I really like it!

As this was my first experience with Morgan Taylor polishes I must say I am very impressed with the brand.  After applying this I promptly called Sally's and subsequently picked up four more colours from this collection, it would have been rude not to seeing as they are reduced on sale!  I still need to get the blue from this collection, Varsity Jacket Blues in order to complete the set - I think I might order it right now!

Ciao 4 Now