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Rabu, 25 Mei 2016

Marble Flowers

Hey everyone! We're past the half way point in the week already, I feel like an old woman moaning about how fast time goes but I genuinely can't believe it sometimes. 'Hump day' needs some fun nails to brighten it up (although hump day is technically over in the UK). For these nails I was playing around further with the L'Oreal Color Riche L'Huille collection* (review here), and I decided to create some marble nails using this tutorial from The Nailasaurus. I wasn't 100% happy with the finished product, so I decided that adding flowers over the top would brighten things up a bit. I'm still undecided on whether these are a nail fail or not, but they've definitely grown on me so I wanted to post them nevertheless. 


For my base I used L'Oreal - Blanc De Lune*, then I used L'Oreal - Greige Amoureux* and L'Oreal Noir Oxyde* for the marble with a clear jelly stamper. Then I used Barry M - Orange Fizz* from the lolly gloss collection for the main flower, and added Barry M - Purple Pop* (from the same collection) to the centre. I used the brush from the bottle for this. For the dots I used my Winstonia striping brush* and the leaves, which were done using Essie - Off Tropic* were also done using this brush. Finished off with a coat of Seche Vite, and whilst that was drying I added a Swarowski Crystal from All That Jazz to my ring finger.



What do you think? Let me know in the comments!
Alice

Sabtu, 14 Mei 2016

Negative Space Mauvelous Melody & Magpie Lilly



Hi NaiLovelies!

I whipped up a quick manicure this morning and seeing as it came out fairly well despite me not having a clue what I was going to do, I thought what better place to share it than here on my blog.




I have heard that Mauvelous Melody has a tricky formula so this manicure has been about three weeks in the making.  Armed with the tips I have picked up along the way I set about creating this super pastel pink manicure.

First, I started by leaving this bottle of gel polish slightly open for about three weeks!  This was in an attempt to thicken up the polish as I had heard it was quite thin in consistency.  This thickened up the polish a fair bit so apparently that step worked a treat.

I applied a thin coat of American French Pink as a base and then added three coats of Mauvelous Melody, curing between each coat.   In person, I think Mauvelous Melody could do with a fourth coat but I seriously don't have time for that - I certainly don't have time to be soaking off five coats of gel polish along with a coat of topcoat!   Errrrrmmm, nope!  It'll do just like this thanks.




For the feature nails I created a negative space effect by using chevron nail vinyls.  I filled in the negative space area with more American French Pink and popped in a single Swarovski crystal before curing.  Finally, I patted on a light dusting of Magpie Glitter Lilly and topcoated.


American French Pink -  Gel II
Mauvelous Meldoy - Gel II
Lilly - Magpie Glitter
Nail Vinyls
Swarovski Crystals





I love the finished look of this manicure and it makes a nice change to look down at my nails and no longer see the neon pigment manicure I had been wearing for over two weeks because I have been ill.

Ciao 4 Now

Selasa, 19 April 2016

A-England Stamping

Hey everyone! Although I've got tonnes of reviews to show you at the moment, I'm really missing posting nail art, so I thought I'd take a break from the reviews for tonight and post a design instead. I've been experimenting with stamping a lot recently, it's always been one of those things that I really couldn't master, and whilst I still wouldn't class myself as 'good' at stamping, I'm definitely starting to see improvements. I still make mistakes, and I'm sure I will for a long time, but it's great to see where I've been going wrong and try to improve on that. Whilst swatching some A-England polishes recently I decided to try stamping with them, and I think the final look really suits the 'rustic'/historic theme of A-England polishes. 



For the base I used A-England - Sparks Divine* which I'll be reviewing in the next few days, then I used A-England - Let Me In* for the stamping design (review here). Finished off with Seche Vite and All That Jazz Swarovski Crystals*.



What do you think? Let me know in the comments!
Alice

Senin, 02 November 2015

OPI GelColor St Mark's The Spot with Lecente Spark




Hi NaiLovelies!

I am back with another colour from the OPI Venice collection.

At the time of writing this post I have a girlie night planned for the weekend  I almost wore a stunning red from the Starlight collection as red goes with everything and I haven't decided on what I am going to wear.

However, St. Mark's The Spot was calling my name as the colours blue and silver came up in a Facebook group challenge.....so I think I will just have to wait to wear that red some other time - but soon.




For this manicure I applied three super easy coats of OPI GelColor St. Mark's The Spot.  

St Marks The Spot is an incredibly vivid blue with an incredible shimmer which just lights it up! In low light conditions the polish actually has a duochrome shift.  It is beautiful and reminds me of a more saturated version of OPI Miss Piggy's Big Number from last years Muppets Most Wanted collection.

The GelColor formula of St Mark's The Spot simply glides effortlessly onto the nails.  It stays where you put it, no shrinking, no pooling - totally drama free.  The shimmer of this polish is super special, it literally glows - off the top of my head I don't think I have another OPI GelColor polish quite like it in terms of the finish.




To create the feature nail, I painted two super easy coats of OPI GelColor Unfrost My Heart from the CocaCola Collection.  I then scrubbed in some Lecente glitter, I used Spark from the Fireworks collection.

I then framed the nail with Swarovski crystals which I set in OPI GelColor basecoat and then pushed OPI GelColor topcoat between the stones to set them in place whilst keeping that intense sparkle and texture of the crystals.




I really like the combination of silver and vibrant blue.  I am contemplating whether to update the manicure in a few days either with a good dose of silver stamping or I could just try out many different colour combinations to accompany the stunning silver feature nail.  It will be easy to do as the blue base is incredibly smooth.  I'm pretty sure this manicure will see a fair few incarnations.

Ciao 4 Now

Senin, 19 Januari 2015

A2Z Series - J Is For 'Jewel'


Hi NaiLovelies!

I’m back again with my manicure for the current week of the blogger A2Z Challenge.  This week we have reached the letter 'J' in the alphabet and the prompt is JEWEL.




Now, this is one manicure that I instantly knew the polish I would pick – the radiant and glowing beauty that is the jewel toned fabulousness of Berry Buttoned Up by Gelish! This is an absolutely stunning polish. When I purchased Berry Buttoned Up I knew it was a beauty and quite unique in my gel polish collection but I got even more than I bargained for with this one as it has a hidden surprise only visible once on the nail – it has a subtle duo-chrome shift from magenta toned purple, to red and back again.

I could not believe my eyes when I saw it and I can only assume this shift along with the almost metallic finish gives it that awesome glowing finish. This polish is just divine and the perfect jewel toned polish for this weeks manicure.  Oh, did I mention this one is soooo hard to capture on camera - I might have to feature it in a new stamping video at the weekend!




I chose to keep it fairly simple with the design as I want the polish to truly shine without much fuss on the nail so I delved into my ‘Ale’ bags of nail art goodies and found the perfect embellishments for this manicure, some beautiful multi-sized opalescent studs.  I added these to my nail in a paisley'esque swirl using an old thickened bottle of Seche Vite (works perfectly for me!).  I broke up the design of the jewel placement with some small opal and clear sparkly Swarovski crystals.


The 'Ale' pronouned Ally bags!

 I want to be able to wear many of my untried polishes over the top of Berry Buttoned up either as stamping, complimentary manicures tying in the existing colour or a complete cover up so keeping the gel manicure 100% smooth is essential. Therefore, I was unable to set the gems in gel polish base and topcoat.....although I wish I did because I love how it turned out!


This is an accurate photo of the colours when shifting!



 As you can see from my photos, I have chosen to return to my beloved almond shaped nails and as always, I reshaped my nails whilst wearing my previous challenge manicure. I find that this is the best way for me to achieve consistent results with the shape of my nails. If I file on naked nails and follow my smile line I can get wonky nails as my smile lines are not all 100% symmetrical and aligned. Filing whilst wearing polish lets me instantly see the end result.

You can check out the fab manicures created by the other bloggers participating in this challenge by clicking on the Inlinkz below and by visiting the hub to see all the manicures created in this challenge series.

Ciao 4 Now


Minggu, 20 April 2014

My First Easter Manicure


Happy Easter NaiLovelies!!!!!!

Today I've been dabbling in a little nail art again.  In between a day out  at the not-so-local bowling alley (a.k.a. the kiss of death for long nails!) and cooking up a storm in the kitchen for our Easter Sunday meal, with a spicy Caribbean twist, it has been a hectic day.....But I managed to shoe horn in a manicure to share with you all.


I had a look at my supplies and drew a blank.  So I just pulled out my polishes as I always do when I don't know what the heck I'm doing and took it from there. 


Lychee -  Barry M
Butter-Fly Stroke! - Sally Hansen Insta Dr
Cantankerous - Mentality Nail Polish
Beige Blast - Sally Hansen Insta Dri
Bright Orange - Max Factor
HK Girl Topcoat
Swarovski Aurora Borealis Crystals
Gold Oval Studs 
Ciate Caviar Beads




I really wanted to enter into the spirit of things and create a manicure.  Alas, without suitable stamping plates or artistic ability, I was stumped for what to do.  I knew I wanted to have yellow in the manicure somewhere....




I'm not really a 'cutesy' kinda gal.  Despite my 'It's Blooming Springtime' manicure last week (which I loved and wore for four days!) my comfort zone isn't really cute stuff like bunnies, eggs and chicks which tend to be the norm for this time of year.




I was trying to find other Easter'ish colours in my collection - apparently I don't do pastels either (something which I plan to change in my gel collection in the not too distant future!).  The first polish I started with was Barry M Lychee which is one of the most pastel colours I own and it's a great neutral.  The rest kinda fell into place....





I'm really pleased with how this manicure turned out, in particular my take on an Easter egg embellished with jewels like an exquisite Faberge egg - created with my limited nail art supplies and practice in creating nail art. 








I really like all of the colours and the fact that there is a mixture between high street and indie polishes.  I have a new found love in particular for the Max Factor Bright Orange which despite its tiny bottle applied perfectly.  Cantakerous by Mentality Nail Polish brought all the colours together incredibly well and I never even considered wearing Butter-Fly Stroke or Beige Blast for a manicure before now as they were purchased with the sole intention of stamping, but I was really impressed with these colours - although they did take three and four coats respectively to reach full streak free opacity. 




There are still a few days left of my first blog giveaway so please feel free to enter.  

Don't miss out as the giveaway closes on 22nd April.

The prizes are a Sensationail Raspberry Wine Starter Kit (UK prize) or a $25 Mentality Nail Polish Gift Certificate (US prize).


Ciao 4 Now
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