Cute Octopuses

Cute Octopuses

cartoon colourful cute detail inspired by julia heffernan Nail Art Nails octopus

Hey everyone! My first post of 2016, I'm excited to see what this year will bring for me and for my blog, but today I start with these super cute octopuses (yes I had to google the plural for octopus). It seems right to start the year with a design I'm super proud of. These were inspired by Julia Heffernan, more specifically this design she posted on Instagram. I knew straight away that I wanted to do a design based off it, I adapted it slightly but I tried to stay true to the design as much as possible. I hope you like them as much as I do. I posted on Instagram about how sad I was to take these off, I actually only got to wear them for around an hour before I had to move on to something else. But at least they will forever be immortalised with pictures!

I used Barry M - Cotton for my base, and then I outlined my octopuses with MASH - Black. 

Once dry I used Avon - Roses Are Red, OPI - Thanks a Windmillion, Barry M - Sky Blue, and OPI - Is Mai Tai Crooked? for the colouring of the octopuses, mixed with acetone to give them a gradient effect. 

Then I used OPI - Dont Mess With OPI for the leaves, and Deborah Lippmann - Walking on Sunshine for the yellow. Finished off with a coat of Seche Vite

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

Alice

Multi Coloured Stripes for Barry M

Multi Coloured Stripes for Barry M

Barry M colour colourful multi coloured Nail Art Nails square squares stripe stripes Tutorial White

Hey everyone! I'm starting to feel like I have nothing to post, as the past couple of Saturdays I've been busy and not really able to do my nails. I do have a few designs but I'm not sure whether I like them much, and I also have a few christmas designs but it's too early for them to be posted! Instead, I took to trawling folders and discovered a couple of tutorials I created for Barry M this summer but completely forgot to post. So that gives me something to post at least! These were just a design I created when I was wanting to experiment a bit and I wanted colour. You can do them with or without the black stripe it's up to you but I did it for consistency! 

I unfortunately can't remember all the colours I used as these are from a while ago. The white is Barry M - Cotton, the red is Barry M - Copa Cobana, the blue is Barry M - Sky Blue and the black is acrylic paint but the rest I'm unsure of.

Step 1: Paint your nails with a white base coat, I used Barry M - Cotton

Step 2: Using a small nail art brush draw squares on the centre line of your nail in your chosen colour

Step 3: Repeat this with your next colour

Step 4: Repeat with all colours until you have a line down your nail

Step 5: Using black nail polish or acrylic paint and a striping brush draw stripes either side of your pattern

Step 6: Finish off with a topcoat to seal in your design and you're done! 

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

Alice

Crazy Peace Nail Art for Avon

Crazy Peace Nail Art for Avon

avon bright colourful Nail Art nail polish peace swirls

 Hey everyone! I'm not really sure how I feel about these nails, it's one of those designs that just didn't turn out as I pictured in my head. I had to wear these for a week so I had a lot of time to contemplate whether I liked them or not and I still couldn't decide. Weirdly, I did get quite a lot of compliments whilst I was wearing them, but that might just be because they're very bright and a lot more noticeable. I suppose they're not too bad, I'm happy with the design execution but I think they're just a bit garish.

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

Alice