Valentines Hearts - No sparkles allowed!

Let me just start by saying this: I despise Valentine's Day. I don't use this word lightly, but if there is anything in the world that I truly hate, it is Valentine's Day. Of all the corny and cheesy things in the world, it is the corniest and the cheesiest. I think I wouldn't mind it so much if it hadn't been overdone so much, but it has. 

With this in mind, I decided that amidst all of the pink, the red and the sparkles that will be on fellow bloggers' nails today, I would do something that had some Valentine's Day spirit, but without the cheese. I vowed to myself that I would create a design that had nice bright colours, but no reds, pinks or sparkles.

 I did my nails and proudly displayed them to members of my family, who looked at me, puzzled, and said "I thought you didn't want to use any red colours", to which I patiently explained that I did not use any red colours, but instead used an orange. They looked again and said "Still looks like red to me".

 So that is the story of how these nails came to be.

After I photographed the nails I realised that the light made them look even more red than before, but trust me, they're orange. I used China Glaze For Audrey for the blue, this is one of my favourite colours at the moment as it is really bright and cheery although I didn't really capture it well on camera. In reality it is brighter and has some green tones. 

I painted the hearts on using a small striping brush. I used Barry M Yellow for the yellow, Leighton Denny Perfect to Party for the orange and NYC Waterstreet Blue for the blue. I used Seche Vite for the topcoat.