Sailor Stripes

For this manicure I painted on uneven stripes using the brushes the polishes came with. It probably wasn't a good idea to use Models Own Aqua Violet for the tips as it isn't very opaque, but otherwise I am quite partial to these nails. I think they look kind of nautical even though I didn't use any red.

I painted on two coats of OPI French Quarter For Your Thoughts to start off. Then I painted on uneven stripes of (in order of descent) No. 7 Minty Fresh, Catrice Hip Queens Wear Blue Jeans, Barry M White and Models Own Aqua Violet. I finished with a top coat of Seche Vite.

St. Patrick's Day Nails!

 Hi everyone! As today is St. Patrick's Day and I am Irish ... well, what nails could be more appropriate than these? They were kind of spur of the moment as I was heading out to watch the local parade at the time but they didn't turn out too bad.

I used Leighton Denny Persian for the dark green base and Barry M White for the little shamrocks on my ring finger. I used OPI Y'all Come Back Ya Hear for the orange and Barry M Gold Foil for the gold. On my index finger I used Models Peacock Green below the gold stripe. The wiggly line on my middle finger is supposed to represent a snake as St. Patrick allegedly banished the snakes from Ireland but it didn't work out so well!

I hope you are having a great St. Patrick's Day, wherever in the world you are!

Pi Day Nails!

Happy Pi Day everyone! Today is the 14/3, which are the first three digits in the number pi (3.14). Today is also coincidentally Albert Einstein's birthday! For all the maths nerds all over the world, today is a very special day!

I had never heard of Pi Day until last week, when my maths teacher informed us that we would be having a party for it, as she loves pi! I thought that the occasion called for some special nails.

The purple is OPI Planks A Lot. The yellow is Models Own Lemon Meringue, the gold pi sign is Models Own Champagne, the blue is China Glaze For Audrey. 

On the pie on my thumb the light colour is Essence Toffee to Go and the darker colour is 17 Mink. I topped it off with a coat of Seche Vite.

Delicate Flowers - with gold tips!

 Today's post is just a quick one! I didn't want to take off my flower manicure but it was chipping at the tips so I grabbed Models Own Champagne and some striping tape and set to work!

This  was very simple to do. First I placed pieces of the striping tape at angles on all of my nails, then I painted the gold on beneath them. I then waited for the polish to dry - this is a very important step as if you don't wait until it is fully dry it messes up the straight line and defeats the purpose of using the tape in the first place! Then you carefully lift the tape up and voila! You have a changed manicure!

The gold tips brightened up the manicure and made it wearable for one more day which is convenient if you don't have time for complicated nail art, so I would definitly reccomend doing this with old manicures that you just can't bear to get rid of after they start chipping!

Under the Sea

Today's nails are underwater themed! I love the sea and anything to do with it and when trying to come up with something to do for today's post, I saw Models Own Peacock Green and immediately knew what I was going to do.

 

I used two coats of Models Own Peacock Green for the base colour. I adore this colour as every time I see it I think of the sea! The formula was very smooth and easy to apply and dried quickly. I also love Model's Own as I think they are great for glitter and duochrome polishes. I especially love their Beetlejuice collection.  

I then stamped using Barry M Gold Foil on Bundle Monster plate 209. There is only one word for this stamping: messy! But don't worry, it's meant to be like that. I tried to imagine fishing nets underwater and I thought if it looked perfect it wouldn't be as realistic, so I stamped at different angles and didn't cover the full nail. I think it worked out in a haphazard way!

I then painted on a glitter polish that my friend brought back to me from France, so I'm not sure of the brand. It consists of small blue circular glitters and silver and green stars. The little blue glitters remind me of bubbles.  It reminds me of an underwater scene, although I'm not sure why the stars remind me of the sea.

I finished with a coat of Seche Vite, my go-to top coat!

 I love these nails as there is a lot going on in them and I think of fish and mermaids and the deep green-blue sea every time I look at them!

Green and Gold Gradient with Stamping!

These nails are from a few weeks ago but I couldn't resist showing you my first stamp manicure! Now when I say my first stamp manicure, I mean my first successful stamp manicure. In reality this is about my tenth!

 

 For the polishes I used a sponge to create a gradient effect with Catrice Genius In A Bottle and Models Own Peacock Green.  I found both of the polishes quite easy to apply and Genius In A Bottle was opaque in one coat.

I then stamped on Bundle Monster Plate 204 using Barry M White. As you can see its not very opaque. I haven't found any great stamping polishes yet, but I'm sure there are some polishes out there that are cheaper then the Konad versions. I finished it off with a topcoat of Seche Vite.