Wednesday 27 February 2013

Grassy Flowers!

Hey guys!

I got a comment on my previous post (HERE) from a friend of mine and she suggested that I do the accent flower nail on all my nails! Therefore, that's exactly what I did!

Here are the pictures!









I loveeeeeeee the textured effects from Barry M and I love using it as a base and it feels so nice to touch!!

Today I got an email from Lucy who works for MoneySupermarket.com. She asked me to enter a competition she is running where tips and tutorials are given to save money but still have great nail art!

Here are a few of the tips I have learnt from YouTube videos and online searches!

1. If you don't have a dotting tool you can use a tooth pick, end of a needle or hair pin! and it works in exactly the same way! I used the end of a hair pin to achieve the flower petals on my nails!

2. To achieve a textured look on your nails without buying expensive textures nail polish you can paint a thick layer of polish and wait for it to half dry and dab on lightly with kitchen tissue! Same effect!

3. Recently there has been a craze over O.P.I Spotted polish and from CutePolish's tutorial I found an easy and cheap way to get the same effect!  link here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnhfvuoBAMo

4. To get easy nail decals you can grab a plastic wallet and your nail polish and draw your design on it, wait for it to dry and voilĂ   peel it off and place it on your nail! easy and simple!


Those are just a few simple tips to save money while trying to create a great manicure!

This Post is my entry for the Money Smart Nail Art competition! 

Thanks for reading!

Bye for now!

x

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Monday 25 February 2013

1 Year Blog-Anniversary!

OH MAHH GERRRRRRDDD!!

It's been a year today since I started my blog! A year since I've stopped biting my nails raw (EW!) and a year for me to accumulate over 200 bottles of nail polish.....wow!

Now I decided to do a freehand design using the new Barry M textured nail polish which I effing adore! The damn thing feels so nice to bloody touch and I could stop rubbing my nails like a lil nail pervert MUAHAHAHA!

I've seen this bumble bee design somewhere but I cant remember where! So its not my idea originally but the accent nail flower is :)

Here art thou pics!






I really LOVE the texture of the nail polish and I think I will most definitely buy the other two colours! One downside....Bloody hard to remove! Its like removing glitter nail polish! 

I am so happy I've kept to my blog for a year now! And I hope soon enough I'll end up writing my "50th blog-anniversary!" HAHA!

Thanks for reading!

Bye for nows!

x
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Sunday 17 February 2013

Laid Back 31DC - Purple!

Hey guys,

It time to get your purple on! Time to do a mani using the colour purple (not my colour at all) 

I did something pretty simple and used white as well muhahahaha

Here are the pictures!

Yes I hurt my index fingers cuticle :(





What do you think?!

Bye for now

x
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Friday 15 February 2013

Cookie Monster!

Hey...

So I just got home from work (literally 20 mins ago!) and its 9pm and I'm dying. Anyone wanna massage me? 

One of my best friends LOVESSSSSS cookies and I decided to do the cookie monster on my nails. It's not an original idea and I browsed through some photos on the web to create this design!

Here are the pictures!





What do y'all thinkies?

Bye for now!

x
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Tuesday 12 February 2013

Laid Back 31DC - Pink!

Hey guys!

Day 4 of the laid back 31DC and its time for pink! I asked a friend "gotta do my nails pink...got any ideas?" she replied "Pink flamingos." So I asked for another idea and got pink polka dots and decided to combine the both to give you....






Just random I guess!

Thanks for reading!

Bye for now!

x


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Monday 11 February 2013

Leopard Love!

Hey guys,

Sticking to the valentines theme of colour's and hearts I decided to do another manicure combining the both!

In other news, I managed to get myself a job at the Natural History Museum in central London! I will be working in the cafe! Woooooooo!

Now here are the pictures!



OooOoo new phone case!
 


I decided to do the sugar spun method on my pinky because it looks so cool! :D

What do you think??

Thanks for reading!

Byre for now

x
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Sunday 10 February 2013

Laid Back 31DC - Gold!

Hey y'all!

Day 3 of the laid back challenge and you can safely say my ideas are seriously getting rusty!

Although the gold I used I love to death and its matte! Yay for matte polish! 

Here are da pics yo!





Had bit of an incident today and broke a few nails which meant I had to cut them all down :( wahhhh!

And I really don't know what the blue zig zags are....just random I guess? hehe

Thanks for reading yo!

Bye for nows

x
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Friday 8 February 2013

Messy Leopard Print!

Hey guys!

I've decided to attempt the leopard print really messyly (is that even a word?) and I have to say I think it came out kinda good but different...if that makes sense!

Pretty tired at the moment since I've only gone and bagged myself a job! go meeeee!!

Anyways here are the pictures!





My tutor said that they look like leaves!! I still like how this turned out!

OooOOoo I want you share with you guys my crochet project! I'm currently crocheting granny squares to make a some what large blanket :)


I totally need like...100 more! hehe

Thanks for reading!

Bye for nows!!

x
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Tuesday 5 February 2013

Laid Back 31DC - Silver!

Hey guys,

Second day of the challenge requires a silver manicure! What better than being a lazy bum and using your stamping plates!?!?

I decided to do a starry night kind of design since it was the first thing that came into my head being interested in space and the universe like my Mr Dork :)

Picture time!





Taking pictures was really hard since the shiny silver was cancelled out by the reflection of the light!

What do you think?

Bye for now!

x
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Monday 4 February 2013

Sugar Spun Madness!

Hey guys!

I decided to try out a technique I've been meaning to do for a while and that is the sugar spun method. I've seen this on many blogs and some tutorials on YouTube and it intrigued me!

All you have to do is use a toothpick, dotting tool, blah blah blah....and wait till the polish is semi dry and try to pick it up and it forms thin strands which you can place over the nail!

Here is my attempt :)





Its actually more 3D looking in real life! Feels bumpy and nice to touch, cant stop feeling it :D

What do you think of this technique? yay or nay?

Bye for now!

x
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Laid Back 31DC - Black and White!

Hey guys!

So yeah im posting this again becasue I accidentally deleted the post!! What a knob sometimes!

Anyways just to reiterate I've joined the Laid Back 31DC nail art challenge and the first day is black and white!!

I did something simple since I found out late about the challenge!

Here are the pictures!





Pretty simple! And I like it :D

I look forward to carrying on with the challenge and posting some of my own things in between it all!

Check the other ladies out!

Bye for now!

x

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Friday 1 February 2013

Facebook Page!

Hey guys,

I've made a Facebook page to keep you all updated with new photos and posts!

Be sure to like me on Facebook!

Bye for now!

x
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