Textured Blue Half-Moon!

Hey!

Hmm..it has been a while since I've blogged and the only excuse I can think of is laziness. This lazy thing gets me all the time and leads to being unmotivated and feeling like shit all the time. Tha'ts just me I guess...

Right enough of the depressing shit!

Today I have a half-moon manicure for you all. I haven't touched my Barry M textured nail polish in a while so I thought I would create the half-moon using that and one of the new NYC foil polishes I bought....and this was born!

Oh! And here is some Instagram goodness for you all :) I love crocheting and painting my nails! So why not combine the two?! you can follow me at akacherry10 

What do you guys think?

Thanks for reading!

Bye for now :)

x

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Foil Gradient Tiger Print - Guest Post!

Hey girls!

I'm doing my second guest post ever, this time its for Essie over at IHeartPrettyPolish!

Follow the link to read the post HERE!!

Bye for now!

x

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Tri-Polish Challenge May #2 - Union Jack!

Hey girls!

I don't think I've mentioned this to you all but I love crocheting a lot, I crochet just about anything! Or try to, still an amateur but a very good one :P lol

One of the lab technicians at school also crochets so we've been holding classes together with my tutor where we just sit and crochet, talk and laugh away! I enjoy these sessions thoroughly! So what im trying to get at is that Julie (Lab technician) asked me to do her nails and wanted a Union Jack design :) so in our crochet hang outs I did her nails!

I thought that this could be part of the tri-polish challenge too as it is using red and blue :) but I left out the grey!

Here it is!

I love how it turned out and gladly she is pleased too!

I've also got a picture of the one I did on my nails too :)

I posted this on my Instagram, you guys can follow me at akacherry10 :)

Thanks for reading!

Bye for nows!

x

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Butterfly Nails!

Hey girls,

It has been a few days since I've blogged and I have a bunch of pictures I've edited that are ready to be blogged!

Just feeling a little bogged down and under the weather. Must just be "that" time of the month (how inappropriate :P) 

My awesome Honey drew me another picture of a nail design I should try out and I appreciate it very much all the help he is giving me with ideas :)

Here is what he drew!

And here is my attempt (show some mercy!)

I did a green and blue gradient and then did the design as y'all can see! Maybe I went too thick with the black but I think it turned out kind okay!

What do you think?

Thanks for reading!

Bye for now!

x

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Swatcher ~ NYC ~ Foil Explosions Collection!

Hey girls!

I was in Superdrug the other day and I went up to the NYC stall and saw that they had some new nail polish on the stall, it's their Foil Explosions collection! I immediately knew I have to buy them  :D I only managed to buy three out of the five and I may or may not buy the other two :)

As you all know I am a big fan of NYC nail polish, the quality is just amazing and I love how they're mostly two thin coaters and always dry in perfect time! I love all the shades they have :D

All swatches are two coats

First up I have Magic Earth...OMGGGGGG I love the name so much and it totally suits the shade! I know that this is my new favorite nail polish of all time and I will wear it all the time! 

Just love how this looks on my nails :D and of course the quality is great and it really does look like foil!

Next up is Power Of Elements which is a lovely foil pink shade and I must say that I also like this shade a lot even though im not a pink fan, this is a great colour!

Lastly, I have Aqua Mystic and this is a blue shade and of course I had to get this one! I have such a soft spot for the colour blue! 

LOVEEEE IT!!

I think I may use these colours in stamping and see what they're like, they do remind me of Barry M's foil effects...but better hehehe...

What do you think?

Thanks for reading!

Bye for nows!

x

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Gradient Tiger Stamping!

Hey girls!

I wanted to paint my nails for an interview I was going to have and I asked my Honey if he has any ideas in mind and he drew me a design to do :)

Unfortunately, I was asked to not wear nail polish a day before the interview so the idea wasn't used...that is until now!

I decided to do the gradient/ombre design but on top instead of the palm tree's I did some stamping 'coz im just a lazy mofo!

Here is his AWESOME drawing :)

Using this idea I created the gradient/ombre....LOOOOKIE!

I did use a base coat of white and then used a sponge to stamp the colours on!

I used the tiger stamping plate with black nail polish and here is the amazingness achieved!

I really love how this turned out :D 

What do you guys think?

Thanks for reading!

Bye for nows!

x

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Henna Inspired Nail Art!

Hey girls!

Today I have a manicure I did a few days ago inspired by the henna design I got done at a charity event! I love how it turned out....but the girl that did it was so annoying that she deserves to be bitten :P muahaha

The design is pretty simple and but quite elegant and pretty!

Here it is!

I mean look at how pretty that turned out!

I was inspired by this and decided to "ATTEMPT" it on my nails...didn't turn out that great but hey ho...its something RIGHT?!

Therefore, I bid you my amazingnesesesessses (lol, high a little)

What do y'all thinkies!?

Thanks for reading!

Bye for nowsies!

x

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Sea Siren Tiger Stripes!

Hey girls!

As you remember (I'm sure you do!) from my previous post I blogged all about my first/oldest ever nail polish! You can find the post HERE!

I decided to snazz up the manicure with some stamping since I haven't done stamping in such a long time! 

Here it is!

This turned out soooooooo pretty on my nails! Actually think it's one of the best tiger stampings I've done in a while!

What do you think?

Thanks for reading!

Bye for nows

x

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Ask a British Nail Blogger - Oldest Polish!

Hey!

Time for another ask a British nail blogger!

This weeks post is all about what your oldest nail polish is in your collection!

I actually remember the first nail polish I bought to persuade myself to stop biting my nails, I wore this nail polish all the time and after a year or so I still have this baby with me!

The nail polish isn't expensive at all, only costed me a pound. Most of you recognize this brand L.A Colors and the shade is Sea Siren!

I have a swatch for you :)

With flash to show the speckles!!

I absolutely love this colour, I wore it all the time. It has been neglected for a long while now and I'm glad that I got a chance to take it out and use it :)

Who knew, I'm a green addict but the first colour I bought was blue and I still have a soft spot for the colour!

Thanks for reading guys!

Bye for nows!

x

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Argyle time!

Hey girlies!

I have seen this argyle manicure like EVERYWHERE and I totally had to give it a try! 

This is so simple to achieve even I could do it free hand! I wanted to do this design in green but changed my mind last minute to do it in a pinky tone!

Here it is!

What do you think of this simple manicure?

Thanks for reading!

Bye for now!

x

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A Fairy Teal'd Stripe!

Hey!

I've had this lovely teal colour by Sally Hansen for a while now, I think its called "A Fairy Teal" I lost the sticker! soooo I put it onto my nails the other day and realized how beautiful it is! Such a lovely colour that I will do a swatch of it soon!

To snazz up the colour I asked my friend Kristina is she had any ideas what I could do on top of it and she said that it would look nice with white stripes. Pretty simple and do-able on a lazy day!

After I did it I was sat staring at my nails thinking "this reminds me of something...hmmmm....AH! The boy in the striped pajamas!!" Both combinations reminded me of the movie and the book :)

Here it is!

I did the stripes free hand even though I remembered I have a white striper....I am really forgetful!

What do you think?

Thanks for reading!

Bye for now!

x

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Jewelry ~ My Favorite Necklace!

Hey there!

This weeks challenge theme is Jewelry and I was looking around for inspiration online, when I realised the answer is right under my nose!

My favorite necklace of all time is my apple necklace that a friend gave to me! I love it to bits and I always wear it with my outfits. It opens up and I love annoying everyone with the clicky noise it makes! hehe :)

Here it is!

What do y'all think? :)

Thanks for reading guys!

Bye for nows!

x

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Retro Time Again!

Hey!

I've had these pictures in my 'TO EDIT' folder and I don't really like how the design turned out. Since this is a nail blog I guess I can share my fails too right? no one judge me or else I'll release the crazy cute pandas on you :)

I decided to do the retro design i've been doing using the satin finish polishes by NYC and I don't think it turned out good at all! And I may have ruined it by adding the green dots but I couldn't resist not putting them in!

They're somewhat good but still a fail I think!

What do you think?

Thanks for reading!

Bye 

x

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