Spring Challenge - Day 6 - Frogs

Today's instalment of the Spring challenge myself and Esme of Nail Addict are doing calls for frogs! I was seriously excited to do these, and even had a little idea all drawn out and everything! But then I started to do my nails and realised that they're tiny compared to what I was planning! I still went ahead trying to cram stuff on anyways :P

Anyhooo here's what I came up with :]

Base Coat: Nail RX - Stuck On You
Base Colour: Collection 2000 - Button Moon
Other Colours: Bourjois 10 Day Wear - No.18
                       Cutex - Sweet Pea
                       Geroge - Martian
                       Sally Hansen - White On
                       BYS - Lila Bliss
                       George - Buttercup Shine
                       George - Meteorite
                       W7 - Matte Green
                       Rimmel - Hard Edged
Top Coat: Models Own - 3 In 1

Big frog thumbs. Cutex - Sweet Pea as the froggie base, sponged randomly with a few other colours. Eyes and nose are Sally Hansen - White On, Rimmel - Hard Edged, And George - Buttercup Shine.

I wanted to capture the mani before I attempted the small frog; and I'm so glad I did as I think he looks more like a green lump than a frog xD When I did the smaller frog I also made some changed to the lily flower.

And because I've discovered some love for free hand nail art when matte:

And just for funsies/creepies, here's a pic of a frog in my pond a few weeks back with a crazy eye. My dad thinks one of the cats has caught it :(

Don't forget to check out Esme's post today to see what she came up with :]

Spring Challenge - Day 5 - Rainbow

Hey everyone!

It's the fifth instalment of the Spring challenge myself and Esme of Nail Addict are doing. Today is rainbow nails, but I think of these more as stained glass windows. They don't scream rainbow; but trust me when I say there's 7 colours in there!

Base Coat: Nail RX - Stuck On You
Base Colour: Sally Hansen - White On
Stamping Colours: Rimmel - Purple Reign
                                   Rimmel - Pop!
                                   LA Colors - Static Electricity
                                   Barry M - Bright Red
                                   George - Buttercup Shine
                                   Flormar - N007                                   M&S Mini - Unnamed pink
Image Plate: BM208
Top Coat: Models Own - 3 In 1

You can see the purple here on the thumb, on the other nails it's kinda blended into th mix.

 

I kind of feel like I was let down a little bit by Purple Reign (although it could just be my placements) but I will try this again one day when I have a sexy vivid purple in my hands (Yes; I am looking at you Zoya Mira you will be miine!!) and will see if it works out better.

Then I decided to see how it looked matte, and I looved it even more. Giving it the matte top coat really made the colours pop, and they looked more luminous

Don't forget to head over to Nail Addict to see what Esme came up with for today's challenge.

Up next; on Friday is frogs!

Black And White - We Stamp On Sundays

This weeks challenge over at Adventures In Stamping Is black and white nails. I was going to do a white base with black stamping; but with my new found addiction to Konad special white (I've used half a mini bottle since Christmas :P) I decided on using a black base. And I figured it's been a wee while since damask. <3 damask :]

Base Coat: Nail RX - Stuck On You
Base Colour: Rimmel - Black Satin
Stamping Colour: Konad Special White
Image Plate: BM21
Top Coat: Models Own - 3 In 1

 

And for some strange reason I really wanted to add Max Factor - Fantasy Fire over this to see the difference between between the black and white. It looked a little more purple over the white in real life.

Spring Challenge - Day 4 - Worms

Happy Friday! Yayy!

Today the spring challenge myself and Esme of Nail Addict are doing calls for worms! This was my first idea, and I just rolled with it, so I hope everyone likes these :P

Base Coat: Nail RX - Stuck On You
Base Colour: W7 - Suede
Sponged Base: Barry M - Grey, Beauty UK - Soft Grey

Worm, Grass & Mud: Acrylic Paints
Top Coat: Models Own - 3 In 1

I love Mr Worm... These were so fun to wear; especially with the matte top coat so there was no bothersome glare.

 

I thought of Mr Worm as happy; with a little black crooked smile; but when I shown these to Scott what he originally seen was a grumpy worm! 

I love that he has a smile and a gurning face :P What do you see? 

Check out what's to come:

 

Don't forget to check out what Esme came up with :]

Spring Challenge - Day 3 - Picnic Tablecloth

Third day of the spring challenge myself and Esme of Nail Addict are going to do; and I was excited to do these before I started :P

Base Coat: Nail RX - Stuck On You
Base Colour: NYC - Nail Glossies - 215
Stripes: Barry M - Bright Red
Acrylic Paints
Top Coat: Models Own - 3 In 1

First I taped off vertical lines and painted with a sheer red polish, and then taped off horizontal lines, and painted again. I honestly thought this would do the trick making the overlapping squares dark enough to stand out; but I had to go in with a dark red acrylic paint to darken up the squares a bit.

And then I couldn't help but do some sandwiches. I was going to do sandwiches originally but then talked myself out of it; until Scott talked me back into it :P The 'ants' aren't how I thought they would turn out. but I like them all the same :]

I hope everyone is having a good Tuesday :] Don't forget to check out Nail Addict to see what Esme came up with :]


Edit: Forgot to include this :]

 

Giveaway Winner!

Hey guys! Just to let you know I picked and emailed a winner yesterday and she replied! Sorry to those who didn't win!

But congrats to Theodora from Red Hair and Black Nail Polish! :]

Large Flowers - We Stamp On Sundays

This weeks challenge over at Adventures In Stamping was large flowers. I really wanted to use an image I hadn't used before so I went with Born Pretty Hello Kitty Plate M71 :]

Base Coat: Nail RX - Stuck On You
Base Colour: George - Cloudless Sky
Stamping Colour: BYS - Fuchsia Flash
Image Plate: BPM71
Top Coat: Models Own - 3 In 1

I loove the shimmer/creme combo =]

The flower I used is on the left hand side by Hello Kitty :]

 

In these last few shots you can really see how this mani looks in real life, although I swear in real life the shimmer really pops off the creme a lot more :]

 

 Hope everyone's having a good Sunday! & Happy Mothers Day to all the UK Mams :]

Spring Challenge - Day 2 - St. Patrick's Day

Today is the second day of the spring challenge myself and Esme of Nail Addict are going to do.

I'm a little bit bummed about how these came out, because in real life I swear this colour looks more green! So just use your imagination :P

Base Coat: Nail RX - Stuck On You
Base Colour: P2 - Artful
Tip Colour: George - Mischief
Stamp Colour: Konad White
Image Plates: BM03 & Born Pretty Plate M71
Top Coat: Models Own - 3 In 1

Base Coat: Nail RX - Stuck On You
Base Colour: P2 - Atrful
Tip Colour: Barry M - Emerald Green
                  Sally Hansen - White On
                 George - Mischief
Black Acrylic Paint
Citadel - Shining Gold

Don't forget to go check out Nail Addict to see what Esme came up with today.

Stripes & Roses

So just a little post today, It's been a bit blah and overcast the past couple of days so I felt like wearing some grey :] 

Base Coat: Nail RX - Stuck On You/
Base Colour: Beauty UK - Soft Grey
Stamping Colours: Models Own - Purple Blue
                              BYS - Black Satin
Stamping Plates: BM20 & BM14
Top Coat: Models Own - 3 In 1

I took sooo many photos of this mani in an attempt to get a pic of the slight shift in the stripes, but it was such a pain in the butt I gave up! I do love how the flecks that are in Purple Blue give the stripes a bit of texture.

I hope everyone's having a good Thursday!

Spring Challenge - Day 1 - Flowers

Hey everyone! Today is the first day of the spring challenge myself and Esme of Nail Addict are going to do.

Today's challenge is flowers, and however tempting daffodils were I know from what I seen from people doing Debbie & Emma's Spring challenge daffodils look haaaaaaard! So it was a toss up between cherry blossom, and another flower; which I now can't remember the name of. I was trying to do something a little different, but in the end I made a few mistakes; and these haven't quite turned out how I was hoping for. But I like :]

Base Coat: Nail Rx- Stuck on you
Base colour: Essence - Speed Of Light Blue
Flowers: Acrylic Paints
Top Coat: Modles Own - 3 In 1

 The ring finger's fo' sho' my favourite from these lot. Kind of what I was going for in the first place :P

Don't forget to go check out Nail Addict to see what Esme came up with today.

And for what's to come check this out:

Looking forward to doing these :] The next instalment will be on friday :]