Green, Purple And Gold Animal Print

Hi all. Happy Sunday.

Not taking part in Adventures In Stamping this weekend as I haven't got a clue what to do for it!

These were meant to post yesterday but after having a lush little trip to Seahouses (clicky here) on the Friday  & Saturday and seeing Despicable Me 2 as soon as I got back into Newcastle there was no way I had the energy to do anything but be lazy and snug.

I did these the start of May which is crazy! I loved wearing these though, and they were were definitely more interesting to look at in real life as the stripe of flakies shifting colour broke up the nail completely.

Base Coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colours: W7 - Mauve Suede & Cutex - Sweet Pea

Flakies: Golden Rose Scale Effects - 13

Stamping Colour: Barry M - Gold Foil

Image Plate: Konad M60

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

Better representation of the colours here.

Before Stamping

Above is two coats of the gorgeous Mauve Suede, I could have got away with just the one if I was more careful about coverage. Below is two coats that has a little of hand lotion on so it's not as matte as it normally is.

And for good measure he's a couple pictures from Friday night when myself and Amy were running along the beach like loons trying to catch the sunset!

Hope you've all had a great weekend like I have!

Nails Inc - Porchester Square & Victoria Funky French Argyle

Hi hi all, Wednesday, woop! Half way through the week!

Funky french stamped mani going on today, I never usually like funky french on me as cause I like my nails a little too square for them (personal preference). But after swatching Nails Inc - Victoria it's vampy goodness totally reminded me of Fingers at Fingers Polish Mania. Which is why I chose to stamp with Nails Inc - Porchester Square and finish it off with a little French tip.

Base Coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colour: Nails Inc - Victoria

Stamping & French Colour: Nails Inc - Porchester

Image Plate: Konad M60

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

And here's two coats of Victoria. A Third coat would've evened this out and made it super dark and sexy, but I wanted to keep it quite red.

Hope you're all keeping well =]

Valentines Day - We Stamp On Sundays

Hi all, I'm totally not feeling valentines day this year surprise surprise. So while this week's challenge over at Adventures In Stamping is for Valentines Day stamping, you guys get my nails from last year that I never posted.

This time last year I was getting ready for an interview, and planning what to take to Edinburgh. I had planned these nails before hand, but then it got really late the day before we traveled so I rushed them.

Base Coat: CND - Stickey

Colours Used: Models Own - Pastel Pink

                          MUA - Shade 20

                          La Femme - Pink Creme

                         Sally Hansen - White On

                         Clubworks - Fuchsia

                         OPI - Excuse Moi

Nail Art Pens: White Green & Pink

Green Acrylic Paint

Striping Tape

Stamping Polishes: Konad Special White

                             BYS - Black Satin

Image Plates: Bundle Monster BM03, BM08,

                     Konad M60

Top Coat: China Glaze - No Chip Top Coat

Forgive me for the quality of the picture and the rushed job. Oddly the guy at Edinburgh Dungeons who takes the photos when you're in the stock with an axe complimented me on these.

Hope you've all had a good weekend. I spent my Friday night chilling, and my Saturday back and forth to the bathroom feeling like I was going to be sick :( Gladly I feel better today.

Catrice London & BYS Black Satin Plaid

Hi all :]

Hope you've all had a good week. I'm so looking forward to tomorrow night (Thursday when I write this), going out for food and then drinks after work, yessaaah!

So today we have some nails I did back in the start of December when the sun was out one day. The base is Catrice - London, and it's stamped with Konad M60 in BYS - Black Satin.

Base Coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colour: Catrice - London

Stamped Colour: BYS - Black Satin

Image Plate: Konad M60

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

Green Flakie Argyle

Hi all!

Quick post today, another mani from at least a month back now, this lack of daylight is starting to really annoy me! Also the flakies, and Diamond Drops looked so much better in proper sunlight, but there was literally not a sprinkle around when I had my camera near by.

Base Coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colour: Kiko - 296 - Meadow Green

Flakies; Catrice - C04 - Shake It! Flakie It!

Rainbow Shards: Color Club - Diamond Drops

Stamp Colour: Konad Special White

Image Plate: Konad M60

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

I probably could have done with two coats of Catrice - Shake It! Flake It! I would have used two if I wasn't going to add Color Club - Diamond Drops, and then stamp too.

So above is two coats of Kiko - Meadow Green. Not really much to say on this, the formula was amazing, which is a running theme with every single Kiko i've ever tried. The colour's glossy and bright and evens out on the nail so nicely.

That's all from me today! Happy Thursday :]

Sinful Colors - Daddy's Girl & Hot Pink Chrome Konad

Very quick post from me tonight (Wednesday as I write this) as i'm super tired and just want to go to bed!

I finally got around to getting some swatch shots of Sinful Colors - Daddy's Girl, and although it's a pain to get colour accurate photos, I think I did okay. After that I really wanted to see what a pink chrome would look like stamped over it. It's strange though, as before I added top coat the colour was a lot brighter, and stood out against Daddy's Girl really nicely. Maybe it's the age of my top coat.

Base coat: La Femme
Base Colour: Sinful Colors - Daddy's Girl
Stamp Colour: NYC - Foil'er Up
Image Plate: Konad M60
Top Coat: China Glaze - No Chip Top Coat

 

Ahh Daddy's Girl is so pretty! I just love the pink glass flecks floating around this gorgeous purple jelly. The flecks take on almost a silver quality too at times.

I hope everyone's having a good Thurday so far :]

Miss Sporty - Pop Fiction & Stamping With W7 - Envy

 Some subtle stamping going on today, & It's a quick post!

 

Base Coat: Nail RX - Stuck On You
Base Colour: Miss Sporty - Pop Fiction
Stamping Colour: W7 - Envy
Image Plate: Konad M60
Top Coat: Models Own - 3 In 1

I hope everyone's having a good Saturday!

Black & Yellow, Black & Yellow

I bought two Barry M's recently, 2 for £5 :]

And in my last post I used Berry Ice Cream. Which I love, and have used pretty much every other time I do my nails ^_^

So here is Lemon Ice Cream, Which I also love but I find harder to wear.

Stamp: M60
Base Colour: Barry M - Lemon Ice Cream
Stamp Colour: BYS - Black Satin
Top Coat: China Glaze - No Chip Top Coat
Base Coat: CND Stickey

Argyle

Miss Sporty - Fatal Black was a Christmas present from someone at work.

And it's so pretty. I'd describe it as a dark charcoal-black, it's a strange one though as it has a slight rainbow shimmer to it.

The formula's amazing too; it dries so so quick. And I only need two coats to totally cover my tips.

Konad: M60
Stamping Colour: Scarlet & Crimson - Ruby & Millie - Unknown Name
Base Colour: Miss Sporty - Fatal Black

Top Coat: China Glaze - No Chip Top Coat

My First China Glazes!

I recently went into Sally's and seen China Glaze on offer, buy two, get a "No Chip Top Coat" free.

I'm not sure what happened, but I paid full price for all three, and I haven't got a discount card either ;(
Bad times.

On the plus side: I'm in love! It's been, a few years probably since i really liked shimmering polishes.

Awakening is a soft rose type pink, but with flashes of warm bronze.

3 Coats

With Flash

Konad: M60
Stamping Colour: China Glaze - Evening Seduction
Base Colour: China Glaze - Awakening

Top Coat: China Glaze - No Chip Top Coat

Evening Seduction is a Plum that goes almost black with three coats.

Swatches to come!