Summery Pastel Paisley

Hi all.

I can't quite believe it's Sunday already - especially as I wanted a chill weekend, and made no plans for Saturday. But I got quite a lot of little to-do items done :]

These nails are from a couple of months back now, after having a few really nice warm days I started just reaching for summery colours, especially pastels.

For this look I patted a purple, yellow, peach and blue over white, and then stamped, I feel like there may have even been a green crellie in there somewhere but I can't remember!

Base Coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colours: Rimmel - White, Models Own - Peach Sherbert, Blueberry Muffin & Banana Split, Spoiled - Amethyst

Stamping Colour: BYS Black Satin

Image Plate: Konad M64

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

Hope you've all had a nice weekend, I'm going to go and stuff my face with tasty food & probably go and watch the new Transformers movie :]

Models Own - Slate Green, Gold Foil & Blue Stamping

Hi hi all, happy Wednesday, I'm feeling slightly better today although my head is still massively fuzzy. But half day today, and I'm going for food. So should be good :]

Today I've got quite the simple combo, one that didn't quite work out, but I like how sheer the stamp is all the same.

Base Coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colours: Models Own - Slate Green & Barry M - Gold Foil

Stamping Colour: W7 - Blue Lagoon

Image Plate: Konad M64

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

And here's the base of Models Own - Slate Green & Barry M - Gold Foil I painted on Gold Foil to a scrunched up ball of cling film (plastic wrap/saran wrap) and dabbed it over Slate Green.

Hope you're all having a good week so far :]

LA Colors - Force, Sinful Colors - Paris & Black Konad

Hi all!

Pretty simple combo today, though I did love wearing these for the couple of days I did. While I really like LA Colors - Force as a colour, it's just really not me at all. However, Sinful Colors - Paris; I love! I really love how small the glitter is, and while It doesn't stand out too much in this mani, I've recently used it for my batman mani where I did and it looked great.

Base Coat: La Femme
Base Colour: LA Colors - Force
Glitter: Sinful Colors - Paris
Stamping Colour: BYS - Black Satin
Image Plate: Konad M64
Top Coat: Rimmel - 60 Seconds Clear

And here's a swatch of Force:
Well that was a quick post for today as I'm off to get my hair cut for the first time in 11 months... I need it baaaaad :P

I hope everyone's having a good Tuesday :]

Using 3 Colours - We Stamp On Sundays

This weeks challenge over at Adventures In Stamping was to use 3 colours. I dunno if it was meant to be three colours including the base or not, but I think it's open to interpretation. Unless it's regarding green/blue and teals :P Hehe.

Base Coat: Nail RX - Stuck On You
Base Colour: Models Own - Utopia
Stamping Colours: China Glaze - Frostbite
                             George - Hoax
                             Miss Sporty - Unknown Colour
Image Plate: Konad M64
Top Coat: Models Own - 3 In 1

What I used :]

Kind of hard to see the change in purples, but you can better see the colour changes on the ring and pinky finger.

Stamping like this is my favourite kind. Don't get my wrong; I like nothing more than striking stamping on a plain base colour, but I just love mixing colours.

For stamping like this, where I don't want any harsh lines, I always use the polish left on the scraper not using the first stamp. :]

Pink & Silver Paisley

Not Christmassy at all; but I just needed something to brighten up my day!

Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: Miss Sporty - 302 (possibly Hip Pop)
Stamp Colour: China Glaze - Millennium
Plate: Konad M64
Top Coat: China Glaze - No Chip Top Coat

This stamp never fails me, always good first stamp, and always transfers really well. I really wish I knew the name of this polish though, a few weeks back I thought that it might be Hip Pop, but now I'm not sure. I now know though that it' number is 302. So if you call into Boots or Superdrugs ladies, please let me know!

M&S Mini & Chrome Multi Stamp Mani

You can't really tell too well from these pictures, but there's actually two chromes, pale pink, and a lilac, which switch top and bottom on alternating finger; if that makes any sense. For this I used 3 different Bundle Monster image plates and one Konad plate.

The blue is from a set of 4 mini's that I got as a "hard work" present from my old managers (<3 them) in the set there was a bright pink creme, a yellow, and two glass flecked polishes; this blue, and a turquoise mint type colour.

Direct sunlight, 2 coats of the blue.

Base coat: CND - Stickey
Base colour: Unknown M&S
Stamp Colours: N.Y.C - Foil For You & Techno Foil
Plates Used: BM207, BM208, BM215 & M64

Coral Flower Pick 'n' Mix

I'm enjoying the fact the sun has decided to come back out a little here and there, after a rather miserable looking week. So I felt like wearing some brighter colours. I was feeling a tad more creative than recently so I decided to go for a Pick 'N' Mix type Mani :]

Excuse the tip wear!

Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: Natural Collection - Antique Coral
Stamp Colour: Rimmel White

Index Finger: Plate M64

Middle Finger: Flowers Painted With Acrylic Paint
Gold Dots: H&M - Wa Wa Woom

Ring Finger: Rimmel French Colour For Half Moon
Pearls: Bought From The Pound Shop
Plate: BM16

Little Finger: Lines Drawn With White Paint
Glitter: Nail Art Pen - Ebay

I think by the time I got around to the little finger I'd almost ran out of ideas.

Flowers & Sparkles.

So I have quite a lot of photos of my nails, even pre-konad but the photos themselves really don't look that great. So I'm going to post what i'm half happy with; until i get the hang of my new camera :]

You can see the colour better here.

Konad: M64

Stamp Colour: Barry M - Indigo
Base Colour: Rimmel - Nail Tip Whitener

Sparkle: Maybelline Colorama Top Coats - Ice Princess

Top Coat: Rimmel