BYS - Fuchsia Flash Swatch

Just another quick swatch.

I love the formula of this polish, as well as the colour. You know when you find one of those polishes that makes your entire hands look better, this is the first I've found for me. Reaaaaly pops against my skin tone :]

Two coats on top of CND - Stickey
No top coat! So shiny ^_^

BYS - Voodoo Violet

I've been splurging quite a lot recently. Mmm BYS :]

Two Coats, No Top Coat.

So glossy!

So, I loved this polish. I'm gutted I didn't capture the holo glitter with my camera, love the fact it has tiny & chunky glitter, and it seriously goes on like liquid dream!

I think I might have to do a patchwork mani with this beauty.

Bee Inspired Nails

I'd been seeing quite a few bee nails on Tumblr recently. And since I have shorties still I thought horizontal stripes would look good. Couldn't be bothered for freehand so I used plate BM214 :]

Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: Barry M - Lemon Ice Cream
Stamp Colour: BYS - Black Satin
Plate: BM214
Top Coat: China Glaze - No Chip Top Coat

Excuse the tip wear. Not totally bee-like but they were so fun to wear.

Pixel Nails

When i first saw this plate I was dying to try it, but for some reason would only settle for trying it on white; with a dark blue. And until recently I've not had a half decent blue to stamp with. But I got this one with my £5 off voucher from boots a while back.

I'm a little bit gutted it didn't turn out as opaque as I wanted, but for thinner designs it's pretty awesome.

Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: Sally Hansen - White On
Stamp Color: No7 - Betty Blues
Plate: BM204

These remind me of winter style knits. I miss winter!!!

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.

Stud Seduction

More Shorties!

Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Coat: China Glaze - Evening Sedction
Gold Studs: Ebay
Top Coat: China Glaze - No Chip Top Coat

Pink Crackle Shorties

Finally round to posting my shorties ;( miss my longer nails; but my nails grow fast and they're quite a bit longer at the minute, I have a little bit of over hang, and have shaped slightly. I'm really liking the shorter length for a change :]


I'm still not a massive fan of crackle/shatter polishes; but my boyfriend brought me a surprise Barry M' - Nail Effects in pink. & I really like how looked over Models Own - Pastel Pink :]

Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: Models Own - Pastel Pink
Crackle: Barry M - Pink
Top Coat: China Glaze - No Chip Top Coat

Color Craze & Khrome

Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: L.A. Colors - Colour Craze - Power Outage
Stamp Colour: China Glaze - Millennium
Plate: M70

Pink Flakie Stud

Been feeling slightly less creative recently, so I've been reaching for nubar quite a lot. But I do love me some flakies, especially matte; so that's okay :]

Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: Models Own - Pastel Pink
Flakies: Nubar 2010 - G188
Matte Coat: Rimmel - Pro Matte Top Coat
Studs: Ebay - Ask if you want the link :]

Blue Hawaii

Just a quick one :] I really need a blue this colour that's more opaque for stamping ;[

Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: Collection 2000 Hot Looks - Button Moon
Stamp Colour: No7 - Poolside Blue
Plate: BM225

Elie Saab Print Nails

Finally got around to trying magazines for alcohol transfers. It worked just as well, but I found it a little tricky, with the thinner paper sticking to the nail. These are from an image of an Elie Saab dress. As always these were fun to wear; and I like the gritty texture you get. But I think flower prints still work best. I used sections from the larger print on the panels of the dress.

Image found here:
http://thefashionglass.blogspot.com/

Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: Sally Hansen - White On
Image used: Elie Saab dress - Seen on Sarah Jessica Parker - Cannes 2011 Film Festival
Top Coat: China Glaze - No Chip Top Coat

Dog Tooth How I've Missed You!

Been so long since I've had dog tooth nails. My nails at this point are so long I wouldn't even attempt to use the Bundle Monster dog tooth (BM19.. I think) which is a shame because I prefer the Bundle Monster image.

However I have a tear in my right thumb nail; so I think my nails will be short pretty soon, so I'll be using some favourites from the first BM set :]

Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: China Glaze - Awakening

Plate: M68

Stamp: No7 - Poolside Blue

Top Coat: China Glaze - No Chip Top Coat

Studded

Bought some studs recently inspired by WAH Nails (love love them)

Wasn't quite sure what to do with the studs so I just had a play around =]

Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: Collection 2000 - Teeny Bikini
Gold Studs: Ebay
Top Coat: China Glaze - No Chip Top Coat