Showing posts with label Cornflower. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cornflower. Show all posts

Monday, 18 November 2013

Summer Splatter and Aztec Stamping with Cheeky Viva Mexico

Hi all, today I have some fun nails I did probably in the end of August? 

Now, some of you may be aware I have zero skills when It comes to doing splatter manicures, and for a couple years now I've opted to use the rough side of a kitchen sponge to create a similar effect.  I used the rough side of  a sponge again for this manicure, and I added a top coat before stamping.
Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: Colour Club - Blue-ming
Splatter Colours: Natural Collection - Antique Coral, Kiko - Cornflower Blue
Stamping Colour: BYS - Black Satin
Image Plate: Cheeky - Viva Mexico
Stamp Colour: BYS - Black Satin
Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails
Sadly my trusty BYS - Black Satin had started to thicken and it was really really hot the day I did these so sadly the stamping isn't as clean as I would have liked.  

Here's the base:

Hope you're having a good Monday so far!

Friday, 3 May 2013

Matte Denim

Hi all, yay Friday!

Today I have another mani that doesn't come with stamping. I had the best intentions to stamp over these, but a night out wrecked them before I got the chance. But I loved wearing these as they were with the little sparkle shining through the matte, and just the denim look in general.
Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Rough Sponged Colour: Color Club - Hydrangea Kiss
Top Coat: Rimmel - Matte Finish
Super blurry shot to see just how pretty Electric Lane is!
I had a day off yesterday, and it was actually the first day in almost 4 weeks where I've woke up and didn't feel remotely ill! And as I have no plans this weekend I may even get something productive done, maybe even some stamping!

Hope you all have a good'un!

Monday, 31 December 2012

Snowflakes Inspired by Spellbinding Nails

Hi all! Hope you've enjoyed some nice time off from school or work.

I've had a week off from blogging, and while I've enjoyed having time to relax, and family to distract me from missing certain people, I'm so far behind with reading other blogs that It may take me weeks! That being said; I'm not back in work until Wednesday and so I'm going to try and take today, and a (probably) hungover Tuesday to catch up and get some posts scheduled for the coming week.

Today though I have some nails for you that were inspired by the lovely Sarah over at Spellbinding Nails I was doing my friends nails a couple of weeks back, and was needing some inspiration, so I hit up Google images and fell in love with these.

Here's my nails:
Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: Color Club - Cornflower
Sponged Colours: China Glaze - Frostbite
Manhattan - 67n
2true - Glitterati - Shade 1 Sapphire
Image Plates: Bundle Monster BM14 BM319
Stamping Colour: Special Konad White
Dotted Colour: NYC - Niagara Foils
Top Coat: Sally Hansen - Advanced Hard As Nails
Here's Zoe nails:
Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: Color Club - Cornflower
Sponged Colours: China Glaze - Frostbite
2true - Glitterati - Shade 1 Sapphire
Image Plates: Bundle Monster BM319
Stamping Colour: Special Konad White
Dotted Colour: China Glaze - Millennium
Top Coat: Sally Hansen - Advanced Hard As Nails
These photos really dont do the 2true Glitterati polish in Sapphire any justice, the glitter looks like scales, it was so eye catching in person. But more on that polish when I review them :]

Hope you guys like these, I certainly did when I nabbed the idea from Sarah :D

Sunday, 14 October 2012

Invasion of.... - We Stamp On Sundays

Happy Sunday guys!

I've just went over 500 followers! how exciting :D! I have a prize and everything picked out for a giveaway, so hopefully that'll be posted by the end of the week :]

This week's Adventures In Stamping challenge was to let your imagination run wild, and create on "invasion" mani. Unfortunately I just haven't been too inspired or energetic recently regarding everything not just my nails, and I just settled on a mediocre idea that is cute, but not all crazy like i'd originally hoped.
Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: Kiko - Cornflower
Sponged Colours: Catrice - London
                                 NOPI - Loyalty To The Royal-ty
Stamping Colour: Konad Special White
Image Plate: Konad M27
Top Coat: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Advanced
And some swatch shots of the pretty Kiko - Cornflower that came to me in my second swap with Susana

For some reason I didn't take any photos of the sponging, but all i did was use the rough side of a kitchen sponge and a tiny bit of yellow, and then the soft side with the blue and tapped it on my tips & worked up to about half way.

Here's what I used:


And that's them! Hardly an invasion, but I've wanted to use this plate for quite a while now, so I did :P