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 :]

Orange & Purple Gradient with Black Stamping

Hi guys,

Two posts in the same week (sort of) what's going on?! I think I may have slightly gotten back into the swing of editing photos & posting, still not back into the swing of looking at other people blogs and feeling inspired, but it's a start.

Today I have an orange to purple gradient stamped with BYS - Black Satin and Bundle Monster BM404.  I really enjoy doing gradients like this with a creme and a fleck shimmer polish.

Base coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colours: 2true - Mila & Sally Hansen - Pink Force

Stamping Colour: BYS - Black Satin

Image Plate: Bundle Monster BM404

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

And here's a pic of the base with a flash:

Hope you're all having a good week so far, hopefully I'll have some more nails for you this coming weekend.

Gradient and Aztec stamping with Cheeky Viva Mexico

Hi guys, hope you've all had a good weekend, I've not had the most productive but I thought that after a very stressful two weeks worrying about the interview I mentioned in last post I thought a long chilled weekend was the best call.  Especially as I've been in a particularly good mood as I totally nailed the interview =D so after I write this post I'm going to watch a film and maybe colour in, carry on the chilling.

Base Coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colours: Cliché - Opala, Alessandro international - Pomegranate

Glitter: Essence - Space Queen

Stamping Colour: Konad White

Image Plate: Cheeky Viva Mexico

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

 

Not the best quality pics as these were taken on my phone, but you get the idea :] Here's a picture of the base pre-stamp:

Pink & Orange Vertical Gradient with Stamping

Hi all, happy Friday.

Today I have some nails I did something like last July maybe?  This was the first vertical gradient I have done, which while close up you can't really tell, from a distance you can. I started with a base of 2True - Mila, which is one of their salon shine polishes, and sponged with a mixture of Mila, and Jacava - Raspberry Bavarois, then stamped with Konad White with Bundle Monster Image BM208.

Base Coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colours: 2true - Mila & Jacava Raspberry Bavarois

Stamping Colour: Konad White

Image Plate: Bundle Monster BM208

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

 And here's the orange to pink gradient before stamping

And here's the base:

Hope you've all had a good week so far - I'm just happy I'm off today! Yay!

Orange to Green Gradient & The Polish Bar Satellite Glitter

Happy Saturday!

This is a scheduled post as I'll be chilling with my family for the next week and a bit.

Another odd combination today, but I got it in my head that an orange to green gradient would look awesome. It didn't, it looked like I had carrot fingers, the only saving grace was the glitter. I think the Polish Bar - Satellite is literally so amazing it could even save carrot fingers!

Base Coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colours: Kiko - Melon - 356, Cutex - Sweet Pea

Glitter: The Polish Bar - Satellite

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

I was wanting to stamp over this combination but I'd had a busy week at work and didn't get the chance to until they had already chipped.

Favourite Colour Combo - We Stamp On Sundays

Hi all, hope you've all had a good weekend.

I've not really done much productive blog-wise recently but I've spent the day trying to organise some stuff together so I'm feeling a little less chaotic, but glad i'm off tomorrow too heh.

This week's challenge in the Facebook group Adventures In Stamping called for a manicure with favourite colour combo. So I opted for Aqua and Purple, these two polishes in particular are favourites of mine seperately, so when I used them together on a manicure I did for Amy a few months back I was eager to try them together again.

Base Coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colours: Color Club - Blue-Ming & Beauty UK - Jelly Bean

Stamp Colour: BYS - Black Satin

Image Plate: Bundle Monster BM 211

Top Coat: Sally Hansen  Advanced Hard As Nails

And here's the base.

If my nails had been a little bit longer I think I would have been able to make the purple more intense.

Time to have a relaxing Sunday night, I'll be back in the next couple of days with some swatches.

Bright Gradient & Golden Bolts

Hi again my pretties!

I hope you're all well, today I have a mani I did about a month back now, the sun had just started coming out and it made me really fancy sporting a pink toned gradient.

I would try and make out like I didn't want to do the gradient super-smooth and seamless, but the truth is I did these in bad lighting, and pretty much was falling asleep. That being said, I do love what a bit of stamping hides!

Base Coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colours: W7 - Pink, P2 - Passion, Models Own - Raspberry Crush

Stamping Colour: Barry M - Gold Foil

Image Plate: Cheeky CH48

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard as Nails

And here's a shot of the base:

Hope you're all having a good Tuesday. I'll be at work when this posts, then afterwards I'll be on my way to see Man Of Steel. Henry Cavill in a tight fitting Superman get up; uh yes please!

Over A Lilac Base - We Stamp On Sundays

Hi all, happy Sunday! Happy bank holiday weekend to my UK peeps. It doesn't make much of a difference to me as I've not been working Mondays for the last month. Still the weather is pretty nice out, so I'm going to grab an hour lazing in the sun reading :D

This week I've actually made time for the challenge over at Adventures In Stamping and I'm hoping to keep this up as I've missed doing these weekly challenges.

Base Coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colours: Models Own - Utopia & Lilac Dream, Catrice - Dirty Berry

Stamping Colour: Miss Sporty - Raindrop

Image Plate: Bundle Monster BM313

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

Here's the base before stamping:

I started with two coats of Utopia and then dabbed all the colours randomly onto a piece of sponge to create the subtle mix. I had hoped Raindrop would've stamped a little more opaque, but I like the colour combo anyways.

And here's what I used:

L-R, Models Own - Utopia, Lilac Dream (in China Glaze bottle), Catrice - Dirty Berry, Miss Sporty - Raindrop

Hope you've all had a good weekend so far :]

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

Base Colour: Bourjois - 10 Day Wear Number 18

Glitter: Nails Inc - Electric Lane

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!

Space Invaders Cheeky Stamping

Hi all, happy Saturday, quick post today =]

A couple of weeks back I was stuck for what to do on my nails, and after a few suggestions I settled on doing Space Invader nails, as I'd been meaning to since I received my Cheeky Plates. 

This was one of the main reasons I'd bought Pop Green Special Polish, but after trying it out on my thumb I realised It wasn't as bold as I wanted it to be. So to try and get the brightness I used Pastel Green, and without picking the image up from the plate I used Pop Green and scraped again. I'm not sure what this kind of method is called, or where I read about it, but it did work to make the green stand out more, although I would have much preferred a solid colour I quite like how these turned out.

Base Coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colours - W7 Night Suede Rough Sponged with W7 - Black

Stamping colours: Konad Special - Pop Green & Pastel Green

Dotted Colours: Nails Inc - Electric Lane & NOPI - Fell From The Tree

Image Plate: Cheeky CH45

Top Coat: Advanced Hard As Nails

Without flash, in daylight you can see the flecks that Night Suede has. These look a bit busy, but I still like them.

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

Over Orange - We Stamp On Sundays

Happy Sunday :]

Bit of a late post today but it seems like my day's just slipped away from me, and I've been on slow motion for a few hours now.

This week's challenge over at Adventures In Stamping was to stamp over orange. As soon as orange was decided as the winner I knew I wanted to do tiger nails as it's been a bit of a while.

I started with a base of Kiko - Melon and used the rough side of a kitchen sponge to dab on Essence Colour3 - Dancing In The Street and Alessandro - Pomegranate. Pomegranate looks a little pinker than it is when it's next to the other two colours. Then I added a top coat, and stamped with Bundle Monster BM223 with BYS - Black Satin and added another top coat.

Base Coat: OPI - Nail Envy

Base Colour: Kiko - Melon

Other Colours: Alessandro - Pomegranate & Essence Colour3 - Dancing In The Street

Stamp Colour: BYS - Black Satin

Image Plate: Bundle Monster BM223

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

And here's some pictures of the base before stamping. I only remembered to take photos after stamping one nail!

And here's what I used:

Hope you've all had a good weekend, mine has gone far too quick!

Steam Punk Nails

Hi all

Little bit of a late post today, but If I don't do it now i'm going to crawl into bed until morning!

These, in my head, were awesome, but something about the stamp didn't really work. I think the stamp may be engraved too deep, as only one nail out of ten came out with actually spikes on the cogs, instead of smooshy circles.

That being said, I really enjoyed wearing these, I like how the whole thing pulled together. If only the stamp had worked out!! Yikes, ignore the blurry photos!

Base Coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colour: Jacava - Chocolate Melts

Sponged Colours: W7 - Suede & Black

Stamping Colour: Miss Sporty - Electric Beige

Image Plate: Cheeky CH33

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

Here's the base before the stamping:

Hope you guys have had a good Wednesday! I spent mine working, and snacking on Seaweed heh.

Icicle Nails

Hi all! Happy Sunday!

No stamping challenge from Adventures In Stamping this week, I have family up so I'm sitting this one out :]

Today I have Icicle nails for you! I started these with a white base, added some striping tape and sponged over a mixture of acrylic paints to form the bricks, then I used acrylic paints for the icicles themselves. Basically you can see no polish!

Base Coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colour: Rimmel - French White

Sponged Colours: Acrylic Paints - White, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna

Icicles: Acrylic Paints - White & Phthalocyanine Blue

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

Sadly I forgot to wrap my tips when I did these, and they started peeling off in the shower later that night :(

I'm not sure If i'll be very active over the Christmas period, so if not; Merry Christmas to those that celebrate :]

Over A Red Base - We Stamp On Sundays

Hi everyone! I can't believe the weekend is pretty much over all ready!

This week's challenge over at Adventures In Stamping was to stamp over a red base. These are some nails I did for a date a few weeks back (though It didn't happen :c ) But the nails themselves I loved, even though my top coat was so goopy it almost ruined them.

Base Coar: CND - Stickey

Base Colour: Gosh - Berry Me

Glitter: Barry M - Red Glitter

Image Plate: Bundle Monster BM19

Stamping Colour: BYS - Black Satin

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

These made me feel really festive when I wore them, and festive feeling  is something I need more of considering Christmas is only 9 days away, and i'm 99.9% sure i'll be missing out on one of my favourite things this year. Oh, mistletoe kisses I will have you again; perhaps next year. And I'm not talking about chocolate.

But now i'm ranting so I'm gonna actually get out of bed and make a cup of tea :] I hope everyone's had a good weekend!

Essie - Orange It's Obvious & Shimmer Sponged Tips

Hi all! Happy Tuesday!

Quick post today, no stamping, no nail art, just a simple sponged tips gradient while the sun was out for a change!

Base Coat: CND Stickey

Base Colour: Essie - Orange It's Obvious

Sponged Colour: Guga - Amor

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

And here's the swatches of Orange It's Obvious:

In shade.

So while I wasn't drooling over these, they were nice and simple to wear for a day and the Essie polish was so nice to work with. Hope you're all having a good Tuesday =]