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!

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.

Christmas Pick n Mix

Hey guys!

I think this is my last Christmas mani, so I'm posting it now so It doesn't get neglected until next christmas!

Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Index: Barry M - Red Glitter

Stamp Colour: Konad White

Image Plate: Bundle Monster BM 20

Green Striping Tape

Middle & Thumb: Barry M - Gold Foil

W7 - Black

Barry M - Yellow Topaz Glitter

Ring Finger: Essence - Kiss On Top Of The Rock

Nails Inc: Electric Lane

Stamp Colour: Konad White

Image Plate: Bundle Monster BM 318

Ohter Colours: Acrylic Paints

Pinky: W7 - Black

Stamp Colour: Barry M - Gold Foil
Image Plate: Konad M57

Other: Barry M - Red Glitter

NOPI - Fell From The Tree

Top Coat: Sally Hansen - Advanced Hard As Nails

I really loved wearing these, the index finger was amazingly bling and pretty. However the flash washed the glitter out a bit, and after a day and a half the striping tape decided it was gonna start coming off. Does anyone have any tips for this?

Hope everyone's had a good Wednesday :]

More Easter Nails - We Stamp On Sundays

Today's challenge over at Adventures In Stamping was Easter/Spring themed nails. Though I'm not sure if the theme has been changed maybe?

I was totally racking my brains as to what to do for this challenge. I tried playing around with sections of tribal type tip images to make Easter like eggs. But that really didn't work out. So I just decided to use a new image from the Big SdP image plate that I won from Shirley over at Dashica Beauty. Yes; I realise my winning streak is crazy at the minute! I appreciate it all so much though =]

Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: BYS - Lila Bliss
Stamping Colour: Konad Special White
Image Plate: Dashica Big SpD - A
Other Colours: George - Smarty Pants
Models Own - Pastel Pink
Mini M&S - Yellow

 

Here's what I used:

So many new pretties to play with! :D

And for good measure here's a picture of Pickle lazing in the sun the other day for the brief 10 minutes it was out.

She also goes by Picklicious which is one of my favourites for her. That or Pixel ^_^ Oh; and that's Jazz in the background!

Thanks again to Shirley! I'm still dying to play with all the pretty possibilities!

Stripes & Roses

So just a little post today, It's been a bit blah and overcast the past couple of days so I felt like wearing some grey :] 

Base Coat: Nail RX - Stuck On You/
Base Colour: Beauty UK - Soft Grey
Stamping Colours: Models Own - Purple Blue
                              BYS - Black Satin
Stamping Plates: BM20 & BM14
Top Coat: Models Own - 3 In 1

I took sooo many photos of this mani in an attempt to get a pic of the slight shift in the stripes, but it was such a pain in the butt I gave up! I do love how the flecks that are in Purple Blue give the stripes a bit of texture.

I hope everyone's having a good Thursday!

Stripes & Flowers

Totally inspired by this mani, I just loved the colour combinations, and that bird cage is so cute! Though i didn't have time to do more than just stripes and flowers before bed.

Base Coat: Nail RX - Stuck On You
Base Colour: Beauty UK - Smokey Lilac
Striping Pens: White & Pale Pink
Dark Pink: MUA - Shade 20
Acrylic Paints: Emerald Green, Viridian
Top Coat: China Glaze - No Chip Top Coat

Gold was created with Miss Sporty - Gold Backstage. And two glitter liner pens.

I loved wearing these, but I'm so used to stamping I always end up picking at the slight bumps in the design after a few days.

Snowman, Stripes & Polka Dots!

Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: Essence - Speed Of light Blue
Glitter: Rimmel - Disco Ball
Acrylic Paints: Crimson Red, White, Black, Brown, Orange

 

I wish I'd just done polka dots!

Cracked open a walnut yesterday, and found a heart!

Hope everyone's having a good Christmas Eve, or whatever you celebrate! So excited for tomorrow ^_^ Not sure when I'll post next, maybe I'll pop on Boxing day and I'll do a mini haul with my nail goodies from Santa!


Happy Holidays =]

Evening Seduction & Aztec Simple Tape Design

Another quick post today, I have a banging headache so would like to get off the laptop rather quickly and make a cup of tea :]

Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: China Glaze - Evening Seduction
Top Colour: Accessorize - Aztec
Top Coat: China Glaze - No Chip Top Coat

Indoor

I have such a hard time photographing this polish, the last photo does it the better justice, but you really notice the colour shift in it more obviously in real life.

Stripey

Ahh; so these aren't the most refined stripes I've ever done, but the were fun to wear, although after a day I added some more colour over half of the white on the pinky finger. Not massively impressed with the outcome, but I got to use the glow in the dark polish I got just before Halloween so I was a happy bunny. I only have a really crappy bottle shot of the bottle in the dark though rather than my nails :(

Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: La Femme - Dusky Pink (made my own name up for it :P)
Black & White Acrylic Paint
Deborah - Sunset Cocktail
Rubies - Glow In The Dark Nail Polish
Top Coat: China Glaze - No Chip Top Coat

Just because I love this blue toned pink. Nom

You can sort of see a stripe of the glow in the dark where my pinky is at the top right corner of the bottle. But I couldn't get a good shot of my nails cause I had to close the curtains and squish into a cupboard to get it dark enough to glow xD

Deborah Sunset Cocktail. Orange & Black Candy Striped Nails

So to start with I'm 1, yes 1! Follower away from my first giveaway, I still haven't looked into creating forms, or anything at all so hopefully it won't be too far from hitting 50 that I figure it all out. This being said there's not that many prizes ;( as I'm so skint, but I hope you'll like them all anyways.

Anyhoooo on to the nails ^_^ this is my first mani that remotely reflects Halloween, and I'm so disappointed that I haven't had the time to do all the Halloween looks that i've wanted to. Hopefully I'll still fit some in, cause I love halloween so bad. So so bad.

Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: Deborah - Sunset Cocktail
Stamp Colour: BYS - Black Satin
Plate: BM20
Top Coat: China Glaze - No Chip Top Coat

Two coats of Deborah Sunset Cocktail, as you can see there is still visible nail line :( However the colour is so gorgeous, so bright, so shiny, and the glass flecks are just stunning. I have to say, glass fleck is one of my favourite finishes. So yes, hopefully some Halloween stuff to come, but no promises!

Hope everyone's having a good weekend ^_^

Birthday Goodies, Birthday Mani, Tattoo, Shitzu's. Pic Heavy!

I wasn't sure what to title this post, as it's going to have quite a lot of images. So I'll just get on with it :]

Not the best mani I've ever done, but I got loads of compliments on it :]

Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: Revlon - Minted
Stripes: White Nail Art Pen
Flowers: Models Own - Pastel Pink & Rimmel - Magenta
Leaves: George - Meteorite

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.