21 November 2014

Nails Inspired by Black Embellished Dress

I used negative space around the cuticle to resemble the v shape neckline, a nude base with black lace for the fabric and some black striping tape around the middle nails to create the ribbon which cinches in the waist of the dress.

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Base Polish: Leighton Denny - Opaque Elegance
Stamping Polish: MoYou Nails - Special Nail Polish - Black
Stamping Plate: Cheeky CH44

Black Striping Tape
Black Fine Tipped Sharpie

20 November 2014

Pick n' Mix 52 Week Challenge: Brown, Book

This week the prompt is the colour brown and the word book, so for this I attempted to do aged parchment paper.

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Polishes Used:
Leighton Denny - Opaque Elegance
Leighton Denny - Take a Bow
ELF - Chocolate

Stamping Polish: MoYou Nails - Special Nail Polish - Black
Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster 311

19 November 2014

Review: 3mm Sparkling Water Opalescent Studs Nail Accessories

These are listed on the Born Pretty Store as "Sparkling Water Drop Flat Back Nail Studs Charming 3D Nail Art Decoration". They come in 3mm and 4mm, these are the 3mm version.

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You get a small resealable bag of 10 3mm studs, The description of these are sparkling water drop studs, I would describe them as being opalescent on the base with a clear domed plastic shape over the top. 

These are very pretty to the eye and change depending on the angle you are holding them on, in the way a duo-chrome polish is. Because of this it is very difficult to accurately photograph them!

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They are described as being 3D, while they aren't flat they don't stick out too much. To use them I pressed them on to tacky polish, you could use nail glue for a stronger hold. You can use them in a simple nail look of go for something more elaborate such as adding to stamping which I show below.

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First I used them as a cuticle accent; 

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Nails Inc - New York Noir
Jacava - Vanilla Slice

I then thought it would be interesting to use them as an accent to some stamping; 

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Base Polishes: Nails Inc - New York Noir, Calvin Klein - Silver Streak
Stamping Polishes: Barry M - Silver Foil Effect, MoYou Nails - Special Nail Polish - Black
Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster 314

And finally I used them very simply, still effective though;

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Nails Inc - New York Noir

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18 November 2014

Nails: Silver Trees

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Base Polish: ELF - Smoky Brown
Stamping Polish: Stargazer - Silver Chrome
Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster 407

16 November 2014

SIMPLES: Skittle with Dots

The Crumpet has a challenge going, to help teach nail art from the simple to the master.

So week 13 is here and we have to come up with a skittle base with dots over the top of it. Here is my example;

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Thumb: Leighton Denny - Pillow Talk
Index: Ciate - Dangerous Affair
Middle: ELF - Medium Red
Ring: ELF - Dark Red
Little: Leighton Denny - Vamp

Dot Polish: La  Femme - Pink Ice 142

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