Enigmatic Rambles

3 January 2015

31 Day Challenge: Waterspotting

I really don't like these nails, so much so I left cuticle oil on for the photo which I rarely do. I struggle with water marbling, and water spotting is a very similar technique. I didn't have any spray hand sanitiser, not sure if you can get it in the UK? I tried hairspray which didn't work. In the end I used acetone on an paintbrush to flick on to the water.

Base Polish: La Femme - Passion
Black Polish: Nails Inc - New York Noir

2 January 2015

31 Day Challenge: Tape Mani

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Base Polish: Avon - Blue Royale

Top Polish: ELF - Dark Navy

Swatch: Calvin Klein (CK) - Silver Streak

Colour: Silver
Finish: Metallic
Opacity: Two coats shown, one more probably needed to hide VNL
Brush Type: Standard but stubby
Would it Stamp? Doubt it
How Much? 10ml

I only have one other polish similar to this in my collection, Stargazer Silver Chrome:

1 January 2015

Pick n' Mix 52 Week Challenge: 3 Different Purples, Dots

I tried to make a dotted gradient, one of the polishes went a bit odd when I was dotting it so the nails don't quite look how I hoped they would.

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Barry M - Matt White
Barry M - Prickly Pear
Color Club - Pucci-licious
Yes Love - K033

Dotting Tools

31 Day Challenge: Tutorial - Louboutin Nails

Today is the beginning of a new 31 day nail challenge. For today's prompt I did Louboutin inspired nails. There is a YouTube tutorial for how to create these but they were easy, his signature is a black upper with a bright red sole.

Essence - Black is Back

Ciate - Mistress

30 December 2014

2014: Nail Art Top 10 - My Picks

So we have seen the top five nail art posts which were most popular on the blog but I think it is nice to look back and to see my choices and how they differ from those. These are in no particular order:

Black Holo Snowflakes