Nail Art: Fluid Summer Neon's

Orange Polish | Orly - Cowabunga!^

Pink Polish | Orly - Shut Up Heather^

Clear DIY Fluid Polish

  

Nail Art: Blue Fluid Art for Diabetes Awareness Month

November is Diabetes Awareness Month and so every week to raise awareness I am doing blue nails.

Type one diabetes can be diagnosed at any age, are you aware of the four T's?

The four T's stand for Toilet, Thirsty, Tired and Thinner.

Blue Cream Polish | Nails Inc -  Baker Street

White Fluid Art Polish | Baroness X - White Lace

Blue Flakie Polish | Wildflower - Stolen Flame

  

Nail Polish Swatch: Baroness X - Fishnets

I don't remember when I bought this polish but it was at some point in the past few years. Fishnets is a fluid art polish which when used with other polishes creates 'cells' for an interesting nail art look.

Mixed with an orange cream;

Colour | Black

Finish | Fluid Art

Opacity | Not Designed For Opacity

Brush Type | Flattened

How Much | 15ml

Vegan | Yes

Cruelty Free | Yes

Purchased From | Rainbow Connection

Mixed with lilac cream;

  

Nail Art: Lilac and Black Fluid Art

Lilac Polish | Leighton Denny - Girl's Best Friend

Black Fluid Polish | Baroness X - Fishnet

  

How To: DIY Fluid Art Polishes - UK

Originally I saw polishes that create a spotted, bubble, cells, fluid art type effect from OPI's Spotted in around 2012. Since then it has come and gone, in the past five years I have purchased similar from Baroness X. While they are great polishes the colour ways I wanted to use didn't exist and so I DIY'd my own polishes.

Baroness X White Lace // Baroness X Pothole

 

I have seen recipes online but the main recommendations were for Garnier Fructis Sleek and Shine Anti-Frizz serum. You can purchase this online in the UK imported from America for around £15-£20. I researched into what created the cells in the polish and it was a silicone, dimethiconol.

I bought Keronics Glossing Serum from Tesco for this which was £2.

I used an empty polish bottle along with Color Club Pucci-licious which I was working with and added a few drops of the serum into it. After mixing the polish and serum together I then painted it onto a silicone mat and then added drops of a standard polish on to the mat.

After smooshing the mat together the cells started to appear and then I could see if I needed to add more serum into the DIY polish. Less is more and you can always add more if needed.

 

I leave it a few hours to dry before painting my nails, removing the dried polish from the mat, cutting the fluid art to fit my nails and sticking the fluid art design to my nails;

 

Purple DIY Fluid Polish;

Red  DIY Fluid Art Polish;

Clear DIY Fluid Art Polish;

  

Nail Art: #NailingDiabetes Wearing Blue

November is Diabetes Awareness Month and so every week to raise awareness I am doing blue nails.

Type one diabetes can be diagnosed at any age, are you aware of the four T's?

The four T's stand for Toilet, Thirsty, Tired and Thinner.

Dark Blue Cream | Nails Inc - Baker Street

Mid Blue Cream | Kiko - Cerulean Blue 295

Light Blue Cream | Nails Inc - Primrose Hill

Fluid Nail Polish | Baroness X - Porthole Clear

Matte Topcoat | Barry M - Matte Topcoat

Dotting Tools

  

Nail Polish Swatch: Baroness X - White Lace

I have used Baroness X White Lace a few times now and it seems to create good cells and patterns when used on my silicone matt. I still need practice but the polish itself is great.

  

Same Prompt One Decade Later Nails: Neon and Bats

Today I am sharing my of the prompt 'Neon and Bats' a decade on from the original which you can see here.

Orange Polish | Color Club - Wham Pow

Black Fluid Polish | Baroness X - Fishnets

Stamping Polish | MoYou - Special Nail Polish - Black

Stamping Plate | What's Up Nails - Creepin It Real B023

2014 Version;