ABC Nail Challenge: I is for Ice Lolly

This week as the title suggests is to come up with some nail art beginning with the letter I. I decided to do 'Ice Lolly'.

Nails: Bonfire Night!

What is it they say? 

Guy Fawkes' was the last person to walk in to the house of parliament with honest intentions...

Swatch: Color Club - Warhol

Opacity: Two coats
Finish: Cremé Neon
Brush Type: Standard
How Much: 15ml

Sat-ART-Day Challenge: Brands

Base Polish: Ebalay - 004 (Rose Gold)

Nails: Movember

Movember (from slang word "mo" for moustache and "November") is an annual, month-long event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of prostate cancer and other male cancer initiatives. The Movember Foundation runs the Movember charity event, housed at Movember.com - Wiki

I have came up with the design below to show my support of Movember. Beige with a bit of sparkle to help the handlebar mustache pop out.

Swatch: Look Beauty - Nail Pop - Sequin Effect 24

£5 - 10ml
LookBeauty
Superdrug

ABC Nail Challenge: H is for Houndstooth

Base Coat: Barry M - Blue Plum
Stamping Polish: Barry M - Matte White
Stamping Plates: Bundle Monster 04 + 322

Halloween Nail Challenge: Nail Craze Replication

This is the last challenge from the Halloween Nail Challenge being held by Nail Tarts. Replicate your favourite design, well I really liked a lot of the designs I have seen. I ended up choosing to copy a witch design done by Nail Craze with Dayze.

Base Polish: Color Club - Wham Pow!

Nails: Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Yes the awareness ribbon is the wrong colour but there is only so much pink one manicure can have!

Gradient Polishes: Color Club - Warhol + Poptastic
Stamping Polish: W7 - Black
Stamping Plates: Bundle Monster 310, 321 + 324

Stamping Sunday: Birthday Plate

Cute kitty paws

Base Polish: Max Factor - Intense Plum
Stamping Polish: George Molton - Metal Party Animal
Stamping Plate: B18

Halloween Nail Challenge: Inspired by a Horror Movie

Let's imagine that I was inspired by Japanese Horror movies, they usually do have a spooky long black hair. Look at The Ring franchise for example. I used vaguely used a Robin Moses tutorial which was based on some Ana Cruz art work.

Sat-ART-Day Challenge: Halloween

Halloween nails, I have already done so many halloween inspired nails this month so thought it might be fun to try something a touch different. Sugar Skull inspired.

Base Polish: Barry M - Matte White
Stamping Polishes: Kleancolor - Metallic Green, Metallic Red, Metallic Sapphire,
Stargazer - Metallic Lilac
Stamping Plates: Bundle Monster - 310, 315, 317, 321, 325

Halloween Nail Challenge: Blood Splatter

Blood splatter / gore was the challenge over on Nail Tart's today. I did hope this would have turned out better, I ended up having to tweek the colours to get the blood looking more blood like rather than jam. 

Bloody enough?

Base Polish: Sally Hansen - Lavender Cloud

Stamping Polish: Eyeko - Saucy
Stamping Plates: Bundle Monster 202 + 301

I also used some fake blood

Swatch: No.7 - Violetta

This is as close to colour accurate I could get, it is a deep violet shade rather than leaning towards blue. As with most of the No.7 polishes this is a very pigmented polish and as such is good for stamping with. The brush is nice and flat and wide, the bottles have changed recently and as such the brushes may have changed.

ABC Nail Challenge: G is for Ghoulish

G is for Ghoulish, so I may be pushing it a little with the Ghoulish theme here but I just had to share these nails. This is part of the ABC Nail Challenge being done over at Llama Nails. Originally they were to be entered in a competition but I must not have done enough stamping for that. Anyhow, on to the nails...

Anyone remember these?

Meg and Mog was originally a set of children's books, but apparently later on it was turned into a cartoon. I must be a bit old to have known about the cartoon but I do remember the books.

Halloween Nail Challenge: Pumpkins

I totally tried to copy some of the nail art which the talented Robin Moses did, unfortunately I am no where near as talented and now half my pumpkins look cute where as I was going for evil!

Base Polish: ELF - Black
Holo Top Coat: Jessica - Holographic Topcoat

Monkey See Monkey Do: Cherries

I saw these nails on Crumpet's Nail Tarts done by JustJade Bar. While I like these nails the original are far better, and I will be trying again to get them right. I thought I'd use a holographic base, shouldn't have tried being clever. Original nails can be seen here.

Base Polish: A England - Bridal Veil

Sunday Stamping: Halloween

A lot of Halloween themed nails recently and today is no different! 

Base Polish: W7 - Metallic Mars
Stamping Polish: Stamping White
Stamping Plates: Bundle Monster 04 + 221

Sat-ART-Day Challenge: Frogs

Supposed to be a frog but not sure it worked in the slightest.

Halloween Nail Challenge: Bump In The Night

Things which go bump in the night was the challenge of the day, and what goes 'bump in the night'? Well it's more about the unknown, and that is what I have done for today. Unknown random eyes peeking at you.

The thought of waking up and being looked at is completely terrifying!

 Base Polish: Color Club - Twiggy

Swatch: Yes Love - 408

I was brought this nail polish back from Majorca, if anyone knows anything about the brand let me know.

408 is a teal coloured polish with a glass flecked shimmer running it. You will need a topcoat with this as otherwise it is a little gritty.

ABC Nail Challenge: F is for Filigree

This is the ABC Nail Challenge, being run over on Llama Nails.Where once a week we are to interpret the letter of the week.

Letter F - Filigree

  Base Polish: OPI - Unripened

Stamping Polish: Stargazer - Silver Chrome

Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster 314

Halloween Challenge: Freestyle

Not impressed with my stamping skills today but seeing as old spider webs with dust on aren't perfect looking I went with it.

Nails: Monkey See, Monkey Do - Spider Webs

I saw this within the past month and had to try it myself.

I have totally lost where I saw it though! Please tell me if this was you, or if you know who it was. I'm sure it was on Facebook where I saw it.

Lots of different stamped spiders and their webs.

Swatch: Barry M - Gelly Hi Shine - Plum

Colour: Dark Purple
Finish: Cremé
Opacity: Two Coats
Brush Type: Standard
How Much: 10ml

Sat-ART-Day Challenge: 1950's

1950's Nails were the challenge, I did some half moon nails. 

I was intending to do a brighter red but this one in the bottle is unfortunately misleading!

Leighton Denny - Forbidden Territory
Leighton Denny - Leading Lady

Nails: World Hospice and Palliative Care Day

This Hospice Care Week, local hospices are asking people to declare: 'I am hospice care'.

"Hospice care is not about buildings. It is about people and communities – from the people who support and work in partnership with their local hospices, to the patients, friends and families who rely on them. Together, we are all hospice care. Whether you have a connection to your local hospice or not, pledge your support during Hospice Care Week and tell the world that ‘I am hospice care’" - BeSuprised.com

As for the actual nails which I have worn for the photo I have used OPI - William Tell Me About OPI to stamp the awareness ribbons on the ring finger as burgundy is the appropriate coloured ribbon for this. 

World Hospice and Palliative Care Day

Halloween Nail Challenge: Witches

Base Polishes: Barry M - Gelly Blackberry + Hare - Midsummers Midnight
Stamping Polish: Stargazer - Silver Chrome
Stamping Plates: Bundle Monster - 209 + 316

Swatch: Hits - Dionisio

The holographic of this seemed to be quite sparse, very pretty though and I will be wearing it time and time again. I think it may be better to use more than one coat of the polish. 

In the photos I layered it over Barry M Indigo. 

6ml

ABC Nail Challenge: E is for Evil

Base Polish: Leighton Denny - Take a Bow
Stamping Polish: W7 - Black
Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster 305