It's That Time Of Year Again Folks.

Here we are again folks, 2012 has only 6 1/2 hours left until 2013 takes over, so as always here's the mani I will be wearing to see the new year in! I started with a base of OPI - Nail Envy Matte which is by far my favourite base coat discovery of the year! My base colour is a cheeky little bargain I picked up from Poundland Sally Hansen - Without a Stitch, which is fast becoming one of my favourite plain/nude colours.
Also, you can't really see it, because I got abit carreid away, but there is also a subtle gradient using Barry M - Gold Foil.
Using acryclic paint, I painted the clock face and a base colour for the 2013 aswell as a few starry things. Barry M - Mushroom is the colour for the 'wood part' of the clock and GOSH - Holographic for the numbers. All the outlines are done with black acryclic paint and finally it's topped off with Rimmel - Rock Your Colour Glitter top-coat and a second coat of NYC Topcoat.

Overall I'm pretty pleased with how it came out. It would've been cool if I had layed off the glitter abit and made the gold gradient more prominent because it was really preetty but it still turned out lovely! and who can resist abit of glitter for NY!
So there we have it, my final mani of 2012. I hope you like it and don't forget to come back for my first mani of 2013!

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Here is my (possibly) final set of christmas nails for 2012! Just a simple design using NYC - White as the base, Maybelline red and black acrylic paint :) This is possibly one of my favourite christmas nails this year, I love the simplicity and neatness of it! Hope you like it too and if I don't manage another post before.... MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Christmas Nails Take 2!

As promised, here is another Christmas post. From my thumb and round I used, Barry M Gold and Nail Pop Red Glitter. For the reindeer I used NYC - White, Barry M - Mushroom and acrylic paint for the details. The Fair Isle print I used Maybelline - Deep Red and white acrylic paint. Barry M - Gold Glitter and finally NYC - White and Barry M - Pure Turqoise. All topped off with an old unamed top coat I've been using recently! I hope you like and don't forget to link this blog to your friends!

Also! Sorry for the bad picture! My usual camera is lost in my mess of a room at the moment!

I Do Believe 'tis The Season

It's been a while since I last posted here and seeing as it's December 1st(where has this year gone?!) it's the perfect time for my Christmas nail post! I started off using Barry M - Navy as a base and a silver glitter that has no markers so I have no idea what brand it is! I then simply used a white acrylic paint and a dotting tool and striper brush for the snowman, snowflakes and reindeer. The small details on the snowman are also acrylic paint. All of it was topped off with Rimmel 5 in 1 top coat for a lovely shiny finish. I hope you like it and keep checking back for more designs(definitely a tonne of Christmas designs over the next couple of weeks!!)

Rememberance Day Nails.

So I've been looking out for a poppy for Rememberance Day however for some reason I've found it really difficult! Surprising considering I live in a fairly tradition orientated city! I figured whilst I'm on the lookout I could show my support through my nails. So here is the result!

I started off with a base coat of OPI - Nail Envy followed with NYC - Pinstripe White, my new favourite white. I've always been a huge fan of Barry M but found their white way too difficult to use so with a little bit of searching found this beauty! NYC is definitely chasing up to Barry M in my book. Well worth a purchase.

After I got a nice base coat I sponged on the 'grass and sky' using some cheap and cheerful make up sponges from Poundland to create the gradient effect. The colours are Barry M - Pure Turqoise and George from Asda - Gnome (best supermarket own bran ever!) I hate doing gradients and am not very good at them but fortunately this design meant I could go over with a small paintbrush for the grass texture and hide any nasties.

Finally I used Maybelline - Deep Red and a dotting tool with black acrylic paint for the poppies.

After a few more strokes of green and two top coats of Sally Hansen - Insta-Dri I used a small paintbrush for the cleanup.

My First Post!

So welcome to my blog. As it's my first post I want to keep it nice and simple and show you the first piece of 'serious' nail art I ever did way back in 2009 after watching one of my favourite kids movies of all time The BFG! I can't for the life of me remember what polishes were used but I am going to take a wild guess at Barry M - Matte White as the base and a selection of acrylic paint for the rest.

I hope you like it and come back for my next post which shouldn't be too long.