Barry M Floral Nail Art

Hi guys!! Today I have some floral nail art for you to suit the lovely weather we are getting. so glad to finally be rid of the rain. for how long? Who knows, but I for one will be sure to try and make the most of it whilst it lasts. 

I'd say floral freehand nail art is probably the worst nail art I do, I can do roses fairly good, but anything else and the mind is blown. So when I did these and they were't so bad I had to share them with y'all. 

Polishes I used:

Duri Rejuvacote

Barry M White

Barry M Grapefruit

Barry M Mushroom

Seche Vite

I also used:

A fine detailing nail art brush

I am very unorthadox when it comes to using paint brushes, I basically pick one brush and use it for everything. I used the same brush for the flowers and leaves, and even the centers of the flowers. That is just how I roll. 

I have since had a major chip on my index finger where the whole tip came off and I didn't even realise until I tried to scratch an itch. So its back to nubbins and square nails even though I was really enjoying almond shaped nails (they are round here but I had grown them a bit more since doing these and shaped them into almond shaped nails. And I didn't even get to share them with you!). 

Thanks for reading!!

I am MANI-LOCKED - Sherlock Nail Art

A very happy new year to you all!! A little belated but I have a lovely nail art post for you all to try and make it up. I am posting a mani of how I started my year. With the new season of SHERLOCK!! The final episode is tonight*wipes tear*, so I thought it fitting to do a mani for it. 

Sherlock airs in US on the 19th and Fierce Make-Up and Nails and Gnarly Gnails have created I AM MANILOCKED nail art challenge. Details how to be part of this are at the bottom of the page along with a gallery of the manis people have posted. 

I am a massive Sherlock fan, I have the complete collection of books, watched the movies and of course BBC's Sherlock, which is ah-may-zing!!

I used my collection of Sherlock Holmes books for inspiration for this mani, and specifically chose His Last Bow, seeing as the last episode is called His Last Vow. Rather fitting don't you think??

Here is a picture of the book I used for inspiration as well as the polishes I used for the nail art. 

So that is the inspiration behind my design, lets take a look at what I came up with...

I used the spine of the book and TRIED to replicate it on my accent nail

I used the damask style (kinda) print on the cover of the book on my nails using a stamping plate (details of which one I used will be below). I then added some pink 2mm rhinestones to try and make the nail art flow and match the accent nail which I tried to copy from the spine of the book. I thought I did not too bad a job. 

Polished I used:

Duri Rejuvacote

Barry M Grey

Sally Hansen Wet Cement 

Sally Hansen Raven

OPI I'm India Mood For Love

Seche Vite

I also used:

Nail Glue

2mm Pink Rhinestones

Red Angel Stamping Plate RA112

Stamper and Scraper

Fine Nail Art Brush

Will you be watching Shelock tonight?? Share your Sherlock Mani if you do one!
#MANILOCKED2014 to share your picture on Instagram and to share it on your blog go to www.tinyurl.com/manilocked2014 I would love to see them!!