Christmas Nails - Rhinestone Christmas Tree

I have been meaning to post this mani for a week now but I have been super busy with work and working nights means my timing is always out and also that I am always tired. I actually wore this mani for 2days before I even took pictures hence why you will see some tip wear.

 I have a few more Christmas nail art posts that I want to get out before its Christmas and with only 4 days left I hope I can get them all posted. 

I decided on doing a ChristmadsTree accent using rhinestones and thought I would try one of my untried polish on the rest of the nails. Nubar Reclaim, what can I say?! Isn't it just beautiful?? It is a green linear holo polish and my pictures do it no justice at all. 

I used a few different rhinestones on this mani, the star shaped one is from a set I brought from Poundland and I am pretty sure it is still available, the rest are 2mm rhinestones which are widely available on eBay. I'm not sure if you can tell in the pictures but I also used gold caviar/microbeads in and between the green rhinestones to look like little baubles. 

This mani would've lasted a long time, and I didn't even use a topcoat, just let the polishes air dry. I would've kept them on longer if I didn't have to remove it for work. 

Polishes I used:

OPI Nail Envy Maintance

Nubar Reclaim

Milani 3D

 I also used:

Nail Glue

2mm Rhinestones in Green and Gold

Gold Caviar/Microbeads 

Star Rhinestone 

Christmas Nails - Santa and his Little Helpers

It's Decemeber and Christmas is almost here. I don't celebrate Christmas but I couldn't help do some Chistmas inspired nail art. Over the past few year I have always seen other bloggers do christmas inspired nails and have always wanted to do some myself. So this year you will be having more than one Christmas inspired mani. I hope they inspire you and maybe you will chose to do one of these designs for Christmas yourselves for those who celebrate it. 

So for my first Xmas post we have the nail art which I was looking forward to doing the most. Santa and his Little Helpers. I am so pleased with how these turned out. Exactly how I imagined them! 

Lets take a look...

I used black striping tape for the belts on the elf costumes because I was a wuss and didn't wanna get a wobbly thin line and ruin it. Haha! 

Polishes I used:

Duri Rejuvacote 

OPI Jade is the New Black

Barry M Blood Orange

Sally Hansen Lightening

Sally Hansen Raven

Barry M Gold Foil

H&M Matte Topcoat

I also used:

2x fine nail art brush

Dotting tool

Striping tape

The santa costume is pretty easy, a red base with a white line down the middle. Then a black line across for the belt and then yellow square for the buckle. And your done. 

The elf costumes, i started with a half moon green base. Then painted on the red spikes for the collar. Then i used the dotting tool to put on the yellow buttons. Added the black striping tape for the belt and used gold polish for the buckle. And your done. 

I am super proud of these. They are exactly how I imagined and to be honest they are my favourites so far! Granted I have only done these so far but still!! 

Hope you like them and thanks for reading! 

OPI Black Cherry Chutney

The Great British weather is in full flow this winter. Temperatures have dropped, wind is blowing, I am thankful it hasn't rained/snowed much yet though I fear it won't be long until we lose that luxury as well. 

When such weather is upon us, the bright/neon colours are out, and the darker more muted colours are in. 

I have been feeling vampy colours calling to me this season.
So off I popped to my Helmer and polish stand to find some vampy colours to chose from and realised I don't have many vampy colors at all. Of course now I will be on a "buy all the vampy polishes" shopping spree which no doubt will hurt my pocket but boost my happiness. Haha!

But for today's post I will show you the colour I picked for the vampy mood the weather has brought. I picked OPI Black Cherry Chutney. It is my of my most favourite polishes in my stash, and one I have had a long time.  It is such an understated polish, It is a dark burgundy sometimes even looks close to black in the shade, yet in the sun it sparkles some red.



In the pictures it is directly under hthe light coming from the lamp so you can see the reddish sparkles.

Polishes I used:

Essie 3in1 Base

OPI Black Cherry Chutney

I didnt't use a top coat with this, I just let it air dry. Its glossy enough and dries quick enough. :)

Thanks for reading!!

Doctor Who Nails - Better Late Than Never!!

I'm a little late to the party but I have been waiting to do Doctor Who nails for a very long time and if I don't do them now, I fear I never will. 

Everyone posted their Doctor Who manis on Saturday when 'The Day Of The Doctor' was aired marking the shows 50th anniversary. I was supposed to do my mani then too but like an idiot I forgot it was coming on until an hour before.  Doh! 

But I couldn't let opportunity pass me so I pulled out my brushes and a hell of a lot of polishes and got to work.

I had a few images that I used to inspire me with the nail art so I will show all those first before I show you how I transformed them into a mani. 

And here is how I incorporated them into a manicure. Unfortuately my DSLR ran out of juice and I can't find the charger so these pictures have been taken on my phone except for the last picture which was taken on my DSLR before it died. I hope these are good enough!

I did the Doctor Who official intial/logo on my thumb

Bad Wolf on my index finger, referring to the 1st season and it was also mentioed in Saturdays show. 

The TARDIS on my middle finger.. well a part of it. 

And some Galaxy nail art on my ring and pinky seeing as the Doctor does travel through time and SPACE. 

Polishes I used:

Essie 3in1 Base

Nails Inc Baker Street (Base on all nails)

Sally Hansen Wet Cement (DW logo)

Sally Hansen Lavender Cloud (all white detailing)

Sally Hansen Raven (used on middle finger)

Max Factor Odyssey Blue (one coat on ring and pinky)

OPI Yoga-ta Get This Blue

OPI Grape Wall Of China (sponged on for galaxy)

Sally Hansen Presto Pink (sponged on for galaxy)

Seche Vite

I also used:

3x Fine Detailing Nail Art Brush

Dotting Tool

Cosmetic Sponge

The Galaxy was a bit of a fail, The colours didn't blend I as well as I would've liked but I still think they look pretty great otherwise I'm really happy with how these turned out! I think for next time I may do the full Tardis in the galaxy... who knows when that will be though! 

Thanks for reading!

Movie Mani : The Hunger Games

My favourite kind of manis are Movie Manis! And today I have one of my favourtie movies/books; The Hunger Games. 

I am a huge fan of both the books and the games. As you can probably tell I love watching movies and I love nail art so more often than not if there is a movie out that I like, I WILL do some related nail art. 

Lets take a look at the nail art and then I will take you through what I did. 

Please excuse my dry cuticle I forgot to moisturise them before I took these pictures. 

I attempted the needle dragging technique for what are supposed to be flames on my ring finger and pinky. I'm not overly happy about them and I definitely need a bit more practice at it but I think they do the job. 

For the middle finger I drew the Mockingjay pin. 

My index finger has the number 12 on it to represent District 12.

I ran out of ideas for the thumb so I just did a glitter gradient that would match with the rest of the mani. 

Polishes I used:

Duri Rejuvacote

Sally Hansen Ceramics - Raven 

No.7 Devils Delight

OPI Y'all Come Back You Hear

Orly Luxe

OPI Glow Up Already!

Seche Vite

I also used:

Needle

Small Detailing Nail Art Brush

So that just about sums up my mani, I hope you like it! If you have done a Hunger Games mani, link it in the comments, I would love to see them!!

Thanks for reading!!

Children In Need - Pudsey Nails

A very quick post today, I am already a little late in posting this so I will have to type super fast and try and make sure I get everything in!!

It is that time of year again when Children In Need and their lovable teddy Pudsey are everywhere encouraging us to give to (as the name suggests) children in need. To show my support for the charity I decided to do some nail art.

Don't mind the air bubbles

So that is what my nails looked like. You can even see my hands covered in some polish from the nail art. I am a very messy person when it comes to nail art. You should see the state of my bed, needless to say my bed sheets have polish all over them!

Polishes I used:

Essie 3in1 base

Sally Hansen Lavender Cloud

Barry M Raspberry

OPI Y'all Come Back You Hear

Sally Hansen Lightening

Sally Hansen Brisk Blue

Black Nail Art Pen

American Classics Gelous

H&M Topcoat

I also used:

Dotting Tool

Fine Nail Art Brush

So those are my Pudsey Nails for Children In Need. I hope you liked them!

Thanks for reading!!

Plaid / Tartan Nails

What do you do when you can't sleep? Why nail art of course!! Last night was one of those nights where I couldn't sleep so i decided to spruce up my plain polished nails with some nail art. 

I always wanted to try Tartan/ Plaid nails so why not at 3am in the morning? 

I am not completely satisfied with these but for a first attempt and for 3am in the morning, I'd say its not a pretty bad attempt. I think I will keep practicing til I get it exactly how I want it. 

Polishes I used:

Duri Rejuvacote

Barry M Raspberry

China Glaze Liquid Leather (with added spectraflair)

Black Nail Art Pen

Sally Hansen Lavender Cloud

American Classics Gelous

H&M Matte Topcoat

I also used:

Striping Brush x2

Detailing Brush

Black Triangle Rhinestone

Nail Art Glue

I hope you like them! 

Thanks for reading!!