Bloody Nails

Hello kiddies! It seems like ages ago now but I have some Halloween nails for you. 

I was a zombie so I wanted some blood covered nails to match the outfit. I wanted it to look like I'd just ripped someone open or something! Gruesome :)

So here they are. I was pretty pleased with my little blood drips. Sadly they are quite chipped in these pictures because I forgot to document them sooner, but what zombie is going to have perfect nails really?

I used a red striper polish to do the blood. It was a lot thicker than any of my normal red polishes which help the blood look more opaque. It would be such a pain to have to do multiple layers!

Here is a little picture of my outfit. I had a huge open wound on my face, complete with peeling skin! I kept getting a shock when I saw myself in a mirror. 

Hope you all enjoyed your Halloween celebrations too! :)

Gradient stripe Nails

I'm feeling pretty happy today because finally, after days and days of endless rain, the clouds have parted and the sun is out! (A rare occurrence in Manchester.) 

As a celebration I thought I'd share these blue stripy nails with you all. I made such a mess of my fingers doing these but once I'd cleaned it all up I was quite pleased with the result. 

For these nails I used 6 different polishes and mixed two together to make one of the colours. I first painted all my nails white and then added each colour on top with a thin brush. 

The design was meant to be a gradient but when I finished I realised I had put two of the colours the wrong way round! Ooops. That meant there was quite a jump between the light blues and the dark blues which someone told me made it look like mountains coming out of the sea or something which I quite liked the sound of. :) 

I think my little finger looks like it's having issues in this photo :-/

The idea for this was planted in my head ages ago by Mr. Candiipants. She's pretty awesome!!  She also has put up a tutorial for this so go and give it a look. 

Henna Nails

This Summer my best friend turned 21 (HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN AMI!!!) and invited our friends to her family birthday. Ami and her cousins were all going to be wearing saris so we all wore saris too. Buying and wearing my first sari really was an exciting experience (thank Ami and Zash for helping me - and Zash's mum for putting it on me!)

I decided to paint my nails to match my sari so used a similar turquoise blue colour but then, inspiration struck! I wanted to add little henna inspired designs as an accent on the thumb and ring finger. 

This is one design where I much prefer how the design done with my wrong hand came out because my left (above) was all bubbly/lumpy. :( Why does that happen sometimes?! 

The design on the thumb is a part of a flower. I added the dots later to tie the two designs together more. I used a black striper polish for the designs. 

And here is me in my sari! It's the most blingy outfit I've worn...probably ever, I'm not really a sequins kinda girl. I still loved wearing it though and everyone looked amazing in theirs. I know it doesn't look quite right in the pictures but he sari colour matched my nails surprisingly well really. I desperately wanted to cut my face out of this by the way, I don't know it you'll be thankful or sad that I didn't. 

Leopard Nails

These are my current nails. They were meant to be leopard print...I don't think they worked too well but I quite like them anyway. I can just pretend they're abstract! :)

I was going to add a different colour inside the print but couldn't decide which to use and then forgot. What colour would you use? I've done a similar print on a pinky base with gold spots which worked quite well. 

The base coat looks a lot more like the colour in the second photo. It's called "caramel cupcake". I just think the name is so cute. I love things with a good name!

I'm back!!

So I haven't posted on here in a month. A whole month! How ridiculous. In my defence I have been pretty busy though, not just with work but also doing lots of travelling. Just for weekends away which have been a nice break from being here alone. I've also been working down in Essex for part of last week. It was strange being in a hotel on my own. 

I've also been painting my nails, of course, but I keep forgetting to take photos. Silly old me. One of my favourite nail polishes I've worn recently was a coral one that I used a matte top on. I loved the effect, they looked weirdly soft and I couldn't stop stroking them. :)

Anyway, just a quick update so you know I'm still here!

I should be posting some nail photos today so look forward to that. 

Dot Gradient Tutorial

So I've been told I should do some more tutorials and I realised I've had this one done but not uploaded for a while. This is actually the first gif tutorial I made but I wasn't too happy with it and was planning to redo it. I haven't bothered with that so I hope you can cope with this jumpy messy tutorial.

For this nail art you will need two nail polish colours and a small dotting tool.
I used a toothpick. 

1. Paint the whole nail with the first colour.

2. Place some of the second colour onto a piece of paper and dip in the toothpick.

3. Make small dots all over the nail but ensure they are well spaced out. You will need to keep re-dipping the toothpick to keep it well covered in polish. 

4. On the top three-quarters of the nail make more dots so that they are slightly denser. 

5. Keep adding more dots towards the top of the nail until your desired gradient effect if achieved.

6. Cover with a top coat to seal the design and you're done!

I usually try to fill in the tip of the nail completely so it is just the second colour. Also, If you find you've added too many dots you can go back in the with first colour on the other end of the toothpick. I used that technique on the nail below when I'd added too much blue towards the base of the nail.

Furry Friends Nails

I finally have painted nails again! I went on a mad shopping spree in superdrug and one of the things I bought was a new coral nail polish. I just had that on today but then I fancied adding something. This is what I came up with. How do you like my little friends? :)