31 Day Challenge : Day 9 : Rainbows

I've done a rainbow mani a while ago, I think it was for a Wizard Of Oz theme, so I wanted something a bit different. These are dedicted to my youngest daughter, who is My Little Pony daft. She wasted no time in expressing her excitement over them, and that made my day!

My freehand skills aren' really the best, so I thought placing just the head on the thumb was enough for me. The rest of the rainbow is painted to be the tail.

 

I used the following polishes:

Barry M - White

Rimmel - Grey Matters, Riviera Red, My Denim, Aqua Cool & Trend Spotting

NYC - Highline Green & Lexington Yellow

RCH - Front Row Orange

Barbara Day - Passion

Collection - BlackJack

HK Girl - Glisten & Glow

The Aqua Cool was lightened with some white for Rainbow Dash, and the Grey Matters was also lightened to use as an outine base.

 

Remember to go check out what my challenge buddies are doing. I'm sure they'd love the support.

Tomorrow's challenge is gradients! Oooh, my fave! Hopefully I can do something different to my usual kind of thing.

 

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31 Day Challenge : Day 5 : Blue

I was inspired by my green mani from yesterday, and considering I have a lot of blues, it was worth a go.

This also gave me more practice with straight lines using my striping brush. I think I could use a bit more practice.

 

 

So heres a run down on all the blues :

Barry M - Huckleberry, Cyan Blue & Blue Grape

Rimmel - Mind The Gap Victoria, Loafer Love For You, Midnight Skinny Dip, My Denim & Barmy Blue

Revlon - Midnight Affair

Fearne - Minty Maggie

 

I tried to do 2 coats of each, but during this, the colours just seemed to merge together.

 

 

 

 

This is one I would like to try and perfect. It does need a bit of polishing.

 

 

Remember to check out the rest of the blues by clicking through here.

 

 

 

 

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Cancer Research MANi

 

I have asked my husband so many times, if I could paint his nails for practice, and the answer was always a flat NO. So I gave up asking a while ago. It really changed my Sunday morning, when he asked me how difficult it would be to paint the cancer research UK logo. Um....... what? I thought maybe I was still asleep.

With the latest "bare face selfie" craze, my husband wanted to show his support in his own way after donating to this worthy cause. Bare faced selfie's don't really work for most men, and the current trend seems to be "the sock photo", or plastering make up on. Well, the sock photo isn't in the best taste,to be showing the world, and he's already done the make up thing a few years ago, with dress, hair and heels. So I guess this was a fun and easy choice for him.

I can't wait to hear the feedback from the office tomorrow.

 

 

It was funny, when I was painting his nails, he was watching YouTube videos, but I hadn't realised initially, that he was watching wood working demonstrations! Gotta hold onto that masculinity!

 

 

So the ingredients are:

Barry M - White for the base

Barry M - Shocking Pink, Cyan Blue & Indigo

Rimmel - Grey Matters

A dotting tool and a striper brush.

Top Coat : H K Girl - Glisten & Glow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'd like to thank my husband for asking me to do this for him. And please do support Cancer Research.

 

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Dot Phase

I thought I would visit one theme for a week or two and give it all I had to explore my creative buzz. It only lasted a few days and I tripped over and fell into something else. But I'd like to share what I did.

This one began with a different idea in mind and just evolved on its own. I wasn't particularly keen on the finished result so it was off after an hour. 

This one was on purpose! I had to try out my newest find from SuperDrug. 2true Pro Metallica. I must say I was very pleasantly surprised at the formula, as past 2true polishes failed to meet my expectations. 

I had my first try at aborigine inspired dots. It's a style I'd like to try again, but next time using a smaller dotting tool. 

Since I first set eyes on holographic nail polish, I knew I had to have one. Unfortunately it's the wrong time of year in the wrong part of the world to show it off at its best. 

My final set of dots were done by first painting my base colour using the Rimmel polish, then sponging a gradient of more china glaze holographic polish over striping tape. The dots were then added after removing the tape, using the base colour. 

But my personal favourite set of dotty nails were my rainbow dots..... 

.... Probably my favourite set of nails in a long time!