31 Day Challenge : Day 7 : Black & White

On their own, black and white chevrons look amazing. I took inspiration from this and tried to change it up a bit.

For the first time ever, I used the Saran Wrap technique. I didn't take any step by step photos, as I wasn't sure it would turn out right, but I like it.

I applied the nail vinyl on top of the base colour, and did the wrap technique over the top. It was pretty fast, so there was no pulling of the polish from the sticky vinyls.

The ring finger has a feather effect topper on it, so I applied this first and let it dry, before applying 2 vinyls and thick black polish to create the black chevron. This was the quickest way to minimise thick layers and ruining the work.

Polishes used :

Rimmel - Grey Matters & White Hot Love

Barry M - Black & Liquorice

L'Oreal - Confettis

Models Own - White Light

Collection - BlackJack

 

Remember to check out the challenges from the other girls.

 

 

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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! 

Rainbow Dots

I set myself a mini challenge; paint my nails using only one brand, using as many colours as I could. I went with the first two things that came to mind. Barry M and dots. So here we are....

I just love the Gelly collection, full of awesome colours and great coverage. Unfortunately my nails weren't long enough to fit all 18 on, but one day! 

It's been so cold, wet and grey lately, but there's always a rainbow to brighten my day. 

Mmmmm Guava

After so many colour combos I started to think that doing my nails just one colour was boring. But then I found matte top coat. 

This is Barry M Gelly Gauva - one if my favourite colours! There's something magical about it that I just can't resist. Half coated with Rimmel Pro matte finish and finished with a matching teal glitter. The accent nail is the hi-shine guava with dots of matte top coat. I was super pleased with the result. But I think anything would look great with that colour! 

Polka Dot Party

One of the best tools I got my hands on was a dotting tool. Gone are the days of using a DIY pin in pencil tool. Hey, it worked fine, but I couldn't really see where I was placing my dots.

This was the first mani with my new tools. It's also the first using these colours. 

It's not often I use 3D elements on my nails, but I thought the use of half pearls changed it up a bit. (I also quite like the feel of the tiny bumps - call me weird if you will.) 

I used the very fabulous Barry M Gelly - Blackberry & Blueberry to create this fun dotty French tip style.