Nails - paint splatter

These nails were inspired by the print on this blouse, which I wore to a friend's wedding reception last night. I thought it would be kinda cool to have nails to match! They were so easy to do. I started with L.A. Colors French White as a base coat, then used a paintbrush to splodge 'messy' dots of Models Own Purple Mystique and essie Smooth Sailing. A slick of top coat and they were done!

Cath Kidston inspired nail art tutorial

I thought I would share how I did my Cath Kidston inspired nail art. I think this is a super easy but very effective bit of nail art. It doesn't take that long either!

Here's what I used - obviously you can use different colours but this is what I chose:

Base coat, pink nail polishes, green nail polish, white nail polish, white nail art pen, dotting tool and a fine paintbrush.



First, paint your nail with your chosen base coat and let it dry.



Use the nail art pen to make little cloud-like splodges.



Put a blob of pink nail polish onto a piece of paper, and use your paintbrush to dab a bit onto the splodges.





Then use the paintbrush to apply little flecks, using the other brighter pinks.



Use your paintbrush again, to create little leaves with the green polish. Add dots around the cloud shapes using your dotting tool. Apply a top coat and you're done!



Hope you enjoyed this tutorial! x

Nails - Cath Kidston inspired accent.

The lovely Fiona reminded me that I wanted to try these nails out. I love Cath Kidston, but it's not the cheapest of places to shop - so I guess having it on my nails satisfies my need a little! Unfortunately I didn't have enough time to do the design on all my nails, so I chose to do one accent nail - on my 'ring' finger as usual.




I used Models Own Raspberry Crush, and used my Topshop nail art pen for the 'blobby' bits. I used Models Own again for the flowers - Pastel Pink, Sophie's Pink, Raspberry Crush and Jade Stone - applied using a fine paintbrush. I finished with dots using L.A. Colors French White.

So happy it's the weekend! I finished work nice and early today as it was my half day. I went into town for a Starbucks cheese & marmite panini [my favourite] and cool lime refresha, and a spot of shopping. Bought my bestie her birthday presents and two pairs of boots for myself, as I couldn't decide on which colour!

What are your plans for the weekend? I'm looking forward to going out for a meal at our favourite Indian tomorrow evening :)

Nails - Ombré

This is my second go at ombré/dip dye nails. I really love the look of these nails, and they are so easy to do. I might post a tutorial, if anyone's interested?

For these, I used L.A. Colors French White and Models Own Beth's Blue. I also added some little dots with Models Own Sophie's Pink. These nails would go perfectly with my DIY ombré tee!




Hope you're having a good weekend. Ben and I went to see The Amazing Spider-Man earlier, it was really good! I think Andrew Garfield is a much better Spider-Man than Tobey Maguire ever was. And he's cuter.

Nails - Easter bunnies

Happy Easter everyone! I just wanted to share my Easter themed nails with you - bunnies!




For these nails I used Models Own Utopia, Peach Sherbet & Jade Stone and Barry M Bright Pink & Berry for the basecoats. I used L.A. Colors French White to create the little bunny heads, then my black Models Own wah nail art pen for the eyes and my pink and white topshop nail art pens for the ears. I really like them! So cute!

I'm off to catch up on last night's BGT and Take Me Out... enjoy your day everyone!

Nails - L.A. Colors Jewel Tone. Disco Mix dupe?

Browsing Beauty Base last weekend, I came across this nail polish which instantly reminded me of Models Own Disco Mix. I've always wanted Disco Mix, but every time I've gone to buy it it's been out of stock. At 99p a pop, L.A. Colors nail polishes are cheap and cheerful. I've bought a few previously, and have always found them pretty good considering the price.




As I don't own Disco Mix myself, I cannot say too much - but from the swatches I've seen it does look like a good 'copy'! I really like this polish. It took 3 coats to get the coverage I was happy with, and it did take a while to dry, but it's really sparkly [just how I like it] and is lasting well so far!