Long time, no polish!

Hello there my lovelies! 

Sorry I've been absent for so long! First I went away to the depths of mid-wales for a few days so had no contact to the outside world at all, then I went off to Leeds festival with a couple of friends, which was absolutely incredible, but again, I couldn't really use my phone for fear of running out of battery (they were charging £8 a go to charge it up... No thank you!!) and then it was straight back to the day job! But here I am again, and today I'm going to show you a really gorgeous mani I did using BarryM polishes.

To create this I used 2 BarryM polishes, a gorgeous deep red called Raspberry, and the gold Foil Effects polish for the dots. I used a dotting tool to create the dots, using the biggest and the smallest ones in my set!

I loved wearing this mani, but to me it felt more Christmassy than August-y.. Maybe I'll have to revisit this later in the year!

... Although, having said that... I work in a shop, and christmas for us officially started last Tuesday. Mince pies available from next Wednesday guys!!!! I'll be begging for it to end by November!!

Next time I'll show you the nails I did for my sister to wear for a wedding, custom designed to match her shoes, yes ladies, this is the service level I am happy to provide :D

Until next time :) 

Xx

Shooting stars

Hi everyone!

I've been round at my parents house for my little (not so little anymore!) sister's birthday, cue lots of cocktails and cupcakes :D. I also painted my mum and sister's nails, which is always fun.

Today I'm going to show you a mani I did using BarryM Gelly in Blue Grape, silver striping tape and some rhinestones.

I was really pleased with these, this is the first time I've used striping tape on my own nails and I think it went really well. They look a bit like shooting stars! I love the gelly polishes, they look really "squishy" and that's awesome :D

It's off to work now, have a nice day everyone!

Bronzed nails

Hi there!

I've been working today (in the day job, boo!), but I've been chilling out since I got home, designing a second set of halloweeny nails to go on my shop on etsy, I'm very excited about these :D. I was also rummaging through my polish collection and spotted a shimmery bronze nails inc polish which I haven't tried before, so I thought I'd give it a go and show you :)

This is the polish, it's called "horse guards parade".

It goes on really easily, and gives a really good coverage even with one coat. It's so gorgeous and shimmery, it looks more like a foil polish than I expected

This is 2 coats without top coat. Apologies for the messy cuticles, but I wanted a shot in the sunlight, and it literally shone through the clouds for a few seconds, before I had a chance to clean up!

I really like this polish, and am now thinking of ways I can use this in a new nail design for my shop :)

Until next time!

Chevron Nails

Hello!
For my first proper post, I'm going to show you the nails I've made for my mum to wear for a family wedding. These are the same as a set available in my shop, but I did them on custom sized nails for a perfect fit :)
So I started by painting the nails with a gorgeous bright orange by Nailsinc called Porchester Place 

I then taped the chevron design on the thumbs and accent nails and filled in the gap with BarryM Foil Effect Gold polish

I then outlined the gold with black striping tape (the very fiddly part where I ended up with striping tape stuck all over my fingers!)

Et voila! A gorgeous set of nails for a summer wedding, tailor made to match my lovely mum's outfit!
I'm also making a matching ring for her to wear...

 ... Obviously not finished yet but it will be set in an antique bronze flavoured ring to make a lovely matching statement piece.
Now I'm off to create some more awesome nails for my shop :)

Until next time!

Hello World!

Well hello there!

So I've finally gotten down to it and started a blog of my own! I've been meaning to do this for ages (to be honest, I wanted to start a blog years ago, but didn't have anything fun to write about!).

In the past few months I've developed something of a nail polish addiction, and gone from having about 3 polishes, to a whole drawer full. Oops! I've also discovered the joys of nail art, but I'm not allowed to wear nail polish in the day job, so I've been putting my creations onto false nails and I'm now selling these online, because if I can't wear them, someone else should have the pleasure of fab nails instead. It's a public service really :P

So I'll be raving about whatever new polish I've bought, or showing off my latest designs, or occasionally just rambling about cake.

I hope you enjoy it!