Friday's Fingers: Rimmel Heart Nail Art

Currently listening to: Sunday Morning by Maroon 5

Good morning ladies,

Time for a very girly manicure today featuring pink polish, glitter and hearts.

I used Rimmel Rose Libertine, a fairly new addition to my collection, as my base.  It's a peachy shade in my eyes, veering between coral and pink depending on the light.

 I then added a layer of Kiko Sparkle Touch and No7 Daisy Darling.

 As for the stamping, that was done with Barry M Pomegranate and Bundle Monster plate BM 317.

 What do you think girls?

Bye for now,

Laura

Mid-week Manicure: Kiko 255 Violet Microglitter

Currently listening to: Secrets by One Republic

Hello ladies,

Another purple manicure for you today,  this time featuring Kiko Violet Microglitter, shade 255.

Despite loving this shade, I've worn it only a handful of times since buying it almost three years ago.  I somehow think it's too dark or troublesome to remove to bother with but wearing it on this occasion made me rethink how I feel about this sparkler.

 Giving you an idea of how old these pictures are, I actually wore this on New Year's Day as I had no time for nail art but wanted something with some added interest to mark the day.

 I have no access to Kiko polishes where I live (and I don't want to buy them online) but I'm going to Paris in May and already I'm excited about going to the Kiko store and picking up a few new shades.

What do you think girls?  Do you have Kiko polishes in your collection?

Bye for now,

Laura

Monday's Manicure: Barry M Butterfly Nail Art

Currently listening to: Echoes by Bo Bruce 

Good morning ladies,

How good it is to be back!  First post of 2014!  I started a new job at the beginning of January and since then have spent most weeks away on business, staying in hotels with limited wi-fi, limited opportunities for nail art and no opportunities to photograph any manicures I might have created.  I've tried to make time for nail art whenever possible at weekends so I do have a small selection of manicures to show you, starting with this one featuring a whole host of purple shade and some butterfly stamping.

I used Eyeko Lilac Polish as my base and then added a layer of Essence It's Purplicious glitter.

I then stamped various butterfly images on my nails using Barry M Blackberry and MoYou London plate Pro Collection 09.

I hadn't used any of these images before so it was a good chance to try them out.

What do you think girls?

Bye for now,

Laura

Tuesday's Talons: Dusky Daisy

Good morning ladies,

I spent the past week at my parents' house where I don't have my usual nail station so the manicure I'm showing you today has been on my nails for a while.  It's held up really well, which is the great thing about glitter polishes.

I had been contemplating buying Essie A Cut Above but couldn't justify the expense, especially for a polish that, realistically, I wouldn't wear that often.  However, when I saw the No7 set below in Boots reduced by 50% I grabbed it as the pink polish on the right looked pretty similar to Essie A Cut Above.

 Originally I had Nail Pop Dusky as my base, a pretty pink shimmer, topped with Barry M Pink Sapphire Glitter.

 I was happy enough with that but when I bought the nail polish set on Boxing Day I decided to add the pink glitter too, Daisy.

 I'm not sure I've layered two glitters like this before but I'll definitely be doing it again the result was so sparkly and feminine.

 What do you think girls? 

Bye for now,

Laura

Thursday's Talons: Glitter Snowflakes

Good morning dear readers,

Today I have a totally out-of-character manicure for you. 

I do love my snowflake manicures but I realise I have shown quite a lot of them so this may be the last snowflake design this year.

For this look I sponged my tips with Easy Paris shade 48 then stamped various snowflake designs using Born Pretty Store plate QA58.

 I then applied lots of glitter using Essence Night in Vegas, Kiko Sparkle Touch and Barry M Diamond Glitter.

What do you think girls?

Bye for now,

Laura

Mid-week Manicure: (Merry) Christmas Sweater

Good morning girls, Merry Christmas!

If you celebrate Christmas I hope you have a lovely day with your family and friends and receive plenty of presents from Santa Clause :-)

Here's what's on my nails this Christmas: yet another Christmas sweater.

 I used Barry M Matt White as my base and stamped with Nails Inc Victoria & Albert.

 Instead of fighting with my MoYou London festive plate, I decided to stamp with Born Pretty Store QA57.  As tends to be the case when stamping this type of design, the results are not very crisp but I have to say my manicure looks a lot better in person than it does in these pictures and I was really happy with it!

What do you think girls?  And what did Santa bring you?  I'd love to know!

Bye for now,

Laura

Tuesday's Talons: Holo Winter Scene

Hello ladies,

For this year's Christmas Eve manicure I decided to go with a holographic winter scene using Color Club Blue Heaven as my base.

Winter lighting is always an issue but I actually managed to capture Blue Heaven's holographic effect!

 On my thumb and ring finger I stamped a snowman using Bundle Monster plate BM 318 and Easy Paris shade 3.  I then added some detail using nail stripers.

 The snowflakes were stamped with Born Pretty Store QA57.

 Subtle in some lights, magical in other ;-)

What do you think girls?

Bye for now,

Laura