Monday's Manicure: Beth's Blue Flowers

Currently watching: Grey's Anatomy

Good morning ladies,

I'm starting the week with a simple floral manicure.

 The base is Models Own Beth's Blue, a pretty cornflower blue shade.

 A variety of floral designs was stamped using Konad Special Polish and Konad plate s9.

Which design is your favourite?

Bye for now,

Laura

Friday's Fingers: Cherry Blossom

Currently listening to: Let Go by Frou Frou

Hello ladies,

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, that manicure was a base for today's design which features my attempt at free-handing cherry blossom.

In addition to the three polishes I showed you yesterday (Essence Sweet as Candy, Barry M Diamond Glitter, A'Pieu Twinkle Nail Touch), I also used a pink shade from Yes Love, Accessorize Lilac Sorbet, No7 Beanie and Essence Free Hugs.

 I drew branches on each nail using No7 Beanie and a nail striper brush.

 I then used the Yes Love polish and a dotting tool to place several circles on each nail to form the centre of each flower.

 Finally, I used my dotting tool and Accessorize Lilac Sorbet and Essence Free Hugs to form the petals of the flowers.  The spacing on my right hand was better than my left so for once I'm actually showing you my right hand as well.

What do you think girls?

Bye for now,

Laura

Thursday's Talons: Sweet as Candy Glitter

Currently listening to: February Song by Josh Groban

Good morning ladies,

Today's manicure is a base for Friday's nail art.

I started with Essence Sweet as Candy and a layer of Barry M Diamond Glitter.

 I see so many beautiful manicures on Instagram that feature pale pinks like this and I absolutely love them, despite knowing they're not for me.  Every now and then I try them though, just to make sure ;-)

 I then applied a coat of A'Pieu Twinkle Nail Touch, a clear polish full of heart, diamond and circular-shaped muilticoloured glitter.

What do you think girls?  Are there any colours or styles that don't suit you?

Bye for now,

Laura

Tuesday's Talons: Glorious Blue Moon

Currently watching: Grey's Anatomy

Good morning girls,

I'm back after a short leave of absence with the manicure I wore over the Easter weekend.

This is two coats of Barry M Blue Moon topped with Essence Glorious Aquarius.

 There's only about 1/3 of Blue Moon left in the bottle but it applied surprisingly well for a polish at that stage of its life.  It's not a polish I'd wear on its own as I feel it doesn't suit my skin tone but I can't deny how pretty it is.

 Glorious Aquarius is a great layering polish, one which I think I'd previously only worn over silver.  I like how it looks over blue.

 What do you think girls?

Bye for now,

Laura

Sunday's Stamping: First Time Houndstooth

Currently listening to:  Friendly Fire by Tyler James

Good morning girls,

Today's manicure was inspired by a photo posted on Instagram by victory_nails.

 I started by painting my nails with a variety of polishes: a Color Club white, Essence Cherry Juice and Barry M Silver Foil (which I then covered with Essence Disco Disco and Barry M Diamond Glitter).

 I then stamped houndstooth on my ring finger and thumb using MUA Shade 2 and Bundle Monster BM 322.

 I'm not sure whether I even like houndstooth but I liked the overall look of this design and thought I could get away with wearing it to the office ;-)

What do you think girls?

Bye for now,

Laura

Friday's Fingers: Lilac Sorbet Confetti

Currently listening to: This Is How a Heart Breaks by Rob Thomas

Good morning ladies,

Another glitter manicure for you today, something bright and spring-like to end the week.

This is Accessorize Lilac Sorbet topped with L'Oreal Confetti.

 As much as I like Confetti, it is difficult to control the glitter distribution and achieve an ever coverage, as evidence by the abundance of black glitter on my middle finger!  I don't think it detracts from the prettiness of the manicure though and a colleague actually complimented me on my nails when I wore this to work so that was nice.

What do you think girls?  If you own this polish do you find it hard to control as well?

Bye for now,

Laura

Mid-week Manicure: Stamped Hearts on Glitter

Currently listening to: Anymore Is by Enya

Good morning ladies,

On Monday I showed you Essence Oh My Glitter topped with Models Own Boogie Nights.

I thought it would be nice to add some nail art so first I stamped a heart image using Dior Graphic Berry and Bundle Monster plate BM 317.

 To bring more attention to the hearts I decided to stamp the same pattern again, this time using Barry M Silver Foil.

 I've done a similar thing in the past with pink shades and it's a design I really like, especially as it's so simple to create.

What do you think girls?

Bye for now,

Laura