Monday's Manicure: Animal Print and Glequins

Currently listening to: Awake by Josh Groban

Good morning dear readers,

I can't believe it's been almost a month since my last post!  Wow.  My exams finished last week so I'm getting back to normal life now.

I did continue to paint my nails during my study leave but I didn't have time for nail art.  This is one of my last manicures featuring nail art before studying got serious.

This is a style I've seen on various blogs and Instagram accounts and I just love it.

 I used Barry M Matt White on my accent finger and drew the stripes with a Barry M Nail Art Pen.  My other nails were painted with Barry M Pomegranate then I attached a silver glequin to the base of each nail.

What do you think girls?

Bye for now,

Laura

Monday's Manicure: Pink Zebra NOTD

Currently watching: Spiral

Good morning lovely ladies,

I have to confess that I haven't been motivated by my nails recently, partly because of their short length and poor condition and partly because of the cold weather.  I take my photos on the window sill, with the window open, and the low temperatures make my fingers look so red and raw.  There's nothing I can do about the weather but I am using a variety of nail care treatments on a daily basis so hopefully I'll see an improvement in my nails soon.  I'll keep you posted.

 

Today's manicure features one of my favourite Essence polishes, Pink Hibiscus.  It's so shimmery, I love it.  Haven't worn it for a while though, strangely.

 I stamped an animal print pattern using Bundle Monster plate BM 223 and MUA shade 2.

What do you think girls?

Bye for now,

Laura

Monday's Manicure: Tiger Stripes

Currently listening to: Payphone by Maroon 5

 Good morning girls!

Isn't it funny how quickly we fall back into our old routines after being on holiday?  I'm back at work today, joy of joys.  At least I've now had time to unpack and, more importantly, paint my nails ;-)  I had to go for 11 days without changing my manicure while I was away so I'm sure you can imagine the state of my nails and the manicure when I got home yesterday!

 

Anyway, yesterday evening I decided to start swatching my new polishes and the first one I chose was Tangerine by Barry M.

 I'll let you in on a shameful secret: I only bought this polish in order to do this manicure.  Tiger stripes came into my head a few days before I went away and although I was doubtful of finding an appropriate orange polish on the high street, I headed to Superdrug and found the exact shade I was looking for.  I shouldn't have been surprised really, Barry M caters for all tastes.  I would never wear this polish on its own as it doesn't suit me at all but it's ideal for what I had in mind ;-)

 The stripes were courtesy of MUA Shade 2 and Bundle Monster plate BM 223.

What do you think girrrrrls?  Have you ever bought a polish for a particular manicure?

Bye for now,

Laura

NOTD

Currently listening to: Broken Wings by Tupac

Hello girlies,

Hope you've all had a nice weekend. It's been ages since I last blogged but here I am, back again, with a new manicure to show you:



This was done using a Polish brand of polish (MV by Editt Cosmetics) for the background colour, a Miss Sporty shade for the stripes and BM image plate 16. I love it. It's the first time I've ever done animal stripes but I definitely plan to use this image again with various colour combinations. Needing to double stamp some of my nails was an issue but it doesn't matter too much with this type of unstructured pattern. I could probably have filled in the "gaps" using a brush.

Are you a fan of animal prints?

Bye for now,
Laura