Saturday's Stamping: Miss Fancy Berry NOTD

Currently listening to: Toucher l'Instant by Grand Corps Malade

Good morning ladies,

Last week I showed you a swatch of Essie Miss Fancy Pants.  After admiring my plain nails for a day, I decided to add some stamping.

When I looked at my nail polish collection I saw so many colours which I thought would look good over Essie Miss Fancy Pants but several of my initial attempts didn't show up so I eventually settled for Dior Graphic Berry.

 The plate I stamped with was Bundle Monster BM314.

 I usually use this design horizontally on my nails but this time I chose to use it vertically after being inspired by a photo on Instagram.

 Once I saw the final result, I kind of wished I hadn't bothered with the stamping.  I don't know whether it was the pattern or the colour combination but I didn't feel this manicure was a success.

What do you think girls?

Bye for now,

Laura

Thursday's Talons: Silver Swirls

Currently listening to: Friendly Fire by Tyler James

Good morning girls,

I don't often wear dark colours on my nails but when choosing my polish for this manicure my eyes alighted on an inky blue shade which I just had to wear.

 

 

 This is 17 Midnight Sapphire by 17 and the accent nail is Barry M Silver Foil.

 I avoid dark colours to prevent staining but actually, I'm happy to risk some staining if it means I get to wear beautiful shades like this more frequently.

For the stamping, I used both polishes and Bundle Monster plate BM 314.  I am so in love with this look, it might possibly be my favourite manicure of the year!

What do you think girls?

Bye for now,

Laura

Tuesday's Talons: Swirly Bow NOTD

Currently listening to: Dear Darlin' by Olly Murs 

Good morning lovely ladies,

This morning I'd like to show you a manicure inspired by Julie over at Tales of Knit and Nails

When I saw her version of this, I thought it was so pretty and elegant.  Despite it not being a design that I would have come up with myself, I thought I had similar enough colours and the right image plates to try it myself.

My accent nail was painted with MUA shade 2 and stamped using Barry M Silver Foil and Born Pretty Store plate m59.  My other nails were painted with Easy Paris shae 90 and stamped using MUA shade 2 and Bundle Monster plate BM 314.  I loved how this turned out and found it really rewarding to be able to copy a design I admired.  Thank you for inspiring me Julie :-)

What do you think girls?

Bye for now,

Laura