Monday's Manicure: Fireworks NOTD

Currently watching: Boardwalk Empire 

Good afternoon lovely ladies,

In recognition of today's date (ie Guy Fawkes Day/Bonfire Day in Great Britain) and the fact that tonight the skies will be illuminated by thousands of fireworks, I thought I'd do a fireworks manicure.

 

I started with two coats of MUA Shade 2 and stamped using Barry M Gold Foil and Bundle Monster plate BM21.  I love the look of black nails but you'll rarely see them on me as I hate the removal process.

 I then added pink dots using a dotting tool and Accessorize Pink Spice and filled in the stars with Milani Hi-Res.

What do you think girls?

Bye for now,

Laura

Thursday's Talons ft Double Stamping

Currently watching: Dangerous Minds

Good morning girls,

Today I'd like to show you a stamping manicure I did a couple of days ago, using Essence Enchanted Fairy as my base.

 I love this pink shimmer polish, it's so delicate and pretty.

I then stamped using Barry M Silver Foil and Mash plate m78.

 To finish, I stamped black stars on each nail using Bundle Monster plate BM21 and MUA Shade 2 (I believe).

I actually wore this manicure, with a different colour combination, last October.  It's definitely one of my favourite ways to double stamp.

What do you think girls?

Bye for now,

Laura

Monday's Manicure (My Bundle Monster Entry)

Currently watching: The Voice

Good morning girls!  I don't think anyone likes Monday mornings but let's try to start the week off with a bang:

 

 

I started this manicure with two coats of a lilac polish by the Polish brand MV.

 

I then layered a coat of Max Factor Fantasy Fire on top.  You can't really see the flashes of red that Fantasy Fire produced here but under artificial light they were really strong.

I then stamped using Miss Sporty 313 and Bundle Monster plate BM223.

To finish, I then stamped the star design using Barry M Gold Foil and Bundle Monster plate BM21.

I really liked this manicure and actually entered it into Bundle Monster's nail art contest to win a set of their new image plates.  Fingers crossed ;-)

What do you think of this manicure girls?  Have you entered Bundle Monster's competition?

Bye for now,
Laura

Thursday's Talons

Currently listening to: A Present for Everyone by Busted

Good morning ladies! Today I have a quick post for you as, due to lighting difficulties, I've only been able to take my pictures now so I'm typing quickly before I need to rush off to work!

I finally have another manicure for you:

My base is Soft Grey by Beauty UK

I then stamped a white pattern using Konad Special White and MASH plate m78. I loved the way that looked on some nails, the pattern was so crisp and clear, but as there was some smudging on a few nails I decided to cover it up with some more stamping.

I then chose two images, one from Bundle Monster plate BM21, the other from BM224 and stamped using Bleu Asphalte by Bourjois.

What do you think of this manicure girls? I'd love to know.

Bye for now,
Laura

NOTD Plus Konad Storage

Currently listening to: Raise Your Glass by The Warblers

Good morning dear readers!

I couldn't resist adding some more stamping to yesterday's manicure so I chose a star image from BM21 and used my dark purple Miss Sporty polish.

Do you prefer this manicure with or without the stars?

The other thing I'd like to show you today is my way of storing all my image plates. When I first bought image plates, I used this purse from Accessorize to store them:

That was fine when I only had my two Konad plates and the first Bundle Monster set but as I recently got the new Bundle Monster set and a MASH set, it became increasingly annoying having to take every single plate out just to choose an image plus my purse was becoming alarmingly full.

In steps some environmentally friendly thinking :-) Reduce, reuse, recycle. I decided to reuse a biscuit packet for storage. It has two distinct sections when I can separate full nail images from small images and I can even fit my stamper and scraper in too.

It's a good solution for the time being but still not ideal. I'd love something where I could see each image plate individually displayed.

How do you store your image plates? Do you have any ideas about how I could store mine?

Bye for now,
Laura