Monday's Manicure: Color Club Makes My Nails Pop

Currently listening to: Only If by Enya

Good morning ladies,

Today's manicure is bright and almost spring-like as we make our way ever closer to that season.

I used three colours for my base: Color Club Harp On It, a silver holographic shade, a white no-name Color Club shade and Nail Pop It's Mint, the bluest shade of "mint" I've ever seen.

Using a design akin to those I've seen on various blogs and Instagram pictures I then painted dots on three nails.

I even managed to capture the holographic effect when the sun was kind enough to shine.

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

Saturday's Stamping: Digital Butterflies

Currently listening to:  I Follow Rivers by Lykke Li

Good morning ladies,

The sun was hiding when I did this manicure and all I could see from my window was grey skies and raindrops yet I was inspired to bring out my holographic polishes.

 

 

I started by painting my accent nail with Nail Pop Dusky and my other nails with Milani Digital.

 Not knowing how well a holographic polish would stamp, I then stamped two butterflies on the accent nail with Nail Pop It's Mint and Konad m36.

 My final step was to fill in the butterfly wings using a dotting tool and Color Club Angel Kiss.

What do you think girls?

Bye for now,

Laura

Friday's Fingers: Summer Confetti

Currently watching: The Hotel Inspector 

Good morning lovely ladies,

I recently showed you a new addition to my polish collection, L'Oreal Confetti.  The first time I wore it I layered it over a pastel purple shade and as much as I loved the look, I knew next time I would be layering Confetti over a whole host of pastels.

Next time happens to be now and the colours I chose for this look are, from left to right, Essence Absolutely Blue, Essence Free Hugs, Nail Pop It's Mint, Nails Inc Spitalfields and Barry M Prickly Pear.  Phew.

 After painting each nail a different shade and letting the polish dry a little, I added a coat of Confetti, which dried to a matte finish.

 I prefer a glossy look which is what I got after using my topcoat.

What do you think girls?

Bye for now,

Laura

Thursday's Talons: Minty Glequins

Currently watching: The Apprentice

Good morning dear readers,

Let me start by apologising for my absence; I'm in exam season so unfortunately studying takes priority over blogging.  I'll try my best to blog with some regularity during the next month but if there are long gaps between posts or a lack of comments on your own posts you'll know why.

Now that's out of the way, let me show you today's manicure.

 My base coat is Nail Pop by It's Mint, a great spring/summer shade which I received lots of compliments on when I wore it last week.

 I then added a silver glequin from Born Pretty Store to the bottom of each nail and added a row of glequins on my accent nail.  This was a really simple manicure to create but very eye-catching.

What do you think girls?

Bye for now,

Laura

Saturday's Sparkles: Spring Coloured Diamond Nails

Currently watching: One Tree Hill 

Good morning girls,

Recently when tidying my polishes I picked up three colours which I thought would look really pretty together. 

 

Sometimes I find colour combinations I love but which I don't know how to showcase well and this was one of those times so I decided to simply paint each nail with one of the chosen shades.

From left to right: Essie Bikini So Teeny, Barry M Berry Ice Cream and Nail Pop It's Mint.

I then sponged Barry M Diamond Glitter on the tips for added sparkle.

What do you think girls?

Bye for now,

Laura

Mid-week Manicure: Spring Pastels

Currently listening to: Sincera by Josh Groban

Good morning ladies,

Today I'd like to show you a pastel manicure I did at the weekend when the sun came out and spring finally arrived in the UK.

 

I started by painting each nail a different pastel shade.  From left to right we have Essence Absolutely Blue, Nails Inc Spitalfields, Barry M Prickly Pear, Essence Free Hugs and Nail Pop It's Mint.

 I particularly loved how well the pink, purple and yellow shades went together.

 I then stamped two accent nails using Born Pretty Store image plate m59.

What do you think girls?  Are you a fan of pastels for spring?

Bye for now,

Laura