Friday's Fingers: Mayfair Christmas

Currently listening to: Streetcorner Symphony by Rob Thomas

Hello ladies,

Today's manicure was inspired by one I saw on Instagram by @pukupuku15.

I started with a base of Nails Inc Mayfair.

 Starting with my thumb nails, on each alternate nail I added a green and red glequin from Born Pretty Store.  That looked really good on its own so it may be a future manicure.

 The next step was to freehand Boots 17 Knockout Red on my index finger and Ciate for ASOS Lily on my ring finer.  I then added a strip of silver glitter with Essence More Than Glitter.

 The final step was to add two white pearls on the red and green sections.  If I did this manicure again I might skip this step but I was really happy with how this turned out, especially as it's so different to my usual style.

What do you think girls?  Who would you recommend following on Instagram?

Bye for now,

Laura

Monday's Manicure: Army Florals

Currently watching: Location, Location, Location

Hello ladies,

I was at a loss when deciding how to paint my nails at the weekend so I ended up looking in my "inspiration" file.  It did the trick as I was inspired to try a manicure I'd recently seen on The Polished Perfectionist's blog.

 The colours are not very "me" but I think it's good to try new things, especially when it comes to nail art.

 I started out by painting my nails with a military green shade, Kiko 346.  I used a no-name cream shade from Color Club for my accent nail.

 I then applied a floral nail decal to my accent nail which is from a pack I bought from Born Pretty Store during a flash sale several months ago.

 My final step was to place a silver glequin at the base of each nail to complete the look, a look which I was really happy with.

What do you think girls?  Which bloggers have inspired you lately?

Bye for now,

Laura

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

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

Thursday's Talons: Cascade Cool Glequins

Currently watching: Game of Thrones 

Good morning girls,

After sharing my first Essie polish with you on Tuesday I thought it only right to show you my second, Cascade Cool:

I should start by saying that these photos are not colour accurate at all; in real life Cascade Cool is a beautiful dusky pink shade and warmer than it appears here.

 I've been wearing this shade at work (yep, this is day number five for this manicure ie a very long time) so couldn't add any loud nail art which was fine as I had a simple and subtle look in mind:

The addition of a pretty pink glequin to the base of each nail made this manicure unique while keeping it classy.

What do you think girls?  How do you keep your manicures work-appropriate?

Bye for now,

Laura

Mid-week Manicure: Glequin Half-Moon

Currently listening to: Without You by Glee

Hello dear readers,

As the title suggests, today I have a glequin half-moon manicure to show you:

 

 The base is a no-name, no-number shade from a Polish brand called Glamour.  I bought it in Poland three years ago for about 50p but judging from how much is still in the bottle, I haven't used it often.  The quality isn't great (not a surprise considering the price) and the colour isn't as bright as the bottle suggests so I think this will be the last time I use it.

 After creating my half-moon manicure, I painted my nails with my top coat and applied silver glequins (pieces of glitter) to the edge of each half-moon using a small wooden stick.

 I love how effective this design is, especially considering how simple it was to create.  I can't wait to try it again using different colours.

What do you think girls?  How do you incorporate glequins into your nail designs?

Bye for now,

Laura

Thursday's Talons: My First Glequin NOTD

Currently listening to: What a Buzz by Olly Murs

Good morning!

Today I'd like to show you a manicure I did featuring some glequins (loose hexagonal glitter) I recently purchased from Born Pretty Store:

Oh and this also features one of my new Kiko holographic polishes which my boyfriend brought back from France while he was there for Christmas.  This is shade 402, which in reality had a brilliant holographic effect until I used a topcoat.  I'll be using this polish again though so you'll see it's rainbow of colours out in full force next time.

I stamped using Barry M Silver Foil and Born Pretty Store plate m79 then applied two lines of silver glequins to make an accent nail.

What do you think girls?

Bye for now,

Laura