Watercolour style manicure!

 Hey Everybody!

OK, so I don't know how many of you have tried to do water marbling using nail varnish but I have and it was really tricky and didn't turn out very well so after scouring the Internet I found this mega-easy and super-quick manicure which I think looks really effective and doesn't require any special tools or magic skills!

All you need is 

- A white nail varnish

- A topcoat

- 3 different coloured, but complementary, polishes

- Nail Polish remover

- A small-ish paintbrush.

So, what do you do?
1. Paint your nails with 2 coats of white and then apply a topcoat.
2. Put a couple of blobs of polish of 1 colour on your nail. Saturate the brush in nail varnish remover and splodge the blob around your nail.
3. Repeat step 2 with the other 2 colors until you are happy with what you've got.
However...
If you hold the brush on your nail for too long then you will remove the white and it doesn't look so good!

Don't forget to leave any comments!

I hope you like :)

MInnie Mouse Nails!

Hi Everybody!


So, this week I have continued along the Disney theme and done quite a simple design based on the adorable character of Minnie Mouse. I love "character" nails because I think they are so recognisable and who doesn't love a bit of nostalgia!

 Like I said, this is a pretty easy manicure, as long as you have a dotting tool!
1. Paint all of your nails, except your ring finger, in a bright red and using a large dotting tool add big white dots randomly all over your nails.
2. Paint your ring finger white (you might need to do 2 coats).
3. Using a smaller dotting tool add black dots for Minnie's face and then using a teeny weeny dotting tool, or a cocktail stick to add her ears and bow.
4. Finish with a topcoat.




Unfortunately we only have a few weeks left of the summer holidays (Boo!) so I might not be posting much in September whilst I try to get to grips with starting Sixth Form. But, I'll try to do some Back to School nails this week to get me in the mindset.
See you next week Blogettes!

I hope you like :)

Despicable Me Minion Nails!!

Hello everybody!
So, I am so uber-mega-excited to share this nail art with you today: as you've probably guessed from the title I have painted the minions from the amazing film Despicable Me onto my nails! I don't know if you've seen the movie but even as a 16 year old girl I would have to say that it is one of my all-time favourites and after going to watch the sequel the other week I just had to try out these adorable minion nails.

If you haven't seen the movie then I'll just say you will fall in love with the cute storyline, the lovable evil master Gru and the girls, "It's so fluffy I'm gunna die" (you know what I'm talking about!) and of course the hilarious minions!

So, I will say that these nails took me quite a while to do because there are so many layers but I've included a quick photo tutorial at the bottom of the post so check it out and give it a go! I think that the brighter the nail polish you use the better the finished result so don't be afraid to do multiple coats of polish.

 

Papoy? Ah, PaPOY! 

Colours used: 

Sinful Colors - Let's Meet,

Rio Professional Nail Art Pen in Black

LA Colors - Live

Sinful Colors - Snow Me White

Kiss Me Quick collection from Boots in Blue

 1. Paint your nails with 2 coats of yellow nail varnish. Please use a base coat though because I did this about a week ago and my nails are still stained yellow so, live and learn I guess...
2. Paint a black strip with a striping brush to make the goggles.
3. Use a dotting tool to create the silver outline of the goggles.
4. Add the whites of the eyes leaving a border for the goggles and use a small dotting tool to make the pupil.
5. Give those minions some expression! Use a dotting tool.
6. Make their dungarees using blue polish with a dotting tool or small paint brush. Add a black dot to look like the Despicable Me logo. And, voila! Add a topcoat to seal in your design.

I hope you like! :)

Product review: Shellac Manicure

Today I am back with a post that is a bit different from anything I've really done before, so...

For my prom I had a manicure and this isn't something that I'd normally do as I'm quite happy to just mess about and experiment on my nails but as it was such a special occasion I decided to have a Shellac manicure.

Now, if you don't know what Shellac is it's a UV set nail polish that they say should last at least 14 days. The manicurist applies a base coat, followed by 2 coats of colour and then a top coat and the best part is, there is no drying time! Once the polish has been set under a UV lamp , voila! 

On the left here is the manicure just after I'd had it done and as you can see it is so shiny!! I loved the gloss and it lasted throughout the whole manicure.

Another great thing about Shellac is that it really did last 14 days: it survived the prom and then I didn't take it off until 3 weeks after when it was just starting to peel at the top of my nail.

There were a huge choice of colours so I managed to get a shade that matched my dress perfectly.

The only bad thing that I would say is removing the nail varnish is quite a bit of effort. You have to soak each nail in acetone or nail varnish remover containing acetone for 10 minutes before peeling it off. This was quite a faf and left my nails feeling quite dry and brittle but with a bit of moisturizer and nail conditioner they were back to normal.

So, overall I would say that this is a great manicure that looked great and lasted really well and would be ideal for a holiday.

I hope you like :)