Stripey Flowers

I love these nails- they look like some sort of vintage tablecloth! I finally got to use my new Models Own polish Jade Stone, which is a beautiful pastel green- very similar to Barry M Mint Green, but slightly lighter.   

I used:

Revlon White
Models Own Beth's Blue
Models Own Jade Stone
Striping tape
OPI Party in my Cabana (for the roses)
Barry M Spring Green (for the leaves)
Seche Vite

Models Own do some absolutely gorgeous pastel shades, I want them aaaaaall *must-own-all-pastels*

Alice

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Vintage Roses, aka Cath Kidson nails

Good morning peeps!

This week, I did potentially the best nail art I've ever done! I've been wanting to do vintage roses for a loooong time, I've seen them about the place loads and always eyed them up jealously, thinking that I would make a right pigs ear out of it if I tried them. But then on the weekend I said to myself, "Self, stop being a wimp and give it a go." And it turned out really well!
Enough waffling, let the copious picture spam commence....
   

Squeeeeee! I'm so pleased with them!

I was inspired by a Cath Kidson notebook I've got at home, which is the pattern below.

For the base I used Barry M Mint Green, which is the most gorgeous pastel green ever. I then swirled OPI Party In My Cabana into white nail polish (Sally Hansen White On, just to be really specific!) and used a tiny dotting tool to paint it on my nail. For the leaves I used a tiny paintbrush and Barry M Spring Green. Topped it all off with a top coat of Seche Vite, which made ALL the difference, they looked a bit messy until Seche performed it's usual smoothing magic.

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natural light

 I was so pleasantly surprised with how easy it was! Although personally I think my right hand is much better then my left- I did my left first, and the flowers are a lot smaller and not as confident as the ones on my left. I'm loving the retro, vintage feel to them- my friend described them as 'kitsch' which I thought meant cute and a bit old school. HOWEVER, the dictionary definition is "Art, objects, or design considered to be in poor taste because of excessive garishness or sentimentality, but appreciated in an ironic way" which I'm less than thrilled about, haha! I hope she had the same thought as me...either that or I have been thoroughly dissed!


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That's all for me- it's been snowing this weekend which is very exciting! I'm planning a snowy themed manicure as I do like me some co-ordination, I'll be sharing those tomorrow hopefully.

Thanks for stopping by!

Love,

Alice

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Wallpaper Nails

Hello my lovelies!

I have been a very bad, neglecting blogger indeed- my apologies, I've been so ill the past few weeks I've barely been able to shower unassisted, let alone do anything creative on my nails! Combination of flu, virus and general run down-ness. I'm back though, and today I'm sharing my new favourite mani with you (does everyone else also decide that whatever they're currently wearing is their favourite mani...Fickle, moi?)

I recently got my nails on For Audrey, a China Glaze that's really similar to the jeweller's Tiffany bags. I recently discovered that Tiffany Blue is actually a trademarked colour by Tiffany the company, which seems slightly frivolous to me...but it is a pretty damn sexy colour so I kind of see their point. Take a look at the swatch below and you'll see what a gorgeous creme it is.

I then stamped over it with Bundle Monster plate BM20, and used Konad Special Polish in white.
Whilst I'm on the topic of stamping -does anyone know of any good stamping whites available in the UK? I know the Sally Hansen ones are meant to be amazeballs, and the Kleancolour ones, but they're prettty expensive over here, so I may as well buy the Konad ones! Until I've got enough spare cash to organise a swap I'm a bit stuffed.

(also, apologies for the dry cuticles in the outside pictures....why is it you only notice these things once they're uploaded on your computer and the mani is long gone?!)

I love love LOVE this mani- my boyfriend commented that it looked like vintage wallpaper, and I'm inclined to agree...do you think if I took it to the homeware shop wearing these they could match it up for me?




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Oh it's good to be back!

Love

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