Nailsxo World Cup competition

Hi everyone

Today's post is about a completion I have entered.

It's hosted by Emily from Nailsxo it's based around the World Cup. Basically she choose everyone a country (at random) and we have to do nail art based on that country. If your team wins the World Cup then you win the prize. Emily has also kindly put up a second prize for the nail art that she loves the best.

I got Belgium and here is what I came up with.

I did the Belgium flag on 3 fingers then attempted a football pitch on my ring finger ( I recently had to cut my nails quite short so didn't really have room for this but already had the thought in my head so I went with it anyway) for my thumb I recreated the date logo for the World Cup.

You can check the progress of  all the teams and see everyone else's designs over at Nailsxo

I hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed creating them.

Sarah x

Polish Party May: Splatter

Hi everyone.

Today's post is this moths polish party, the theme we decided on this moth was splatter. 

I have never tried this technique before so I was pretty excited to get started. First thing was to decide on colours. As I am still loving models own polish for tans collection I decided these nails had to incorporate at least some of this collection, I figured they would show up best against a white base. So here is what I came up with.

Apologies for my messy clean up! But this is such a messy technique although lots of fun to do. If I were to do this kind of mani again I would definatley use tape to make clean up much easier. To get this look just paint your nails in a solid colour then using a straw paint the bottom of it and blow towards your nail. Make sure to use lots of newspaper as I said this is very messy!! 

I am not sure how I feel about this design as I like things to be uniform and these are far from! 

I used models own Snow White and two of the polish for tans, sun hat and flip flop.

I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed creating it.

Thanks for reading.

Sarah x

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Polish Party April: Inspired by another PP member.

Hi everyone.

Let me start by saying I was really upset to not be able to find the time to do last months Polish Party, don't you just hate it when life gets in the way of doing your nails?

Anyway enough waffling onto this months challenge. I am really excited about this one as there are so many talented ladies that take part in this challenge so lots of designs to choose from. 

The first two designs I chose were done by other people before I did mine. So I went back to look at everyone's designs again. I instantly loved the design I have chosen and I also have just bought the models own polish for tans collection so knew I wanted to use a few colours. 

I choose a design by the lovely Aimee from PinkGlowPrettyPolish I'm not sure if she actually blogged this design (I couldn't find it on her blog) but Aimee's blog is amazing! Go check it out. I found this picture on Aimee's Instagram @pinkglowspolish.

Ok so this is the design I was inspired by:

I really liked this and how the colours all compliment each other.

Ok so onto my design I didn't want to "copy" Aimee's design exactly as the theme is inspired by. So I decided to use 3 colours from the polish from tans collection by models own. I used sun hat, beach bag and bikini. Instead of the vertical lines I decided to do zigzags as I am no good at free handed

lines.

Here it is: 

I really like how this turned out and really love the polish for tans. I really hope I have done justice to Aimee's original design. 

 Another picture of my mani:

Thanks again to Aimee  for the inspiration. Everyone go check her out. 

Thanks for looking.

I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed creating it.

Check out all the other participants below

Sarah x 

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NailArtWeeklyProject

Hi everyone.

So it's the last week of this project. It's gone really fast I and have really enjoyed taking part. Thanks to Dannie from Gingerbreadsmiles   for setting up this challenge.

This week it's glitz and glam. I toyed with a few ideas as I don't wear glitter very often! Mainly due to the time it takes to remove even with the tin foil technique. 

Anyway enough waffling here is what I came up with. 

I used models own southern lights and sinful colours black on black. To do the flower I used my dotting tool and for the other fingers I used striping tape.

Here is a blurry picture to show the amazing colours in southern lights it really is a gorgeous glitter. 

I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed creating it.

Thanks for looking

Sarah x

Polish Party February: Chevrons

Hi everyone

It's already nearly the end of February which means it's polish party time.

This month we have a new  Polish Party facebook page which is how we decided on the theme. Basically we set up a poll and each of us voted on our favourite. Chevrons won this month so here we go.

I have only attempted chevrons once before with disastrous results so I was not really looking forward to this theme. However after seeing someone on Instagram post about some nail guides they had just bought I went in search of them. I found them on eBay. You get 10 different designs for less than £5 bargain! These certainly made my life so much easier.

They are quite hard to photograph but here they are:

Ok so next I had to decide on colours! I toyed with a few ideas and decided to keep it simple and do a kind of gradient. I painted all my nails in the new models own hyper gel pink veneer. When this was fully dry I stuck my guide in place and painted the bottom part of my nail in cerise shine and the tip in white light. Except my ring finger where I did the opposite.

Here they are:

I am quite happy with how they turned out even though I wish I had photographed before I top coated as you can see I smudged them a little when applying my top coat :-( 

Our little group is growing fast so be sure to check out everybody else's designs using the links below 

Thanks for looking I hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed creating them.

Sarah x 

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NailArtWeeklyProject

Hi everyone

I have been very ill this week so unable to do a new design, however I have a plan!
This weeks theme is the month you were born in. As I said due to being ill I have decided to use a design I did last summer as I was born in June.

Here it is:

So there we go I think this is quite summery and fits my birthday month well. I still really like this design I can't remember which other polishes I used but probably models own Snow White.

Sorry for the short post but I am still not feeling great but didn't want to miss a week of the challenge. 

Thanks for looking I hope you enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed creating it.

Sarah x

NailArtWeeklyProject

Hi every one!

Ok so week three of the NailArtWeeklyProject is valentines!

What else could I do but hearts! I used my dotting tool to create the hearts using avon's ruby slippers which is my favourite red polish ever it's so sparkly.

Ok so here is what I created:

I quite like how this turned out apart from smudging it with my top coat :( 

Thanks for looking

I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed creating it.

Sarah x

NailArtWeeklyProject

Hi everyone!

So this is my take on week 2 of the NailArtWeeklyProject where the theme was tv/film.

It took me a little while to choose what to do for this one as there are loads of films I really like. In the end I went for a childhood favourite 101 Dalmatians.

Here is what I did:

My index finger is the title of the film, my middle finger represents the puppy called lucky (with the horse shoe pattern in his spots) my ring finger is another of the puppies faces and my pinky is just spotty.

I am quite happy with how these turned out.

Here is what I used:

I am totally loving the new models own hyper gels they go on so smoothly.

Let me know what you think.

I hope you enjoyed these as much as I enjoyed creating them.

Thanks 

Sarah x

NailArtWeeklyProject

Hi all

So I am very excited to be involved in this new project set up by Danniannie where she sets a new theme each week. #NailArtWeeklyProject

The first week is an item of clothing.

I decided to go with something quite simple (as my first plan didn't work out)
Here is what I choose to do, my fav pj's

By the time I did this my brand new models own hyper gels had arrived and two of the colours were perfect for this.

So here is what I did:

To do the hearts I used a dotting tool and dragged diagonally.

I don't particularly love this mani and promise to do better this week but I was really pushed for time.

Here is a pic of them both together:

Thanks for looking I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed creating it.

Sarah x

Polish Party January: January blues

Hi all, i have had very little time recently to do my nails which really makes me sad. However things seem to be slowing down a little so I am hoping to get back on 

So its that time of the month again Polish Party.This month the theme was January blues which pretty much left us open to do anything.

I decided to try a technique that i havn't done before using my fan brush. 

Here is what I did:

To create this look I put drops of polish onto a piece of paper and the dipped my fan brush into each colour in turn and moved the brush from one side of my nails to the other starting with the darkest colour. I am still not sure if i really like this manicure but i will try the technique again using different colours. 

here is what I used for this manicure:

Thanks for looking i hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed creating it.

Sarah x 

Polish Party December: black and white

Hi all

So this months polish party theme is black and white.

I actually really struggled to come up with something using just these colours! I am sure there are a thousand different things I could have done but nothing really took my fancy. So I decided to re do some butterfly nails that I previously did in pink. I think this looked better in my head than it does on my nails but here it is anyway. 

I'm not sure if I cheated a little by adding models own Jack Frost to the centres of the wings (apologies if I did but it is kind of white) but I definitely think it needed something!  

So here is what I used for this mani:

So there we have it my black and white design.

Be sure to check out all the other lovely ladies designs using the links below.

I hope you like this as much as I enjoyed creating it.

Sarah x

Polish Party November: Disney

Hello everyone!

So its Party time again, Polish Party that is, this month we choose the theme Disney.
Initially I had so many ideas as I love Disney. I then remembered the adorable little bows I bought from she sells seashells which is one of my favorite shops! I knew then i had to do Minnie and Micky Mouse.

Whilst googling some ideas i came across this tutorial of the magic kingdom by Cutepolish and knew I had to include it in my design.

Anyway here is the finished mani:

After i had done the prints on my thumb and pinkie I decided to be brave and do Micky and Minnie's faces. I am so happy with how they turned out. I then finished the mani with the magic kingdom on my middle finger.

Here is a close up of each finger:

Here is another photo holding my OPI vintge minis:

 I used quite a lot of different polishes and tools to create this mani but here are the basics:

Be sure to check out all the other lovely ladies designs using the links below.

I hope you like this as much as i enjoyed creating it.

Sarah x

Movember Manicure

Hi all,

I am so bad at this! Its been so long since i last did a blog post sorry for that!

Ok so today i have my Movember Mani, I really loved doing this mani. Its very simple but effective well I think so anyway.

Here it is:

To do this mani i simply painted my nails with two coats of models own scented pastels strawberry tart and bluberry muffin. I then placed the stickers (from new look) on my nails and using a nail art pen addded hair to each little person. I'll say again this mani was such fun to do and i love the way it turned out. It even made it into Grazia lives competion!

Here is what i used:

Thanks for looking! i hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed creating them.

Sarah x

Polish Party October: Halloween

Hi all,

So its the end of the month again which means its time for a Polish Party mani. This month we went with the obvious choice of Halloween.
I have been so busy latley leving hardly any time for my nails which makes me very sad :-(

Anyway onto my mani, its not very original however i do really like how it turned out. The insperation is Jack from nightmare before Christmas. So here it is:

To create this mani i painted all my nails black, then on all but my ring finger and thumb I put striping tape on and painted the nails white. For my thumb i used scotch tape then painted the middle white, using a dotting tool for the buttons and nail art pen for the bow tie. For my ring finger (Jack) i freehanded a skull shape in white then used a nail art pen for the details.

I love pumpkins so had to get one in here somehow:

A better picture of jack and his suit.I find it hard to hold my hand in this postion so please excuse the pic:

Here is what i used for this mani:

Be sure to check out all the other Polish Party mani's links below.

Thanks for looking! I hope you enjoy them as much as i enjoyed creating them.


Sarah x

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Hi everyone,

October is breast Cancer Awareness Month. This is something that is very close to my heart as both my Grandmothers have suffered with this dredfull illness. Cancer has also affected other members of my family and friends in other forms. I myself have had cancerous cells removed. anyway onto what i am doing to show my suport.

Over on twitter a few of us are doing pink nail designs posting and retweeting each others. This was all organised by the lovely Josephine Jakobs. there have been a lot of gorgeous designs flying about. check them out using the hashtag BCAM.

First thing i did was get all my pinks out. I discovered i had quite a few pinks. Over 50 as it turned out (yes they are all different ha ha)

The first design I did I called putting the pieces back together after breast cancer. I painted all my nails white then used two square pieces of sotch tape to cover the white and painted my nail pink. For my accent nail I painted it white then used a dotting tool to create the breast Cancer ribbon.
 Here it is:

For this i used: Models Own Snow White
                       OPI Kiss me on my tulips
                        Nails Inc base and Top coat

I am really pleased with how this turned out.

The next mani i have done represents hope and new beginings. Here is what i did: I painted all my nails in pink then using a nail art pen drew on the outline of the butterfly wings and filled in the tip of my finger. I then used a lighter pink to put small random shapes inside the black outline and dots on the tips. For my accent finger i stuck pink gems (although they look clear in the pics) in the shape of the Breast Cancer ribbon.
Here it is:

For this I used: Models Own Bubblegum
                       Models Own Strawberry Tart
                       Models Own nail art pen (black)
                       Nails Inc base and Top coat.

I am very pleased with this design.

I plan on doing more BCAM nail art through out October keep your eye on my twitter for future designs. I couldnt wait any longer to share this with you.
Maybe you would like to join in this great awareness project just use the hashtag BCAM on twitter and @josephineJakobs, she is planning to do somthing with all the designs.

I am really enjoying creating these designs and seeing everyone elses.

Thanks for looking I hope you enjoy this as much as i enjoyed creating it.

Sarah x

Polish Party September: Autumn

Ok so this is my first (hopefully of many) Polish Party challenge mani.
We decided that Autumn should be our fisrt theme.
I went to my polish collection and pulled out all my Autumn colours. I spent hours playing around with them trying different designs. I wasnt happy with any of them So i stopped and thought what is the first thing i think of when i think of Autumn. The answer trees and leaves and all the different colours they turn. So this is what i came up with.

 

To create the trees i used a brown/gold nail art pen then used a sponge to put different colours on to create the look of leaves. I decided that the plain brown nails were not enough. But that trees on every finger would be too much. So i decided to do a gradient in some autumn colours on the rest of my fingers again using a make up sponge. 

A close up of the accent nail.

What better place to take pictures than out among the Autumn leaves.

Here is what I used to create this manicure:

What do you think should I have left the nails pain? or does the gradient look better, i still cant decide.

Thanks for looking Hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed creating it.

Please check out all the other lovley ladies blogs who are taking part, you can find the links here.

Sarah x

Animal print nails

Ok so last week I started playing around with some animal prints! 

I really liked all the designs! But as giraffes are my favourite animal I decided to do this.

I didn't love the colours I had used on my practice so I decided to find better colours.

Here are the polishes I used:

Nails inc base and top coat

Avon lemon sugar

BarryM blueberry 

Models own nude beige

So to the manicure I painted all my nails in lemon sugar except my ring finger which I painted with blueberry. I then did random shapes on top of the yellow with nude beige. Over the blue finger I created a giraffe. I finished with a too coat. Here it is!!

Thanks for looking! I hope you like it as much as I enjoyed creating it. 

Sarah x

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eeek first post!

Ok so here goes my first blog post. I am very new to all this and have no idea really what i am doing! What i do know is that i love creating different designs on my nails. I also love to share what i create. i have been inspired to start this blog by the lovely people of twitter. so here are a few pictures of some what i have already created. I will do more detailed posts as i get used to this. Thanks for looking :-)