Easter Nails!

Happy Easter!

How is everyone? Hope you've all got lots of chocolate eggs to eat!

Today's design is inspired by Easter:

I used two coats of Barry M - Ridley Road for the base colour of my nails then used a small paintbrush and Barry M - Yellow to paint the chick on my accent nail. I waited until the chick was completely dry then used Vie - Apricot for the beak and Barry M - black for the eyes.

Catch-up & Easter Nail Art!

Hello everyone! It's Dee here :-)

Sorry for not posting some of my own stuff recently! I've been quite busy and my nails have been quite bad, so I've had to give them a rest for a while!

However as you probably know from Li, we went to see a band called Lawson on Saturday the 16th of March! If you know who they are - high five!

They are a UK band and have their own You Tube channel so if you want, check them out click here!

So, I decided to do a gradient on my nails for the concert and it was my first time doing it! This was probably why it didn't look very good! I will practise and do a gradient for you all soon!

I then decided to put Lawson's logo design over my nails as its quite easy! Below is a picture for you lovely people!

I used Collection 2000 Hot Looks - Bongo Beat, Avon - Peppermint Leaf and Barry M black for the Lawson logo across my nails!

 

So because its nearly Easter (for the UK - I'm not sure about everywhere else!), me and Li, thought that we better do some Easter inspired designs, in case you wanted to have something on your nails over the Easter period!

So here is a picture of my finished design, and I will tell you how to do it below!

With topcoat

Crackle & Sparkle

Hiya!

Today I have a very simple design using a purple crackle from Barry M's nail effects range.

with topcoat

I used two coats of Outdoor Girl - Sparkling Nail Polish in Blue (though it just looks silver on the nail) as the base colour for all my nails, except my accent nails which I painted with two coats of Barry M - Vivid Purple.

Then I took Barry M - Nail Effects 137 (this is a purple crackle the same shade as Vivid Purple) and painted one coat over the Outdoor Girl. I love the colours purple and silver together and I think these colours suit this effect really well. To finish my design I layered one coat of Barry M - Silver Glitter onto my accent nails.

with topcoat

Let me know what you think of this design?

Lisa x

Giveway's On Blogs We Follow!

Hi everyone, today we just wanted to let you know about a few blogs that are doing giveaways! And who knows, in the next year, we might be doing one too, so keep an eye out for that!

Firstly, Jodi at Captivating Claws, who has an excellent blog , is giving away 4 Liquid Sand Polishes By Mariah Carey to 1 lucky winner!

  

This competition end in 11 days  and is international! For more details, to enter or if you just want to check her blog out, click here!

Next is another favourite blog of ours which is Kat Stays Polished - who's giveaway includes 6 varnishes from the Julie G Gum Drop Collection!

Swatch - Barry M Textured; Ridley Road

Hey guys! Today I have a swatch of one of the new textured polishes, Barry M's Ridley Road.

Two coats of Ridley Road, no topcoat.

Music Notes!

OMG we saw Lawson yesterday! They were amazing! (if you don't know who Lawson are, Google them right now!) :)

So anyway todays nails are the ones I did for yesterday - music notes :)

Left Hand

I used Barry M - Vivid Purple for the nail colour and used Finishing Touches Nail Art Pen in Silver for the notes. I didn't want to over do it with the music notes so I settled for a treble clef on my left thumb, a double music note on the right thumb and a single music note on each of my accent nails.

Right hand

The nail art pen was easy to work with, though two coats gave a better silver than just one, and the silver against the dark purple made the design really stand out. This nail art was so simple and easy to achieve :)

Let me know what you think?

Lisa x



Watercolour Nail Art Tutorial!

Today I'm going to show you how to create the watercolour effect on your nails!

I only saw how to do this last week, and I really wanted to try it, as I think it looks really good! 

Here is a picture of my finished nails...

With top coat even though I am running low in it!

Swatch - Barry M Gelly; Prickly Pear

Hi guys! Today I have a swatch of one of Barry M's Gelly nail polishes called Prickly Pear.

Prickly Pear is a light purple that is opaque in two coats (I used three for the pictures as I didn't leave the second coat to dry for long enough and smudged them). The polish has a great formula that applies with no streaks or patches.

Neon Tiger!

Today I have tiger print nail art for you, which is a very easy look to achieve! I used Vie - Apricot and Barry M - Black.

sorry for the poor quality the camera wasn't working so I had to use my phone :(

I started off with a clear basecoat to protect my nails and two coats of Apricot. When this was completely dry I used a small paintbrush and the black to paint on the tiger stripes. Start from the edges of the nail and gently draw the brush across the nail to create the stripes.

What do you think of this design? Hope to hear from you soon

Lisa x

Swatch - Collection 2000 Hot Looks; Bongo Beat!

Hey everyone! This swatch is going to be about the nail polish brand Collection 2000, and specifically the colour Bongo Beat! (What a great name huh?!)

Here is a picture of the bottle:

First of all, I wanted to do this swatch, because this brand its a bit chaper than Barry M, Max Factor etc. I wanted you all to know that there are cheaper, decent brands out in high street shops, and you don't always have to spend £7+ on a polish you might not like that much, just becasue its made by a well known company. I think that its so good to save a few pennies every now and again, especially when these chaper nail polishes work just as well!