Spots & Stripes

Hiya guys how are you all?

Did the first part of the title remind you of the Cadbury's bars when the did the Spots vs. Strips chocolate?! I've only just realised that!

Anyway, this post might seem a little strange but it's inspired by the fact that I LOVE duvet covers. I love all the different pattern that you can get along with colours that are on them too and I must have over 10 sets for my one double bed! So I thought that what a good way to get inspiration, when I was sleeping under such a pretty pattern!

Here is what it looks like and this is what fuelled this post!

I love the colours that this duvet has on it as they go really well, and the design is so simple but lovely at the same time!

Click below to see my final design!

Peachy News!

Hey guys! Happy Sunday!

We told you we wouldn't leave you for too long didn't we?! We just got to that stage where we needed to give our nails and ourselves a bit of a rest!

Anyway, today for you I have some newspaper nails! I know that the technique is a bit old now, but ever since our first try (which you can see by clicking here) we've been wanting to try different colours for the background, other than the traditional white version!

We think its such a nice and simple design to do on your nails as it looks interesting and effective, and it takes hardly anytime to do!

(with a clear top coat)

 



Splatter Tutorial

Hi! How is everyone?

I've got a splatter mani tutorial for you today.

I'm a bit disappointed with how this turned out as it's the third time I've done a splatter mani and it's actually the worst one I've done!

Click the jump for the tutorial.

The Toothbrush Method

Hiya, hope you are enjoying your weekend! This is just a fun design that will hopefully brighten up your week, if you try it yourself, seeing as it's Monday tomorrow (boo!)

This method of nail art isn't my creation (even though I wish it was!) I got it off The Nailasaurus, who has a fantastic blog, that you can visit by clicking here. If you know of her already, pat on the back for you!

If you haven't see this design already, or don't know where to find  it, click on Tutorials along the top of her page and you will see the toothbrush method that she came up with. I really wanted to try it so here it is:

With a clear top coat

Leopard Print!

Hi! How is everyone?

Today I have some leopard print nails for you! This has always been my favourite animal print and I knew as soon as I had painted my nails with Barry M - Lychee that it would make the perfect base colour for it.



Lychee is part of Barry M's Gelly range and is a light nude colour. I needed two coats for full opacity. I used No. 17 - Fury, Barry M - Black and a small dotting tool to complete the design.

What do you think of this design? Have you tried leopard nails before? If you want to see our other attempt at this design, click here!

Lisa x

Purple Gradient!

Hi guys!

Today I have my very first gradient to show you!

Caviar With A Difference!

Happy Sunday!

So I was having a think of what I could do next for you guys and I was thinking over a couple of ideas, but then I went into Poundland again. I promise I'm not always in there, even though it might seem like that!

These caught my eye instantly!

"Caviar!" They are in small bottles which makes them so cute and the colours (I thought), were amazing!  

So I had to do a design with them! Because there isn't a lot of these little beads in one particular colour, I knew I couldn't put them over all of my nails, like you usually would with this type of nail art, and even if I only covered two nails on each hand, I would have used all or most of the caviar up!

I then came up with this design:

One Direction Nail Art!

Hey people!

I went to see One Direction perform at the O2 arena yesterday and they were amazing! If you don't know who One Direction are...have you been living under a rock? They're basically the biggest boy band in the world at the moment and they sound awesome!

Anyway, on to the nail art:

 



I chose different designs to represent the five different boys in the band. The thumb represents Harry Styles and his love of cats.

The mirror on my index finger is for Zayn Malik as he's the 'vain' one in the band.

For my middle finger I painted a spoon with a red cross for Liam Payne because of his phobia of spoons (weird I know but he's adorable).

The design on my ring finger is supposed to represent Louis Tomlinson's signature look - stripy t-shirt and red bottoms with suspenders.

Finally, the Irish flag on my little finger nail is for Niall Horan (the only Irish member of the otherwise British band).

They aren't as good as they could be as I rushed slightly and didn't leave the base colours to dry for long enough (oops) but I think they came out alright.

What do you think?

Lisa x

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

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



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

Newspaper Nails!

Hey guys! This is a design that I've been wanting to try for ages and I finally got round to it!

Here are my newspaper nails with top coat:

Now most people will tell you that you need Vodka or a different type of alcohol for these nails to work but I created this design using water. All you have to do is paint your nails in a light colour of your choice (I used white but will be trying it with pastel colours in the future) and leave these to dry completely.

Have your newspaper cut into small rectangle shapes that are slightly larger than your nail and a small bowl of water ready. Then when your nails are dry dip one of the pieces of newspaper into the water, wipe off the excess water on the side of the bowl and carefully place on your nail. Make sure to press down as hard as you can (but be careful not to smudge it by accidentally moving it while it is on your nail). Make sure to place all the pieces of newspaper on your nails the same way or some could be upside down!

 After a couple of minutes peel the newspaper off and the ink will have transferred to your nail! Make sure to seal your design with a top coat or the ink will smudge right off!

I wanted to see if this technique would work with a picture from the newspaper so I tried it with a Chelsea logo that was the perfect size (cause you know, Chelsea are awesome :P)

This is how it turned out (It's a lot more noticeable in real life! I couldn't get it to show up on the camera properly):

What do you guys think? Have you tried this before? Let us see your own newspaper nails!

Lisa x

Nail Art! - With Barry M; Silver Multi Glitter!

Hello! This post is really quite a random one, as I wanted to paint my nails and created this design as I went along!

Anyway, this is a picture of my nails with a top coat:

One coat of the pink and one coat of the Barry M Silver Multi Glitter

Triangle Nail Art!

Hello everyone! Today we have a nail art design for you that's quite easy and looks great!

This design was made using the taping technique, and if you haven't heard of it, it's when you use tape to create neat shapes and lines on your nails. This art only works if you have two completely different colours, with the top colour opaque in one coat. Here is a picture of my first try at this technique.

Leopard Nail Art Tutorial!

Hey guys! Today we have our first tutorial for you - Leopard Nails.

Leopard nails with topcoat

Click the jump for the tutorial :)

Spun Sugar Nail Art!

Hey guys :) so I saw the spun sugar technique for the first time the other day and I just had to try it! This is my first attempt:

Two coats of Barry M Black with Barry M Fuchisa strands

For those of you that haven't heard of this technique before it is when the second colour is draped over the nail in thin strands (though mine aren't that thin!). This is done by mixing some of the polish with a dotting tool or toothpick (I used a toothpick and this could be the reason my strands were too thick) until the nail varnish thickens and becomes stringy. Then using the toothpick you lift the varnish up and over the nail.