Fun Friday Mani: Purple and Teal Hearts

Good evening my loves

It's time for a super fun Friday mani. I cannot get enough of these two colours together and who doesn't love a bow accent nail? I have so much planned for the next three days and I cannot wait, girly lunches, sister sleepovers, vampire diaries marathon catch up sessions, girly day out on Sunday and brunch on Monday. In between I need to find time to change my nails as often as possible ;-)

Purple, Teal and a cute bow

Happy weekend loves

How are you all doing? I have had a really lovely day. I woke up super early, made myself a cuppa, fed the dogs then all three of us got back into bed to catch up on Instagram, read my favourite blogs and of course just totally relax as its the weekend and it has been a tough week.

Spots and a Bow: Galahad and Bright Purple

Happy Good Friday loves

Have you all had a wonderful day? Mine was a little different to the way I had it planned out... In a nutshell I went for a dog walk this morning with my friend Debbie and then when we tried to get back into the house once we were done I realised I had lost my keys! Neither of us had our phones with us so after much searching and then banging on neighbours doors to borrow a phone my little sister arrived like a knight in shining armour and somehow found my keys in the middle of the field that we had already searched three times!

Phew! Time for my nails of the day...

Quick Snip: Pink Bow

Good evening lovelies

Tonight is date night so rather than spend time on my nails I will be enjoying the company of the handsome Mr LiPP. I will just leave you with a quick snap of these bright and fun nails :-)

Have wonderful weekends lovely ladies

Lou xx
@L_i_P_P

Who can resist Dots and Bows: Accent nails

Good evening lovelies

This is a scheduled post as I am at... V Festival!! Right now our tent will be up (hopefully), our first drinks of the evening will be long finished and we will have had a walk around to suss out the best food vans for our morning cup of tea and bacon rolls :-). Its going to be a great weekend.

Cute nails alert...

Polka Dots and Bows: Peach nails

Happy Friday lovelies

I have decided that this weekend calls for some bright and fun nail art. As I was looking through my ever growing pile of new polishes to swatch I was drawn to this pretty peach from Avon. Although it is quite a pale pastel shade I knew it would make a great base for some eye popping art.

Easter Nails: Eggs

Happy Easter

I wasn't really planning on doing anymore Easter related nails but as I sat staring at my pretty pastel polishes I just couldn't resist this quick but effective manicure based on everyone's favourite seasonal goodies... Easter Eggs!!

Any excuse to use these beautiful pastels is ok by me...

To create this sweet Easter treat I used the following polishes, all Barry M's:

Little finger - Blueberry Icecream

Index finger - Strawberry Icecream

Middle finger - Berry Icecream

Index finger - Peach Melba

Thumb - Mint Green

Once the pretty pastels were dry I added a quick coat of Northern Lights Silver Hologram top coat and then stamped the bow using Konad White and the design found on plate M56.

Finally using Barry M White I added lots of small randomly placed dots.

Super cute Easter manicure, done! :-)

Louise xx
@L_i_P_P

Christmas Nails: Present

Good evening lovelies!

It's Friday... which means a whole two days of time with my loved ones. What could be more perfect?

So tonight I thought I would continue with the Christmas themed nails and move onto a little freehand work... I hope you like my gift wrapped mani?

I started with two coats of Barry M Red Wine. This has an almost 'jelly' like finish to it and as much as I dont lean toward red nails I really enjoyed wearing this colour.

Then taking my striping brush and Barry M Gold Foil I freehanded the curling ribbon and bow design onto each nail. Far from perfect but not bad considering freehand work makes me nervous :-)

In the below pictures I added one coat of my new Northern Lights top coat in Gold. I really cant decide if it added a sparkly something special or spoilt the crispness of the red. What do you think?

I dont like this gold hologram as much as the silver one I used in my snowflake manicure yesterday but it is still pretty.

I hope you all have fantastic weekends - what plans do you have?

Louise xx

To Flock or Not To Flock...?

I have been wanting to use this gorgeous turquoise flocking powder for months! It just never seemed the right time but with the weekend just gone and our various social events I thought... what the hell... just go for it!

I started with two easy coats of China Glaze For Audrey. It really is the most perfect turquoise blue polish. It has a creamy application and dries in super quick time. In fact on some of my nails I only used one coat... shock horror! :-)

I stamped this pretty little bow in Konad White using the design on plate BM317. I applied some bright pink rhinestones for added interest.

For the flocked accent nail I first of all passed the clumped together flocking powder through a small metal tea strainer/sieve and then when my NYC top coat was still wet I rolled my ring finger nail in the fine powder and allowed it to dry. I then took a small fan shapped nail art brush and gently swept away any loose strands.

The result was this gorgeous furry looking accent nail that was both easy to achieve and oh so effective!

What do you think of flocked nails? I would definitely wear this style again as the powder is available in every colour under the sun. I washed my hands to see how it would hold up and am pleased to say that after a few moments of drying time the flocking remained fluffy! :-)

Louise xx