Nails: Skulls and Roses

Good evening lovelies

I hope you are all doing well? I had such an amazing weekend with my family and friends celebrating my sisters birthday. We had a garden party hosted by my dad on Friday, a full English breakfast by the river on Saturday and then a lovely meal with 8 of our best friends on the Saturday night. Samantha and I even built our own balloon tower while we were decorating the room ready for the meal - Impressed! :-)

Should Blue and Green Be Seen?

Happy Thursday!

My weekend starts here as I have Friday off on holiday... :-)

We have got so many fantastic plans for the weekend which I will tell you a little more about tomorrow night but in the meantime... should blue and green never be seen?

Has anyone else heard this little wives tale or quote? I can remember as I was growing up my Mum telling me that as I have bright green eyes I should never wear blue eye make up, hence me thinking that blue and green should never be seen.

I love this mani though...

I started with a base of Revlon Ocean which is a frost finish light teal. This was mega easy to apply and dried in super quick time. I am really impressed with my three new Revlon polishes.

I then stamped this simple geometric design using Barry M Denim. Super simple but very eye catching. My Nan loved it and even asked my Grandad if he would like her to wear her nails in this colour combo! Cute!



Revlon Ocean swatch

I usually steer clear of the more geometric designs as I prefer the girly flowery kind but on this occasion and with these two colours, I think it was the perfect combination :-)

Take care

Louise xx

Blue Roses on Blue

Happy Weekend Lovelies!

As I mentioned earlier this week I wanted to experiment with Barry M Denim and use it for stamping. It was such a good one coater as a base colour for my Denim and Swirl manicure and as a general rule that means the polish will be great for stamping. I was not disappointed...

For this lovely manicure I started with a base colour of Models Own Beth's Blue. It is a gorgeous periwinkle blue creme and whilst I adore the colour I was a little frustrated with the formula. A touch on the gloopy side already which is a shame as it is a brand new polish.

For stamping I turned to one of my favourite floral designs - the large roses found on plate BM 323. I think these roses look great in Barry M Denim as the sparkle really shows through. I can see a real mixture of blue and silver sparkles which look gorgeous in any light.

 

Needless to say I love this manicure and I love that Denim is as great to stamp with as the Foil Effects collection also by Barry M. I think I could wear this rose stamp several times a week and not get sick of it - imagine all the pretty colour combos I could come up with :-)

Take care

Louise xx

Denim and Silver Swirls

I hope everyone is having a good week so far but if you are anything like me you will already be looking forward to the weekend.

There was no particular inspiration for todays manicure however I loved how it turned out and hope that you enjoy the pictures too.

I started with two thin coats of Barry M Denim. This definately has the ability to be a one coater and I will be using it for stamping later in the week to put that theory to the test. Denim dries to a matt and slightly uneven finish but as I always use plenty of top coat so it does not cause me any complaints.

I stamped this swirly circular pattern with Barry M Silver Foil and a pattern taken from Konad plate M65. I usually steer clear of these types of patterns as they can look a little samey but I am so glad I gave this a go. I loved how it kept catching my eye at work today.

As you will see from the bottle shots below, Denim actually contains micro particles of silver glitter and whilst its not stand out obvious on your nail you can definately see it in certain lights and just makes the silver foil used for stamping even more complimentary.

This is a great mani to fall back on in a hurry as Denim can easily be a one coater and these foil polishes dry super quick. Pretty little time savers :-)

Louise xx

Studded V-gap

I saw this clever tape mani here and just knew I had to recreate it for myself. This is my first attempt at a tape manicure and I am really pleased with the results. Nailside has a very detailed tutorial that made this super easy to recreate.

These gorgeous colours are Barry M Turquoise as the base colour with Barry M Denim as the accent V shape on each nail. I then used Barry M Silver Foil to add the dotted highlights.

This is definately a look I will wear again. I am really pleased with how my nails turned out and how easy it was made by following the brilliant step by step tutorial over on the Nailside blog.

Louise xx