Children In Need 2012 - Nail Art

Happy Friday loves :-)

Tonight is the Children in Need 2012 telethon featuring none other than the famous mascot Pudsey the Bear. Since 1980 Children in Need has raised over £600 million to change the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in the UK. You can read much more and make a donation by visiting here.

Pudsey Bear was of course my inspiration for todays nails...

For the eye patch nail I started with Barry M Matt White and for the Pudsey nails I used a base of NYC Lexington Yellow.

To add the nose, eye and ear features I used W7 Black and a dotting tool

I hope you like my Pudsey nails. Enjoy the telethon tonight :-)

Louise xx

Purple Fan

Are you a fan of purple?

This question will make more sense when you see the pretty little fan pattern that I have stamped onto my lilac nails for todays manicure :-).

This lovely base colour was a new purchase last weekend. Its from NYC and is a pale lilac called Lavendar Cupcake. It did need a third coat to cover up a small number of brush strokess but to be honest for £1.99 I can live with that :-).

I stamped this delicate little fan design using Barry M Lilac Foil. This has limited edition printed on the lid so I am unsure if it is still available but as its a foil it is great for stamping. This is the first time I have used it and I love how subtle the contrast is against the base colour. Sorry about the reflective pictures obscuring the pattern but I hope you can still see the effect I was going for.

I hope you like my choice of manicure today, as always thanks for reading.

Louise xx

Minty Madness

Today I would like to share with you NYC Mint Macaroon. I previously mentioned this polish as I got it for 20p as part of an awesome promotion in Superdrug. This gorgoeus minty green is an easy to apply creme that achieves full opacity with two medium coats. Here is a little shot of the minty goodness on its own...



NYC Mint Macaroon

One of my favourite colour combinations is pink and green so I could not resist stamping over the top of this lovely colour with a mani inspired by the Polished Perfectionist. I used pink and silver to achieve these striking stripes. 

You may recognise this stunning pink from my one of my previous posts, its a Konad Special polish called Psyche Pink and I wouldnt be without it in my stash. I couldnt resist adding some subtle silver highlights using Barry M Silver Foil.

The stripes were achieved using plate BM 301. I really like this look and it was so simple to achieve. This is the perfect mani for those times when you only have 5 minutes to dedicate to a quick nail art session.

I hope you enjoyed my moments of minty madness - see you soon.

Louise xx

Filigree & Butterflies

Anyone who knows me will know that I am a sucker for butterfly print so I just couldnt bring myself to remove my accent nails from Saturdays mani. However the hex sequins needed a refresh so I decided to just remove the polish from those nails and try out my fantastic new NYC Bubblegum Pink.

This is a lovely bright, sweet like candy pink and I love it! The coverage is good in two thin coats but if I wanted to wear this polish alone with no stamping over the top I would opt for three thin coats for full opacity.

The stamping for the Bubblegum Pink nails is done with Barry M Silver Foil with the filigree design taken from plate BM 201.

I purchased this NYC polish from Superdrug during a fantastic promotion which had these polishes at 2 for £2.99. As they usually retail for £2.79 it meant I got to chose a second one for 20p! How amazing is that? The second polish I chose is a beautiful pale green called Mint Macaroon and now I know how lovely Bubblegum Pink is, I am sure I will feature Mint Macaroonon on this blog very soon.

I hope you like this mani - feel free to check back in a few days to see what I come up with to celebrate our 4th wedding anniversary.

Louise xx