Dream Combo: Turquoise and Peach

Happy Monday

I had such a lovely weekend that I didnt want it to be over so I am very glad that Monday has flown by and I am back home in my comfies doing what I love... NAILS!! This colour combination happened totally by accident when I was recently re-organising my stash and these lovelies ended up next to each other on the shelf. I hope you like them too...

Inspired By: Lace Top

Good evening lovelies

Time for another Inspired By post. Any regular readers will now that from time to time I base my nail art around a new item of clothing... this time its a pretty new coral and cream lace top.

For this manicure I started with a base of Barry M Gelly in Papaya on all nails apart from my ring finger with has two coats of Barry M Gelly in Lychee.

Using the really pretty lace pattern found on plate Pueen 27 I stamped each finger using the opposite colour to the base. I was going for a subtle and quite natural result so I was really pleased with how both of these stamped.

What do you think? Is this a good match for my new top?

I love the whole Gelly collection from Barry M, I only need a couple more to make my collection complete.

Thanks for reading

Lou xx
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Butterfly Wing nails

Good evening lovelies

Tonight is my girly birthday meal.. see what I mean about extended birthdays in my family :-)?

We are going to a Japanese grill called Shiki and I cannot wait. Some of us have been before and the food was amazing, all freshly cooked in front of us by our own chef for the evening. There are 9 of us dining tonight and I just know that we will all love our meals.

I did something a little special to my nails for the occasion...

I started with two quick coats of Barry M Papaya which is a lovely rich peach to orange colour. Then using a small piece of make up sponge I added Barry M Grapefruit to half of each nail.

I then topped each nail off with Northern Lights top coat in Silver. Once that was dry I opened my shiny new stamping plates that had arrived from Israel recently. I had been lemming after these plates for months so once I saw they were back in stock I purchased them quickly. You can read more about how to do that here... Nail Craze.

Using Konad Black I stamped the monarch style butterfly wing onto each nail. I love that you get two different sizes and I love it that the design is flipped so your right and left hands are mirror images.

Finally using a dotting tool and a little white nail polish I added some dots to make my nails look more like authentic monarch butterfly wings.

I am loving how detailed these nails look. I think Natalie from Nail Craze is brilliant for designing this beautiful plate and I look forward to using the others I also purchased from her.

I am off to eat at the grill - have a great evening everyone :-)

Louise xx
@L_i_P_P

Peach and Nude Spotty nails

Good evening lovelies

Tonight sees the return of my wonderful new Barry M Gelly polishes. The recently released polishes are named after exotic fruits and are just perfect spring into summer shades. I still need to buy the fourth polish which is a pink one called Dragon Fruit so tonight I am showing you Papaya and Lychee.

I started by painting my index and little fingers with two coats of Papaya, and my middle and ring fingers with two coats of Lychee. Papaya is a beautiful peach to coral shade and applied perfectly. Lychee as I have shown you before is the perfect beige nude.

Using Illamasqua Boosh (black) and my Orly dotting tool I added three rows of alternating dot sizes to each nail. Once Boosh was dry I took Papaya and added a small dot to the centre of each large black one.

As Papaya is such a beautiful shade I decided to leave it alone on this occasion and not add glitter or stamping! Unusual for me, right?

I cannot wait to see what other shades Barry M bring out in this gorgeous Gelly range - I am guessing the summer collection will be stunning :-)

Louise xx
@L_i_P_P