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

Pink and Green Skittle

I Love Love Love Pink and Green!

This pretty little pastel skittle has been on my to do list for such a long time, and I love these two different rose flower stamps so overall this is pretty much a perfect mani for me!

To create this look I started with three coats each of Barry M Mint Green and Barry M Strawberry Icecream. Such pretty colours but I have to be in a patient mood to use them as they each always needs three coats to build a solid colour.

Then I used stamp BM 323 for the large roses and Konad M65 for the small roses and swirls in Konad White special polish. The line and dot design on my little finger is also taken from M65. I then used one of my dotting tools to freehand Barry M Matt White spots onto my middle finger and thumb.

As I was in the playful mood I then used the smaller end of the same dotting tool to add Mint Green dots to my thumb nail et voila...

Excuse the 'dink' on my middle finger nail - the tripod decided to fall on me before I took pictures :-(

Take care

Louise xx