Beautiful Blue with Pretty Petal Gems

Good evening lovelies

Usually I am so glad when it gets to Wednesday because it usually means the worst part of the week at work is over, however as I am currently on holiday I kind of wish time would slow down! We had another lovely day and tonight we are off to the Jamie Oliver restaurant... :-).

These beautiful nails are actually from the weekend but they lasted so well and I just could not bring myself to remove all the little gems. I got lots of compliments about these nails while we were in the city yesterday.

I started with a nice simple base of Essie Bikini So Teeny. The perfect periwinkle blue with just a very subtle hint of silver micro glitter.

Then using an orange stick (and lots of patience) I added each flower centre and flower petal individually. I wanted each nail to be different so I changed not only the position of each flower but also the colour.

A close up of my ring finger...

These nails were a little labour of love but I was so pleased with the results and they looked lovely with my favourite navy dress when we went out for the evening.

Do you like this kind of nail art look or is it a little fussy for your tastes? It made such a nice change from my usual stamped manicures - I am glad I put in the extra effort on this one :-)

Louise xx
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Space Invader Nails

Tonight I decided to do something a little different. I recently treated myself to some new stamping plates from a company called Cheeky. I cannot wait to use more of them but as I was having the first look through the 161 designs I was drawn to this cartoon style space invaders pattern which features several funny little creatures.

I usually steer clear of patterns that are cartoon cute but for some reason I really liked this one...

Firstly I started with two perfect coats of Essie Bikini So Teeny which has been on my lemming list for at least six months! I was so excited to get this beautiful periwinkle blue and also at the same time I got Essie Navigate Her which is another huge lemming of mine!

Then using Barielle Berry Blue I stamped this cute design from plate CH 32. I just love these blue on blue combinations.

More adorable little critters for my thumb...

Then finally on my last two nails I decided to add a little sparkle so I broke out my new Barry M Rose Quartz Glitter. Check out the sparkle in this bottle...!

I love this Rose Quartz glitter from the Jewel collection. I swatched it over my new dove grey as well and it looked gorgeous.

Louise xx