Easter Nails: Eggs

Happy Easter

I wasn't really planning on doing anymore Easter related nails but as I sat staring at my pretty pastel polishes I just couldn't resist this quick but effective manicure based on everyone's favourite seasonal goodies... Easter Eggs!!

Any excuse to use these beautiful pastels is ok by me...

To create this sweet Easter treat I used the following polishes, all Barry M's:

Little finger - Blueberry Icecream

Index finger - Strawberry Icecream

Middle finger - Berry Icecream

Index finger - Peach Melba

Thumb - Mint Green

Once the pretty pastels were dry I added a quick coat of Northern Lights Silver Hologram top coat and then stamped the bow using Konad White and the design found on plate M56.

Finally using Barry M White I added lots of small randomly placed dots.

Super cute Easter manicure, done! :-)

Louise xx
@L_i_P_P

Twin Post with Jamie of Polish, Please!

Good evening lovelies!

Tonight it is time for the twin post I mentioned on Friday night. I am super excited to be teaming up with the lovely Jamie of Polish, Please!. Jamie has been following and commenting on my blog for a while now so I was honoured when she contacted me over the Christmas break and asked me to work with her on a twin post.

If you have not visited Jamie's blog before then you must go and do so by clicking here. Jamie posts some lovely swatches of polishes that make me very jealous like the pretty Zoya Blaze the Color Club Halo Hues series (massive lemmings for me). Jamie also dabbles in nail art, stamping and accent nails. All the things I love!

For our twin post we decided on an Ombre style manicure. Each nail needs to be a different shade of the same colour. I reached for my beautiful Barry M blues...

Little finger: Barry M Blue Moon

Ring finger: Barry M Blueberry Icecream

Middle finger: Barry M Cyan Blue

Index finger: Barry M Cobalt Blue

Thumb: Barry M Navy

This bottle is Blue Moon

This bottle is Cobalt Blue

So how do you like my first Ombre manicure?

Thank you to Jamie for asking me to take part in this twin post. I loved it :-)

Louise xx
@L_i_P_P

Dotty for the weekend

Happy Friday!

This weekend could not come soon enough for me! I have been counting down since 9.05 on Monday morning! How bad is that?

Sitting at work during the week I was talking to Faye about colours you shouldn't 'like' together. For example I like pink and red but Faye hates it. We talked about blue and orange together, my instinct was to say no but Faye said yes. I thought give it a try...

 I decided to keep it nice and simple but I was pleased with the results. I used Barry M Blueberry Icecream and No 7 Tangy for the base colours and the dots.

Very simple, yet very effective :-)

To be honest I like colours that clash. I am struggling to think of a combination I wouldn't wear. How about you, do you have colours that are simply a no no?

Have a fantastic weekend

Louise xx

Pretty Little Animal

I mentioned in one of my previous blogs that I was going to use more animal print designs in my nail art and today is one of the days to follow through with that promise. I love this leopard print design, it looks brilliant with any colour you can think of and is so easy to do. Its eye catching and always attracts compliments :-).

For the base colour I used Barry M Blueberry Icecream. This polish has an amazing formula. It is almost a one coater, it dries quickly and evenly and  looks great with any skin tone. It has to be one of my favourites and whenever I'm in a blue mood I can guarantee I will reach for this polish.

I stamped this pretty leopard print design using Konad White and two different images taken from Konad M57. This look was so easy to create but certainly one of my favourites.

I hope you enjoyed this walk on the wild side :-)

Louise xx

Sweet Like Candy

Is summer here at last? Man its been hot this afternoon which put me in the mood for one thing... Ice Cream! What better way to satisfy my craving than with the Ice Cream collection from Barry M.

  
Barry M Pastels:

Mint Green on my little finger
Strawberry Icecream on my ring finger
Blueberry Icecream on my middle finger
Peach Melba on my index finger

I started by painting this gorgeous pastel skittle mani which I then enjoyed for a couple of hours before the temptation to stamp took over. The sweet treats on BM 306 were just crying out to be added to this gorgeous selection of pastel colours.

Using Barry M Silver Foil I stamped this sweet candy design on each nail and then stood back to admire the finished results. What do you think... good enough to eat?

Apparently we are expecting more sunshine this week, so whilst it is a shame to be at work it does at least inspire some great summer manicures. Look out for them over the coming days.

Louise xx