Feather Polish with Feather Accent

Good evening lovelies

Hope you all had lovely Easter breaks? I am sure I mentioned this last week but Mr LiPP and I are off work this week... Yay :-). So far we have had a fantastic time. Yesterday we had a lazy duvet day and today we went into the city for a touch of shopping and a fantastic lunch in a new steak restaurant. We have lots more planned over the next few days including a meal at the Jamie Oliver restaurant. We always eat so much when we are not at work!

Onto my nails... these little pretties were inspired by the recent trend of textured or feathered polishes that I have seen and read so much about.

I started with the very pretty China Glaze For Audrey, the perfect pale turquoise creme.

I then added one coat of Invogue Feather in Sunset to each finger apart from my ring finger. Sunset has a clear base and contains matte bar glitters in white and peach. I am not a fan of bar glitters however I do have a passion for all things feather related so I just knew I had to try at least one of these.

On my ring finger I then stamped this simple feather outline using Konad White and plate GA38.

How do you like the feather style polishes?

Nails Inc recently released a range of feather polishes but as they retail at £11 a bottle I decided to try this new range from Invogue instead. At only £3.49 I am pleasantly surprised and may go back for a few more... :-).

Louise xx
@L_i_P_P

Green and White Skittlette

Happy Good Friday lovelies!

I am in such a great mood knowing that I have all this time off work :-). To make the most of the double bank holiday I have also taken next week off so I get to enjoy a really good break away from work and spend lots of time with Mr LiPP and the pups :-).

For this skittlette I started with two coats of China Glaze For Audrey on all nails except my index finger. For Audrey is a gorgeous light turquoise creme polish and although I ended up covering most of it up with glitter and stripes it remains one of my favourite polishes.

On my little finger I applied one coat of China Glaze Atlantis over For Audrey. Atlantis has a bluey green base colour and contains so much holographic glitter that its hard to explain how sparkly it actually is!

Using Konad White and the same stripes used for my nautical accent nail earlier this week I added horizontal stripes to my ring and middle fingers. The finishing touch for these two nails was the addition of small green square rhinestones.

Finally on my index finger I painted two coats of W7 Salt n Pepper. I have only used this polish once but I really like it and it makes a great accent nail for this skittlette. Removal is a bit of a pain as the black glitters are quite gritty but I think its worth it :-).

I hope you like my nails of the day? Are you all looking forward to the Easter break? Have you got lots of lovely plans?

Louise xx
@L_i_P_P

To Flock or Not To Flock...?

I have been wanting to use this gorgeous turquoise flocking powder for months! It just never seemed the right time but with the weekend just gone and our various social events I thought... what the hell... just go for it!

I started with two easy coats of China Glaze For Audrey. It really is the most perfect turquoise blue polish. It has a creamy application and dries in super quick time. In fact on some of my nails I only used one coat... shock horror! :-)

I stamped this pretty little bow in Konad White using the design on plate BM317. I applied some bright pink rhinestones for added interest.

For the flocked accent nail I first of all passed the clumped together flocking powder through a small metal tea strainer/sieve and then when my NYC top coat was still wet I rolled my ring finger nail in the fine powder and allowed it to dry. I then took a small fan shapped nail art brush and gently swept away any loose strands.

The result was this gorgeous furry looking accent nail that was both easy to achieve and oh so effective!

What do you think of flocked nails? I would definitely wear this style again as the powder is available in every colour under the sun. I washed my hands to see how it would hold up and am pleased to say that after a few moments of drying time the flocking remained fluffy! :-)

Louise xx

For Audrey with Gold Leaf

Whoop Whoop it's Saturday! Just in case you cant tell... I love weekends :-)

I have been saving this very beautiful China Glaze polish for a special occasion. I wanted to pair it with the right colour and the right look so I hope you agree that by wrapping it with gold leaf it can only look even more perfect.

For this beautiful creation I started with two easy coats of China Glaze For Audrey. It has one of the most perfect formulas I have ever painted my nails with and has been a fantastic experience of my first ever China Glaze (definitely not my last!)

I then used my much loved Barry M Gold Foil to stamp this gold leaf effect stamp from plate BM 301.

China Glaze For Audrey is a gorgeous turquoise blue crème. Inspired by Audrey Hepburn’s hit movie ‘Breakfast At Tiffany’s’ this beautiful blue is a similar shade to the iconic blue Tiffany jewellery box.



China Glaze For Audrey swatch

 I am in love with this gold leaf effect stamp. It also really reminds me of all the manicures I have seen recently using cling film (saran wrap) to leave a mottled effect in manicures using two contrasting colours. I will definitely be using this stamp again :-)

Have fantastic weekends everyone

Louise xx