Fated Prince Skittlette nails

Happy Friday lovelies!

Mr LiPP and I (mostly Mr LiPP) are hosting a BBQ tonight for a few of his friends from work. Just a small gathering but we are really looking forward to relaxing after a long week at work with some good friends and some good food.

As I mentioned in my swatch post from yesterday I could hardly bring myself to cover over this beautiful polish, Fated Prince by a-England,  with nail art so I opted for a simple skittlette style :-)

Rose Bower Skittlette nails

Good evening lovelies

As promised tonight I am going to show you the skittlette I created to show off the true beauty of my new favourite polish... Rose Bower by a-England.

Grass Slippers with Graffiti Nail Art

Good evening lovelies

Yesterday I posted a gorgeous swatch post dedicated to Grass Slippers by Sally Hansen. Today I am going to show you how I made it a little more wearable by adding some fun nail art.

These are my graffiti line nails and I love them. I couldn't resist using bold colours for the line work as I really wanted to show that lime green can be a great base for nail art :-).

Using the criss cross lines from plate BM 316 I stamped in one direction using Barielle Berry Blue.

The flipping the plate upside down I stamped again but this time using Konad Special Polish in Psyche Pink.

I am so glad my bold colour choice paid off. I could not stop looking at my graffiti nails!

Would you wear such a bold lime green as your base colour? Do you like my bold navy and bright pink colour choices?

Lou xx
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Did I tell you I also love... Owls?!

Good evening lovelies.

How are you all at this mid week point? I am excited about my post tonight :-).

Whilst in London with the girls last weekend I purchased the most gorgeous scarf from Portobello Market. It is a gorgeous pale grey with bright pink owls printed on it and I just knew as I handed my money over that I would recreate the gorgeous print on my nails. I had been saving this owl stamp for something special so this is it... I hope you like it :-)

As you can see I started with a base of Revlon Hazy. In my opinion this is the perfect pale grey polish and I will definitely need to buy a back up bottle as I use it all the time.

Once the grey was dry I stamped using Konad Psyche Pink with the two different owl designs found on plate BM 309.

Isn't this just adorable? And yes the scarf is as soft and luxurious as it looks :-)

I hope you all enjoy the rest of your weeks. Not long until the weekend now...

Louise xx

Glitter Jelly Sandwich with Feathers

This has been on my to do list for ages. I have been lemming after this Konad feather stamping plate for a while but as they are quite expensive I usually try to steer clear and just buy the Bundle Monster plates instead.

For all of those who know me you will not be surprised that I gave in and bought the plate just for this tiny little feather stamp. I love feathers :-)

This gorgeous little mani is made up of many layers so it took a while to create and a while to dry but I dont care because I love it :-)

I started with two thin layers of Barry M Strawberry Icecream. This is a thin jelly like pink polish that has been a favourite of mine recently and I knew it would be good to use for this jelly glitter sandwich.

I thin added one thick coat of Barry M Holographic. This is a really pretty holo hex glitter suspended in quite a thick clear jelly base.

To create the jelly sandwich I then topped this off with one further layer of Barry M Strawberry Icecream, which hid the holo effect and made the glitter look matte silver.

Finally I used Konad White to stamp these adorable feathers at varying angles and voila... one pretty pink feathery creation :-)

I am so in love with this look. I hope you love it too :-)

Louise xx

Denim and Silver Swirls

I hope everyone is having a good week so far but if you are anything like me you will already be looking forward to the weekend.

There was no particular inspiration for todays manicure however I loved how it turned out and hope that you enjoy the pictures too.

I started with two thin coats of Barry M Denim. This definately has the ability to be a one coater and I will be using it for stamping later in the week to put that theory to the test. Denim dries to a matt and slightly uneven finish but as I always use plenty of top coat so it does not cause me any complaints.

I stamped this swirly circular pattern with Barry M Silver Foil and a pattern taken from Konad plate M65. I usually steer clear of these types of patterns as they can look a little samey but I am so glad I gave this a go. I loved how it kept catching my eye at work today.

As you will see from the bottle shots below, Denim actually contains micro particles of silver glitter and whilst its not stand out obvious on your nail you can definately see it in certain lights and just makes the silver foil used for stamping even more complimentary.

This is a great mani to fall back on in a hurry as Denim can easily be a one coater and these foil polishes dry super quick. Pretty little time savers :-)

Louise xx

Minty Madness

Today I would like to share with you NYC Mint Macaroon. I previously mentioned this polish as I got it for 20p as part of an awesome promotion in Superdrug. This gorgoeus minty green is an easy to apply creme that achieves full opacity with two medium coats. Here is a little shot of the minty goodness on its own...



NYC Mint Macaroon

One of my favourite colour combinations is pink and green so I could not resist stamping over the top of this lovely colour with a mani inspired by the Polished Perfectionist. I used pink and silver to achieve these striking stripes. 

You may recognise this stunning pink from my one of my previous posts, its a Konad Special polish called Psyche Pink and I wouldnt be without it in my stash. I couldnt resist adding some subtle silver highlights using Barry M Silver Foil.

The stripes were achieved using plate BM 301. I really like this look and it was so simple to achieve. This is the perfect mani for those times when you only have 5 minutes to dedicate to a quick nail art session.

I hope you enjoyed my moments of minty madness - see you soon.

Louise xx

What's Not to Like?

Today I decided to trial another colour from the Barry M pastel collection - this one is called Lemon Icecream. I will admit now that I have a real dislike for the colour yellow, unless it is in the form of a sunny day, so this was a hard polish for me to want to work with. However work with it I did and this is what I came up with.

In order to make myself love this manicure I decided to add two things close to my heart - bags and shoes! Whats not to love? My nails are the colour of sunshine and not only can I see bags and shoes all day long - but they are stunning pink!


Konad Psyche Pink

This gorgeous pink is from the Konad range of special nail polishes and can only be used for stamping due to the polish being much thicker than a standard nail colour. You can purchase these polishes for around £5 each and I have to say the investment is worth it if you are a serious stamper!

Shoe design - BM 213
Handbag design - BM 307

I hope you agree that I have redeemed myself after yesterdays Blue & Silver pictures - it was honestly a great mani I just couldnt reflect it in the pictures. These yellow and pink nails could almost make me change my mind about the colour yellow - maybe its not just for the sun after all!

I have also included a little bottle shot below of the two polishes used to create this pretty mani - let me know if you think I should continue to include bottle shots or you would prefer to see only the finished manicure pictures.

Bottle shot

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Louise xx