Nude Base with Bright Flowers

Today I fancied a change so I decided upon light nails with a splash of colour. I am really not sure how I like these nails. I honestly got more compliments about them than I do some of my favourite and more complicated designs but I remain neutral about them.

I started with a base of Sally Hansen Insta Dry in Quick Sand. It is a slight tan coloured neutral polish with contains lots of tiny silver sparkles. Unfortunately I think the sparkles are all stuck to the inside of bottle as I cannot see any on my nails which is a real shame.

exposed - Spontaneous

The pattern is stamped using Konad Black and plate BM 224. Using my dotting tool I then added in some random splashes of colour with Sally Hansen Insta Dry Brisk Blue, exposed All Nighter and exposed Spontaneous.

Not going to say too much more on these - I dont think a neutral base appeals to me as I am so used to colour these days :-)

Louise xx

Flower Power

I have to admit that I may have taken a little trip to TK Maxx for a nail polish haul this weekend. As a result I came home with another 14 polishes - all of which were absolutely essential additions to my collection.

I had read that Sally Hansen Insta-Dri polishes were great for stamping so imagine my pleasure when I found a gift set of three pretty colours for less than £5.

I purchased immediately and here are the results...

I started with a base of Quick Sand on each nail. I then stamped alternate fingers using Presto Pink and Brisk Blue. All three polishes were the perfect consistency for stamping and could easily be one coaters for most people. Quick Sand has a really pretty silver shimmer in certain lights but it was hard to capture on the nail.

I then added flower centres in the contrasting colour to complete this flower power manicure.

It has been a while since I used a nude colour as a base for my nail art and I have to say it made quite a refreshing change.

If I see anymore of these Insta-Dri polishes for sale I will certainly snap them up :-)

Louise xx