Lots of Love

Oh my goodness I love love love these pretty little nails :-)

You know sometimes you just have those mushy little moments when your heart flutters and you feel all warm and cosy... well during one of those moments I created these little beauties.

I started with two not very easy coats of Models Own Utopia. Its a perfectly pale pink, which in truth is almost white but much more flattering. For that reason only I persevere with this colour as its much nicer than stark white nails.

I then used Color Club Hot Like Lava to stamp an assortment of heart inspired designs. They are all taken from plate BM 317 which is one of my most favourites.

I love the addition of this pretty little bow on my thumb nail.

Doesn't this mani make you feel all warm and fuzzy?

I hope you have all had fantastic weekends, thanks for reading

Louise xx

Breast Cancer Awareness Nail Art

October is officially Breast Cancer Awareness month.

In order to show my support for this international awareness campaign I decided to incorporate the pink ribbon (the recognised symbol of breast cancer awareness) into todays nail art.

I started this look with a simple skittle mani. I used W7 Sheer Pink on three nails and Models Own Utopia on the other two.

To add a little sparkle to W7 Sheer Pink I applied just one coat of Chit Chat Raspberry glitter.

For the stamping on my two accent nails I used Konad Psyche Pink special polish and the ribbon design from plate BM 321.

Finally I added a small pale pink rhinestone to the centre of each large pink ribbon.

Take care

Louise xx

Bonus Houndstooth

Since I posted earlier this evening I have been thinking about recreating a more feminie version of the houndstooth stamp design and once an idea is in my head I just cant leave it...

For this pretty version I used Models Own Utopia as my base colour and stamped the houndstooth design from BM 322 using Konad Psyche Pink. Utopia is a really pretty pale pinky grey which when contrasted with this ultra bright pink ends up looking almost bright white.

I am much happier with this colour version of the houndstooth design - what do you think? As always your thoughts and comments are more than welcome.

Louise xx

Iron Butterfly & Gems

I am so excited... my Orly Iron Butterfly arrived today from the States. I have only been waiting for about 10 days but still I was very pleased when it arrived this morning. Iron Butterfly is part of the Metal Chic collection and is a stunning matte charcoal grey.

I havent seen this shade available for sale in the UK so although I had to purchase from the States it was still only £7 including postage. Totally worth every penny.

Iron Butterfly no top coat

This polish dries uber quick so I built up the coverage with three very thin layers and it dried to a perfect metallic matte grey. It reminded me of suede - almost like it would be soft to the touch! The polish contains lots of silver shimmer which became even more obvious once I added a layer of top coat.

My accent nail is Models Own Utopia which is a pretty pale pinky grey and I could not resist adding these beautiful little square pink gems to create a different dynamic to my usual stamping patterns.

Iron Butterfly with Seche Vite top coat

Excuse the rain drops - I wanted natural light!

I am really pleased with this look and I hope you enjoy the pictures. I would definately purchase more of these matte type nail polishes in the future. In fact there are two other gorgeous colours in this Metal Chic collection that will find there way into my online shopping basket at some point later in the night.

Louise xx