Pink & White Candy Cane Nails

Hello bubalas! 

Haven't posted for a bit, I've had a mental couple of weeks, and I'm setting sail for another one tomorrow. Phew, uni is incredibly tiring. I'm excited to interview the head of events and entertainment in the city Wednesday, but of course I'm very nervous, so wish me luck :)

I'm in the process of writing a post on my 'unwearable' shirt, so look out for that within the next week or so. Like I say, there's rather a lot going on. On top of all my work, it's Jack's birthday on Tuesday, so I've had to get myself organised for that. Perhaps soon I'll get some sleep :')

Hope you like the nails, they are kind of like my candy cane/rock summer nails but I've opted for the more traditional pink and white. Cute, no? I'm thinking about doing a Christmas version, red white, green and gold maybe? Hmm ...

Hope you have a stupendous week ☺
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Glamorous Neon Leopard Nails

I know a lot of my recent posts have been heavily nail related, but I can't help myself! I love Cutepolish nail designs, so tried out her glamorous leopard print tutorial. It's pretty easy to do as long as you take your time

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If you don't own dotting tools, just use the end of a bobby pin. I got mine from eBay and I didn't pay much so it's worth having a look I also got my striper polishes from there too -  hurray for eBay ;3

Here's the tutorial ...

This girl is a genius and was the first Youtuber to really inspire me to start doing nail art :)

Check out her other videos ♣

Nailed it.

Trawling through my old Twitpics, I came across these old nail designs from last year I'd forgotten all about, so I decided to share my favourites with you. Hope you like them! :) 

My favourite ones

Random patterns

Pokémon!!

Pandas :3

So yeah, not really a detailed post, but I thought you might like to see these. Let me know which one is your favourite design :)) Arrivederci ... ♣

Newspaper Nails

Ahoy there - how you like my nails? I've seen the newspaper trend on Youtube a lot and finally succeeded at creating my own :) 

A lot of the tutorials say you need to use rubbing alcohol to dip your paper in and press onto nails. Well, all I had was a bottle of vodka and as it turned out, it's much better for drinking than nail art. So in the end I used room temp water and they turned out okay, a little messy but with a little time (and no rushing) they can look really cool.

This is the tutorial I followed

So even if you're not so good at nail art, this is easy enough for anyone and everyone to do and looks really cute, so try it out ♣ 

Sport Luxe Nails

I've not really jumped aboard the sports luxe trend this season, I'm probably the least active person you'll ever meet, so sportsy wear isn't really my thing. However, I thought I'd bite the bullet and try out sport-inspired nails.

Slightly chipped, soz

The sports luxe trend is all about sharp lines mixed with neutral and neon colours. I used a marl grey-ish colour with bright pink tips, as I thought it looked a bit like a bit like the colours you'd find in a gym-kit, yano, grey joggers with pinky details and accesories like sweatbands. I stripped them diagonally.  I also added an orange colour to the thumb, not sure why, but I like it ;3

No need to tell you guys how I did this one, it's pretty much as simple as it looks :) I've been a bit boring and lazy with my nails recently, so I'll try and come up with something a bit more complicated for you guys.

Until then, hope you like this simple yet pretty cool sports inspired nail design ☺

Candy Cane Nails

Decided to vamp my nails up again, and as it's nearly Summer, (although you wouldn't tell by the weather) I did a candy cane design. My mom bought me some tutti fruity rock the other day as well, so it kinda inspired the design :) Gold glitter like the sandy beaches :3

Also did these random nail designs before a night out the other day... just for fun like :')

What do you think of my nails? :)

Cute Polish Zebra Nails

Just a quick post, been kinda busy this week but I plan to do a 'today's look' post tomorrow so stay tuned :)
My nails had started to chip, so I decided to try one of my favourite designs, this striped zebra look by Cute Polish, a Youtube nail polish guru who comes up with amazing and creative designs.

As you can see, I haven't yet cleaned them up and they aren't my neatest attempt, but I just wanted to share my lavender and gold take on the original design. Please check out the tutorial here, with a little practise, it's very easy and looks awesome ;D

I wanna have Sex on The Beach ;D

Who doesn't love a refreshing cocktail? Whether it's during lunch with the girls or on a mad night out, I can always be in the mood for a fruity drink.
I decided to base this nail design on one of my favourite cocktails, Sex on the beach. Orange in colour, this cocktail is fruity and sweet and oozes glitz and naughtiness.

Luckily, I had the perfect shade for this design - a blood orange colour by Barry M.  I always find the pigments of Barry M polishes are good quality so I only used one coat. Next, to represent the glamour and excitement of the beverage, I stroked a couple of coats of W7 glitter polish in silver in a diagonal motion across my tips. A stripe of yellow adds interest and keeps the design true to the colours in the cocktail To finish, I completed the look with clear glitter polish from a Technic nail collection and a top coat to add shine.
Orange is actually the one colour I don't really care for, but when I received this polish in a Barry M goodie bag (from the Clothes Show Live 2011) I just loved the rich block shade. Apologies for blurriness, it was a little dark in my room .. :)