Matching jumper and nails!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I hope you've all had a wonderful festive season! I took a little time out from blogging to spend time with my family and friends and generally chill out during my time off from uni. It's been great but I've definitely missed blogging. For christmas I got a kind-of-christmas jumper off my boyfriend. I love matching my nails to my outfits so this is exactly that.

I used Barry M - Blue Plum, Nails Inc - St James and Essie - Ballet Slipper for this look. I created the zig zag with a striper brush and finished with a coat of Seche Vite.

Halloween 1. Blood Splatter Zombie Nails

Gosh darn it, I got blood on my nails!

Halloween is when the Zombies wake from the dead and come out to play with all us mortal beings. No doubt I'll be answering the door to some hungry-for-treats-not-blood zombies this year! These are my zombie blood-splattered nails. Scaaarrrrryyyyy! (But not as scary as my cuticles....)

I'll be doing a few halloween-inspired nail art posts in the run up to the big day.

I used two coats of George at Asda - Fortune Teller and used a straw to splatter on Nails Inc - Victoria, which is a great blood coloured polish! I finished with a coat of Seche Vite.

I love the splattered nails look. It's a really quick way of getting some awesome results. And this totally looks like blood!

I've been using Lush's Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter on my cuticles religiously and, although it smells amazing, it's really not helping my chapped cuticles. Any help on a really amazing cuticle cream?

Poppies!

A couple of months ago I saw this cute poppy-inspired vintage mani by Katy at Nailed It. I knew I had to recreate this look, I mean.....HOW CUTE! 

So here it is; two coats of OPI Skull and Glossbones with Nails Inc St Tropez and black acrylic paint for the poppy detail using a dotting tool, all topped with a coat of the ultra-shiny Seche Vite Topcoat.

I love this look so much that I'm probably going to wear it for a few more days than usual. If my hectic life allows it to last that long at least; I've spent the day restoring my old antique fireplace in my bedroom and thats been pretty tough on my nails...

(I forgot to take a proper before shot so the first one is after it being heat gunned and partially stripped)