Grey ombre stripes!

I've been M.I.A for a while and I am sorry. It's the last couple of weeks of a uni project and things are abit hectic at the minute. I cannot wait to break up for christmas!

First I did two coats of W7 - Black and waited until it was completely dry. The I sectioned off a section of the nail with striping tape and painted on Essie - Power Clutch. Again, I waited for that to be completely dry and sections off another section and painted on Sally Hansen - Dorien Grey. I finally finished with two coats of Seche Vite.

I do love stripe mani's but this just absolutely ages to do. I suppose using Seche Vite between coats would have sped up the process but at £9 a bottle I'm reluctant to use it for anything but a topcoat!

Tape-icure.

Hey all. Really sorry for the lack of posts lately. Life has been hectic, hopefully I'll get back into the swing of things soon.

I love all the tape mani's that everyone seems to be able to do effortlessly. Let me tell you, it takes alot of practice! This is my first attempt. I'm really pleased with the outcome, regardless of a few lines that did not work out perfectly.

 I did a base coat of Barry M - Gold Foil on all nails but my index finger. I used striping tape to create the lines and painted over with W7 - Black, then carefully removed the tape. On the index finger I added square studs and I finished all with a coat of Seche Vite. 

Breast Cancer Awareness

As many of you know October is Breast Cancer awareness month.

"Breast cancer is not one single disease. There are several types of breast cancer. It can be diagnosed at different stages of development and can grow at different rates."

                                                     - http://www.breastcancercare.org.uk/

Head over the the website to find out more about Breast cancer and what you can do to help. Here is Mini Guide to taking care of your breasts.

Two coats of Nail Pop - Petticoat and Barry M - Shocking Pink and details with Bundle Monster Stamping Plate BM321, Technic - Damson, Technic - Party Pink, Models Own - Pink Fizz, Barry M - Matte White and a coat of Seche Vite.

Remember girls, EARLY DETECTION IS THE BEST PROTECTION.

FEEL THOSE BOOBIES!

FINALLY! & Stripes!

HELLOO!! I'm finally back. I've been absent for what feels like a lifetime. My laptop charger totally died, I was wiggling the wire for a while to charge my laptop but it eventually gave up and I had to splurge on a new laptop. I have a macbook pro so went to the apple shop to price up chargers..£65! Outrageous! Fortunately, I'm a mega eBay user so I managed to find a genuine apple charger for £30 from a shop local to Liverpool. So here I am, £30 poorer but happy that I'm back to blogging. Over the past week or two I've managed to do quite a fair bit of nail art so hopefully that should keep me going for a while :)

To the nail art..! I recently purchased a lovely, snug cardy and I thought 'Hey, why not match my nails to my new, lovely, snug cardy?' So thats exactly what I did. I got part of the inspiration (unintentionally, until after I did this and was looking through the blog and realised I must have mentally-noted this awesome mani!) from the Nailasaurus here.

I did two coats of Fortune Teller - George at Asda and added stripes of Damson - Technic and Blue Plum - Barry M (part of the Gellies range, more on these bad boys later!). I also went over some of the Damson stripes with Party Pink - Technic. All topped with a coat of Seche Vite.

And here's a picture of my inspiration!

Essie Power Clutch and Models Own Pink Fizz Heart

Hello people! In classic British fashion, I love a good bargain. So I was loving life when I found Essie Power Clutch in TJ Hughes for just £2.99. OH MY! This is a really lovely shade of grey and as with all Essie polishes, has a really nice formula.

Today's mani was 2 coats of Essie Power Clutch. Once it was fully dry I used tape to create the stripes on my middle finger with Barry M Matte White. I then used Barry M Baby Pink for the heart detail and index finger and covered that with Models Own Pink Fizz. I'm really not a girly-girl so this is a nice change from the usual nail art I'm used to.

Oh, and my pinky is growing back well :)