33 Day Challenge day 27 - 3 patterns!

Hello!

Today's challenge was to incorporate 3 patterns into your manicure, and I went with classic dots, stripes and random splodges! I used black as a base and Color Club Molten Metals for the patterns, and then mattefied it! I think the effect was quite striking, even if the execution wasn't fantastic...

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Adventures in Stamping - Plate ending in 5

Morning lovlies.

This weeks Adventures in Stamping challenge was to use a plate ending in 5, so I chose Bundle Monster 205. I've been wanting to use this particular desig for a while – are they butterflies? Are they bows? I have no clue. The BF said butterflies so I'll go with that. I used two coats of Orly Au Champagne (from my untrieds, as it is Untried Month) as my base – a really lovely shimmery white that has a matte finish when it's dry. I can see myself reaching for this a lot. I'm not so keen on white cremes because they always look chalky and stark on me, but the shimmer on this counteracts that. I them stamped using Color Club Perfect Mol-ten, Hot Like Lava and Cold Metal, putting a dab of each on the plate before scraping them across.

Au Champagne alone

On my right hand I scraped a couple of times before picking up the image so the edges were a bit more blended together, and I prefered that. But I'll save you from any more pictures of my manky nail and leave it at that!

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Purple Crumpet Spring Challenge - Day 10, Unicorn Magic Day!

So, today comes but every 4 years - a magical day where women can do all sorts of forward thinking stuff like propose to their partners! Fancy that! So the brief for today was to make your mani magical. Magical=sparkly, right? I started off with magnetic polish and bar glitter but that went horribly wrong (Doesn't bar glitter just look a bit hairy to you?) So instead I went for this lilac scattered holo from Claires. Bargain find, even if I do feel a bit like mutton dressed as lamb whenever I go into Claires! It's sooo insanely sparkly and pretty, and it's only £2.50! I applied 3 coats to get it opaque, but you could layer it over a cream or foil and get away with 2, because it did take a while to dry. Although it's a glitter it's not gritty at all.

Then I stamped over it using this sunburst pattern from HB31 and some color club foilds. The stamping didn't come out great...

 It was better on my right hand, where I only used one colour per nail. please excuse the middle finger, it's much better than it was but still a wee bit sore.

So Happy February 29th! Any of my readers only have a birthday every four years? Now THAT's the secret to eternal youth!

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NOTD - Valentines stamping

This week's We Stamp on Sundays mani theme of course was Valentines. I decided to try stamping over a gradient...I actually loved the gradient I created and wish I took a pic before I stamped on it because that wasn't quite as great. For the gradient I started with two coats of Essie Luscious Lips, then sponged on Barry M Strawberry IceCream, MeMeMe Playful, Models Own Pink Blush, and a little China Glaze Mrs Clause to the tips. I stamped with Color Club Hot Like Lava and SdP-C02.  Because of the length of my nails and the colour of the tips under the stamp you can only see the hearts on the design, but there are actually wiggly lines top and bottom that you can only just see. I should have stamped over a lighter base, but I still like it. One thing about the Color Club foils - they stamp great but are a pain in the behind to clean up!

There are so many hearts and valentine images on the few plates I have, I just wont get time to use them all! I have one more valentine mani planned, but as it's the one I'll actually be wearing on valentines it'll be a little bit less garish! Just a little bit, mind...

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NOTD - PCFC Polka Dots

I feel like I've "done" polka dots. When there always seems to be something I want to try with my nails, repeating a design seems like a waste! But polka dots are a classic and I've turned to them in times of need. I created a little twist here, for this weeks Purple Crumpet Fairy Challenge, by using some half pearls as an accent. I used Beauty Uk Frozen Kingdom and Color Club Antiquated for the stamping and accent nail, and Born Pretty Fauxnad M71. On the accent nail I stamped just with a white polish to give me a "guide" for where the place the pearls. It's way too "classy" for me, but I love it :)

That's it for today! Short and sweet, like me (!)

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NOTD - Subtle Stamping

Hello!

I was lucky enough to find a Color Club Molten Metals Foil set for £7.99 at TK Maxx the other day (go, run, grab one, you can read this later!), and I'd heard the colours are good for stamping so had to try it out :) I wanted something subtle, chintzy and swirly so went for a pale blue (Accessorize Baby Blue) and stamped with BM 225 and Color Club Lumin-icecent and Cold Metal. I also used the top coat that came in the set, which smudged it a little. Sigh.

Right hand without smudging. Or Clean up. Or camera focus, apparently...

I'll definitely be trying out more stamping with these polishes :)

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