Try My Two Tone

This mani, like yesterday's, came about when I just got too carried away trying to add a dash of whatever came to mind!

I knew I wanted to use scotch tape and a stamp design so I did the base colour and stamp and left it overnight to dry and to give me time to decide what to do. 'Blue' I thought, but when the blue was on it just looked too clunky so I thought I'd set myself the challenge of trying to line up the stamps to get a two-tone effect on my nails. Turns out I needn't have bothered because the pattern is irregular so you wouldn't even notice if it wasn't matched. I think I'll set myself the mission of trying it with a more uniform pattern to see if I can get it to match up.

Konad Plate: M57
Base Colour: Barbara Daly - Purplicious
Konad Colour: GOSH - Metallic Purple
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To create the two tone look, I sectioned off the top part of my nail with scotch tape and painted on Barry M Cyan Blue. I removed this tape straight away and let the blue dry. Then I lined up more strips of tape with the blue polish and stamped over it with GOSH Metallic blue, attempting to line up the patterns and added another top coat.

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Scotch Tape Take Two

Try and say that ten times fast?!

I just want to say thank you for all the lovely birthday messages. I truly loved them, thank you so much. It's so good to hear that plenty of you are still acting young for your years and getting away with it!

I've gone for a patchwork look this time with the scotch tape. The base is BYS Metallic Fuschia, then I painted on the purple sections with Barbara Daly Velour and the last layer is Rimmel Lycra Wear Black Satin. I used a thick top coat of NYC in an attempt to flatten out the lines.

Then I added some little sequins which I think is a nice touch but I preferred it without.

With a Bow on Top

Konad Plate: M56
Base Colour: Barbara Daly @ Tesco - Purplicious
Konad Colour: Stargazer - White
Gems from Viva La Nails
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Pink and Gold

Plate: BM21
Base Colour: Barbara Daly - Cardinal
Stamp Colour: Sally Hansen Chrome - Amber
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A Tragic Loss

I got into a little skirmish with a shower curtain and the shower curtain won. And it took the tip of my thumbnail with it!

This is a new polish that I found reduced in Tesco from the Barbara Daly Make-Up range. I haven't captured it very well in the photo, but it's a gorgeous, deep royal purple.

Plate: Bundle Monster BM16

Base Colour: Barbara Daly - Purplicious

Stamp Colour: Miss Sporty - Zodiac

Gold Bullion from Viva La Nails

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Ink

I love how shiny this is! The Barbara Daly polishes are great for shine and the great thing is you can just pick one up when you're shopping for your groceries so it doesn't seem like such a chore!

Plate: Bundle Monster - BM18
Base Colour: Barbara Daly @ Tesco - Tattoo
Stamp Colour: Collection 2000 - Moonlight Shine
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Tinkerbell? More like TinkerSWELL

I discovered a very interesting effect yesterday when I was painting my nails. I didn't have time for a konadicure but I didn't want 'plain' nails so I decided to add a coat of BYS Tinkerbell on top of the black polish I was wearing.

Now, this polish looks like creamy pink glitter, and on its own, it is, so I was expecting it to add a very subtle light pink shimmer. But when it was on, it made the black look like a diesel blue with shimmer. And I LOVED IT. So if they have it in stock next time I go to my BYS shop, I will add a bottle to my giveaway.

So here is today's konadicure. I went with the Tinkerbell again, this time over navy blue - to get a steely blue result.

Konad Plate: BM20
Base Colour: Barbara Daly Make Up - Tattoo
Shimmer: BYS - 38 Tinkerbell

Konad Colour: W7 - Black

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Ice Ice Baby

Plate: Fauxnad M54

Base Colour: Barbara Daly Make Up - Velour

Stamp Colour: BYS - 145 Lilac Bliss
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Half n Half

It's 8.30pm and I've just woken up. I had an exam this morning so I stayed up revising until 4.30 and had to be up at 6.30, so when I came in I did my nails, watched Arrested Development and went back to bed (check the link for some chickeny goodness, haha. Sorry, I just love this show).

To do this manicure, I had to use guides. Now, I normally avoid these at all costs because they really bug me and I can do a neater job with less fuss free hand but I had to use them for this one to get the Konad to stay in the right place.

When I say guides, I mean hole reinforcers cut in half because they are so much cheaper. :D

Konad Plate: M57

Base Colour: Barbara Daly Make Up - Velour

White: Stargazer 118 - White

Stripes: W7 - Black

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Also, the wonderful KarenD at Frazzle Aniploish has tagged me with the sweet blog award and I will be working on tagging some of my favourite blogs as soon as I have some free time.

Mixed All Up

I actually did this Konadicure a little while ago but didn't like it much.

Looking at it now I quite like it so here it is...

Konad Plate: M57

Base Colour: Two coats of Barbara Daly - Cardinal

And One coat of BYS - 38 Tinkerbell

Konad Colour: W7 - Black

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Fuschia

Plate: Fauxnad M69

Base Colour: Barbara Daly Make Up - Cardinal

Fauxnad Colour: Stargazer 118 - White

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Blue Criss Cross

Sorry it's been so long since I last posted. Things are pretty hectic now I'm finishing my first year at Uni and I've had a few deadlines to meet and still got looooads of exams to revise for. So here it is... I promise you a post tomorrow. (:

Konad Plate: M64

Base Colour: Barbara Daly Make Up - Tattoo
Konad Colour: George@ Asda - 35 Frost Bite

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