Day 25: Inspired by Fashion

I'll be honest here - I'm not a very fashion conscious person. I'm not trying to sound conceited but I may come across like that anyway, but I believe personal style > fashion. So the first thing I did for researching today's nails was to Google 'Fashion'!
After a bit of searching, I stumbled upon Michael Kors' website and fell in love with the simplicity and elegance of his dress designs. I quickly chose this dress as my inspiration.

Thankfully, Rie and Cris know a bit more than me about fashion. Head over to see their couture creations today.

I used W7 Black as a base colour then slicked on GOSH top coat and placed on the bullion before it dried.
I used a top coat of NYC to seal it all in.



This dress is so classic yet the studs give it that rock-chick rebel vibe. I love it! I feel like such a bad-ass wearing studded nails! I'll be wearing my biker boots and leather jacket today.



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GOSH Metallic Purple with Konad M60

This idea looked much nicer in my head. It's not that I don't like this mani, I just thought it would come out a bit more striking. I think I had a more 'open' pattern in mind but I couldn't find one in my pile of stamping plates or come up with a freehand one in my brain.

Konad Plate: M60
Base Colour: Rimmel - Black Satin
Konad Colour: GOSH Metallic Purple
Black rinestones from eBay
Top Coat of NYC

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No7, I Am Disappoint

Boots are running their £5 off No7 make-up when you spend £5 in store at the moment and since I always need hair dye or products, I  take advantage and stock up while the offer is on so I get a few vouchers. I run right over to the No7 counter and pick out a nail varnish which then costs me just £2. Bargain!

I picked up Minty Fresh which is a lovely colour but an absolute nightmare to apply! The formula is not particularly thin but it drags and streaks like a byatch and needed 4 coats for opacity.

Here's my step-by-step. You can see the extent of streakiness on the first picture. I would recommend you stay away from this polish at all costs! I'm tempted to throw it out because it's so dang frustrating! 

Anyway, on to the nail art... as if this mani couldn't get any worse, the colouring on the bullion that I used came off completely and smudged all the way up my nail when I applied my top coat. I still love the little detail though!

Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster BM212
Base Colour: No7 - Minty Fresh
Stamp Colour: NYC Glossies 243B
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Bullion from Born Pretty Store
Gems from eBay

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Pink Wednesday: I Missed You, Half Moons

I was scrolling through my archives a few days ago and remembered how much I like half moon manicures. It's been ages since I did one so I'm rocking the look today for Pink Wednesday.

I used BYS Flirty Sparkle as a base, Collection 2000 Moonlight Shine applied with a brush for the moons and some bullion from Born Pretty Store. All topped off with a coat of NYC 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.

Back in Blue

I'm back from my little break and I have so much to tell you. First thing's first - I handed in a huge assignment today so I'm finally free from big pieces of school work for the rest of the year. It was a 2500 word essay and the longest one I've ever written. I really struggled with it but now it's over I feel so free! I spent my evening tidying and cleaning my room because it's just gotten in such a tip since I was devoting all my time to the essay.

I finally went to see the dentist last week. You might have heard me complaining in the past about my wisdom teeth but the pain was intermittent and manageable, then I started getting pain up in my roots a bit further forward so I finally booked an appointment to get my mouth looked at. Turns out the pain is being caused by one of my wisdoms and I have to have it taken out. 

Sorry if that was boring and gross!!

And here's the mani you guys wanted to see more of from my last post. For some reason, I've never posted a mani using this konad image before. I don't know why, because it's gorgeous. 

The owner of Born Pretty Store, Jessica, sent me some nail art supplies to review and these little blue beads are one of the items. I got a whole wheel with 12 different colours of beads in! I just love this 'bullion' because, even though it's a tad fiddly, it's so easy to incorporate in to any manicure. However, if you want some of these beads, I would definitely recommend going for the separately packaged ones because the colours are starting to mix in the wheel.

Konad Plate: M57

Base Colour: No7 - Betty Blues

Konad Colour: Sally Hansen Chrome - Amber

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McCreamy

I picked up this beautiful grey polish from La Femme in a £1 shop today. I spotted the display of polishes and zoned in on them. Most of the colours were not really my kind of thing - a lot of metallics and pale shimmery shades - but I spotted this one at the back and bought it thinking it might be good for stamping since it looked creamy and pigmented.

I haven't put it to the stamping test yet but I think it looks great on it's own. It is a gorgeous creamy polish that is perfect in two coats. The only down side to this polish is the brush. It's kind of stiff so it leaves streak marks but they do settle themselves - it's just annoying. Nothing I can complain about considering it was such a bargain.

Konad Plate: M56

Base Colour: La Femme - Grey Cream

Konad Colour: W7 - Black

Gems from eBay (Seller)

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Did anyone make the connection between today's colour and the post title?!

Festive Fingertips

Normally I steer well clear of glitter nail polish but this one's just too Christmassy not to wear! So here's my first Christmas Mani...

Plate: Bundle Monster - BM14
Base Colour: Two coats of Barry M Red Glitter over a coat of Collection 2000 284
Stamp Colour: Collection 2000 - Moonlight Shine
Gems from eBay (Seller)
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And slightly out of focus so you can see the glitter...

Band of Gold

Plate: BM11
Base Colour: BYS - La Di Da
Stamp Colour: Sally Hansen Chrome - Amber
Gems from eBay (Seller)
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Back In Action With a Bit of Blue

I finally handed in my essay today. it really wasn't up to scratch but I was just desperate to hand it over and have some fun. I didn't cry like I predicted which is a plus but I was up all night until 6am when I gave up and went to sleep for 2 hours then got up to hand it in.

I'm hosting a game night tonight with some friends that I haven't seen for ages which will just be awesome sauce and I can't wait to let loose and have a bottle of wine!

Plate: Fauxnad M31
Base Colour: BYS - Fools Paradise
Stamp Colour: Stargazer - 118 White
Gems from eBay (Seller)
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Giveaway now closed

My 300 follower giveaway is now closed and I'd like to say a big thank you to everyone who entered. I'm swamped with a school assignment at the moment so I won't be able to run through the entries until the end of the week but I will announce the winner on or before Sunday. I promise.

Plate: Bundle Monster - BM11
Base Colour: GOSH - Holographic
Stamp Colour: BYS - Glittering Purple
Green star sequins from Viva La Nails
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M64 Again - I Love This Pattern!

This is the second time in a week that I've used this pattern but I really do love it and should really wear it more. Click here for the M64 mani from last week.

Konad Plate: M64
Base Colour: No7 - Totally Teal
Konad Colour: China Glaze - Adore
Gems from eBay (Seller)
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Winter Has Arrived

I've been wanting to use this design since I got the Bundle Monster plates but it seemed a bit wrong to do it while the weather was still warm. It caught my eye today and since the weather has turned icy cold this week it seemed like a good idea to stamp some snowflakes on my nails.

Plate: Bundle Monster - BM14

Base Colour: Rimmel Lycra Wear - Black Satin

Stamp Colour: Collection 2000 Maxiflex - Moonlight Shine

Gems from eBay (Seller)

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Candy Striping

Plate: Bundle Monster - BM20
Base Colour: Collection 2000 Maxiflex - Hot Purple
Stamp Colour: Collection 2000 Maxiflex - Moonlight Shine
Rhinestones from eBay
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Cross My Star

Konad Plate: M64
Base Colour: Barry M - Berry Ice Cream
Konad Colour: BYS - Glittering Purple
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Purple Paisley

I have finally published the page I promised a little while back with a list of the regular polishes I use for stamping

You can click on the link above (just under the banner) to see it, or just click here. As I mention, I think a lot of the polishes are discontinued, but you may have some luck in finding them if you search really hard like I did for my Sally Hansen Chromes!

Konad Plate: M64
Base Colour: Glo Baby Glo from Primark - Yes Cyan!
Konad Colour: BYS Glittering Purple
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It's beauty that captures your attention; personality which captures your heart

I've just taken a 'Personality Type' quiz that Steph from Imperfectly Painted shared on Twitter and found out that I'm an INTP.

Then I found this website called The Personality Page where you can read about all the personality types and how they are in relationships and at work and such. I find it all very interesting and I thought you guys might like to give it a go.

You can take the quiz here.

Konad Plate: M57

Base Colour: Jay Jays - Thrillseeker

Konad Colour: Nails Inc - Victoria

Sequins from Viva La Nails

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What's your personality type?

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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Half Moon, Silver, Pearls, Red. And GIVEAWAY NEWS

I really like this manicure. It was very spur of the moment. I painted my nails this gorgeous Berry Pink base colour which for some reason I've never used before, then just decided to keep adding to it!

I used:

Base Colour: It has no name but it came in the Miners Berry Collection.

Half-Moon: Collection 2000 Moonlight Shine

Line: Stargazer White applied with a paintbrush

Pearls stuck on with Miss Sporty Top Coat

A top coat of NYC In A New York Minute

In other news, it's been a while since I started stashing goodies for my next giveaway and I will give you a sneak peek at them today. I think I will start the giveaway to celebrate 300 followers. As with the last giveaway, anyone who is a follower before the giveaway opens will get an extra entry when they put their name down!

I ♥ Purple

Plate: Bundle Monster - BM02
Base Colour: All About Face @ Tesco - Black Cherry
Colour: Miss Sporty - Zodiac
Sequin hearts from poundland
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