Artsy Wednesday - Farewell

Hi guys! Today is the very last AW post. The theme is Farewell and I decided to do tear drop nails. I'm not entirely happy with these nails so i'm just going to make the excuse that i'm sad because it's the last AW post! Wahhhh. I'll miss doing themed nail art posts but for now will be taking a break! Sometimes life has to take control. So here's my nails. The polishes used were 1 coat of OPI - Alpine Snow, ELES - Dip In the Sea and Not A Cloud as well as Barry M Nail Art Pen in Black for the outline and China Glaze - Fairy Dust over the top, followed by 1 coat of G&G.

Make sure to check out the few other ladies doing their last AW post too!

Michelle - Lab Muffin 
Maria - Marias Nail Art and Polish Blog
Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished
Haylee - Makeup and Masala
Rosemarie - Every Little Polish
Anna - Makeup'n More by Anna

Artsy Wednesday - Easter Nails!

Hi guys! Today's AW theme is Easter! I chose to do texture chicks! They're super cute and super easy to do and perfect for the easter holidays! Is anyone else having 10 days off? Woop! I used 2 coats of Barry M - Station Road and used acrylic paint for the shells, nose and eyes, followed by 1 coat of Glisten & Glow (my new fave top coat!)

Check out the other Artsy Wednesday participants in this week's theme here!

Michelle - Lab Muffin 
Maria - Marias Nail Art and Polish Blog
Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished
Haylee - Makeup and Masala
Rosemarie - Every Little Polish
Anna - Makeup'n More by Anna

Artsy Wednesday - Inspired By A Tutorial

Hey guys! Today's AW theme is Inspired By A Tutorial! I chose to do really cool illusion nails inspired by Trophy Wife Nail Art's post on instagram! Ok. . . it wasn't technically a tutorial - but i'm sure there's one out there for this design! The colours I used (in order from thick to thin) were Essie - Dj Play That Song, Kester Black - Bougainvillea, Essie - Mint Candy Apples, OPI - Alpine Snow followed by 1 coat of SV. All done free hand.

Check out the other girls' blog for their AW post!

 

Michelle - Lab Muffin 
Maria - Marias Nail Art and Polish Blog
Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished
Haylee - Makeup and Masala
Rosemarie - Every Little Polish
Anna - Makeup'n More by Anna

 

 

Artsy Wednesday - Metallic

Hi guys!! Another AW post this week! Today's theme is metallic so I chose for some stamping! I used 2 coats of Models Own - Champagne and 1 coat of Ozotic - 186 for the stamping. It's just a random stamping plate I bought from ebay. I really need some good stamping polishes because the blue didn't show up properly! Ah well it still had a cool effect from a far! I finished it off with 1 coat of SV.

Check out these girls for this week's theme!

Michelle - Lab Muffin
Maria - Marias Nail Polish Blog
Jessica - Beauty Gnome 
Emily - An Accent Nail
Catrine - Unnakednails

Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished 

Wendy - M.A.S.P.O.O.A.S.E.

Haylee & Anna - Makeup and Masala  

Rose -  Every Little Polish  

Anna - Makeup n' More

Artsy Wednesday - Christmas Nails

Hello everyone and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!! I hope you are all having a fantastic day and celebrating with the ones you love! This is a scheduled post but today's AW theme is Christmas nails! I absolutely LOVE these Christmas pudding nails done by Alice over at One Nail To Rule Them All that I just had to recreate them! They are super cute and SO easy to do!

I used 2 coats of OPI - Suzi Loves Cowboys for the brown pudding, OPI - Alpine Snow for the white glaze, China Glaze - Running in Circles for the holly leaves and for the holly fruit I used Zoya - Alegra + Orly - Rockets Red Glare. I finished it all off with 1 coat of SV.

Don't forget to check out the other lovely ladies for this week's theme!!

Michelle - Lab Muffin
Maria - Marias Nail Polish Blog
Jessica - Beauty Gnome 
Emily - An Accent Nail
Catrine - Unnakednails
Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished 

Wendy - M.A.S.P.O.O.A.S.E.

Haylee & Anna - Makeup and Masala  

Rose -  Every Little Polish  

Anna - Makeup n' More

Artsy Wednesday - Geometric

Hi guys!! Today's AW theme is geometric! I decided to do some fun and quirky triangles with dots - very WAH nails like!! The colours I used were 2 coats of Sally Hansen - Barracuda*, dots of Sally Hansen's - Peach of Cake* and Kester Black - Bougainvillea* for the triangles. I finished the look off with 1 coat of SV. This look is super easy to do and looks awesome!! Make sure to check out the other lovely girls in this week's AW!!

Michelle - Lab Muffin
Maria - Marias Nail Polish Blog
Jessica - Beauty Gnome 
Emily - An Accent Nail
Catrine - Unnakednails
Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished 

Wendy - M.A.S.P.O.O.A.S.E.

Haylee & Anna - Makeup and Masala  

Rose -  Every Little Polish  

Anna - Makeup n' More

 

Artsy Wednesday - Polka Dots

Hi guys!! Today's AW theme is Polka dots! I went for a very simple monochrome polka dot look using 2 coats of OPI - Alpine Snow and 2 coats of Orly - Black Onyx. I like these simple nails and love them on my short nubbins!

Check out the other girls nails for this week's theme!

Michelle - Lab Muffin
Maria - Marias Nail Polish Blog
Jessica - Beauty Gnome 
Emily - An Accent Nail
Catrine - Unnakednails
Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished 

Wendy - M.A.S.P.O.O.A.S.E.

Haylee & Anna - Makeup and Masala  

Rose -  Every Little Polish  

Anna - Makeup n' More

Artsy Wednesday - White Nails

Hi guys!! A real quick one again tonight sorry as I've been busy working at my new job and tomorrow is my birthdayyyyyyyyy! Today's AW theme is white nails so I opted for a simple look - an Indie polish called Party On My Yacht (relevant for my bday tomorrow - but not on a yacht!) by Pretty & Polished (reviewed here). I used 2 coats of it and I used Sportsgirl - Bubblegum for the french tips - a super bright pink creme! I finished it off by using 1 coat of SV. Thanks for reading!

Michelle - Lab Muffin
Maria - Marias Nail Polish Blog
Jessica - Beauty Gnome 
Emily - An Accent Nail
Catrine - Unnakednails
Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished 

Wendy - M.A.S.P.O.O.A.S.E.

Haylee & Anna - Makeup and Masala  

Rose -  Every Little Polish  

Anna - Makeup n' More

 

Artsy Wednesday - Halloween Nails

Hi guys!! Hope you are all having a good week! Today's AW theme is Halloween and I decided to do blood drips and spooky eyes! I got the spooky eyes idea from HannaRoxNails over on YouTube! It's a really easy but cool design which I will be wearing for the rest of the week! The colours I used were 1 coat of Orly - Vinyl*, my go to black creme. I then used red, yellow, white and black acrylic paint to do the designs. I finished the look off with 1 coat of Kester Black - Matt Top Coat*. My boyfriend's colleague is having a halloween party on Saturday night and we are both going to dress up as zombies and I'm bringing spooky-themed cupcakes! I'll be sure to show you pictures in a separate post if you would be interested in that!

Make sure you check out the other spooky AW designs for this week!! Happy Halloween!

Michelle - Lab Muffin
Maria - Marias Nail Polish Blog
Jessica - Beauty Gnome 
Emily - An Accent Nail
Catrine - Unnakednails
Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished 

Wendy - M.A.S.P.O.O.A.S.E.

Haylee & Anna - Makeup and Masala  

Rose -  Every Little Polish  

Anna - Makeup n' More

 

 

Artsy Wednesday - Crystals

Hey everyone! Today is AW and this week's theme is crystals! I decided to use some more of my crystals/sequins I bought off eBay. The base colour is 1 coat of Sally Hansen - Barracuda* (review in tomorrow's post!) and the rhinestones were bought here. I used nail glue to stick them onto my nails. Nail glue comes off very easily with nail polish remover/ acetone so don't freak out if it looks all weird on your nails! I love the way these rhinestones catch the light and show their holographic shine!

Check out all the other crystal nails by these lovely ladies!

Michelle - Lab Muffin
Maria - Marias Nail Polish Blog
Jessica - Beauty Gnome 
Emily - An Accent Nail
Catrine - Unnakednails
Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished 

Wendy - M.A.S.P.O.O.A.S.E.

Haylee & Anna - Makeup and Masala  

Rose -  Every Little Polish  

Anna - Makeup n' More

Artsy Wednesday - Green

Hey guys!! Todays' AW theme is GREEN! I love green so was excited to think of a mani to do when I came across this awesome water marble technique by Spektor's Nails here. The colours I used were  2 coats of Orly - Pointe Blanche* and a few drips of Ozotic - 120 (reviewed here) followed by 1 coat of SV. I know this mani doesn't look like it's green, but because Ozotic 120 was thinned out by so much white polish it turned a really pretty dark ocean blue with subtle green shimmers in the thicker areas. This technique is really easy to do but a tad messy to make sure to tape up around the cuticles to save time and product!

Check out these awesome girls and their mani for this week's AW!

Michelle - Lab Muffin
Maria - Marias Nail Polish Blog
Jessica - Beauty Gnome 
Emily - An Accent Nail
Catrine - Unnakednails
Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished 

Wendy - M.A.S.P.O.O.A.S.E.

Haylee & Anna - Makeup and Masala  

Rose -  Every Little Polish  

Anna - Makeup n' More

Artsy Wednesday - Three Colours

Hello everyone! Today's AW them is 3 colours and I chose to replicate the lovely MissLadyFinger's tutorial for a Missoni look she created! View this gorgeous tutorial here. The colours I used were OPI - Alpine Snow, OPI - Thrill of Brazil and Kester Black - Buttercream (reviewed here). I did 2 coats of OPI - Alpine Snow then used a brush to draw on the creme and the red and paint on the white outline at the end. It's super easy and looks just like a tie dye look! 

Don't forget to check out these awesome girls' looks for this week's AW!

Michelle - Lab Muffin
Maria - Marias Nail Polish Blog
Jessica - Beauty Gnome 
Emily - An Accent Nail
Catrine - Unnakednails
Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished 

Wendy - M.A.S.P.O.O.A.S.E.

Haylee & Anna - Makeup and Masala  

Rose -  Every Little Polish  

Anna - Makeup n' More

Artsy Wednesday - Cartoon Nails

Hey everyone! It's time for AW and it comes around so quickly! Today's theme is cartoon and I decided to go with the very cool look that I originally saw by cutepolish! It is literally where you outline your nails with black and add white to one side to make it look cartoon-esque. I also mattified the look to really make the effect stand out! The colours I used are all Zoya flakies. I used 2 coats of each colour (from pinky to pointer were); Mimi, Ivanka, Alegra and Charla (Charla stains soooo bad!). Then I used Orly - Black Vinyl to border each nail with a paint brush and used OPI - Alpine Snow to paint on the white shiny effects. I then mattified it all down with LCN - Matte top coat.

Make sure you check out these awesome girls for their AW design!!

 

Michelle - Lab Muffin
Maria - Marias Nail Polish Blog
Jessica - Beauty Gnome 
Emily - An Accent Nail
Catrine - Unnakednails
Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished 

Wendy - M.A.S.P.O.O.A.S.E.

Haylee & Anna - Makeup and Masala  

Rose -  Every Little Polish Anna - Makeup n' More

 

Artsy Wednesday - Blue Nails

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Hello everyone! It's another Artsy Wednesday and today's theme is BLUE! I decided on a geometric look with 2 different blue colours. First I painted all my nails with Kester Black - Buttercream (reviewed here) and I waited for that to completely dry. Then I hand painted on China Glaze - Too Yacht To Handle (review coming soon!) and Kester Black - Forget Me Not (reviewed here) I topped it all off with 1 coat of SV. Then I felt like using some of the gorgeous diamontes I bought off ebay so I got some nail glue and applied duochrome blue diamontes at the cuticle! (P.s using nail glue makes them stay on so much better then just using a top coat!) This looks so pretty I wish I could capture it better!

  

Make sure to check out these wonderful girls and their blue themed nails!!

Michelle - Lab Muffin
Maria - Marias Nail Polish Blog
Jessica - Beauty Gnome 
Emily - An Accent Nail
Catrine - Unnakednails
Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished  

Wendy - M.A.S.P.O.O.A.S.E.

Haylee & Anna - Makeup and Masala  

Rose -  Every Little Polish
Anna - Makeup n' More

 

Artsy Wednesday - Designer Inspired (Proenza Schouler)

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Hello everyone! Today's Artsy Wednesday theme is Designer inspired! I chose a gorgeous clutch by the brand Proenza Schouler (one of the brands I always enviously stalk, but could never even afford to own one single piece of). It is a gorgeous multicoloured degrade leather clutch with stunning neon pink studs and a fastening clip at the front. I instantly fell in love with the colours on this piece!

I painted all my nails with OPI - Alpine Snow and applied 1 coat of SV over the top. The colours I used for the gradient from cuticle to free edge were; Lime Crime - Crema Di Lemon , OPI - Suzi's Hungary Again, Essie - DJ Play That Song and ELES - Purple Royale. I then applied 1 coat of SV to smooth the gradient out. Then I dotted all over the nails with OPI - Mod About You and 1 final coat of SV. I seriously love this clutch and the nails I did! It's amazing how much cool inspiration you can find these days! I hope you like these nails! Here are some pictures!

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Make sure to check out these other ladies' AW nails!

Michelle - Lab Muffin
Maria - Marias Nail Polish Blog
Jessica - Beauty Gnome 
Emily - An Accent Nail
Catrine - Unnakednails
Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished  

Wendy - M.A.S.P.O.O.A.S.E.
Haylee & Anna - Makeup and Masala
Rose -  Every Little Polish

Artsy Wednesday - Two Colours

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Hi everyone! Today's AW theme is 2 colours! I decided to use some of my new Kester Black polishes (i'm literally obsessed with her polishes) and did a design from her nail art guide book. The design is called 'Cascade'. It's pretty much like a gradient but in a really nifty dotted way. The two colours I used are Kester Black - Paradise Punch* and Forget Me Not* (check out my review of these polishes and others here). I used 2 coats of each colour and dotted on very small dots on the ring and thumb fingers. I finished it all off with 1 coat of SV.

Check out the other girls' AW creations! Thanks for reading and have a great day!

Michelle - Lab Muffin
Maria - Marias Nail Polish Blog
Jessica - Beauty Gnome 
Emily - An Accent Nail
Catrine - Unnakednails
Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished  

Wendy - M.A.S.P.O.O.A.S.E.

Artsy Wednesday - Inspired By A Brand

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Hello! It's time for another AW and this week's theme is inspired by a brand so I chose Lanolips because I love the entire range of products and don't think I could live without them! Here's the look!

I painted all my nails with OPI - Alpine Snow* and on the middle finger I used a dotting tool to paint the sheep's wool. I used ELES - Peach Melba* for the sheep's face then used Orly - Black Vinyl* for the eyes, nose and legs and OPI - Alpine Snow* for the eyes as well. I then used ELES - Casanova Red* for the lips and the rose behind its ear :) I think it's super cute! Make sure you all check out these other ladies partaking in this weeks AW.

Michelle - Lab Muffin
Maria - Marias Nail Polish Blog
Jessica - Beauty Gnome 
Emily - An Accent Nail
Catrine - Unnakednails
Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished  

Wendy - M.A.S.P.O.O.A.S.E.

 

Artsy Wednesday - Vintage

Hellooo! It's AW time! This weeks theme is vintage nails! I was going to do a lace design but for some reason I couldn't get this design out of my head.. it's not wholly vintage but it definitely reminds me of characteristics of a vintage 50's dress or head piece. The colours I used are 2 coats of Sportsgirl - Tangerine (a very bright neon canteloupe colour) for the base, Orly - Liquid Vinyl* (black creme) and China Glaze - Blonde Bombshell (a gold glitter with different sizes). I sealed it all off with 1 coat of Wicked Fast. I did a sort of abstract funky french mani for this look. I hope you like it!

Check out these lovely ladies in this weeks AW!

Michelle - Lab Muffin
Melanie - Nail & Polish 
Maria - Marias Nail Polish Blog
Jessica - Beauty Gnome 
Emily - An Accent Nail
Catrine - Unnakednails
Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished  

Wendy - M.A.S.P.O.O.A.S.E.

 

Artsy Wednesday - Pastels

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Today's theme for AW is pastels! It feels odd wearing pastels in Autumn but I know for those Northern hemisphere peeps you will love this delicate mani!! Today's look is a dotticure! It is super easy to do and all you need is a dotting tool, bobby pin or any pen to recreate dots!

I painted all but my thumb and ring finger with 2 coats of Revlon - Metallic (my favourite metallic silver colour), I painted my thumb with a base of 2 coats of Lime Crime - Once In A Blue Mousse and I painted my ring finger with 2 coats of Lime Crime - Parfait Days. I used all the same colours for the dots, except the pastel purple is OPI - You're Such A Buda-Pest (which I used as the base colour on my ring finger for my right hand). I set it all with 1 coat of Wicked Fast over the top. Super easy & super striking mani which I loved wearing! Do you like this combo? Don't forget to check out the other AW girls look today!

Michelle - Lab Muffin
Melanie - Nail & Polish 
Maria - Marias Nail Polish Blog
Jessica - Beauty Gnome 
Emily - An Accent Nail
Catrine - Unnakednails
Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished Wendy - M.A.S.P.O.O.A.S.E.