Nailyria Inspired Landscape

Hey everyone! Today I'm sharing some nail art I created for a Birthday collaboration on Instagram for the super talented Nailyria. I love seeing her beautiful designs and she's friendly too so I was pleased to take part! The theme was nature/animals, I decided to try and recreate one of her lovely looks and a number of others did too.

I started with a gradient of pale pink and blue. Unfortunately I then ended up covering it with the stamping images - doh! I created decals for the mountains in silver and cream. I think I probably should have done grey instead of silver as it doesn't contrast that well. The mountains are from Mo You London's Sailor 18 stamping plate. I used their Noel 06 plate for some trees which I layered up in a variety of colours. I added a moon from the same plate, and some spots with a dotting tool. I finished the look with a matte topcoat.

Although it definitely doesn't compare with the original I'm enjoying this look! My sort of colours and I do love a landscape nail look :)

Colours used: Cyan - Barry M, Pink Lemonade - Barry M, Foil Effects in Silver - Barry M, Cream Soda - Barry M, Plum - Barry M, Black Stamping Polish - Dance Legend, White Stamping Polish - Rainbow Connection

A 30th birthday gradient

Hello world! I hope you're doing well today. I have one of my various birthday nail looks to share with you today. I made a poll on Instagram before my birthday suggesting four different options for birthday nails. I then ended up deciding to do something different for the actual day (the firework nails from my previous post) which didn't really work all that way - maybe it was a sign I should have stuck to the poll! Anyway, the look that won the poll was this burgundy and rose gold gradient, so I wore it for a birthday meal I had with a few friends. This took place just before the next lock down was announced here in the UK so was quite well timed really!

I saw this exact colour combination years ago, I can't remember where but it's easy to find if you Google these two nail polishes (listed below pictures). Ever since I wanted to give it a go but kept thinking I shouldn't buy two polishes just for this look! Eventually I saw them both for sale again at the same time and decided to go for it. It's not a colour combination I would have thought to use for a gradient if I hadn't seen it before but I really like it, both polishes have a lot of shine to them and a good party vibe. It feels appropriately grown up but also party-ish for a 30th birthday! I simply sponged on two layers of the gradient, could have possibly done a third but this definitely gave full coverage.

So in conclusion this was a success! I couldn't capture the polishes sparklyness the same way as the original pictures I saw but the funny lighting in the pictures below is where I've tried! I'd totally where this look again, and will be working through the other birthday looks in my poll in the order they were picked.

Colours used: Ambrosia - Cirque Colors, Himalayan Pink - Cirque Colors

Femme Fatale Paragon - A Colour Change Adventure

Hi everyone! Today I'm showing off my second colour change nail polish, which I wore for my birthday last week. I avoided colour polish for some time as I thought it was just a gimmick that wouldn't work that well. But when I gave in and decided to try one (reviewed here) from Femme Fatale I fell in love! Perhaps I am just easily amused, but I don't seem to get bored of the colour change aspect! The only downside is the slight disappointment when the next nail polish I wear doesn't change colour under the tap!

Paragon from Femme Fatale is a pale purple glitter in cold temperatures, and white glitter when it's warm. It has a sort of unicorn feel to it I think! There is a lovely sparkly to it. The polish I fairly sheer, the below images are with three coats. I would thoroughly recommend this polish, it was really pretty and a novelty to wear on my birthday. I couldn't bring myself to put nail art over the top!