Donut Swap!

Hello again! More catch up today. This donut nail art was inspired by 'a bit of glitz on the tips' on Instagram, who had been inspired by 'isolated.color'. We agreed to do a 'mani swap' where we each chose one of each others designs to recreate and I liked this one as it was achievable for me to do freehand (a lot of hers are more intricate and a bit tricky for me!) and fits with the general sweet things around Easter time theme. 

I started with a base of bright pink (colours listed below pictures) and then added a bit of brown to represent the donut. This colour was a bit too dark and looks more like chocolate or a burnt donut but I stuck with it! I added a matte top coat to the brown part to differentiate it more from the icing. I then used a small nail art brush to add a variety of sprinkles. Someone did ask me if it was a donut so it must have worked! These were good fun and I enjoyed our mani swap :) 

Colours used: Bikini Bombshell - Wikkid Polish, Cappuccino - Barry M, Joyful L'il Jellybean - Wikkid Polish, Hello Sailor - Wikkid Polish, My Mate Illuminate - Wikkid Polish

Gingerbread Time

Hey space turtles! Coming at you with more Christmas nail art today, this one is for the Gingerbread Glam Nails Challenge prompt. It feels very fitting that depending how these last I may be wearing them on a trip to a gingerbread town! This is an idea I've had in my mind for a while but haven't ended up going for as they're not typically something I associate with Christmas - but glad to finally be getting round to it!

I started with two layers of shimmery white nail polish while my gingerbread man decals dried, You can tell which ones are the decals by how much darker they are. The polish is the same as the house and the other gingerbread man but due to the thickness and the black outlines they look quite a bit darker. The gingerbread man decals are from Uber Chic's Holiday Spirit stamping plate, and the hot chocolate and other gingerbread images and from their Happy Christmas plate. I enjoyed the layering options for the images on my index and ring fingernails as it's such a simple way to get a good look.

I really like these though I would perhaps change the outlines of some of the gingerbread men to white if doing this again as they look a tad burnt! Otherwise pleased with the colour choices though and the final look :)

Colours used: White Moonstone - Barry M, Black Stamping Polish - Dance Legend, White Stamping Polish - Rainbow Connection, Cappuccino - Barry M, Red Hot Rio - OPI, Love & Liberty - Painted Polish

Taco's for Mental Health Week!

Hey everyone! Posting these way later than planned as I seem to be low on time for nail art and blogging at the moment. This look was some slightly belated nail art for Mental Health Awareness week, which is now very belated, though I'm still wearing it. I've wanted to use this wording for some mental health nail art for some time so I'm glad to finally do it.

I started with two coats of pale blue on all nails, then moved onto the taco print and some metallic blue nail polish. All images used are from Uber Chic's Lets Taco Bout It stamping plate. Next I moved onto the wording spread across my middle two fingers. I used black stamping polish and thought the nails looked a bit empty so I tried adding some blue wording around them which worked out well. I finished the look with a glossy top coat though unfortunately managed the smudge the wording which was so annoying!

Overall I'm really pleased with these, I think they look like the sort of wrapping you'd get around your food at a really nice takeaway. Only annoying thing is the smudging, although at least it's on the wording about falling apart sometimes so kind of works!

Colours used: Borrowed and Blue - Essie, Teal - Barry M, Black Stamping Polish - Dance Legend