Cheeky Cutout

Hey everyone!

Well what a rough couple of days I've had! I'm supposed to be on a hen weekend in Liverpool but unfortunately my car gave up on me about 26 miles into my journey so I had to be towed home by the AA. 

It turns out that its the head gasket (my worst fear) and that it'll cost me £450 to fix! Suffice to say that I'm not a happy bunny!

Anyway, here's the nails I did to match a cut out play suit I'd bought for the weekend. I actually sent it back though because it looked like hospital knickers on me (lol)! 

I'm soooooo pleased with these nails, I'd go as far to say that they're in my top 5.

I started with Model's Own Pro - Nail Strengthener as my base and did 2 coats of Barry M Gelly - Lychee.

Then I used my Barry M nail art pen in white to freehand the lines, and filled them in with Sinful Colors - Snow Me White. 

I topped it all off with a coat of Seche Vite

What do you think? Let me know in the comments. 

Over and out

Rach x

Heart strings

Hey everyone, 

So I already did this post but apparently it decided not to publish so apologies to anyone that came through my Instagram link! 

This is a recreation of one of my first nail art attempts, way back probably this time last year. Here's the pic....

Scrappy huh? The base would have been Barry M - Matt White and the red would have been Rimmel London - Double Decker Red. It would all have been done with a toothpick because that's all I had back then!

Here's my new pic...

This time around I used Models Own Pro - Nail Strengthener as my base followed by 2 coats of Sinful Colors - Snow Me White. I think this is going to be my new go to white because it's cheaper, more opaque and bigger than Barry M - Matt White. 

Once that had dried I used my Barry M nail art pen in pink to draw the hearts. 

I used a coat of Seche Vite to add shine. 

So which do you prefer... Old or new? 
 

Let me know in the comments
 

Over and out

Rach x

Drippy nails

Hey everyone,

I've been seeing variations of this mani everywhere and I wanted to have a go so here it is!

I started with a base coat and did 2 coats of Model's Own Pro - Lavender Blue on each nail. (Not entirely sure why it's called Lavender Blue because there's nothing blue about it!)

Once that had dried I took my largest dotting tool and used Barry M Gelly - Plum to do some dots at different levels on each nail, then I used a small brush to create the drips coming off each dot. 

Then I used a small brush to add a little white highlight with acrylic paint to each drip to make them look 3D. 

I topped it all off with a coat of Seche Vite.

Let me know what you think in the comments, I hope you like them!

Over and out

Rach x

Flower power!

Hey everyone!

So the sun has finally made an appearance here in the UK (better late than never I suppose) and it's a bank holiday too, hooray!

Has everyone been into their local Boots recently and seen all the new goodies?? Sinful Colors, Butter London and Sally Hansen!!

Today I got fully into the swing of springtime and did this...

 

I started with a base coat and then did 2 coats of Sinful Colors - Unicorn (which has stained my nails horribly by the way even with a base!) Such a shame because it's a lovely creamy yellow which is perfect for summer.

Once that had dried I took various sized dotting tools and did little circles of 5 dots using Rimmel London - Tangy Tangerine, then went over the middle of each circle with a dot of Sinful Colors - Folly

I topped it all off with a coat of Seche Vite and hey presto!

What do you think?

Over and out
Rach x