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

Pretty In Pink

Hey everyone,

Today I tried out something I've wanted to do for ages... water spotting.

It was trickier than I thought it might be but as with water marbling, it's easy when you get the technique right.

I started with a base coat and painted all my nails with 2 coats of Barry M - Strawberry Ice Cream. Once that had dried I got my trusty water marbling glass out and filled it with tepid water.

I dripped about 3 blobs of Barry M Gelly - Grapefruit onto the surface of the water and waited for it to spread out. Then I took a fan brush, dipped it into pure acetone and flicked it onto the polish in the glass so that it made little holes in it.

I picked out the part that I wanted on my nail and carefully pushed my nail onto the surface of the polish, in the same way that you would if you were water marbling (one nail at a time).

With my nail still submerged, I cleaned the excess polish off the water with a toothpick and then pulled my nail out slowly, and then cleaned up my finger with acetone and a cotton bud.

This is messy so you could tape your finger with sellotape beforehand or use Vaseline to prevent it sticking.

Once I'd finished, I used a coat of Seche Vite to make them dry super quick.

What do you guys think?

I really like how it turned out!

Over and out
Rach x

Pretty Peter Pan

Hi everyone!

I hope you're all enjoying the sunshine this week. I've had a lovely week off and wish it didn't have to end :(

Had a little bit of a haul on Tuesday. I bought 2 of the new MUA polishes (Pistachio Ice Cream and All Nude) for £1 each from Superdrug, and I also got 2 Sinful Colors from Boots (Winterberry and Snow Me White) for £1.99 each. Bargain!!

Today I'm going to show you my take on the Peter Pan collar trend that has been around a lot lately.

These were so difficult to photograph, my phone just did not want to pick up clean lines so apologies for the slightly blurry pictures.

 

I started with a base coat and then filled 2 thirds of my nail with MUA - Pistachio Ice Cream. I created the semi circle with a nail art brush and filled it in with the same brush. You could also use hole reinforcers from a stationary shop but I didn't have any.

Once that had dried, I used my new Barry M Nail Art Pen in White to draw on the collar and button detail.

 

I've decided that these pens are very similar to the ink you'd get in a gel pen, they just have a fatter nib.

Once it had all dried, I used a coat of Seche Vite to add shine.

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

Over and out
Rach x

Nicely Nautical

Hey everyone!

Finally the weather has started to warm up! Hooray!

Today I have something nautically themed to show you and I'm really chuffed with how they turned out...

I started with my base coat (Model's Own Pro - Nail Strengthener) and did 2 coats of Barry M - Matt White on each nail.

Then I taped off some lines with striping tape and did a single coat of Rimmel London - Aye Aye Sailor, one nail at a time and peeled back the tape while the polish was still wet.

I tidied up the edges of the lines where some blue had seeped under the tape by using a bit of acetone and a small brush and used a coat of Seche Vite to add shine.

Once that had dried, I applied a selection of gems and studs to the corner of each nail with nail glue to add a bit of detail. These were mainly from a wheel that I found in River Island for £3.99.

I'm off work this week so I'm planning another 2 posts for you :)

I hope you like my mani, please leave me a comment below

Over and out
Rach x