I created and wore this manicure straight away, which is a very rare thing for me to do. Normally, I will wear a plain colour, then after a day or two will look to jazz it up somehow by adding other colours. But I saw this manicure on Pinterest and was immediately inspired to recreate […] Read more
It was a lovely and sunny day, so I put something bright and cheerful on my nails in anticipation of spring arriving soon (I hope!) I was thrilled to find out recently that I won a nail art contest hosted by Debbie of The Crumpet. There was no prize, but Debbie kindly offered me the […] Read more
I spent ages trying to draw these leopard spots. I watched some tutorials on YouTube and searched Pinterest and Google Images for some inspiration. I found something I liked and wanted to emulate, so tried freehanding the spots, just practising on a paper plate. But it was really quite woeful. Then I had a bit […] Read more
Some of my lovely Twitter friends are doing an Everything But The Kitchen Sink Manicure challenge. The challenge is fairly straightforward: on Saturdays in January you do your nails in an “everything but the kitchen sink” fashion. That basically means that you do a mismatched manicure where all (or nearly all) the nails are different. If you want to see […] Read more