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London Skyline | Twinsie Tuesday

Yesterday’s Twinsie Tuesday prompt was “inspired by a city”. I’m from London, so I added to my gradient from yesterday and created some London skyline nails. My gradient yesterday looked a bit like a sunset, so I thought I’d create a silhouette skyline against it. I used one of the MoYou Nails square stamping plates […] Read more

Yellow and Orange Pastel Gradient | 40 Great Nail Art Ideas

The 40 Great Nail Art Ideas group is doing pastels. I’m a bit late with this – it should have been posted last Friday – but work had to take priority last week. My personal prompt was gradient, so I created some yellow and orange pastel gradient nails. I used to create all my gradients […] Read more

Orange and White Stamping | My Job | 40 Great Nail Art Ideas

This week the theme for 40 Great Nail Art Ideas is my job, and I have some orange and white, rather eclectic stamping. I’m not enjoying the themes very much. They always immediately prompt me to need to do something freehand, which is not my forte. I need my lines to look straight and my […] Read more

Autumn Leaves on Black | Twinsie Tuesday

The Twinsie Tuesday prompt for today is “inspired by the season”. So I have some autumn leaves on black. I work from home, and these are the colours I can currently see out of my office window, as the leaves on the trees change colour. I was already wearing Nella Milano Raven Wing – which […] Read more

Butterfly Stamping Decals | Orange, Purple, Green | 40 Great Nail Art Ideas

I have some butterfly stamping decals for 40 Great Nail Art Ideas. The colour theme this time is orange, purple and green, and my own pattern type is decals. So I’ve made some butterfly stamping decals, and have painted my butterflies in orange, purple and green. I don’t think there are any green butterflies are […] Read more

Sunset (Family) Tree | Twinsie Tuesday

This sunset tree manicure is the first I’ve done for a new challenge group I am involved with. I am delighted to have been selected to join the Twinsie Tuesday group. It’s a group that’s been going for about as long as I have been blogging, perhaps longer, and I was already following most of […] Read more

Nails and the City | Coloristiq Manicure Box September 2015

This is September’s Coloristiq Manicure Box. It’s called Nails and the City. Coloristiq are the people behind the nail polish “hire” scheme. But you purchase this box, not hire it, so you get to keep the goodies! It costs £15 plus £2.80 P&P. Every box is themed and this month the nail polishes celebrate some […] Read more

Tie Dye (52 Week Challenge)

The two prompts for this 52 Week Pick n Mix Challenge were tie dye and fugly. I didn’t have many ideas about what to do, and I’ve just returned from holiday, meaning I am really busy catching up with things. So I took the easy option and created a tie dye accent nail which I […] Read more

Orange and Red Gradient with Swirls Stamping (52 Week Challenge)

The two prompts for this week’s 52 Week Pick n Mix Challenge are three colours of red/orange or swirls. I combined the two for an orange and red gradient with swirls stamping. I can’t get enough of gradient stamping at the moment. I think it’s my favourite type of nail art. For the gradient, I […] Read more

Leadlight Pebble Skittle with Bundle Monster Mosaic Glass Sheer Tints

I previously posted some nails using some of the Bundle Monster Mosaic Glass Sheer Tint gel polishes. And I’ve used them a different way today to create a pebble skittle manicure, using the leadlight technique. Starting with two coats of Gelish Black Shadow and a gel top coat, I then removed the sticky layer and […] Read more