Today’s swatch is of Nella Milano Raven Wing. It is a jet black creme that is perfect in two coats. If you have short nails and paint a thick coat, then it’s possibly even a one-coater. It’s my new favourite black nail polish. Previously, I used to love W7 Black, and thought it was pretty […] Read more
It’s Halloween for the 40 Great Nail Art Ideas group today. I’ve not really done “proper” Halloween nails before. I did a Halloween needle drag, but that’s as close as I’ve got before now. The idea for these nails was that they would be a complete scene. But the perspective is wrong on them; the […] Read more
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
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
Nella Milano Vintage Violet is my Nella Milano nail polish swatch this time around. It’s a bright purple, in the middle of the purple range. It’s a very cheery colour, probably not very seasonally appropriate – unless you’re in the southern hemisphere – but I’m rarely one to stick to the “right” colours for the […] Read more
For Twinsie Tuesday we’re all doing ruffian nails. I am surprised, but I have never done ruffians before. I started with a simple look, but then decided to add to it, and so I have some double ruffian nails. I started with OPI This Gown Needs A Crown, then added another polish from the same […] Read more
It’s geek week for 40 Great Nail Art Ideas. I decided to create some Morse code nail art. I know geeky can mean having a serious fandom about something – as in being a Whovian or a Trekkie. But it also conjures up science, maths and computing and anything technical or complex. And you have […] Read more
Nella Milano Cabaret Charm is this week’s Nella Milano swatch. It’s a medium red with a very slight hint towards pink. It certainly looks slightly pink-leaning on the first coat, although in most artificial lighting it just looks red. I used two coats, which both dried quickly and had a lovely high shine. This is […] Read more
The Twinsie Tuesday prompt this week is to create nails inspired by your favourite fictional character. I went from the ridiculous to the sublime, first trying (and failing) to create Danger Mouse nails, and then finally being inspired by Benedict Cumberbatch’s Hamlet to create these grey and gold stamping nails. I do love Danger Mouse. […] Read more
I don’t really know how to describe this post. This design doesn’t have an obvious name. So it’s a black with gradient pigment stamping design using Bundle Monster Star Dust pigments! I’ve used these fantastic Star Dust Pigments to create the base of this design. These are sparkly, duochromatic pigments that come in small pots. […] Read more