Ikat Heart Nail Art

Hello there lovely people. I can no longer look outside as light reflects off the snow and it's extremely bright :P I'm so happy with today's manicure, it's really cute. I've attempted these before though and they ended in utter failure. I mentioned this in a previous post that I had a nail fail that I was really annoyed about. Well that was it, but this time it did not fail. I took inspiration from Bad Luck Barbie cause it's a lovely manicure she did.

Though I much prefer long nails, designs look cute on shorter nails. I like the ikat print in general, it's more "rough", so I'm a fan of this. I just think it's really cute, and I love all things cute. The lil' hearts, ok I think it's cute, we get it :P I also love that black and white glitter. Oh and I love pink too.
Pink: Orly - Basket Case
Light Pink: Barry M - Strawberry Ice Cream
Black: Lovely Me:Ex - Black
White: Models Own - Snow White
Black and white glitter: L'Oreal Color Riche  - Confetti
Strawberry Ice Cream is extremely difficult to use, it's been that way for a while but it hasn't improved. It's very very gloopy (I have had it for a while though), getting a coat on the nail is really hard. But it's my only pale pink so I work with it. I used 3 coats and had bubbles, could have been due to thick coats but there was no other way to get the polish to work. Another thing to mention is that even though Confetti is awesome, it's really difficult to remove, of course there's the tin foil method, but if you're not using that it's hard.

In other news I have watched 3 films in 2 days. And I can't cope, I am such a hopeless romantic (works with the hearts in the manicure). I love chick flicks, even though it's pretty much the same every time, I LOVE it every time. There was Sky High yesterday, which is SO CUTE that I couldn't handle it. It was also quite a quirky film which is my thing. There were superheroes and they incorporated the pop art style and I love that. I watched Toy Story 3 today and that is one great film, Pixar can do no wrong. Finally this evening I watched Miss Congeniality, and yeah I love chick flicks and it was wonderful. I was in a chick flick mood tonight, it's when the girl and the guy get together I feel like crying cause it's all so cute :') Sorry that was on my mind and I love movies, I need more.

Thank you very much for reading (and if you read my movie rave, good on you) and have a wonderful day!!! :)

(There's a lot going on here...) Glamourous Festive Manicure?

Hello there. I wasn't sure what was in my mind when I was doing this manicure. I had an idea and it went insane. Hmmm I'm not sure how I feel about it :P

Before I added the black detail I cannot describe how much it reminded me of a giraffe, and it's leopard print :/ It's very neutral, I'm not a fan of neutral but this is not too neutral (if I make any sense whatsoever). I think I added the rainbow glitter thinking it would add fun, but it didn't really. I like the leopard (though I always like leopard). The black detailing was meant to be silhouetted holly, but they look like random blobs. Oh yeah. But in all honestly I think the half moon looks quite nice, I should do more half moons.
Gold: w7 - Golden Sands and Nails Inc - Glamour Glitter
Copper: The Face Shop - GL112
Brown: w7 - Brownie
Taupe/Brown: Chilli Pepper - Brown (no name)
Rainbow Glitter: OPI - Rainbow Connection
Black: Lovely Me:Ex - Brown
But it doesn't look like complete shambles (maybe like half shambles or something).

Have a nice Sunday!!! :)

Funky Tribal Nails

Hello there. I have been obsessed with tribal nails lately and I do not know why. So I have some tribal nails here that I am fond of. I used a picture I saw on Instagram as inspiration (can't find it now :/). I am terrible with coming up with tribal nail designs, it takes me ages. She did a great design so here my interpretation of it. It's not very different :/ But it's matte!!!

I should've let more glitter peak through cause those are my favourite bits!!! I'm happy with how it turned out. It wasn't actually too hard, you just have to be careful :P I was ok if my lines weren't completely straight (tape takes too much effort).
Dark Blue: Essie - Bikini So Teeny and Models Own - Freak Out!
Pink: OPI - Japanese Rose Garden
Light Blue: The Face Shop - GR501
I originally used OPI - Charged Up Cherry, but it just didn't look right so I painted over it. Tribal is awesome and it looks impressive even though it is rather simple. Oh more tribal to come (more matte to come too :P), I have seen some awesome ones and I simply cannot wait (I have to copy tribal nails, I'm terrible at coming up with them myself :/).

Have a nice day!!! :)

Ikat Pattern Manicure

Hello there. I've been seeing this around and I thought it looked pretty cool but it was Very Emily's design that made me need to do it. I woke up not being able to wait to do my nails. Mine are no where near as amazing as Emily's but I quite like my attempt.

I unintentionally did the same configuration on both hands. I preferred it on my right hand, unintentionally made it more spiky. My lighting was very red today (:/) it was strange.
Base: One coat of Models Own - Snow White, 3 coats of Topshop - Green Room and one coat of w7 - Polar Bare. That took ages to dry -_-
Black: Lovely Me:Ex - Black (no name)
White: Models Own - Snow White
Orange/Peach: Essie - Tart Deco
I need more Tart Deco in my life. The last time I used it was June. How insane. Green Room never photographs right, Green Room is also extremely tedious. It's a disappointing polish. But I think the ikat pattern is great, it could become my new leopard print. Time will tell...

Oh lots more ikat to come :)

Pink Thursday (Breast Cancer Awareness Month)

Hello there. Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness month I've got a simple little mani to raise awareness. It truly is very simple but I love pink so it's perfect. Breast cancer is really horrible, I can't say I know a lot about it because I don't. But I know millions of woman are fighting it and they are so brave and strong. One day there will be a cure for cancer!!!! :)

Since it's autumn it's been getting dark pretty early so bye bye natural lighting :( But I got to use my favourite pink polishes. The logo turned out better on my right hand in my opinion, but I was trying to hide a cut on my thumb (I didn't feel like editing it badly), of course when the cut on one side of my thumb goes away another cut comes on the other side -_- But oh well, it's going away now so it's all good :)
Bright Pink: The Face Shop - PK105 with OPI - I Lily Love You
Glittery Pink: OPI - Excuse Moi!
Pale Pink: Barry M - Strawberry Ice Cream with Chilli Pepper - Pink (no name)
Hot Pink: OPI - Charged Up Cherry
Really love those colours, come on pink is great. So hopefully you enjoyed this little post and wear your pink!! Raise awareness!!! :)