Spirited Away Nails

Hey there!! So during my exams I got obsessed with Studio Ghibli (exam time is always a good time to get obsessed with things, tends to happen a lot...) their stories are perfect, the animation is gorgeous and everything is simply perfect. So I found this manga book that my aunt gave me a couple of Christmases ago and I thought the Studio Ghibli stuff sounded interesting. I realised I had the Spirited Away DVD and that's where it began. I can't believe I went so long in my life without Studio Ghibli, Spirited Away is now one of my favourite movies. I could go on forever about how perfect that film is, like I love the positive message and the amazing characters, like can I be Chihiro? So over Easter watched a crap ton of Studio Ghibli films cause they were on everyday on Film 4 (perfect timing right? Lol'ed at revision), and maybe I'll do the films I've watched for nail art but yeah loved all the ones I've watched and I want to watch them all.
Ok so after my declaration of love for Studio Ghibli I have nail art, and some of the best I've done if I do say so myself. Please everyone get into Studio Ghibli if you're not, but I am late to the party but thank goodness I'm here now.

So I did some of the main characters of Spirited Away and I'm so proud. Chihiro is the best person I've ever painted, I'm not good at people and this gives me hope haha. Like it's not perfect but I'm very happy with it. The red background is reflective of Chihiro's red dressing gown in the bathhouse (love that location). Whilst No Face is initially terrifying you realise how sweet he is and how the world corrupted him (the throwing up guys? A younger version of me would not have been ok with that, but I like the slightly creepy element now). I also did the bird and mouse who are so cute. And Dragon Haku, Haku is a bae. I'm glad I got the fur, again not perfect but I'm happy. Dragon Haku is unbelievably cool. We all agree right? :P

I'm glad I painted Chihiro first cause she was definitely the hardest to paint, the proportions were the end of me. See it got easier from there and if I'd done it the other way round I might have lost steam. I started with the peach and brown and added the details with toothpicks. No Face was relatively simple thankfully as were the mouse and bird. Those details were small though. Dragon Haku was also really hard. had to move the nose a lot cause it got hidden by the curve of my nail, at least you can even see it here. Did rough dry strokes with the grey. Cause sayin' the white and green is great, great colours they chose for a dragon.

Red: Barry M - Turbo Charged
Peach: w7 - Linen
Black: Lovely Me:Ex - Black
Brown: w7 - Brownie
White: Barry M - Cotton
Pink: Per Una - Pink (no name)
Purple: The Body Shop - A Grape Affair
Yellow: Rimmel - Bee A Honey
Grey: Barry M - Chai
Pale Brown: Nails Inc - Sao Paulo Streets
Green: Barry M - Kiwi
Dark Green: OPI - Jade Is The New Black

Thank you very much for reading and I hope you have a fantastic day!! :)

Who's that Pokémon? Marill!

Hey there guys. Man it's been a while since I've written; I've been scheduling due to the masses of homework I receive on a weekly basis. But hey, I have slightly less this week so I get to talk to you!!! Honestly it's been a while since I did this design, but I still remember how much I loved it so let's get started!! :D <-- I'm not even that happy

I'm really thinking of making this Pokémon thing a series cause I seriously ADORE Pokémon nail art. I painted Marill a cute lil' water type. Once again I don't know if Marill is actually good in play or not (I suspect or not), but my favourite Pokémon are the cute ones. I wanted Marill to stand out so I did a nice gradient background, which I liked but it was nothing special. How glitter can magic all things!! After the glitter I felt like I was looking at a magnificent night sky with flower petals falling down. I get very emotive about this kind of stuff ;)

I really do intend of actually getting into Pokémon one of these days. I've rediscovered my cards properly and I want to battle!! From watching gameplay I'm getting more and more interested in it. Also the video-game looks so good and OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire are coming out kind of near my birthday, so maybe now's the time (if school would let me)!! But more Pokémon nail art is a definite. 

So for this design I used a sponge to do the gradient (it wasn't the best gradient) and the brush of the polish and toothpicks for everything (this is something I would do). I was going to get Marill to do a different pose but I painted the blob too small so things had to change. But in the end it didn't matter cause I still think Marill looks cute :3

Blue Gradient: Barry M - Indigo, H&M - Blue My Mind and Revlon - Dreamer

Snazzy Glitter: OPI - Last Friday Night and OPI - Minnie Style

Blue: Barry M - Blueberry Ice Cream

Black: Lovely Me:Ex - Black

Light Blue: Barry M - Sugar Apple

White: Barry M - Matt White

Teal: Barry M - Guava

Pink: Orly - Basket Case

Thank you very much for checking in here, I hope you have a fantastic day!! :)

31 Day Challenge - Day 11 - Polka Dot Nails

I love polka dots, they are SO cute ^_^ and pretty much idiot proof (needs to be for someone like me). I could add polka dots to anything and it would turn out cute. I wanted to do a Minnie Mouse-esque polka dot design. I was going to do a French manicure, but I truly think my base coat has died. So I ran into an issue. I now use a different base coat; the problem is it isn’t a base coat, it’s a French manicure over colour thing so it’s super shimmery.

Basically I decided not to do a French manicure.

                                                              (I really like the thumb)

The white was extremely difficult to work with, it did that weird stringy thing and went a bit dry. Always happens with white nail polish but the Sally Hansen one did seem to be working well. I guess that changed today. I especially liked the thumbs, I did my left hand better as I think at that point I  “got in the swing of things” and it went better. I did glitter on the alternate fingers to jazz things up a bit. Although I do prefer it without the glitter. I got a bit overenthusiastic and that’s how the glitter happened.

                                                            (Just the plain polka dots :))

Colours used:

Red: OPI – Dutch Tulips

White: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails – French White Tip

Glitter: Revlon – Belle

Black: Lovely Me:Ex – Black

Equipment used:

Bobby pin

Yay!!! My nails are at the perfect length!!! :D