31DC2013: Day 7 - Black and White Nails

Hi there guys!! I had a nice simple idea for this, but I decided it was apparently too boring (nothing wrong with it at all just saying) and I randomly added Snoopy (which was an idea I've had for this but I've already done Snoopy nails). I really like the addition of Snoopy even though he's a bit unrelated.

Piano nails...and Snoopy...with a heart. I like the completed look, I'm all about random sometimes, this is definitely one of those times. The piano keys are so easy to paint and look cute, Snoopy was harder to paint (proportioning, it's always proportioning) but I'm happy with how he turned out. I was going to colour in the heart, but decided to keep it a monochrome look! And Luxe and Lush adds a bit more interest to your simple black and white mani.

I love the piano, I've been playing since I was 5 and it's a brilliant versatile instrument. It's a reason why I keep my nails short sometimes (sometimes being the key word) cause it makes an infernal clicking noise. During June this year I really had to keep my nails short cause I had a piano exam, but I got my results and I passed my Grade 7 piano exam!! It was difficult not gonna lie, and it's only going to get harder but I love the piano so it's ok :)

White: Barry M - Matt White
Black: Lovely Me:Ex - Black
Glitter: China Glaze - Luxe and Lush
I've fallen out of favour with Luxe and Lush but I'm loving it over white, it just looks awesome. The flakes do the whole orange to green and normally look blue/purple. But it's extremely rough (even with an amazing Color Club topcoat) and there are bubbles and I had to do thick coats for even flakes. Not obvious bubbles so it doesn't bother me much, haha in the past I thought the bubbles were added random glitter, even though I couldn't see random glitter in the polish it was just there :P

Thank you for reading and I hope you have a great day!!! :)

Geek Nail Challenge: Snoopy!

Hey! If you couldn't tell by the title I'm doing the Geek Nail Challenge by Girl on a Shoestring. I basically thought it was perfect for me cause I am a massive geek ;)

I also think it's an extremely cute challenge, I was suckered in the moment I saw it (that sounds weird :/). You can do 1-7 manicures on the week's theme, but I think I'll do whatever comes to mind :) Also I mentioned in a previous post that I wanted to do a Snoopy mani and this was the perfect opportunity.

Snoopy is adorable, end of. I think I liked the comics (can't really remember) except now when I read comics I don't understand them at all. Maybe the humour just isn't me. I like comics for the pictures. I know I really wanted to do the iconic Snoopy lying on the red doghouse, so I just decided to also get Woodstock in there as well.

 I started with a base of The Face Shop - BL601 (here shown with Models Own - Indian Ocean layered over). I had to do pictures of this combination. If I were to name it, it would be called "Pretty". The purple shimmer doesn't really come up, but SO PRETTY. I am so impressed with The Face Shop polishes, the blue is gorgeous, that's all that needs to be said. I decided a while ago to layer Indian Ocean over every blue toned and purple toned polish :D But anyway back to Snoopy.

                                                 Let the sleeping dogs lie

My white nail polish, like every white nail polish I own has gone extremely gloopy, it wasn't too bad but now it is :( But it only happens with white nail polish. I don't know if it's just me :/ It was very difficult to work with, but I had no other alternatives.
White: Natural Collection - White (no name)
Black: Lovely Me:Ex: Black (no name)
Red: OPI - Dutch Tulips
Yellow: Rimmel - Sunshine

Something I would've done slightly differently is make the clouds neater. They're kind of just randomly jumbled and some order with the clouds would've looked better.

Also check out everyone else doing the challenge :)