Combo: Sweet Berry Ice Cream

Hi there!!! I've mentioned in a previous post that the weather here has been really good. But seriously it puts me in such a good mood that you wouldn't believe. It puts me in a summery mood :D And it's the last day of winter, it all fits together. I'm excited for spring (and for my english test to be over :P). I've already shown Sweets Way by itself but I want to show it again cause it's lovely (and looks really pretty over purple).

I've been loving that Barry M -Berry Ice Cream (pink-toned pale purple), it's a super pretty colour. I used 2 coats, I think I used to avoid it because 1. I thought it didn't suit me (ok it doesn't really) and 2. I thought it took a million coats and took ages to dry. I was wrong and I'm ok with that. I think I used 1 coat of Nails Inc - Sweets Way (milky white base with small peach, blue and silver glitter) on top, I really liked the combination of it all. All the colours somewhat worked together. The name has a sweet feeling to it, I do like some sweets and ice cream ;) I enjoyed having this on it was just pretty. Sweets Way wasn't too bad to remove this time, I think it's cause there was only 1 coat the glitter still gets everywhere.

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

Love-ly Nail Art Challenge - Favourite Valentine Tutorial

Hey there guys!!! I hope you are all well this fine day, I once again have to say the weather was lovely today and that permitted me to takes pictures slightly later than usual. This is the final day of the challenge and it made February race (but I did anticipate that).

I knew which tutorial from the very beginning of the challenge, it was probably the tipping point to me doing the challenge, as for some days I wouldn't know what to do (but I'm glad I gave it a try cause I tried some different things out). It's the "MWAH" kisses tutorial by Professionaldq, I love her style, she gets me :P Her pop art designs are amazing, I know my last challenge design was pop art but I can't get enough pop art.

I didn't want a stark white background, but that completely changed the design in the process, I couldn't do the dots (my favourite part of pop art) so I was kind of bummed. But it's pop art, therefore I obviously like it :P I think this looks better in real life. I have to say I always misjudge the space the words will take up, I always end up with a bit of the word chopped off. Clearly I also chopped my nails (wow that sounds violent), but I need to play the guitar properly in a few days but I'm trying to hate on them :P
Base: Nails Inc - Sweets Way
White: Models Own - Snow White and Lovely Me:Ex - White
Red: OPI - Dutch Tulips
Pink: Nails Inc - Notting Hill Gate 
Black: Lovely Me:Ex - Black
I have to say I have really enjoyed this challenge, I do like me a good valentine cliche but it was lovely (;)). I want to thank Samantha from The Manicure Hut for hosting this challenge. It was a lot of fun!!

Thank you for reading and have a truly lovely day!!! :) (Of course check out everyone else doing the challenge :P).

Pink + Yellow Leopard Print

Hello there wonderful people!!! Hope y'all are enjoying this fine Sunday evening. The weather was absolutely gorgeous today, sometimes good weather can put you in a good mood. English homework on the other hand, can really put you in a bad mood. I got another impossible English homework that I struggled with for 2 hours. Fun -_- And yes you read that title right, more leopard print. I have technically broken my leopard print limit, but since my last one was a fail I've permitted myself another one, which I like (cause I love leopard print so anything leopard print I will at least like).

Good weather = Good lighting, it's all good :P This was meant to be a completely different design but I was sitting for while not painting and I realised it was because I didn't want to do that aforementioned design. So whether that design ever appears on my blog is a mystery but for now we have leopard print. Which is a wonderful pattern, I added little lines this time. I don't tend to do that but I thought I'd give it a try. I don't think it enhances (you see these fancy words, that's due to my english homework) the design but it's nice that it's there.
Yellow: w7 - Sheer Lemon
Pink: Barry M - Pink Foil (that limited Christmas one from Boots)
Black: Lovely Me:Ex - Black
Glitter: OPI - I Lily Love You
I used to not like accent nails, you'd never think it from looking at my blog (I have an accent nail pretty much every post). When I first saw it I think I thought it was stupid... For a about 2 seconds clearly, as now it's all I do and I think they look good (which is why I paint them all the time, duh :P).

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

Love-ly Nail Art Challenge - Cupid's Arrows

Hello there guys!! Hallelujah for the weekend, am I right? I hope you are all relaxing and chilling, sorry to bring up work but I have given myself a lot for tomorrow :/ Oh well we worry about that later :P

It's the second last task :( This has been really fun. I was completely stuck for Cupid's arrow, it was the one I was not looking forward to, actually Cupid scares me. A baby that fires arrows? Ok then. But after some thought and thinking about pop art I thought I'd combine it in. I thought before I painted and it works, reasons to think in general ;)

I love pop art, I took a lot of inspiration from Professionaldq's tutorial, but I still think it's quite different... Of course I had to add some sort of cartoon, the idea was the "WHAM"was sending arrows through the heart (which ended up at a different angle...). I don't really know who'd be that happy with an arrow through them, but it's a cartoon heart.
Red: OPI - Dutch Tulips 
Green: Illamasqua - Nomad
White: Models Own - Snow White, Gorgeous - French Manicure White (no name) and Lovely Me:Ex - White
Black: Lovely Me:Ex - Black
Purple: Essie - Lilacism
I wanted to write "WHAM" cause of Orange Coloured Sky by Michael Buble (such a good song, though not originally by him, Michael Buble is amazing). "Flash, bam, alakazam, wonderful you walked by". His new album is going to come out and I am excitement. Ok sorry to add more but my iPod is on shuffle and Orange Coloured Sky just started playing (I love coincidences like that :)).

Thank you for reading, have a lovely day and check out everyone else doing the challenge :)

I Scream, You Scream, WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM!! (or at least I do...)

Hi there guys!! The long week is over (well it wasn't that long but still), I'm looking forward to a bit of relaxing (whilst simultaneously working :P). I don't think there's anything I love more than food nail art. You can make animals cute but when it comes to food it's in a different league. Maybe it's because I love food ;) I was inspired by an iPod case I recently made.

I also combined it with another one of my current nail art favourites, geometric patterns. I might do a full mani with the geometric design as it looks really cool. It didn't look connected to the design until I added the different colours of triangle. This is really just my style of nail art which is probably why I like it so much. The only way to better it better for me is some pop art, but I thought I already had too much going on :P
Purple: Barry M - Berry Ice Cream
Pink: Nails Inc - Notting Hill Gate 
Yellow: Barry M - Lemon Ice Cream
Green: Illamasqua - Nomad
Light Brown: Nails Inc - Porchester Square
Black: Lovely Me:Ex - Black
Orange: Essie - Tart Deco
Blue: Barry M - Blueberry Ice Cream
Brown: w7 - Brownie
White: Models Own - Snow White and Lovely Me:Ex - White
Lil' story about the pink ice cream. I had a nail tragedy, I thought my nails were dry so I went to take a shower. Clearly I scraped my nail against something and a whole half of the ice cream was demolished.  Instead of giving up (not my style :P) I patched it up with my master patching skills. But really I'd rather not mess my nails all the time than have master patching skills, it's frustrating. I've just realised how appropriate the Barry M nail polishes are for this design (literally just realised).

Thank you very much for reading and have a wonderful day!!! :)

Blue Nails: OPI - Sea You In Hollywood

Hey there guys. Hope you are feeling fine today, I had a massive english homework. Have to say I'm not feeling so fine but I'm glad I've got it done (but I missed the new How I Met Your Mother because of it :(). I feel like I haven't done one of these "______ Nails" posts in a while (I've been doing a lot of nail art, I've just felt like it really) but I have one today. I've used this polish before but that was underneath a thick glitter so not properly. I'm glad I tried it out again as it's really nice.

Posed a bit weird here

The first time I used I used this polish it must not been been mixed in properly but this time it was fine. 2 coats will do for full opacity but I used 3 cause I had a bit of a blunder. There's also a random piece of glitter on my thumb and I'm not sure how it got there. It was a gift from my best friend for my birthday last year. It's a dark blue-y/teal-y colour, my camera made it more blue. It's kind of shimmery, I'm actually really not sure how to describe the finish. I also don't know what collection it's from (oh man I am so professional) but I will be stalking the internet soon to find out. It dried quite fast and coats were very thin (but it's worked though the 1st coat was quite sheer). But I like this polish and I will be using it more as it's very nice.

Thank you for reading and have a nice day!!! :)

Love-ly Nail Art Challenge - Gifts

Hi there guys. Hope you are all doing well. I returned to school today, it was actually ok but tests will begin and ok will disappear in an instant.

I originally had no clue what to do, I didn't want to do a standard gift as I wouldn't know how to paint it. But I had an idea that utilises cute cartoons which I was excited about, but it didn't exactly hit the spot. There's something about the manicure I'm not happy about, I guess I didn't paint it as well as I would've wanted to.

They're wedding anniversary gifts!!! I painted 1-6 year gifts (excluding 3 which was leather, I didn't know what to do for leather). Cotton, paper, fruits and flowers, wood and sugar. I'm only happy with the cotton and the paper since the rest weren't as nice I personally think it ruins the manicure but I really like the base colours. But I liked the idea.
Light Blue: The Face Shop - GR501
Purple: Barry M - Berry Ice Cream (which I love)
Orange/Peach: Essie - Tart Deco
Green: Illamasqua - Nomad
Pink: Orly - Basket Case
Black: Lovely Me:Ex - Black
White: Models Own - Snow White and Lovely Me:Ex - White
Red: Essie - E-Nuff Is E-Nuff
Cheek Pink: OPI - Charged Up Cherry
Blue: Barry M - Blueberry Ice Cream
Yellow: Barry M - Lemon Ice Cream
Brown: The Face Shop - GR112
I don't why I picked a lemon, as if you would causally give someone a lemon for your wedding anniversary but why not I guess ;)

Thank you for reading, have a lovely day and check out everyone else doing the challenge!!! :)