Blue Skies

 So there's finally been some sunshine here in the UK! Which meant that I was able to take some photos outside. I was inspired by the nice weather to paint my nails a sky blue, and add some cute little fluffy clouds to the tips. I did this mani using Rimmel London Too Cool to Tango, and Natural Collection's white.

I had initially tried to use a dotting tool to make the clouds even, but because the polish is quite thin, it really didn't look good like that, so I just used the end of the brush and pressed it lightly against the tip of each brush several times. It does mean it looks a little bit uneven, but then again, so are real clouds!

Feeling Pink

 I used three different Nails Inc polishes for this: Havana, Pink Fizz, and Heather Grey (this last one was a limited edition colour that you could only get if you bought some Diet Coca-Cola).

I still haven't quite got the hang of using striping tape- in video tutorials it looks so easy, but I always end up not being able to get it to go where I want it to go, or be able to cut it to the right length. Needless to say, this is very frustrating, so if anyone has any tips on how to make using striping tape any easier, please do tell!

Spray Water Marble in Gold

Did some spray water marbling today. In case you're unfamiliar with the technique, it's very similar to normal water marbling, but you use hairspray to make the polish shrink into interesting shapes. Unfortunately one of my nails went wrong, and I didn't have time to redo it, hence the accent nail! The turquoise is Peacock by 17, and the gold is the gold foil effect by Barry M. You can't quite see it here, but I used the Collection 2000 Sparkle Top Coat, which adds a bit off glittery shimmer on top.

Blue Ribbon

Decided to try my hand at using acrylic paints on my nails! So I dug up my old tool box full of paints from GCSE art, and came up with this! (I must apologise for the lighting, all the daylight had gone by the time I finished.)

So, I know it isn't great, I had quite a few moments of accidentally pressing the brush down too hard and making the lines too thick. But, I'm still pretty pleased with it for a first time using actual paint on my nails.

Also, I had a bit of trouble removing the glequins that I used in my last post. Does anyone have any tips? Or do I just need to attack my nails with remover?

Sci Fi Silver

 

This is my first time using striping tape or doing glitter placement, and I think it went pretty well! However, when I've seen other people use striping tape, it always seemed so easy, whereas I found it rather fiddly, especially trying to cut it to the right length for my nails.

I used W.I.P polish in Barely There as the base. I bought this polish only last week in the sale at Urban Outfitters, where it was reduced from £6 to £1.50 a bottle. Bargain! However, it's not that great quality, needing three fairly thick layers before I got even coverage, so it would definitely not be worth the original price, but at £1.50, I'm not complaining.

Hello there, how do you do?

Hi there!
I'm Emily, a 17 year old student from the UK. After seeing so many great nail art blogs, I've decided to try blogging my own nail art. I'm not very experienced at all of this, but this should be fun!