The Luck of the Irish

Happy St Paddy's Day!!

I hope you all haven't had one too many pints of Guinness just yet! because fist I would like to share with you all my St Paddy's day inspired manicure.

I received these two green Essie polishes for my Birthday, just in time for St Paddy's Day. This is Essie Mojito Madness and Essie Mint Candy Apple. I just love them <3 glamour="" glitter="" gold="" he="" inc="" is="" nails="" nbsp="" p="" topcoat.="">

Essie Mojito Madness 

Valentines Manicures: Here are My favourites

Happy Valentines Day everyone! I hope you are celebrating today with your special someone.

Here are a selection of my favourite Valentines Manicures from over the past three years! let me know which one is your favourite in the comments :)

My Naked Valentines (LINK)

Tuxedo Nail Art (LINK)

Love Lifts Us Up Where We Belong (LINK)

Valentines POP Art! (LINK)

Heart Gradient (LINK)

Roses are Red (LINK)

Tiffanys and Roses (LINK)

Velentines Manicure: POP art! featuring NEW Barry M Gellys Green Berry + Dragon

I was so excited to see these in my local Superdrug as they never seem to get the Barry M collections until weeks after there are released. I was so excited I just snapped up the two I wanted to try first;  Dragon and Green Berry.

Dragon GNP 11 is the perfect Barbie, hot pink with subtle shimmer, so subtle I didn't even notice it until I got the polishes home and was about to paint my nails. The application of these is a little tricky, Barry M claims that they are one coaters, but I don't think that is the best way. The swatches you see here are all 3 thin coats, which gives a nice smooth, non-gloopy opaque finish.

GNP 11 Dragon

GNP 12 Green Berry

There are four new additions to the Barry M Gelly family, Dragon (pink), Lychee (nude beige), Papaya (orange), and Green Berry (green), and are available in Superdrug now!

Have you tried Barry M Gellys? which colour is your favourite?

xoxo

Valentines Manicures: So Romantic

Today's nail polish colour is OPI Isn't it Romantic from the 2009 Fairytale Brides: Softshades collection. It is a very sheer pink (this it 4 coats!) with a completely unique green flash. But this polish alone isn't Valentines themed enough. So I added 2 coats of Nothin' Mouse 'bout It. I was so disappointed with this polish, I bout it for the heart confetti, but it's so hard to apply. You really have to pick the hearts out and place them on the nail, applying like a normal polish just doesn't work (see photo below), although it does leave a pretty glitter top coat.

Valentines Manicures: Lace Hearts

Today's manicure was inspired by MissJenFabulous on Youtube.




Polishes I used:
OPI Parlez-vous OPI? (link)
OPI Alpine Snow (swatch)
OPI Dim Sum Plum (swatch)

Parlez Vous OPI? from the French collection, one of my all time faces, and one of my first ever bottles of OPI <3 p="">

Valentines Manicure: Roses are Red

Today's post is the last in the Valentine Nail Art Challenge and is inspired by fellow participant. 

I knew instantly when I saw Sugar Coated Nail's post that I would be choosing this manicure! I first saw it on OPI's Facebook and it was this manicure that introduced me to the challenge.

It is beautiful and well executed, I'm not sure I have done it justice. Please everyone go check out Sugar Coated Nail's blog for more amazing nail art like this!

I decided to opt for a lilac base colour, this is Rumples Wiggin' from  OPI's Shrek Forever After Collection, one of my favourite all time collections <3 p="">

Polishes Used:

OPI Rumples Wiggin' (swatch)

OPI Jade is the New Black, (swatch)

OPI Gargantuan Green Grape, (swatch)

OPI Dim Sum Plum, (swatch)

OPI Sparrow Me The Drama, (swatch)

OPI Steady as She Rose, (swatch)

Valentines Manicures: Ombre or Gradient.

Ombres are a bit of a Valentines tradition for me, heres my 2011 and 2012 versions...

This year I wanted to try and do something a little different, keeping with the Valentines theme I went with a pink heart gradient. The colours I'm using are all from Barry M. I <3 barry="" m.="">

Valentines Manicures: Splatter

Today's theme is splatter! and I immediately thought of Brookes tutorial....

I know I wanted more hearts, and intended on another tape manicure like yesterdays, but didn't think about how tricky it would be, so I opted to paint the hearts over the splatter design. The scotch tape still came in handy though ... as you will see this gets incredibly messy!

The colours I'm using are Kiko 330 Lilac, 339 Cornflower, 389 Mint Milk, Barry M 307 Lemon Ice cream, and No7 Sugar.

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Valentines Manicures: French Kiss

Colours used:

OPI No Bees Please.

OPI Alpine Snow.

OPI Thanks So Muchness

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