Grey Chevron

Hey everyone,

Once again, it's been ages since I've posted, I must have lost my mojo! 

 

I did these nails a few weeks ago after a visit to Dunelm Mill where I found a set of 8 pairs of craft scissors which included a chevron pair. As you can imagine.... the excitement was overwhelming!

I started with Model's Own Pro - Nail Strengthener as my base and then did 2 coats of Sinful Colors - Snow Me White on each nail.

I then added a coat of Seche Vite to make then dry quickly so that I could move on to the next part.

Once they'd dried, I took some tape and made little chevron strips to mask of the bits I wanted to keep white and painted over each nail with Rimmel London - Man Overboard. I did my nails one by one so that I could remove the tape while they were still wet.    

Once I'd finished I did a coat of Seche Vite to make them nice and shiny.

I've switched from Iphone to Samsung Galaxy S4 so please forgive me if this post looks a bit loppy!

Let me know what you think in the comments!

Over and out    
Rach x

Pastel patchwork

Hey everyone,

I'll start with an apology as it's been far too long since I last posted. The weather in the UK has been astonishingly good for a change and I've been making the most of it lately! 

So I did these nails a few weeks ago and never got round to posting them. I can't remember what the colours were now so if you want to know what any of them are, please let me know and I'll check out my collection and try and figure it out!

I know that the white, yellow and pink are Sinful Colors and I'm pretty sure the green and lilac are Model's Own Pro.

I started with Sinful Colors - snow me white as a base on each nail then used a coat of Seche Vite to make them dry nice and quickly. 

I applied striping tape to each nail before painting on each colour with a small paintbrush. I find that with this technique, it's not necessary to peel the tape of straight away so I was able to build up the colours to make them opaque.

 

Once I'd peeled all the tape off, I cleaned up with acetone and a small brush and applied Seche Vite to make them nice and shiny. 

I hope you're all enjoying the summer like I am, especially my fellow UK residents as good summers seem to be a bit like the World Cup now.... Once every 4 years! 

Over and out

Rach x 

Marc Jacobs Daisy

Hey everyone,

I decided to create this mani while I was brushing my teeth! Strange I know but my mum's dark blue dressing gown was hanging on the door and there's a bottle of Daisy on the counter top and hey presto! Here's the pic

I started with a base coat and did 2 coats of Rimmel London - Aye Aye Sailor on each nail.

Then I used Sinful Colors - Snow Me White to do the petals of the daisies, and Barry M's gold foil which I don't know the name of to do the centres. (All with a dotting tool).

I let that dry a little then applied a coat of Seche Vite, followed by a coat of Essie - Matte About You (which you'll be seeing more of because I'm obsessed with it).

Hope you like it! Let me know what you think in the comments

Over and out

Rach x

Cath Kidston Inspired

Hey everyone,

I'm sorry It's been so long since I last posted. I've had mega car trouble which started with a busted head gasket, and ended with £700 disappearing from my hard earned savings :(

Put it this way.... I never want to use public transport again my life! 

So here's a mani which was inspired by the beautiful designs of Cath Kidston.

I started with a base, then did 2 coats of Sinful Colors - Easy Going. I then applied a coat of Seche to make it dry nice and quickly. I used striping tape to mask off horizontal lines and did one coat of Sinful Colors - Snow Me White, before peeling back the tape while the polish was still wet. 

I waited for that to dry then freehanded the roses with the following 3 Barry M polishes.....

Strawberry Ice Cream (pale)

SLE 2013 (fluorescent limited edition)

Grapefruit (Gelly) 

And for the leaves I used Barry M Gelly - Key Lime which is from the new summer range.

On my ring finger I used Models Own -Snowflakes which is a stunning flaky glitter but required a bit of placement!

I applied a single coat of Seche Vite, followed by a coat of Essie - Matte About You.

I've got another post lined up for you in a day or 2 which will also include a review of Butter London - Melt Away Cuticle Eliminator

Let me know what you think in the comments

Over and out

Rach x

Cheeky Cutout

Hey everyone!

Well what a rough couple of days I've had! I'm supposed to be on a hen weekend in Liverpool but unfortunately my car gave up on me about 26 miles into my journey so I had to be towed home by the AA. 

It turns out that its the head gasket (my worst fear) and that it'll cost me £450 to fix! Suffice to say that I'm not a happy bunny!

Anyway, here's the nails I did to match a cut out play suit I'd bought for the weekend. I actually sent it back though because it looked like hospital knickers on me (lol)! 

I'm soooooo pleased with these nails, I'd go as far to say that they're in my top 5.

I started with Model's Own Pro - Nail Strengthener as my base and did 2 coats of Barry M Gelly - Lychee.

Then I used my Barry M nail art pen in white to freehand the lines, and filled them in with Sinful Colors - Snow Me White. 

I topped it all off with a coat of Seche Vite

What do you think? Let me know in the comments. 

Over and out

Rach x

Heart strings

Hey everyone, 

So I already did this post but apparently it decided not to publish so apologies to anyone that came through my Instagram link! 

This is a recreation of one of my first nail art attempts, way back probably this time last year. Here's the pic....

Scrappy huh? The base would have been Barry M - Matt White and the red would have been Rimmel London - Double Decker Red. It would all have been done with a toothpick because that's all I had back then!

Here's my new pic...

This time around I used Models Own Pro - Nail Strengthener as my base followed by 2 coats of Sinful Colors - Snow Me White. I think this is going to be my new go to white because it's cheaper, more opaque and bigger than Barry M - Matt White. 

Once that had dried I used my Barry M nail art pen in pink to draw the hearts. 

I used a coat of Seche Vite to add shine. 

So which do you prefer... Old or new? 
 

Let me know in the comments
 

Over and out

Rach x

Drippy nails

Hey everyone,

I've been seeing variations of this mani everywhere and I wanted to have a go so here it is!

I started with a base coat and did 2 coats of Model's Own Pro - Lavender Blue on each nail. (Not entirely sure why it's called Lavender Blue because there's nothing blue about it!)

Once that had dried I took my largest dotting tool and used Barry M Gelly - Plum to do some dots at different levels on each nail, then I used a small brush to create the drips coming off each dot. 

Then I used a small brush to add a little white highlight with acrylic paint to each drip to make them look 3D. 

I topped it all off with a coat of Seche Vite.

Let me know what you think in the comments, I hope you like them!

Over and out

Rach x