Wiki'd Nail Art Challenge - Week 10 - Horror Icon

Hey ladies and gents !!

So this is the final instalment in the wiki'd nail art challenge and I must say, this was the prompt I had been waiting the whole 10 weeks for.

Horror Icon !

I made up a short list of all the horror icons to choose from , but still couldn't pick so I got a little help with my friends to help me choose  which one to go for.

Does this help give you a hint?

Wiki'd Nail Art Challenge Week 2 - Water Babies

Hi All !

For the second week of the new Wiki'd Nails challenge, we have been given "Water Babies" to interpret at our own will.

I remember I loved the Water Babies book when I was little, and the illustrations stood out to me so much, so I decided to do a little design inspired by the books :)

I'm back !! With a new challenge !!

Hello My lovelies !!

I am SUPER excited to be a part of the newest Nail Art Challenge that my wonderful and talented group of ladies are going to be participating in.

The Wiki'd Nails Challenge.

This new challenge will run over 10 weeks this time, and all prompts are based off random Wikipedia articles that myself and the super talented Charlie from Pocket Money Polishes found. This will ensure that everyone's brains will be put to the test as interpretation is going to be key.

A- Z - X is for eXtra Special !

Hey Everyone,

I want to apologise for my lack of blogging the past few weeks, unfortunately real life has gotten in the way of this multiple times ! *shakes fist at the sky* but I am here now, and blogging for my life !

So *this* week's theme is "eXtra Special" I admit I had a little difficulty with this one as my mind was so full of ideas, but I came up with something a few days ago that luckily I managed to pull off first try !! 

A Neon Rainbow Water Marble Decal mani !!

A - Z - W is for Wild !

Hi All !

Apologies for the delayed posting recently, I've been trying to play catch up for a few weeks, but i'm just perpetually late now ! ARGH!

So anyway this ( last ) week's theme was "Wild" and I was racking my brains trying to figure out what to do, and I remembered that I hadn't done a Disney Princess design for a couple of weeks, so now is a good time to do another one !

So as this week is wild week, I decided on Merida from Brave because of her MASSIVE hair!

A to Z - Q is for Quirky ! (NSFW)

Hey lovelies !

This week's A to Z post is a little nsfw, so if you don't like comedy swearing, then don't continue !

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED !! 

So for the rest of you wonderfully sweary people, this week's theme is "Quirky" and I admit I had a really tough time thinking of what to do, until I realised that my favourite hobby ( aside from nail art of course ) is cross stitch... more specifically subversive cross stitch, with lots of swear words ! haha.

So I based this weeks mani on exactly that :)

A to Z - P is for Pale !

Hey All !

This week's A to Z post is all about Pale things.

I admit I was a little stumped when it came to deciding what mani I was going to do, so I had a little google around and checked my dictionary for the definition of pale to see if that sparked any ideas.

But it was when I was reading about some international friend's epic snowy adventures that I got the idea for my mani.

The thing I absolutely adore but never ever happens in my area...

SNOW  !!

A to Z - O is for Old!

Hey all !

Back on time for this week's post YAY!

So this week's theme is "Old" and there isn't a lot older than a fossil huh?

I absolutely adored reading about dinosaurs when I was little and I admit I still love them now.

So what better to put on my nails than an awesome dinosaur skeleton?

RAAWWRR !!!

A to Z - N is for New !

Hiya!

Sorry this weeks post is a little later than usual, I had work this weekend, and only managed to start the base coat!

This week's prompt is "New", and I was struggling a little with what I could do for "new" that wasn't your standard design. So I decided to choose "Nouveau" as I am a fan of Alphonse Mucha and his gorgeous works of art.

But I didn't want to do the obvious traditional Art Nouveau....

So a little delayed, but here it is ! My "New" mani.

A to Z - M is for Multi coloured!

Hey All !

This week's A to Z theme is multi coloured, and I really don't think I have had more ideas for any other theme !

I had so many ideas zipping around my brain all at once I had to write them all down in my diary so I wouldn't forget them !

Ultimately I went for a technique that I have been practicing ( and failing ) at for a very long time... Reverse stamping !

And here is my first successful reverse stamp design! YAY !!

A to Z - L is for Lines !

Hey All !

So this week's A to Z post was a bit of a faff for me.

I had done this pretty cool design for lines week, and then my brain decided it could do one better. But my brain failed me and I ended up with two massive nail fails. Sigh.

SO without further ado! Here's my original idea that doesn't look terrible at all !

A to Z - K is for Kitsch !

Hey All ! 

Guess what...? 

Yup ! It's A to Z time !

This week's letter is K, and we had the option to go for "Kitchen Sink" or "Kitsch" theme. I considered the Kitchen Sink idea, but I had too many thoughts swimming around in my head as to what I could do, so I simplified it and went with Kitsch.

kitsch:

NOUN

[MASS NOUN]

Art, objects, or design considered to be in poor taste because of excessive garishness or sentimentality, but sometimes appreciated in an ironic or knowing way

Only one thing popped into my head when I decided on Kitsch. That thing was Cath Kidston.

A to Z of nails - I is for INSPIRED

Hi Everyone !!

Many apologies for my little unintended hiatus, My PC decided to stop working as of Christmas Eve, so I had no access to a computer all over Christmas and New Year ! Luckily though my new one arrived yesterday so I can start blogging again YAY !! :)

My first blog post of the new year is of course part of the ongoing A to Z of nails challenge, and this week is the letter I, and our prompt for this week is inspired, so I decided to use an awesomely foxy jumper of mine as my inspiration !

A to Z of nails - G is for GOLD

Hi Everyone! 

It's that time again where I get given a theme and try and be as obscure as possible!

This week is clearly no different to any other, so without further ado, check out my design for "gold" week !

So, for those who cannot read music ( or for those who think my freehand skills leave a lot to be desired ) these are the opening few bars of the song "Gold" by Spandau Ballet ( showing my age a little here haha! )

A to Z Challenge - D is for DARK

Hey lovelies !

This week's A-Z theme is "Dark" and as always it's completely open to interpretation, and as you all know I do like a little bit of obscurity, so I thought I would go for something a little different and "out there" ;)

So I new all the other awesome ladies doing the challenge would come up with something amazing, so I thought I would have a go at something amazing too :)

So my take on this weeks "Dark" theme is...

Black Hole. 

You can't get much darker than that, can you?

Happy Halloween blog post

Happy Halloween lovelies !!!

This is the post I have been leading up to all October :)

Herein lies every Halloween design I have made this year! Some of which you may have seen via my Instagram, but some are a few surprises I have sneaked in.

This post is going to be very photo heavy, so I'm going to try and soften the blow by not writing a novel before each one as a description.

First up is a Day of the Dead / Calavera inspired design, I wanted to concentrate on distinguishing features rather than attempt at a teeny tiny whole face on each nail with not a lot of detail.

A - Z Weekly Challenge. New Weekly Challenge !!

Hey All !!

So last week was the last of the A-Z of polish challenge, but this week the A-Z challenge returns with a new theme !

This time round is more open to interpretation, which means t hat we all get to see a huge variation of ideas from everyone involved, and we have had a bit of a recruitment drive, and we now have a huge pool of talented nail artists who are joining in with the challenge via their blogs & the instagram hashtag #A2ZNAILS, so keep an eye out for that :)

Now for today's prompt... ANGLES !! 

So I wanted to stick with a slight Halloweeny theme as it's that time of year, so I went for a black / orange ombré on two accent nails using Barry M Matte in Espresso, and Barry M Gelly in Mango ( my go to halloween orange ) over a base of Models Own HyperGel in White Light.

To create the angles, I used some right angle nail vinyls from NailVinyls.com, and then topped it off with some Seche Vite to smooth out any bumps left over from painting on top of the vinyls.

Four Seasons Blogger Collaboration.

Hey All !

Today is going to be something a little different to normal, myself and 3 other lovely ladies have decided to band together to create a seasonal nail art collaboration.

Hit the jump to see what we all did !

A to Z of Polish - X is for...

Xyloid !!

So it is another difficult week for me as I don't have ANY polishes beginning with X, so I've winged it yet again and gone with an obscure word instead.

Xyloid is a Greek word meaning "resembling wood"

So I obviously came up with some nail art to match ;)

A to Z of Polish... "W" is for Watermelon & Waikiki !

Hello lovelys !

It's that time of the week again where we delve into the wonderful world of polish names !!

This week of course, is W. I chose two polishes that have been a staple base for a large number of nail art designs, so I thought today is the day they get to shine on their own. So on that bombshell... no nail art today ! !!

Hit the jump to see what colours I used.