Spring Clean - French Manicure

Hello! 

As Spring is finally here I thought I would do a post on the classic, clean, beautiful french manicure. 

I've seen this look popping up all over the place used with various colours, styles and shapes especially for spring, so this is definitely a look to watch out for in the up-coming months.

I have to admit, as my nails have only just started recovering from the winter months I wanted to keep it to the traditional, clean french manicure. 

To create this look I used BarryM 342 Nude and 66 Matte White.

You can get them from boots for £2.99 here

I use BarryM nail varnish all the time, it's definitely become my favourite drugstore/high street nail varnish, their colours are so up to date, their constancy is lovely, the colour glides on to the nail evenly & most importantly they don't chip and look perfect for up to about a week (coming from an art student) Also, they dry so quickly...what more could you want?! 

I didn't use the french manicure guild line stickers, as when it comes to nails I tend to have quite a steady hand, but I definitely recommend them as they create a really clean line. 

Hope you've all had a lovely start to spring, It's definitely my favourite time of the year!

whats on your nails?

or your favourite nail colour for this season?

xoxo

Summer Time Essentials

Hello everyone! 

Over the last couple of weeks the weather in the UK has been amazing! 

I know this probably isn't too much of a big deal in a lot of countries, but in here, in Enlgand, the sun is a VERY big deal and as soon as it comes out people rush outside and soak it up as much as possible!

so I thought i'd do a blog post about some summer essentials and what ill be taking on holiday as iv been dong some summer shopping recently :) 

Rose Makeup Bag - Laura Ashley

They're Real Mascara - Benefit 

Liner Clubbing - Bourjois

SPF 15 foundation powder - bareMinerals

Creaseless Cream Shadow Bikini-Tini - Benefit

45 Mineral Powder Brush - Sephora

This is my summer day-to-day makeup bag, I love summer make up bags because you hardly need anything in them! Iv always found the Bourjois Clubbing Liners really useful as the brush is very small and thin so you can create eyeliner flicks really well! I was walking past a benefit counter and noticed that the eyeshadows and creaseless creams had been repackaged which made me extremely excited and I knew I had to get hold of one! I got the colour Bikini-Tini  which is a gorgeous pinky-shimmery colour and is perfect to use on its own or as a highlight for the corner of your eyes and on your brow bone! 

Limited Edition The Happening Palette - NARS

This is the limited addition NARS palette, im so happy I managed to get my hands on it as everywhere I looked it was sold out! its a gorgeous palette which contains a blusher (Orgasm), a bronzer (Luguna) and 4 small eyeshadows a white with gold, a light brown with gold, a purple with gold and a matte dark brown.

I love this palette and will be using it a lot all year around as its everything you need in a palette!

Textured Nail Effect 310 Ridley Road - BarryM

Recently iv been really loving pastel colours for spring especially on my nails! I saw BarryM's new textured nail varnishes in Boots and was immediately drawn in! I got the Mint Green colour, from what I saw there was also a yellow and a light blue colour too! BarryM never fails to surprise me when it comes to nail varnish as they're constantly coming up with weird and wonderful ideas! :)  

I enjoyed using this nail varnish and its amazing how it works! its easy to apply, dries matte and turns slightly bobbly!

My Place or Yours Gina - Benefit

Iv found myself going back to to my favourite perfume from a couple of years back recently and I've reminded myself why I loved it so much! like all their perfumes the bottle is shaped like a cocktail shaker and decorated with bright eye catching colours and patterns! This perfume is very woody, sexy and feminine with raspberry undertones.

 Light Brown Aviators - Ray-Ban L.A 

Protect&Bronze SPF 30 - Nivea

Of course summer wouldn't be complete without sunglasses and sun cream! Firstly, my Ray-Bans, I cant go anywhere without my sunglasses! They are perfect for summer as the lens' adjust to the light which is useful for when your coming in and out of buildings..normally in my case, shopping! because you don't need to keep taking them on and off all the time! 

and then suncream as I am so pale and have very little pigmentation in my skin I tend to just burn and/or go freckly when they sun comes out but this sun cream is brilliant as it helps you tan and doesnt contain any fake tan so you dont have to worry about any uneven, orange streaks! I've been using it a lot of this recently while the sun has been out and iv found myself getting more of a tan then just burning!

 HUGE thumbs up from me! :) 

Hope you enjoyed the post!

xoxo

Update + Nail Post

Denim Jacket - TopShop

Eye shadow - Urban Decay Naked Palette

Lips - Rimmel London Lip Pencil in Spice

001. Hello Lovelies! Hope you've all had a fabulous week! This week has literally just dragged, &I've just had no time to blog at all, and the times I do, I've found myself in my onesie fast asleep on the sofa in front of the tv! but i'm hoping to seriously push myself and blog more for you all! :) 

002. The main reason for no blogging yesterday was because it was my mums birthday! so my sister, her boyfriend and me created a wonderful meal for her in the afternoon then watched the new Tim Burton film Frankenweenie its a brilliant film -but, I must add, is a HUGE emotional rollercoster! 

003. Over the last week I've suddenly had huge inspiration to get fit, so iv been going to the gym, doing pilates and on Saturday morning I went on a 3 mile run with my boyfriend, which I will continue doing, so I've been feeling great!

Heres just a quick nail update, I haven't uploaded any nail posts for ages so I thought I'd go for it, Especially as my nails are looking slightly half decent at the moment, compared to normal!

its nice and simple as I wanted to try out the new bits I got from Topshop! :) 

I needed to get some new nail art brushes as my old ones are goners so I picked up some of them while I was there! 

so, here's the little nail design I've done, &it's super simple! 

this is one of my favourite nail vanishes It's China Glaze in the colour Cranberry Splash, a gorgeous sparkly red.

then, on top of this I've placed silver disks from the Nail Art gem packet and placed them at the bottom of my nail! Layered a top coat on, then TaaDaa! 

Finished :) 

Hope you guys like the post!

 &Comment below if there are any posts you'd like me to do! :) 

Have a wondeful week

xoxo

Flower Nails

Flower Nails

Tutorial

Hey guys, 

As you can tell..Heres another nail art tutorial for y'all to give a go!

These nails are very girly & I really enjoyed doing them, as you can also see, once broken down they're pretty simple to do!

all you need is:

-a selection of nail polishes you want to use (3colours)

-tiny brushes

& a black nail art pen!

Step1. I painted the base of my nails pink so its not too overpowering &it acts like a subtle background. I then dipped a cotton bud into a pinky/orange colour, the one I used was OPI Bright lights-Big colour.

Step2. Using my black nail art pen (these are available at most drug stores, &iv also seen them in topshop, uban outfitters and accessorize too) I then created black lines representing branches and also outlined the flower to give it shape.

Step3. After this, still using my nail art pen, I then added small dots around the ends of the 'branches' and inside the flower, for detail. 

Step4. Finally I took a small nail art paint brush and added my green leaves. To do this, I dipped my paint brush in to green paint and just randomly added green dots to the 'branches'. Then use your favorite top coat to make the look last longer! :) 

I hope you all enjoyed this quick tutorial & let me know what you think! 

xoxo

Leopard Print Manicure

Leopard print french manicure 

Hey guys! 

so i thought i'd do a blog post about my leopard print nails as i cannot explain to you how simple it is! 

So, this is it.. 3 steps to a gorgeous french mini, with a bit of a twist!

step 1. use a base coat, recently iv been loving Essie base coat, then use a white nail vanish to create a french manicure. you can use the tip stencils or, if you have a steady hand, do it free hand! 

step 2. you then take a gold nail varnish, which ever one you can get your hands on, i love the Max Factor nail varnishes especially for this look as the brush and the bottles are so small you can paint the randomly placed dots straight on to the nail. if the brush is too big for this, just use a cotton bud.

Step 3. last but not least, use a black nail art pen and add broken circles and randomly placed flecks of black then, to complete and make the look budge-proof add your favorite top coat!

let me know what you guys think!

xoxo

Christmas nail art

Christmas nail art

Snow flakes

yes! It's the time for all the Christmas nail art to come out!

also, before we start my nails are in awful condition at the moment due to my art at college and they keep breaking! but im doing m best to keep them in shape! :) 

so, here is my first post for Christmassy nails, this is how you do snowflakes! &its super simple!

Firstly, prep them using any sort of base nail varnish. Personally, i love OPI nail envy!

then, take a white nail varnish and a sparkly blue nail varnish, im using the Rimmel London nail tip whitener and OPI Austin-Tatious turquoise.

I then used the 17 nail xtras glitter top coat and used this on every single nail. 

after that, i dipped a thin nail art paint brush into the white nail varnish and created snowflakes by doing a cross and small flicks of nail varnish off the cross and added a small gem in the middle for effect.

i then added black dots along the bottom of the white tips, but these are optional. 

I hope you liked this post, and more Christmas posts shall be coming up shortly! 

xoxo

Red and gold leopard print nails

Red and gold leopard print nails

This is my favorite design to do. It is so simple and looks great whatever the occasion! follow the 3 simple steps to achieve this stylish look!

1. Firstly, start by painting your index, middle and little finger's red & your thumb and ring finger's gold. 

 

 2. Once they have all dried, get a cotton bud and simply dip the cotton bud into the red nail varnish. Then, create random dots on top of the gold nail varnish.

3. After that, take a black nail art pen and make broken circles around the red dots and small black marks in between the circles. To finish the look, add a top coat to prolong the nail varnish.

xoxo

Coral Half Stripe

Coral Half Stripe

Firstly, Paint all your nails coral, or which ever colour you wish to match your style.

Then, get a white nail polish and paint in half your nail using a different side for each nail.

After that, use a black nail art pen and make black stripes across the white nail polish. and remember, try to keep your hand as steady as possible!

Here is abit more indepth tutorial by me, on the reveal website!

Check it out! 

My nail art tutorial on the Reveal Magazine website!

xoxo

Drippy nail art

                                   drippy nail art

This nail design is simple, yet effective.

i used i light pink base colour and allowed it to dry.

then, i used a black nail art pen and drew the out line of the drips, then filled in the colour.

-simple!

xoxo