Princess Jasmine Nails

Long time no post!

I had a cold and was not in the mood for nail painting, I'm feeling much better now though so whilst walking the kids to school this morning I asked my daughter what I should paint on my nails today and she said 'Umm, Princess Jasmine? Is that a bit tricky for you Mum?'

... Challenge accepted.

I just did a quick Google search to find an image I liked to work from (HERE) and went to work.

The colours I used were Barry M Berry Ice Cream for the base, and Barry M Matt White to plot out a shape. Then I used Barry M Black for Jasmines hair, and mixed Barry M Nude with some Famous by Sue Moxley Nude to get the skin colour. Next I used Barry M Gold Foil for her earrings and necklace, Essie Mint Candy Apple for the top and hair band, then Barry M Gold Foil and Rimmel Sky High for the jewel. I  mixed Barry M Nude with Mushroom for the shaded areas on Jasmines skin, and used Barry M Matt White again to plot in the shape of her eyes and mouth. I used Barry M Shocking Pink for the lips, Barry M Black for the eyebrows, eyeliner and pupil and  Barry M Mushroom mixed with a bit of Block Orange for her eye colour. Then topped it all off with a layer of Seche Vite.

And that was that!

You may have noticed the pictures are a little different. I bought a portable camera photo studio kit from Ebay last week (HERE) which I used for the first time to take these photos and I decided to try a black background for a change, not entirely sure if I like it but let me know what you think or if you even noticed the difference!

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Polish Days - Polish Geometry

This months Polish Days theme is Geometry free to interpret however we please, be it a tricky tape mani or something simple with dots.

Once again I had no idea where to go with this one so Google became my friend!

I searched geometric patterns and sooooo many amazing patterns came up I just picked a few that I liked the look of, selected some polishes and went about painting my nails.

This is how they turned out.

I'm not in love with these. They looked so much better in my head and I kinda wish I had used brighter colours.

The colours I used are:
Barry M Matt White for the base.
Thumb - Essie Mint Candy Apple.
Index - Barry M Lemon Ice Cream.
Middle - Barry M Blue Moon.
Ring - Barry M Peach Melba.
Pinky - Barry M Berry Ice Cream.

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31 Day Nail Challenge - Day 12 - Stripes

It wasn't until this challenge came up that it occurred to me I have never done stripes on my nails before.

I've done zebra stripes but never actual straight line stripes, so this was new to me!

I honestly had no idea what I wanted to do so I just picked some colours and decided as I went, but I was pretty happy with the outcome.

I used two coats of Essie Mint Candy Apple as the my base colour. Then with a nail art brush I added a stripe of Barry M Berry Ice Cream, Pink Silver Glitter and Peach Melba, then I decided it needed something else so I added the two stripes of Barry M Gold Foil and topped it all off with a coat of Seche Vite.

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31 Day Nail Challenge - Day 11 - Polka Dots

I am on Day 11 of the 31 Day Nail Challenge and Day 11 calls for Polka Dots.

I love polka dot nails.

They are so quick and easy to do and always look good. 

Plus it's such a versatile design it can never get boring!

For mine I used Essie Mint Candy Apple as my base colour then used my dotting tool with the largest round tip to make the white dots. The white I used is just a nameless white from a French Manicure kit I have.

Then I used GOSH Gold and a smaller dotting tool to do smaller dots in the center of the white ones.

So simple but pretty.

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