Neon Candy Stripes - Nail Art

I feel like I should warn you that I have three nail art posts this week that all include neon polish.
The sun comes out, I get excited, out comes the neon!

Todays post, as the title would suggest, is neon candy stripes.
I was going to call them rainbow stripes but when I posted a picture of these on my personal Facebook page I had several people tell me they reminded them of Candy Crush.
That game is taking over the world.

I used Barry M Matt White as a base then used striping tape to mark out my stripes. Then with a nail art brush I applied China Glaze Surfin' For Boys, Orange You Hot?, Sun-Kissed, I'm With The Life Guard, Splish Splash, Love's A Beach, and Beach Cruise-R.

I can't explain how happy this mani made me.

The lines, the rainbow, the neon .... <3

Does it remind anyone else of Candy Crush?

♥ A ♥

Valentines - Nail Art

Today is Valentines Day and I have to say I am not much of a fan.

But I have made somewhat of an effort and put a heart on one of my nails so I thought I'd show you!

For these I started with two coats of Barry M Matt White and used Avon Nailwear Pro Vintage Blue to make the umbrella/pinwheel pattern.

It's quite tricky to try and explain clearly how I did it but I'll give it a go.

I started with a really small dot roughly in the center of my nail, and made a line with the blue polish from the dot to the edge of my nail, I then made another line from the dot to the side of my nail so I had a quarter marked out. I then divided that quarter into four and painted two of those sections with the blue and repeated for the other three quarters.

If that makes as little sense as I think it does let me know and I'll make a tutorial!

For the heart I used China Glaze Igniting Love and Barry M Red Glitter then just framed the pinky and index fingers with red Glequins!

I like it, it's not too Valentines-y but shows that I'm aware of the date and that I'm not a completely bitter married just yet ;-) I suppose you could make it a bit more valentines appropriate by using reds and/or pinks instead of blue and white but I really like theses colours together, it's a combo I'll be sure to use again.

Hope you are all have a good day!

♥ A ♥

The New 31 Day Nail Challenge - Day 5 - Purple

Day 5 of The New 31 Day Nail Challenge is the colour Purple, another favourite of mine.

These didn't turn out quite as neat as I would have liked but I got up late and the light was fading inside and out so I was in a bit of a rush. I still like the overall effect of them though.

I started with two coats of Barry M Matt White, then used Sally Hansen Bewitched, Barry M Bright Purple and Barry M Berry Ice Cream for the zigzag stripes.

Tomorrows challenge is Your Favourite Colour Family.

Don't forget to take a peek at what the other lovely ladies have been coming up with!

♥ A ♥

Makeup Savvy 15 Day Nail Challenge - Day 12 - Stripes

We are on Day 12 of the Makeup Savvy 15 Day Nail Challenge and today's challenge is stripes.

I used tape again today and I think I'm starting to get the hang of it now!

The colours used, from lightest to darkest are - 

Thumb - Barry M Blue Moon, Pure Turquoise and Blue Glitter.

Index - Barry M Strawberry Ice Cream, Shocking Pink and Models Own Magenta Divine glitter.

Middle - Barry M Mint Green, Spring Green and Green Glitter.

Ring - Barry M Berry Ice Cream , a Limited Edition purple that was sold in Boots and Magenta Glitter.

Pinky - M&S Lemon, Barry M Lemon Ice Cream with Missguided Misslead over the top and Barry M Gold Glitter.

Tomorrows challenge is Film Inspired! I cannot wait to see what everyone comes up with for that one!

♥ A ♥

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.

♥ A ♥