Pinktober - Day 2

 

Must admit I bloomin love this mani. I have done it before with different colours, but decided this would have to be it today. I have gone for a bright sparkling pink with a really glittery finish. It is Kiko 277 - Blueberry Microglitter. On my ring finger I have gone an accent finger which is Hits Powder Puff Girls 'Doce De leite' with dots of the Kiko over it. 

Personally I think it looks scrummy and I don't want to take it off. But onwards and upwards, there are more pinks to come!

BFF Polish Challenge - Challenge 1 - Cartoon Nails

After loving the MSE and the Polishaholics challenge so much I jumped straight in when the call went out to have an eight week challenge with some of the girls there. It was decided that we would have two challenges a week, and each of the eight members have picked two themes.

Our first theme is cartoons which is a difficult one for me because I haven't watched a cartoon in about 20 years and never ever do nail art like this. I decided my theme would be something I knew and went for Minnie Mouse because she was even around when I was a girl!

The colours I have used are Essie - Tiny Wine-ey, NYC City Blackout, Rimmel Nail Tip Whitener and Hits Speciallita Powder Puff Girls Doce de leite.

I am quite impressed with the end result, ( other than my pointer which looks naff). So without further ado here are the pictures so you can make your own minds up!

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Here are the blogs of the other ladies taking part so you can see their efforts aswell.

Thiamere of On Beauty Stuff & What Else's

Pram of My Nail Polish Addiction

Bec of Lacquer Dreams

Kerrie of PishPosh and Polish

Caitlin of Caitlin's Creative Corner

Emma of Manicurity

Alyssa of Fancy Phalanges

Sally Of Nail Pron

I have already been challenged by someone at work to do spongebob nails, but that will have to wait until the next round of challenges.

So do you think I have done okay?

Lean Green Painting Machine

I decided to try a new polish today. I can really easily be guilty of constantly using the same colours/stamps/effects constantly. So, today I decided to do something completely different.

When I started getting into the polish thing I held the belief that pinks and lilacs suited my skintone, and that was what I would stick to. I had a few blue, but nothing much else.

But, 6 months on and things have changed. I have developed a real passion for green, and even the occasional orange. However, yellow is unlikely to every take a big part of my heart. Although I should say that you should never say never!

So here is todays.

I started with my regular base of Seche ridge filling, and moved on to a couple of coats of Barry M. I love their polishes as they always have such a good colour to them and are easy to apply. However, in a world where more is more I decided to top it with a coat of a HITS Speciallita Cabra Cedge. This is a bright green with a very slight but pretty sparkle to it. Then I stamped with a new Konad plate and a type of stamp I have never used before...

Let me know what you think of the results

Sun, Sparkles what more can a girl ask?

As the temperatures rose yesterday I decided that today my nails had to reflect how I was feeling.

So, I have gone for a wonderful sparkly pink holographic. As much as other colours come and go in my life, pink remains a constant love of mine, and I am sure it will never leave me.

I have a real passion for the Speciallita No Olimpo holographics, and Atena is one of my faves due to how rich the colour is. I have Zeus on order, so cannot wait for it to arrive and play with that.

Today I have used

Seche ridge filling base coat
China Glaze Limbo Bimbo main colour
Speciallita HITS No Olimpo Atena
Seche Vite top coat.

Hope you enjoy it!

 

In normal light

In bright sunlight