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Blue Glitter Mani

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Blue Glitter Mani

 

Blue Glitter Mani

What I Used:

Technic Nail Varnish – South Pacific – 99p

Barry M Nail Paint – Indigo – £2.99

Barry M Basecoat & Topcoat – £2.99

Nail Star Nail Art Pen & Brush – Silver – Bought online in set

Tutorial

Difficulty – 3/10

This one’s a cute design that’s pretty easy to do and you can easily change the colours around to mix it up a little. I was torn between a matte or gloss finish, but in the end I decided the matte might look a little strange with the glitter.

1. Apply base coat.

2. Apply two coats of South Pacific.

3. Apply two coats of Indigo to the tips of your nails.

4. Using a striping brush, or carefully using a normal glitter nail polish, apply a line of silver glitter between the two shades of the blue where they meet.

5. Apply top coat.

Simple!

African Nails

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African

African Nails

What I Used:

Barry M Nail Paint – Black, Lemon Ice-Cream, Bright Red – £2.99 each

Barry M Basecoat & Topcoat – £2.99

Essie Nail Polish – Orange, It’s Obvious – £2.99 (15ml)

Barry M Nail Art Pen – Black – £4.99

Cosmetic Sponge

Tutorial

Difficulty – 9/10

This one took some time but I’m really pleased with the results! I used a cosmetic sponge to apply the background gradient, which blends from black, through red and orange, to yellow at the end. I used my Barry M nail art pen to draw the silhouette outlines and then filled them in with black nail polish and a brush.

*Available to buy at http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/NailArtisan*

African I

African II

 

Competition Winner!

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The voting has been closed and I am pleased to announce that our winner is luv4beautyandnnailart with her Cookie Monster Nails!

The Cookie Monster Nail Art

luv4beautyandnailart’s real name is Setu Rohini. Setu will receive a custom-made set of hand-painted false nails for winning the competition – well done Setu! Commiserations to all our other entrants, all the submissions were stunning!

Setu is a business analysit who runs a cosmetics and ‘DIY-beauty’ blog called ‘The Nail Art and Beauty Diaries.’ Over there you can find posts about nail art and care, as well as tutorials and reviews on nail art and nail products (the perfect candidate for a nail art competition!)

You can find a great review of  and tutorial for nail art fimos, a kind of polymer clay accessory for nail art here:

http://thenailartandbeautydiaries.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/what-is-fimo-nail-art-how-to-use-it-and-where-to-buy-it/

And here’s a great tutorial showing you how to use striping nail tape to create neat, clean lines on your nails:

http://thenailartandbeautydiaries.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/easy-at-home-nail-art-19-striping-tape-nail-art-for-beginners/

Setu also covers other beauty products – here is a review of Maybelline Baby Lips in Mango Pie:

http://thenailartandbeautydiaries.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/maybelline-babylipsinmangopiereview/

Setu has a great writing style, she writes clearly and informatively and lots of useful stuff on her blog. She was even nominated for the Versatile Blogging Award. So check out her blog and see all the great things she has to offer, including more nail art from herself! It’s an advertising-friendly blog so if you have a beauty product you’d like reviewing then just drop her a line and she may review the product for you! There are also sponsored giveaways and contests sometimes hosted on her blog. She also has facebook, pinterest, Tumblr and many other accounts for you to follow – choose your social media!

http://thenailartandbeautydiaries.wordpress.com/

However Setu isn’t the only winner today – each voter was entered into a draw for a 25% off coupon for my Etsy store and a winner was randomly selected. And the winner is… Shaily! Congratulations Shaily – you be contacted soon with your discount code!

Thank you to everyone who participated, competitors and voters alike, I’m pleased to say that this first competitions was a great success and great fun – thanks everyone!

50 Followers!

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I’ve just reached 50 followers! *Squeal* And I’ve gotten over 300 likes – thank you everybody! Don’t forget that the competition ends tonight and it’s your last chance to vote – also don’t forget to comment saying that you’ve voted so I can include you in the prize draw for the coupon!

Nail Polish Swatches

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I recently made up a load of nail polish swatches for use for my custom nail sets in my Etsy shop. I thought you guys might like a little peek at the colours I use 🙂

 

Colours 1

Colours 2Colour 3Colours 4

1. Black
2. Prickly Pear
3. Matt White
4. Purple
5. Bright Purple
6. Indigo
7. Rapsberry
8. Fuchsia
9. Bright Red
10. Peach Melba
11. Glittery Gold
12. Sphynx
13. Glittery Pink
14. Denim
15. Glittery Silver
16. Shirley Temple
17. Glittery Green
18. Metallic Pink
19. Metallic Gold
20. Metallic Purple
21. Romance
22. Metallic Blue
23. Royal Blue
24. Green With Envy
25. Sky High
26. Indigo
27. South Pacific
28. Blue Moon
30. Cyan Blue
31. Spring Green
32. Block Your Green
33. Slate Grey
34. Lemon Ice-Cream

So what colours are your favourites? If I were to paint my nails in just a single plain shade, I think my favourites would be South Pacific, Shirley Temple, or Block Your Green. What do you guys think?

Voters Draw – Coupon

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I was previously going to use the names of all the people who liked the voting page to put into the draw for the 25% off coupon. However I’ve realised that this isn’t fair as people may not have liked the page when casting their vote or may have liked the page but not voted (I had thought the poll would have told me who participated, but apparently not). Can everyone who participated in voting please just comment on this page, no need to say who for, just to let me know you joined in 🙂 Voting closes at 11:59pm GMT tomorrow, so anyone who hasn’t voted yet quickly pop on over to the submissions page and please use the poll to cast your vote. The winner of the coupon will be announced in the same post as the winner of the competition. Good luck everyone!

The Competition Entries – https://nailvirtuoso.wordpress.com/2013/05/11/182/

Glittery Blue Nails

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Blue Glitter

Glitter Nails

What I Used:

Technic Nail Varnish – South Pacific – 99p

Nail Star Translucent Silver Glitter Nail Art Pen & Brush – Bought online in a set

Barry M Topcoat & Basecoat – £2.99

Tutorial

Difficulty – 1/10

This is really easy and really pretty – you need to choose a glitter varnish that is translucent so that it doesn’t alter the base colour when you apply it.

1. Apply base coat.

2. Apply two coats of South Pacific.

3. Apply the glitter, don’t make any neat lines, just cover the tip and then streak it down. Try to make it denser as it approaches the tip of the nail.

4. Apply top coat.

*Available to buy at http://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/151012955/false-nail-set-european-short-nails?ref=shop_home_active*