Born Pretty Store Water Decal Review

Hey guys!

Who else can't believe that it's almost the end of February already?! Where did the time go! Today, I have a fairly simple mani that I did using water decals from bornprettystore.com.

I decided to get these ones (minus the ones that I used because I was a genius and used them before I took the picture). They are so cute, I want them to be real so they can be my pets and I can take them for walks and gahh...

They come with easy to follow instructions on the back. I did get a bit confused though, so just read them carefully. I would advise people to cut as close to the picture as possible as when I did mine, I left a border around the decal which meant it was hard to position when placing it on the nail.

For the nails, all I did was paint the nails in a base colour and then paint half the nail with another polish. I decided to use a textured polish to add depth and because it has opacity in one coat.

Colours used are:

Primark Beauty (no name for the colour) - its a cornflower-ish blue with a creme finish

Barry M Textured Nail Effects - Duchess

This is a sunlight shot - stunning!

And that's it from me on this fine February day. I'm off to do more university work and prep for a presentation that I have on Thursday (wish me luck!).

Love Emily x

CHRISTMAS IS HERE

Hey guys,

The Christmas season is upon us, I have purchased fairy lights and Christmas presents and my list has been sent off to Santa. It's officially time to paint my nails for the festive season.

This first mani was a quick one that I did just before a night out - the picture is taken from my phone because I didn't have time to photograph properly before it got smudged and chipped :(. The blue used in this is W7 - Blue Mirror and I love it!

The next mani that I will show is my most recent one (it's still on my nails). One of friends urged me to create Rudolph nails - so I did.

Colours used are:

Rimmel Lasting Finish - Double Decker Red

Nails Inc - Cadogan Gate

Sinful Colours - Easy Going

Barry M - Mushroom

Revlon - Hot for Chocolate

Rio Stripers - black, white and red

And that's the beginning of my Christmassy nail art. Expect quite a few more posts this month because it's one of my favourites and there are so many designs that I already have in mind. See you soon!

Love Emily x

Breast Cancer Awareness

Hey guys,

These are the nails that I have done in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and so it's only right that I wear pink on my nails. You can find out more about Breast Cancer Awareness here.

I've had so many compliments for these nails! I can't tell you the amount of cashiers and old people that have said "Oooh, they look lovely, did you do themself?" hahaha. They're also a firm favourite with my new university friends!

I based my thumb and ring finger design on this One Nail To Rule Them All tutorial/infamous manicure. I wanted to use this design in the manicure but decided not to do this for all of my nails. I decided to add some sparkle and cover my index finger in glitter, I painted the Breast Cancer ribbon on my middle finger and did a cute polka dot design for my little finger.

The colours used are:

(As a base for my thumb and ring) Models Own Velvet Goth - Amethyst

Barry M Nail Paint - Shocking Pink, Strawberry Ice Cream

Barry M Nail Paint Gelly Hi-Shine - Grapefruit

AVON Nailwear Pro - Pink Radiance

I hope you like them! Don't forget to wear it pink this month!

Love Emily x

p.s. I have some exciting things planned for my blog so stay tuned!

Autumn Owl

Hey guys,

I did these nails because I just bought a new Essie Polish (the berry colour I'm wearing) and really wanted to use it straight away. I thought it was a really good autumn colour and so decided to do an accent nail with an owl as I haven't had chance to any 'real' nail art all summer. Plus owls are super cute and I am yet to draw one on my nails.

The colours I used from l-r:

Rio Professional Nail Art Pens - black and white

Essie - Big Spender (totally IN LOVE with this colour)

Barry M Nail Paint - Mushroom

Ciaté Paint Pot - Pocket Money

Revlon - Gold Coin

AVON Nailwear Pro - Coral Beat

And that's a shot of my left hand. See you guys soon :) 

Summer Fun

Hey guys,

So I did these nails a while back (whilst it was still warm out). They are already on my tumblr but I didn't have a blog then. I really liked the way these turned out and so I though I would document them in a more detailed way. They were inspired this cutepolish design.

The colours I used were:

Rimmel Lasting Finish - Misty Jade, Tangy Tangerine

Barry M Nail Paint - Blueberry Ice Cream, Berry Ice Cream, Strawberry Ice Cream

Rio Pro Nail Art Striper - white

Hope you liked them!