Birthday Nails!

(I'm just going to pretend like I haven't been away for over a month, okay? Okay.) 

Hey guys,

As many of you won't know, it was my birthday on Tuesday (1st July) and so of course, I had to paint my nails for the occasion. This was the first time in a long time that I had sat down and done some proper nail art (aside from dotting and striping) and so I'm not really pleased with how these nails turned out. 

The nails were inspired by this blog post I saw ages ago and had saved in a my favourites as I knew I wanted to use the design at some point.

I used the ring finger design from Heather's nails as my main design. I began by painting my thumb and little finger in  solid pale/bright blue.The rest of my nails received a glittery base. I then used a detail brush to draw on the balloons and outline them, adding a 'string' to each. I finished everything off with a coat of my glitter topper and a coat of shiny top coat.

Here is a close up shot of my artwork nails:

The colours used are:

(Base) Rimmel 60 Seconds - Too Cool To Tango

(Base) Essence - Space Queen

(Balloons) OPI Brazil Collection - Kiss Me I'm Brazilian, Amazon...Amazoff, Live. Love. Carnival, I Just Can't Cope-acabana

Who else had a birthday this week? I'd love to see some more birthday nail art so leave links in the comments and I'll check them out!

Love Emily x

Lilypad Lacquer - Tanzanite Twinkle

Hey guys,

Today I have a swatch of the gorgeous Tanzanite Twinkle by Lilypad Lacquer. My pictures really don't do it justice. 

Tanzanite Twinkle is a holo with a pale purple/lilac base. The holo itself is made up of blues, pinks and purples. It looks like a rainbow in the sun - its beautiful.

I tried playing around with my camera settings as I have never photographed a holo before! Some of the pictures are done on the 'sunny day' setting and some on the 'auto' setting. The pictures with a hint of blue are on the auto setting.

And that's the end...short and sweet but with lots of pictures. There isn't much to say about a polish so wonderful.

Love Emily x

Matte Skittles (from the archives)

Hey guys :)

Today I have a post for you that includes some nail art I did last year but never posted anywhere. It's new for you but not new for me. 

For these mix and match nails, I decided to use a white base on all of my nails. For my thumb and little finger, I used a small detail brush to outline the shape from the cuticle and then filled the rest of the nail in with my chosen colour. I used the detail brush for both my index and ring finger and a dotting tool for my middle. I added a matte top coat to the design.

Colours used:

Barry M Nail Paint - Blueberry Ice Cream

Rimmel - White

LA Colors Art Deco striper - Blue Glitter

I'm going to try and post once a week but I'm not making any promises, being a student teacher is hard work and I don't have a lot of time to myself anymore (hence the archive post today). Thank you to everyone is still sticking by me, it is much appreciated :)

Love Emily x