I was going to do an outfit post for you today, buuuut I decided to save it for while I’m away. I’m planning on having a few guest bloggers (including my sister!) to keep you occupied, and then having some scheduled posts of my own too. Since I was wearing no make up today (I’m lazy!), I decided I would save that outfit for an appropriate No Make Up Monday post! So instead, I shall talk today about something I have started loving a lot recently, nails and nail art!
So the nails above are mine, obviously, that I did today =) I usually (or until recently) just wear plain colours on all my nails, but seeing loads of awesome coloured and patterned nails on everyone elses’ blogs I decided to try out some new things recently. This is pretty plain compared to other ones I’ve been trying out, but I like the clash of colours (and isn’t the coral colour just divine?!) So here are the colours I used:
Nails
I’ve really been loving the last one above recently, a mattifying top coat. It really transforms your nails because instead of having to buy separate colours just so that they are matte, you just need this one and you have a whole new set of colours! It dries really quickly too =)
I also wanted to show you a technique I tried out recently, water marbling. So the first time I did it (which the pictures are of), it came out absolutely perfectly. Everytime I’ve tried to do it since… no such luck!! I’ve just made a mess of myself (and the glass I was using…!). But I’ll keep trying! There are loads of tutorials out there about how to do this, so I’ll spare you the details, but I may do my own one day (when I can get it right myself!).
i love matt topcoats too, i got the elf one as it was super cheap, i love it over neon colours! x
I love that coral color of nail polish! I did water marbling recently too – about half my nails turned out GORGEOUS, and the other half didn’t turn out too well. I did notice that my nails chipped really quickly with water marbling. I’ll probably do it again soon… maybe I’ll post about it! It is hard though and I made a mess of myself too, ha ha. I actually at one point dropped one of the polish brushes I was using and it went everywhere!
XO Michelle
Locked Out
Love the coral and blue together, may need to try that too! Impressed by the marble effect as well! xx
amazing nails! i ve been mixing my nail polishes too- right now i have them dyed half yellow half light blue!it really lightens them up 🙂
i had never seen around the second technique!i ll look it up because it looks interesting 😉
gorgeous water marbling dear!
PS when does your giveaway end ?
The coral Barry M colour is gorgeous. I have a friend who regulary can’t decide what colour to paint her nails so she paints each one a different colour.
Wow, that water marbled nail looks awesome. I have a hard enough time painting my nails with one colour hah.
I red you blog!
but I don’t always remember all the blogs I visit! Sorry but I don’t speak English very well and I need to translate! so I use sometimes the same comment if there isn’t my sister to write English for me! :((( I hope you accept my apologies!
marti