25 December - Christmas Nails

25th of December - It's Christmas.  Nails I had for Christmas Day.

Items Used:

OPI Nail Envy base

OPI - Red Hot Gift

OPI - Mermaid's Tears - Green base

China Glaze - Jolly Holly - Tree

ELF - Golden Goddess - Glitter

Seche Vite

18 December - Santa

My nails for the last week of school.

Items Used:

OPI Nail Envy base

OPI - OPI Red 

China Glaze - White on White

Seche Vite top coat

27 October - Glitter Sandwich

I had forgotten to post this manicure!  I wore this waayyy back end of October.  This turned out much better than my first glitter sandwich I did here and my second one here.

Items used:
OPI Nail Envy base
OPI - Don't Touch My Tutu!
LA Color - Sparkling Diamonds
Etude House - 07 Dazzling Blue Glitter
Seche Vite Top Coat

12 December - Rudolf and his friends

My 3rd set of Christmas nails.  These were my favourite of all the nail art I did over Christmas. All this children loved these nails.

Items Used:
China Glaze - White on White - base colour
Nails Inc - (TBC) - reindeer
Acrylic Paint - various
Seche Vite
OPI Nail Envy

7 December - Christmas Nail Art (2)

My second Christmas nail art.  My favourite diagonal french.  Quick and easy.

Items Used:
OPI Nail Envy base
OPI  - Double Decker Red
OPI - (TBC as base colour)
Acrylic Paint - green and white

3 December - Black and White Spotty Dottie

After my Santa nails, I needed a change, so I went for these black and white ones.  I used OPI Baby It's Coal Outside a sparkly charcoal black.  Over the top of that a put on a coat of spotty dottie light.

Items used:

OPI Nail Envy base

OPI - Baby It's Coal Outside

All that Glitters - Spotty Dottie light

Seche Vite top coat

1 December - Santa's Coat

My first Christmas nail art.  I did these nails for our work do for the evening.  They turned out much better than I envisaged.  Loads of compliments for this set.

Items used:
Color Club - Ruby Slippers - red glitter
Random black nail lacquer
Acrylic Paint - White
Silver glitter pen
Seche Vite top coat
OPI Nail Envy base

Painted Gradient

This was a very quick manicure.  I used just one coat of nails inc lacquer for the base.  It was a bit on the thick side and I was in a hurry and didn't feel the need to do a second coat.  To bling up the manicure I just painted on the glitter with a fairly dry brush. Weather here in the UK is awful, dark and grey and rather wet so the photos do not do this manicure justice at all, it looks much better IRL.

Items Used:
OPI Nail Envy Base Coat
Seche Vite Top Coat
Nails Inc - Blackfiars Road - Base
Nails Inc - Devonshire Street - Glitter

Connecting the all the Blue Dots

Today a simple french manicure and a pretty dotty bow for the accent nails.

Items Used:
OPI Nail Envy Base Coat
Seche Vite Top Coat
Nails Inc - All Saints Road - dark blue
Color Club - Factory Girl - Light blue for accent nails
Dotting Tool

Black-N-White Diagonal French

I have done the diagonal french manicure before in other colour combinations.  It is so quick and easy, this time in Black and White, what more can I say...

Items Used:
OPI Nail Envy Base Coat
Seche Vite Top Coat
OPI - Seagulible - silver/white base
Barry M - Black
Acrylic Paint White

Failed Half Moon Gradient

I have done a half moon manicure before and it was reasonably ok.  I tried again and it is a massive fail.  I liked the way Sammy over at The Nailasaurus did hers and thought I would give it a go with a different colour combination.  Massive fail!!!   The gradient was ok but my half moons did not look like half moons at all.
So in the morning I tried to freehand rectify the half moons, did not look any better.  Much practice needed, but overall I was happy with the colours if nothing else. Oh well.......

Items Used:
Nail Envy
Seche Vite Top Coat
China Glaze - Oh How Street It Is - Orange
Nails Inc - Walton Street - Pink/purple middle gradient
Sponge

Remembrance Day Nails

I did these nails way back in November for Remembrance Day.  This is not my idea, I saw a beautiful version of these here and had to re-create for myself.  I did not use the one stroke technique, just plain  acrylic paint, a fine brush and dotting tool.

Items Used:
Nail Envy Base Coat
Seche Vite Top Coat
OPI - Don't mess with OPI - green
Acrylic Paint - red, black and white.

Comet Tail - Inspired Manicure

This manicure inspired by this I found while looking for some inspiration.  Thank you both ladies.

Items Used:
Color Club - Pucci-licious
Acrylic paint - black and white
Glitter nail are pen - silver
Seche vite
Nail Envy

25 October 7/7 - My Halloween Nails

I was looking for inspiration for some simple Halloween nails and I came across this one.  Not so simple or quick hence only the accent ring finger.  I don't think the gem stones worked either, they were TOO big and kept catching on everything and by the end of the day nearly all had fallen off.  This manicure did not stay on too long! It looked good though lol.

Items used:
Random Black Nail Laquer
LA Girl - Disco Fever - Red
Acrylic Paint - Black
Rhinestones
Nail Envy
Seche Vite Top Coat

24 October 6/7 - Valen-Time for An-imal Print

I have done this manicure before and it turned out much better. I think the choice of colour here did not help and again I was tired!!  But hey ho ..... I know what to do/not to do next time.

Items used:
OPI - Valen-Time for Love
Acrylic Pain - Black
Nail Envy
Seche Vite Top Coat

19 October 5/7 - Party Animal Bling

Well I am still remembering to photo my lacquer with each new manicure.  Here it is dark vampy burgundy with a hint of glitter in it already, but I bling up the manicure with more glitter on the ring accent nail.  Simple but effective.

Items used:
Color Club - Sulty Diva - Gold Glitter
LA Girl - Party Animal - Base colour
Nail Envy
Seche Vite Top Coat

16 October 4/7 - Gingham Nails

This 4th October instalment is inspired by this manicure by Nailed it.  I only did one nail as it was quite time consuming and after a long day at work I did not have the energy to do all my nails.  But I really liked this so it is still on my list to do on all nails.

Items used:
OPI - Funky Dunkey - Purple
OPI - Venus di Violet - Base colour
Nail Envy
Seche Vite Top Coat

12 October 3/7 - Savoy Hill

Well I think I might have made a mental note anyway about taking photos of the nail lacquer bottle because here it is, Savoy Hill - Nails Inc.  And boy what a warm colour this is unlike the cold, windy chilly weather we are having here in London anyway.