40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Hippies/Festivals

Week 43 of the 52 week 40 Great Nail Art Idea's Challenge.

Nine more weeks to go......

This week the prompt is Hippies/Festivals.

Lots of things come to mind, flowers, bright colours, green peace, Reading Festival, Glastonbury.... the list is endless really.

I've never been to a festival but as a child of the 70's probably worn flowery prints and flares :)

But I also had tie dye in my head and as I've never done this on my nails, what better reason than now.

Here is my contribution....

I applied a white polish as a base and then did the nail art over the top.  This makes the colours pop more.

I did the tie dye effect on the two middle fingers using a very fine dotting tool and when I had finished the pattern, gently dabbed over it with some acetone remover with a brush to give a more tie dye effect.

For the index and thumb, I dropped some polish drops onto a stamper and just stamped it straight onto my nails.  I added some metal studs and voila.

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Floral Water Decals Skittlette - Lady Queen Review

Today I'm sharing my first review of water decals from the nail art store Lady Queen. 

The decals here are just one set of 12 on one big sheet (found here), they cost just $3.88 US dollars or £2.56 and free shipping.

The colours are fresh and vibrant, I was spoilt for choice but chose this set for the review.  I find water decals so much fun and they are so quick and easy and you get a manicure to die for.  And I have to say, these were just as easy to use as any others I've used in the past. 

As you can see I only used four pieces from this particular set, leaving plenty for another possible two manicures. 

Twelve different floral prints for many many manicures.  So what are you waiting for? You can get these decals and many other Nail Art items from the store here, and whats more you can use my discount code RWLC15 for 15% off your order.

*These were sent to me for an honest review*

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Nude and Colour - Leopard

Week 42 of the 52 week 40 Great Nail Art Idea's Challenge.

Wow, just 10 more weeks to go.

Trying to catch up, here is last weeks manicure.

This week the prompt is Nude and Colour and my personal pattern prompt - Leopard.

I had so many ideas running through my head, I couldn't make up my mind.  In the end my daughter suggested I use the Barry M Daylight Curing polishes she bought me for my birthday earlier this month.

And lo and behold, the first colour I looked at was a nude, great ....

.... and this is what I came up with.

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Insects

Week 41 of the 52 week 40 Great Nail Art Idea's Challenge.

I am running 2 and a half weeks behind with this challenge.  I wore week 42 last week and I will post that asap.

But here is week 41 with the prompt - Insects.

I have been wanting to do this nail art for a very long time, just never got round to it.  So today with the intention of just painting my nails for the prompt, photographing etc I was going to take it off and get on with this weeks prompt.

But I liked it so much even though it was rushed, I decided to keep it on and even did my cinders hand.

Here is my insect manicure - the monarch butterfly.  I painted on the darker purple, let it dry a little then used cling film/saran wrap and patted it onto the darker colour.  With black acrylic paint I did the monarch design and white acrylic paint for the dots and to finish, a coat of SV and voila.

I am really impressed, I really like them on...

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40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Pink and Aqua - Ikat

Week 40 of the 52 week 40 Great Nail Art Idea's Challenge.

This week the prompt is Pink and Aqua and my personal pattern prompt - Ikat

I have only done this pattern once and then it was a very trial and error attempt (see here).

But I am quite happy with how these turned out first time, so without further a do....

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40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Holidays/Seaside/Beach

Week 39 of the 52 week 40 Great Nail Art Idea's Challenge.

This week the prompt is Holidays/Seaside/Beach.

This is my interpretation of  the title.  Blue sea and sky, lovely bright flowers in hedgerows and hair, sitting back and just enjoying the sun.

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