26 Great Nail Art Ideas - Going on Holiday

The 19th manicure of the 26 Great Nail Art Idea's challenge.

I am a few days late but the theme is Going on Holiday.

This is my interpretation.

I did palm trees on a two colour gradient base.  I have done these before in a different colourway, I think I prefer the original (here).

Also I did NOT use nail polish, I used acrylic paint for the gradient and trees :)  I put on a glitter coat over the top of the gradient however, and as you can see on the purple bit, it kind of did a shattered effect, I quite like that.

KIKO 497 Pearly Indian Violet

I did this manicure back in September 2016.  This was from my 2nd KIKO haul.  Isn't it a beauty. Love all the sparkles and micro glitter in it.  Loved it on.  Love the shape on my nails, I must do them like that again.

26 Great Nail Art Ideas - New Year, New You

Hope you all had a good Christmas, here's wishing you all a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year 2017.

Well it's now the 7th manicure of the 26 Great Nail Art Idea's Challenge.

The challenge this week is New Year, New You.

I thought I would do something different, not blingy or glittery, just colourful and floral.  Well, I have a ton of water decals.  I was obsessed by buying them last year, but just did not use them.  I found them too pretty to use!  But this year I am going to make it my goal to use them as much as I can.  I have a busy life at work and home and decals are a good way to get a quick and easy manicure.

So this is what I wore for New Years day 2017.  I love how it turned out and I am so glad I teamed it with the two nail polish colours as I did.

 

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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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Prince Tribute Nails - One week... Still can't believe it!

Purple gradient. A week ago Prince passed away, I still can't believe it......

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Violet - Fan Brush

Week 26 of the 52 week 40 Great Nail Art Idea's Challenge.

The colour prompt for the challenge this week is violet and my personal challenge is to incorporate the fan brush.

The colour prompt was challenging one for many on this challenge, what is 'violet'?  Does it lean toward purple or pink or in between?  I googled it and there were many explanations, still none the wiser, this is what I came up with.....

I didn't do the traditional side to side fan brush technique instead i swept the brush diagonally with the first two colours and then vertically and horizontally with the last darker colour.  This gives it a slightly distressed look?  I quite like it.

Also, below is the colour square I went with when choosing my violet colours.

                                    violet                                        purple

     

 

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40 Great Nail Art Ideas - 3 Shades of Purple with Circles

Week 16 of the 52 week 40 Great Nail Art Idea's Challenge.

This week the prompt is 3 Shades of Purple for everyone and my personal pattern prompt is Circles.

I have done a 3 shade purple sponge gradient with gold stamped circles on all but the ring finger.  On the ring finger, I started off with a white base (OPI Alpine Snow) I then stamped with the 3 shades of purple.  I have used BM322 plate.

I am still a novice where stamping is concerned as I don't own any decent stamping polish, but the No7 polish I used turned out pretty well.

  

  

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Purple Rainbow Water Decal - 13 September 2015

A dark yet bright purple manicure here.  I used a full nail water decal on the ring finger, added some metal nail studs to the other nails to bling it up a little. Voila...

Lilac Gradient and Lace Decal - 3 July 2015

Ok catch up time again.

We are into July 2015 now.

Here a lilac/purple gradient with some pretty white lace decals.  I love these decals, I have them in black also which I must try out soon.