Inspired - Valentine's Manicure 002

12 February 2013
I did this manicure last Tuesday.  It is now Monday 18th Feb.  Apart from a little tip wear, I have to say that this manicure has lasted really well.  I have also only lost one bead from my right dominant hand. I work at a school and I am the dishwasher so I am really surprised.  This is No 3 from the PIA range I bought a few weeks ago from fragrancedircet.
Inspired by Robin Moses here.

Items Used:

OPI Nail Envy
Seche Vite
PIA - 03 - Vivid Pink
Sinful Color - Black on Black (Polka Dots)
Acrylic Paint - White
Mini Beads - Silver
Dotting Tool

Inspired - Valentine's Manicure 001

9 February 2013
This was my manicure before valentines day. It was inspired by Kelsie's Nail Files here.  Mine's a bit messy, sorry, done late at night.  But overall I think it looked great.  I have to also mention the lacquer I used here.  I was looking for some more nail polish bargains at fragrancedirect when I came across this new brand (new to me anyway) PIA.  The bottles look exactly like OPI and even the logo etc on the front of the bottle is very OPIesque.  The shades looked great (28 in all) and the price was good also.  Before I knew it, I had them all my basket and paid for them.  I was very pleasantly surprised when the package arrived.  I have to say also that these applied beautifully and were almost opaque in one coat, I applied two for this manicure.

Have you heard/bought PIA lacquer?  If so what is your opinion on them?

Unfortunately these don't have names only numbers, such a shame. 

Items Used:

OPI Nail EnvyItems
Seche Vite
PIA - 09 - Red
PIA - 11 - Light Pink
Acrylic Paint - Black
Bronze Nail art pen

Ikat fail and success

5 February 2013

I thought I would have a go at doing the Ikat design on my nails.  It looks so easy.  Even the several tutorials I saw on this pattern were so easy, surely I could do the pattern. 

So I choose my two colours and painted my nails.  Even on their own they looked lovely, I should leave them.  

But nope, I had to do the Ikat design, it is easy right? Wrong.  My design looked nothing like the design :o(   What a fail!!

So I took it all off and had another go, and hey presto I got it right.  I am not sure how I got the above design and then the proper Ikat design below, but I did and not bad for a second go.

Items Used:
OPI Nail Envy
Seche Vite
LA Girl Disco - Hustle
Milani - Bare to Wear
Acrylic Paint - Black and White

Puzzle Fail

2 February 2013
I had a go at doing the jigsaw puzzle manicure, and I think it was a slight fail.  Not to mention the awful state of my nails when I did them.  The actual puzzle was fine when I initially did the colours but I made the mistake of outlining with black but not the way I should have! Can you tell where I went wrong? I should have well left alone.  Oh well live and learn, and I will do better next time.

Items Used:
OPI Nail Envy
Seche Vite
Black Acrylic paint
Two shades of Pink I can't remember!

Mini Acrylic Beads

I have been meaning to post about these fantastic beads I bought from eBay from this seller here. Please bare in mind that the seller is away for the Chinese new year until the 18th of February, but do take a look if you can after.  I personally think it is a great buy.  I filled up two large wheels (one for myself and one for my daughter) and look, I still have LOADS left.  Here there are 12 of the 13 colours I purchased (one not shown is the orange).  They are just slightly smaller than the gold/silver ones you get from eBay and other stores, but only just.  I have used then in my second valentine manicure which I will show soon.

I would highly recommend seller as they arrived really quickly.