MiliManicure

YAY we're now half way through! It's Day 6 of my #12dayscc and today we're gonna let it snow :D The base colour used is by OPI - Alpine Snow and for this manicure I've sprinkled on silver caviar beads to create a 3D snowy effect. It's an easy manicure to do however it's a little tricky getting all the beads to cover the nail bed evenly while making sure they don't spill everywhere! (Apologies for completely forgetting to upload this yesterday!)

The finished look (taken with flash).

Daylight shot.

Thankyou for stopping by and reading :)

xox

It's time for day 5 of the nail challenge and today it's Holly day! I've used LA Colors - Solar Gold, Maybelline - Green Miracle and Sally Hansen - Kiwi Bikini for this look. This technique makes it really easy to achieve a simple holly leaf design (see pictures below for tutorial) and it was inspired by Nailside. Hope you like it :)

The finished look.

I applied two coats of each colour first.

Then using the Sally Hansen green I applied 3 strokes (each one slightly shorter than the previous) going downwards towards the tip of the nail so that the dark green begins to form a holly leaf shape.

Finally add three small dots of red to create small berries and there you have the finished look!

From left to right: LA colors - Solar gold, Maybelline - Green miracle, Sally Hansen - Kiwi bikini and Rio nail art pen - Red.

Thankyou for stopping by and reading :)

xox

Happy Sunday! :) Christmas movies have officially started here in UK (Home Alone was on!! YAY!) so it's definitely starting to feel christmassy now. It's day 4 of the challenge and the theme is candy cane. I've used striping tape to create this manicure so it was quite quick to do. The white is by OPI - Alpine snow and the red is by Nails inc - Roland Gardens, which is a beautiful metallic shimmer red.

The finished look.

I painted the middle and ring finger with white, ready to then apply the striping tape.

From left to right: OPI - Apine snow, Nails inc - Roland gardens and Seche vite - top coat.

Thankyou for stopping by and reading :)

xox

Happy Friday everyone!! :) It's been a very chilly day in London again so I guess this manicure fits in perfectly. Day 3 is snowflakes and for this look you'll need some sparkle. The base glitter used is by LA colors - sassy sparkle and the blue glitter on the tips is by Angelica - Bewitched. I then used LA Colors - french white and a thin nail art brush to draw on the snowflakes.

The finished look - I'm disappointed with my terrible skills at drawing a snowflake so next time I'll just stick to stamping :(

I painted my nails with the sassy sparkle first and then used this blue to paint my accent nail and tips.

I then topped the blue with Angelica - bewitched glitter chunks on to the tips and accent nail.

From left to right: LA colors - sassy sparkle, Blue polish (no name), Angelica - Bewitched and LA Colors - french white.

Thankyou for stopping by and reading :)

xox

Oh dear, is it only midweek? :( Need the weekend to hurry up already! Anyway, it's Day 2 of my Christmas challenge and the theme is love. I've gone for a pink and purple contrast - the pink is by Beauty uk - Strength (Breast cancer collection) and the purple used is by Nails inc - Franklins row. This purple is a beautiful shade embedded with tiny shimmer crystals with a very slight tint of blue in it. I've stamped using cheeky plate CH15.

The finished look.

Two coats of both colours - you can see the slight shimmer in the purple here.

I then added some pinky/purple glitter to the accent nail. It's by Angelica - Asteroid. (Daylight shot)

Here's a flash shot so you can see how pretty this glitter is.

Daylight shot. Stamped with LA colors - french white and cheeky plate CH15.

From left to right: Angelica - Asteroid, LA Colors - French white, Nails inc - Franklin row and Beauty uk - Strength.

Thankyou for stopping by and reading :)

xox

Cannot believe it's already December! Where has this year gone?! Although I'm sure everyone is looking forward to the festive season! :)
Today is the first mani of my 12 days of christmas challenge (see earlier post) and it's Red and green! I've kept this one simple as I know I'll probably end up using a lot of these colours in my future manicures. (Apologies for posting a day late!)

The finished look - only apply glitter to the tips.

Base colour used is by OPI - Bubblebath.

From left to right: OPI - Bubblebath, LA colors - Sassy sparkle, Rio Nail art pen green and red.

Thankyou for stopping by and reading :)

xox

Hey peeps! Hopefully everyone had an eventful weekend. I was actually supposed to upload this post on Saturday but I've had a busy weekend organising my cousins baby shower.

Her baby shower was yesterday and this manicure was actually inspired by the sari I was wearing (see pic below). The base colour used is a pearly white, just like the floral design in the sari, and I stamped a large floral print with black (as yellow didn't show up very well the first time) and then topped it off with some fine glitter.