Audrey Pinstripe Floral - DRK-A plate

** Hello 2013 **

Who's been nursing a hangover today? Not me!! I got in quite late from work last night and after downing a bottle of Buck's Fizz I fell asleep around 11pm and completely missed the clock striking midnight, oops. I really do know how to party, don't I! 

Continuing on the theme of 'elegant' manis today I want to show you a little number I whipped up this afternoon using the amazing DRK plate sent to me by the lovely Barb. If you read my blog you know she's my nail sister from Brazil who just surprises me all the time with nail mail (did I show you the nail polish she sent me recently?). When I got this I couldn't believe it, she's just too kind. 

I'm not hugely familiar with this brand; all I know is that they are Brazilian and available from Ninja polish. The images are HUGE! Seriously my piddly nails really don't do the images justice whatsoever.

Base: China Glaze - For Audrey Stamping Polish - Konad - White

What do you guys think? I love this and think this mani will make an appearance on my nails quite a lot this year! 

 

Elegant floral mani - NC-03

A bit of a palate cleanser today to see in the new year. For the base I used Models Own Peach Puff which I think clashes slightly with my skin tone! Then using Models Own Gold Digger I stamped the very pretty floral design from NailZ Craze Plate NC-03.

The overall mani is subtle yet chic :-)

Yay or Nay? Let me know what you think.

Have a great New Year everyone! XXX

Blingy snowflake nails using Shimmer Jennifer

The lovely Cindy from Shimmer Polish very kindly sent me some more of her gorgeous creations to share with you guys and today I want to show you Jennifer. Jennifer is what I would call a cool glitter with it's light blue, silver and rose gold. There also a sprinkling of black glitter which cuts though the paler colours to add that little extra dimension. Here I layered 2 coats over a pale blue creme (CC Take me to your Chateau).

Stunning isn't it? I think it just works so well with the blue creme. And to make it even more festive I added some snowflakes from BM-319 and BM-323

If you want to buy this lovely Shimmer Polish then check out Cindy's etsy store. That's it from me for now, I'm working over Christmas so won't be able to post much but I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year xxx

Santa Nails

Hope you like them xx

NailzCraze NC 03 - Fair Isle Nails

Oops! I didn't mean to leave such a huge gap between posts but I've had a pretty busy month. As well as working I've been galavanting around the UK ticking off cities on my to visit list and I'm sure those who follow me on Instagram are probably a bit bored of me spamming their feed with pictures of cathedrals and cakes :-) Another reason why I've neglected my blog is because 6 out of 10 nails have splits/breaks which has meant my time has been spent patching up the damn things rather than actually painting them and creating Xmas designs as I had hoped. I'm tempted to chop them all off and start again but I can't bring myself to do it yet. We'll see how I feel in the New Year.

Putting that aside a couple of days ago a lovely plate I ordered from Nailz Craze finally arrived and it gave me a good reason and a kick up the butt to create a simple Xmas Mani using the Fair Isle design.

The plate is gorgeous and the designs are huge. If you have big nails this is ideal for you. Anyway I hope you like my very simple Xmas mani as much as I do.

You can buy this plate from NailzCraze.etsy.com which is where I got mine. Thanks for staying with me xx