Hey everyone! Today I have the final post of the digital dozen does fashion week today, albeit a day late. It was inspired again by a La Moda bag,
this* one, which is currently on sale!
For these I used a base of Barry M - Green Berry, and Barry M Gold Foil Special Effects, then I used striping tape from MASH and MASH Black polish. Then I used drops of Seche Vite to add the studs, and then topped off all nails with Seche Vite.
What do you think? Let me know in the comments
Alice
*some of the products in this post were provided to me for review but all opinions are entirely my own
Hey everyone! First of all I just wanted to announce that the giveaway winner has been chosen and contacted, and she has replied. Nail Girl's will announce her name on their Facebook page in the next few days I think. Anyway, I'm really sorry I didn't post last night, I was just too tired. I'm so happy to have a day off tomorrow! Day 5 will be tomorrow, and my very delayed 'which is best' for matte top coats will hopefully be Sunday so there's quite a bit coming up in the next few days.
Today's post is based on another
La Moda satchel, which has unfortunately sold out in this particular colour, but
this is similar for those who fancy it.
I decided to again mix the outside and the inside into one design, but it took me quite a while to work out how. This design was actually a bit of an accident because I had originally intended to post my nails fully with Cuppa but I forgot and painted them all with white and had to improvise! Nevertheless, I'm really happy with how it came out!
What do you think? Let me know in the comments!
Alice
*some of the products in this post were provided to me for review but all opinions are entirely my own
Hey everyone! Another quick post so I can go to sleep tonight, but today's fashion inspiration isn't THAT closely related to the nails. I was loosely inspired, but hopefully you can still see where I was coming from. I have quite a few photos so I'll put the rest after the jump
I did consider using a darker polish but I really wanted to use these holographic polishes from
Born Pretty Store
Holographic #8 is gorgeous. Due to my current lighting set up I couldn't get a picture of it's full holographic beauty but it is truly amazing in sunlight. I dont own many holographic polishes but from what I've experienced I know that these are fab. This was without topcoat
This is
BPS Holographic Polish #12* which is truly the most amazing colour ever. Even when not in direct sunlight it looks beautiful, as you can see above. I would definitely recommend getting this if you're looking at any of BPS's new holo range. This was without topcoat
Overall I'm definitely impressed with the holo polishes, they needed just 2 coats and these pictures are taken without any topcoat. As you can see they're amazingly shiny without. The holographic polishes are currently half price
here and with my code KHL91 you can also get 10% off!
What do you think? Let me know in the comments
Alice
*some of the products in this post were provided to me for review but all opinions are entirely my own and were not influenced in any way
Hey everyone! I'm not going to write much today because I have to be up in 6 hours for work. I'm beginning to regret this week's digital dozen, I've only just started a full time job and I'm struggling to find the time to post twice a week, let alone once a day for 5 days! But I shall soldier on ;)
Today's nails are based on
this* jumper from Romwe, who have kindly offered to sponsor a giveaway for my blog. More information on that at the end of the post, first up: the nails!
The jumper design is a simple gradient, and as I was in a rush I felt it best not to over-complicate that. However, I do quite like the look of the gradient alone, even if it seems a bit boring for my taste.
The colours are Butter LONDON - Cuppa and Essence - Stuck on You, topped off with a coat of Seche Vite.
As I only received this top yesterday, I didn't have time to take a picture of me wearing it or of it in full, so for a full picture see the website
here. I promise you it's worth the look! I absolutely love this jumper and I will certainly be wearing it a lot, especially as the British summer seems to have ended already
Now for the giveaway!
Romwe.com have kindly offered to give away
this dress and
this dress to one lucky reader. All you have to do is enter using the Rafflecopter widget below. It is open
internationally
a Rafflecopter giveaway
For those of you who cannot wait, or don't wear dresses, Romwe currently have a sale on back to school clothes
here, or you can visit their website
here
What do you think? Let me know in the comments!
Alice
Additionally, if you have time, I would super appreciate it if you could vote for me for 'Best New Beauty Blog' in the Cosmopolitan Blog Awards 2013
here
*Some of the products in this post were provided to me for review but all opinions are entirely my own and were not influenced in any way
Hey everyone! I'm back with another week of digital dozen posts for you. I unfortunately missed July but hopefully I'll be able to keep up with this week's post. I've just started a new job though so I might dwindle later in the week but we shall see. I apologise in advance if that does happen!
So for the first day I'm bringing you some nails inspired by
this* gorgeous La Moda satchel. I'm going to put the rest of this post after the jump because it's going to be a pretty long on.
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| Inside of the satchel |
This design was inspired loosely by the inside of the satchel. I decided to do simplified butterflies on a yellow outlined background. I know the yellow polish I chose is a bit off the satchel colour, but in my 400+ polishes I couldn't find one that matched more. I clearly need to buy more polish!
To do this design I started off with a base of Barry M - Yellow, then I used
MASH - Black* for the outline, done with a thin brush, and for the butterflies. The white is acrylic paint. This was topped off with a coat of
Seche Vite, followed by a coat of
Butter LONDON Matte Top Coat.
I also did another design based on this bag, before I decided that I didn't particularly like it. However, as I spent the time doing it and editing it I thought I may as well show you it and you can decide for yourself!
For these nails I started with a base of Butter LONDON Cuppa, and Butter LONDON Jasper, and then I used striping tape and MASH - Black, which I also used alongside a thin brush for the butterflies.
Which design do you prefer? And what do you think of the bag? You can shop it
here.
Let me know in the comments!
Alice
Dont forget to check out my
giveaway, it only has 2 days left!
*some of the products in this post were provided to me for review but all opinions are entirely my own and were not influenced in any way
Hey everyone! Today's post is my first ever holographic polish, and I absolutely love it. I intended to post these a week ago for Digital Dozen Does Tape Manis, which I completely forgot about and therefore missed. But I promised the lovely ladies that I would do a post, and so I did, I just put off writing it for a week.
The holographic polish is Layla - Red Taboo*, from the wonderful
Sally Magpie's, the blue is Barry M - Blueberry and the green is Barry M - Key Lime, all topped off with a coat of
Seche Vite*
Here are some pictures of Red Taboo alone:
These lightbox pictures really don't do this polish justice. It's AMAZING, and I definitely feel I've been missing out on the holo front.
What do you think? Let me know in the comments!
If you haven't already I'd love it if you could vote for me for 'best new beauty blog' in the Cosmopolitan blog awards 2013, you can do so
hereAlice
*Some of the products in this post were provided to me for review but all opinions are entirely my own
Hey everyone! I'm sorry this post is (2 days) late, things have been super busy for the past 2 days and I barely had time to do these nails, let alone post them. I managed to find a few hours free yesterday to do them, and I intended to post them straight after, but these took much longer than I ever anticipated. Anyway, for day 5 of digital dozen book week I chose to do a selection of penguin books. I absolutely love the look of these books, and I've been meaning to do these nails for ages, so this week was the perfect opportunity.
The books I used were chosen at random, and I based it more around whether they'd fit on my nail rather than whether I'd read the book, although I'm sure you'll still recognise most of the titles. These nails are the most frustrating nails I've ever done, they took so much longer than I thought they would and they kept going wrong. I also couldn't fit on the author's name or 'penguin books' in full, because my nails aren't big enough, but overall I'm pretty happy with how these turned out.
To do these I started with 2 coats of
Jacava - Mont Blanc* and once that was dry (sped up using my
Beauty Narcotix Mini Ultimate Fix Quick Dry Spray*) I used striping tape and Essie - Fear & Desire for the orange, I didn't really want to wait for that to dry as well so I sprayed my mini Ultimate Fix once again, then I used acrylic paint and a cut down brush for the details.
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| Ultimate Fix Spray |
What do you think? Let me know in the comments!
Alice
*Some of the products in this post were provided to me for review, my opinions are entirely my own and were not influenced in any way
Hey everyone! I'm back for another day of digital dozen book week, and today I'm doing Alice in Wonderland. I couldn't go a whole week without at least ONE reference to my name after all. I chose a mix of other peoples ideas and making things up as inspiration for these nails, as you shall see, rather than using a book cover as with all the other designs.
On the thumb I did a the cheshire cat using OPI - Chic from Ears to Tail, and then I used striping tape and an unnamed purple polish from a set for the stripes, the mouth was done using acrylic paint. The checkers board remains from
yesterday on a base of
Jacava - Mont Blanc* which is a gorgeous white which only takes 2 coats for opacity, I used this on my ring finger too. My middle finger is Essie - Borrowed and Blue and acrylic paint. The outline on the ring finger is Essie - Beyond Cozy and the numerals are acrylic paint. My little finger is China Glaze - Kinetic Candy with
MASH - Black Nail Varnish* over it using striping tape. The tag is done using acrylic paint. And they're all topped off with a coat of Seche Vite.
The ring finger is inspired by
this design, the thumb is inspired by
this design (I know the link isnt to the artist but I cant seem to find who did it, if you know please let me know and I'll credit correctly) and the middle finger is inspired by
this design
What do you think? Let me know in the comments!
Alice
*some of the products in this post were provided for review, my opinions are entirely my own and were not influenced in any way
Hey everyone! We're now on day 3 of Digital Dozen book week and today I've based my nails on 2 books rather than one, both from the same 'Noughts and Crosses' series by Malorie Blackman. The two books I used were 'Noughts and Crosses' and 'Checkmate'. I wanted something simple to do today and these were perfect.
The two books:
As you can see I added a bit more detail to these than was on the covers originally, but I thought they'd be a bit boring if not.
To do these I used a base of
Jacava - 'Mont Blanc'* which is a gorgeous white which only 2 coats for opacity, and then I added black and white acrylic paint using a small brush, topped off with a coat of Seche Vite.
What do you think? Let me know in the comments!
Alice
*some of the products in this post were provided to me for review but my opinions were not influenced in any way
Hello everyone! As I mentioned yesterday, I was really struggling to come up with ideas for this week's digital dozen theme, so I had to resort to rifling through my bookcase for inspiration. Luckily I didn't have to search for very long as I came across Ruby Red by Linzi Glass and I knew instantly that I wanted to use it.
The book:
To do these I started with a base of OPI - My Vampire is Buff, (which I FINALLY HAVE!) and then I used a tiny brush and white acrylic paint for the background flowers. I then added a coat of Seche Vite and decided to take a picture of them alone in case the next step went wrong (see below). I then used red acrylic paint and the same tiny brush for the flowers and writing, I just added different amounts of white and black paint for the different shades of red.
I actually really like the design on its own like that, and I was afraid I wouldnt like it with the flowers but I equally love both of them. Which do you prefer?
What do you think? Let me know in the comments!
Alice
Hey everyone! I am now a member of the digital dozen, I have actually been a member for a few months but I've not had the time to complete the challenges. If you dont know what the digital dozen is, it's a group of nail bloggers who post 5 days a week once a month, based around a theme. This month's theme is books. As a massive book lover I'm surprised how hard I found it to come up with ideas for this week. I haven't even got 5 ideas yet! (Any suggestions are welcome in the comments).
Today's post was quite easy to think of though, as this book is right at the front of my bookshelf (I have so many books that I have to put some behind) and I've been meaning to make it into a nail design for ages. The book I chose is 'Phosphorescence' by Raffaella Barker, which my younger teenage self read a LOT. You'll probably find that the majority of my posts this week are books for children or teenagers, as their covers seem to a thousand times more inspiring, and this of course is no different. This will be quite a picture heavy post so I'll put the rest on a read more after the first picture.
Here's the book:
As you can see I didn't copy the design exactly, because I didn't feel the writing in the water or the rope around the life belt was necessary.
To do this I started with a base of Layla - CE73 and then I put Layla CE33 over that using the saran wrap technique. I topped that off with a coat of
INM Out The Door Topcoat* because it's fast-drying, and then I put
Models Own - Aqua Splash* over that. Aqua Splash* is from the new Splash collection and can be found
here. I did find that I needed a bit of placement but it still looks great. It reminds me a lot of their mirrorball collection, although I've never tried any of the collection so I could be wrong. Nevertheless it still seems quite unique. On the other nails I used acrylic paint to draw on a life belt, and topped that off with another coat of Out the Door.
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| Models Own 'Aqua Splash' |
I just wanted to include a bottle shot of Aqua Splash because look how gorgeous it looks!
What do you think? Will you be getting any of the new splash collection? Let me know in the comments! And dont forget to check out my
giveawayAlice
*some of the products in this post were provided to me for review, however my opinions were not influenced in any way and are entirely my own
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