S for Sugar skull

Hey Everyone! There were quite a few things that i could think of to do for the letter S but i decided on doing sugar skulls. This design was inspired by Cutepolish. These were really simple and easy to do! To begin with i painted all my nails with two coats of flashmob white lightning. I got this polish for my birthday and i really like it, it is really opaque. Once all of my nails were dry, i used a black rio nail pen to create two large dots at the top of my nail for eyes. I then made a nose by creating an upside down heart in the centre of my nail for the nose. After this i made a straight black line near the edge of my nail for the mouth and created five vertical rectangles around the line for the teeth. I then used a toothpick and four different nail polish colours-an unnamed orange polish; rimmel lasting finish pro, wild orchid; collection 2000 work the colour, baby blue and a fuchsia primark polish to create small dots all the way around both eyes. I finished all my nails off with a topcoat. This design was really simple and easy to do!

I hope you like them. Please comment below!

Ellena x

Q for Quilt

Hey everyone! For the letter Q i really didn't know what to do! The only thing i could think of to was quilting but i wasn't sure about doing this design on my nails. Instead i thought i would try and do patchwork quilt style nails. Although most of the designs i've seen were split into four parts but i thought this might be a bit tricky for me to do so i decided just to stick with two. I knew I wanted to do roses on one side but i wasnt sure what to do on the other side so in the end i just did polka dots. Anyway, to begin with i painted my nails with two coats of rimmel lasting finish pro wild orchid. I know i use this polish a lot but i just love the colour and it's so opaque and easy to apply- I would definitely recommend this polish because i love it! To do the roses i used a dark pink rio nail pen to create small, rough circular shapes (these will eventually turn into roses)  across the left side of each nail. I then used a pale pink accessorize nail pen to create random shapes inside each dark pink circle. To finish off the roses i used a mint green accessorize nail pen to create small leaf shapes on either side of each rose. I then used the brush end of this colour to paint the right side of my nail. Once this was dry i used a darker teal accessorize nail pen to do small dots all over the mint green section of my nails. Finally, i used a white rio nail striper to create small crosses along the join of the mint green section and the lilac section on each nail. I finished this design off with a topcoat. This was really quick and easy to do. I hope you like it. Please comment below what you think!

Ellena x

H for hearts

Hey everyone! I stuck with the obvious for the letter H, hearts. I actually had another heart themed design in mind but it didn't quite go to plan so i did this one instead. I felt in a summery mood  so decided to use quite bright colours. It's a really simple and easy to do design and didn't take very long to do. Firstly, i painted all my nails two coats of rimmel lasting finish pro in the shade wild orchid. Next, i used collection work the colour polish in the shade in the pink to create two thick diagonal stripes in a V formation at the edge of each nail to create a heart. I then used collection mardi gras polish in white out and a medium dotting tool to outline each heart on all my nails. I finished this design with a top coat.

D for Dots

Hey  Everyone! I decided to stick with the obvious one for this letter and do dots as i thought they would be nice and easy to do. However, i wanted to do something a little bit different so decided to do half and half dot in alternate colours. To begin with i painted my nails with two coats of collection 2000 work the colour, raspberry pink nail polish. Once all your nails are dry paint them with one coat of a fast drying top coat. After this i placed sellotape diagonally across each nail, making sure it was firmly pressed down. I then painted each nail with collection 2000 work the colour baby blue over the part of my nails which weren't covered in sellotape but it doesn't matter if you go onto the sellotape because the next step is to peel it off. Once i carefully peeled off the sellotape, i was left with my nail split diagonally into a bright pink section and a pale blue section. Afterwards, i simply took a medium sized dotting tool with the bright pink polish and painted evenly spaced dots on the blue side of my nails. I then repeated this step but using the blue polish on the pink part of my nails. I finished with a top coat.

A for Anchor

Hey everyone! So these are the first nails for the alphabet nail challenge. After a long debate of what designs I could do that begin with the letter A, i finally settled on doing an anchor themed nail design. I originally thought that i would just do anchors on all my nails but i then changed my mind as i decided i wanted to do something a bit different. Anyway, i painted my index finger two coats of an unnamed red polish and the rest of my nails two coats of Rimmel lasting finish pro in the shade bare naked. I then placed a piece of sellotape diagonally across the bottom of each of my nails (apart from my index finger). I then painted the sellotaped nails two coats of collection work the colour sonic blue. Next, i used a white nail striper to create thin horizontal lines over the blue part of my nails and carefully peeled off the sellotape. Along the line where the two colours met i added a row of silver dots using a silver nail art pen. To finish off these nails i used the red polish and a medium dotting tool to create a heart in the nude section of my nails. Finally i used a white nail striper to create an anchor in the middle of my nail on my index finger. I finished this design with a topcoat.