W for Witch

Hey everyone! For the letter W, seeing as it is nearly halloween then i thought i would do a witch themed nail art design. I used orange and black to create stripes and then added a black cat and witch hat to make it a bit more unique. What do you think?? Ellena x

V for Vintage

Hi everyone! For the letter V the obvious choice was a vintage themed design. However, although most vintage manicures are based around pastel colours and roses i thought i would do more of a retro design including cherries and black and white polka dots. These were really easy to do! What do you think??

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

R for rabbits

Hey everyone! For the letter R I wasn't really sure what to do! The only thing i could think of was rabbits so that is what i did. I didnt want to do all rabbits on my nails because i have already done that before so i tried to think of something a bit different. In the end i decided on doing a girl and a boy rabbit on my middle and ring finger, and flowers on the rest of my nails. Anyway, to begin with i painted all my nails with two coats of george-cloudless sky. Once this was dry i used technic pretty pastels bubblegum and an fuschia primark polish with a medium dotting tool to create flowers over most of my nail-leaving a small space near the cuticle of my nail. Once this was dry i put a small dot of the other colour in the centre of the flower. I then used a mint green accessorize polish to fill in the gaps with leaf shapes. For my middle finger nail i used collection 2000 white out to create an arch shape near the edge of my nail for the head and a dotting tool to create two long ear shapes from the head. I then used technic pretty pastels bubblegum to fill in the ears, leaving a small white gap around the edge and create a small dot for the nose at the edge of my nail. I then used a rio black nail art pen to draw in eyes and a mouth. I repeated the same steps for the outline of the bunny on my ring finger but using the opposite colours (pink for the bunny's face and ears and white for the middle of the ears). I then used a black rio nail pen to create two thin arch shapes on the bunny's face for the closed eyes. After this i used a bright pink accessorize to create a small triangle for the nose and a small flower next to the bunny's ear. Finally, i used a small dotting tool and a white polish to fill in the centre of the flower. I finished off all my nails with a topcoat.

What do you think?

Please comment!

Ellena x

Birthday Nails

Hey Everyone! First of all sorry that i haven't posted in so long! Secondly, I am sorry this is not a alphabet nail art challenge post but as it was my birthday on sunday, i wanted to do birthday themed nail art! So anyway i will continue with the alphabet nail art challenge after this post but for now i wanted to show you these birthday nails. I wasn't sure on what exactly i wanted to do so i just kind of mixed and matched some ideas i had. To begin with i painted all my nails with two coats of technic seashell. Once they had dried, i began with my little finger nail-candles. I then used a rio nail art pen to paint two pink stripes and one purple stripe vertically across my nail-for the candlesticks-leaving a small space near my cuticle. For the flame of the candle i used an orange rio nail art pen to create a small teardrop shape at the top of each candlestick. I then moved onto my ring finger-cupcake. To begin with i used miss sporty clubbing colours baby pink to create a thick stripe at the edge of my nail. I then used a bright pink rio nail striper to create thin vertical lines across the pale pink section of my nail. After this i used a rio white nail pen to create the icing on the cupcake by doing a dome shape on top of the cupcake case. I finished this nail with a small red dot for the cherry on the top, using a dotting tool and an unnamed red polish. On my middle finger and my pointer finger i created bunting-I won't explain how i did this because i've already done this in my B for bunting. Finally i did my thumbnail-balloon. I used collection 2000 work the colour in the pink to create a balloon shape at the edge of my nail- an arch with a small triangle- and then i used a white rio nail pen to outline the balloon and a black striper to make a string. I finished off this design with rimmel rock your colour glitter top coat. What do you think?? 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

P for Pirates

Hey everyone! For the letter P i decided to do pirates as i thought it would be a fun and easy design to do. I thought about doing an anchor or stripes on some of my nails but i thought that might be too similar to my A for anchor nails so i decided to stick with pirates on all of my nails. Anyway, to begin with as i didn't think i had the right colour for the pirate's face, I mixed two colours together-Rimmel lasting finishing pro bare naked and Technic pretty pastels bubblegum. I used slightly more of the pink polish (bubblegum) and i was quite pleased with the result. I painted all of my nails with three coats of this colour. Once dry, i painted a thick red stripe across the top of each of my nails with two small lines hanging down on the left side for the pirates' bandana using an unnamed red polish from a boots gift set. I then used a white polish and medium dotting tool to create dots all over the red part of each of my nails. Afterwards, i took a black rio nail pen to add the features for the face: an arch shape and a curved line for the eyepatch; a dot for the eye, and a curved line for the mouth. I finished off the design with a topcoat.

What do you think?

Ellena x

M for Monsters

Hey everyone! For the letter M i decided to do monsters on my nails! There were a few other designs that i thought i could do on my nails but none of them were very exciting. I wanted them to be fun, brightly coloured monsters and a different one on each nail, so this is what i came up with. I painted all my nails different colours: thumb-unnamed orange; pointer finger-george cloudless sky; middle finger-unnamed green; ring finger-unnamed red and little finger-rimmel lasting finish pro wild orchid. I did two coats of all these polishes and when they were all dry i did a range of different facial expressions on my nails. For my thumb i used a dotting tool with a white polish and a black polish to create three eyes in a triangle at the top of my nail. I then used a black nail striper to create a long thin line near the bottom of my nail for a mouth

and a white nail pen to create two triangles at each end of the line for teeth, one pointing up and one pointing down. For my pointer finger, i used a large dotting tool to create one big eye in the middle of my nail. i created a mouth in the same wayas on my thumb but on this nail i created both teeth pointing down. For my middle finger i used a white polish and a dotting tool to create ovals at the top of my nail and use a black nail art pen to put a dot at the top of one oval and the bottom of the other to create cross-eyes. I then used a black striper for the mouth and a red nail pen to create a small tongue at one end of the line. For my ring finger i created one small eye at the top left of my nail and a black cross at the top right. I then created a black line for the mouth and added three small white triangles for the teeth. For my little finger i made two small eyes at the top of my nail, a curved black line near the bottom for the mouth and a small white triangle for a tooth. I finished off all my nails with a topcoat.

L for Lace

Hey everyone! For the letter L I wanted to do a lace design on my nails but i thought most of the designs looked incredibly detailed and difficult to do. So in the end i decided to do a simpler design inspired by this design by HannahRoxNails. This design took a bit of patience but was not as difficult to do as i thought it would be. Anyway, to begin with i painted all my nails two coats of Rimmel lasting finish pro wild orchid which is a bright lilac colour which i really like. Once all my nails were dry i used a white nail striper create diagonal lines both ways across the bottom of all my nails. I then used a white rio nail pen to create two or three half flower shapes above the cross-hatched part of my nails. After this, i used the white nail striper to make arches over the flower shapes. Finally, i used the white nail pen to create a line of small dots along the arched lines. I finished the design off with a topcoat.

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.

Collection limited edition mardi gras nail polish- white out review

Hey Everyone! Today's post is something a bit different than usual. I'm sorry i haven't posted for so long but i've been on holiday and just haven't had chance. Anyway, i just thought that i would do something a bit different today and because when i tried the polish out i was surprised at how good it was for such a cheap price i thought i'd tell you guys about it. I just did three fairly thin coats of this polish and found it really easy to apply, it wasn't thick and unmanageable at all. As it is a white nail varnish then you do need three coats to make it opaque but i was really pleased with the end result. I'm so glad to have finally found a good white nail polish at a very good price. I have previously experimented with tonnes of different white polishes-even some with a high price tag-but have found them all to be either too gloopy or thick. So, overall i believe this is a great polish- at just £1.99 it is by far my favourite white polish that i've come across. I would highly recommend Collection limited edition mardi gras "white out" nail polish. There are two other polishes in the collection-green with envy and canary yellow-but i haven't tried these yet although i'm sure these would be just as good. Also in the limited edition mardi gras collection are three fruity scented lip balms which i haven't tried yet but look gorgeous. However, i have tried quite a few polished from the collection work the colour nail polish range and have also been very pleased with the results as they are all good, opaque polishes for just £1.99!! I got "white out" from my local Boots a week or so ago but i think they are still on sale there and i've seen them in superdrug too. In addition, they are still selling them online at boots for £1.99 and superdrug for £1.50-I'll put a link below-but if you do want this polish or something else from the range, get it soon as they are limited edition! I have also posted a picture of my nails with three coats of white out below so you can see how it looks.

Boots mardi gras nail polishes
Superdrug white out mardi gras nail polish

F for Fox and flowers

Hey Everyone! For the letter F i really couldn't decide whether to do foxes of flowers so i decided to do both. As most of the fox nail designs i've seen are quite autumn themed i wanted my design to be more summery so when i saw this design on hey, nice nails knew i had to recreate them. For the base coat i wanted a nudey-pale pink colour that would look subtle and pretty but look the right colour for the fox's face. However, i didn't have a nail polish that i thought would fit this description so i mixed two colours together-Rimmel lasting finishing pro bare naked and Technic pretty pastels bubblegum. I mixed fairly equal parts of both polishes and i was actually quite pleased with the end result. I then used this polish to paint all my nails with 3 coats. Once they were dry, i used an unnamed orange polish and a fine nail art brush to paint a curved line near my cuticle of my ring finger and two curved lines meeting at a point near the edge of my nail. Afterwards, i used a small dotting tool and a black polish to create two dots either side of the point for eyes and a large dot at the very edge of my nail  for a nose. On my other nails i used george- cloudless sky, an unnamed red polish and collection mardi gras-white out and a medium dotting tool to create small flowers from the tip of my nails. I used a gold rio nail art pen to create dots for the centres of all the flowers and a green one for leaves. I finished the design with a topcoat.

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.