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

I for Ikat

Hey everyone! I'm sorry it's been so long since i've posted i just haven't seemed to get around to it. For the letter I i thought a few designs that i could do on my nails but as recently i've seen lots of ikat nails and haven't had a go at them myself i decided to do ikat nails. They were really easy to do, especially as they don't need to be particularly neat or uniformed. To begin with, i painted all my nails two coats of collection 2000 work the colour-baby blue nail polish. Once all my nails were dry, i used a white rio nail pen to create a rough triangular shape from the tip of each nail and another one from the base of each nail. After this had dried i used a neon pink nail pen from accessorize to draw a smaller pink triangle inside each white one. Then i used a black rio nail striper to roughly outline each triangle using a series of tiny lines and create a small random shape in the middle of each triangle. I finished the 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

Flower nail art

Hey Everyone! Today's nails are just some simple flowers i decided to do. I used Miss Sporty crush on you nail polish in the grey shade (062) as the base coat for all my nails apart from my index finger which i used Seventeen quicker slicker nail polish in the shade mini skirt. After i'd done the base coat then i used the white nail polish and a dotting tool to create small flowers and dots all over my nails. For my index finger i did the same but used the grey nail polish to create the flowers. For the centres of the flowers i used a yellow polish and a small dotting tool and for my index finger i used a bright pink polish. I finished the design with a topcoat.