Commando Chic!

So I've finally done a mani in between the 31 day nail challenge! I've decided to use a polish I haven't previously used and it' name inspired this mani :)

I've used BYS Army Chic for the base and decided to do an army camouflage design. the other colours were OPI Barefoot in Trafalgar Square, Revlon Chocolate Truffle and I've mixed China Glaze Four Leaf Clover and Liquid Leather to make a darker green.

I used a dotting tool and made random squiggly lines randomly on the nail. If you try this out, don't be afraid to overlap!

Here are the pics

What do you think? Let me know below!


//Linda

31 Day Nail Challenge Day 28: Inspired by a Flag

I have a totally different take on today's theme! I haven't chosen a regular flag or anything like that, rather I have taken my idea from my favourite pirate anime - One Piece!

For those that don't know, One Piece is an anime about a pirate crew wanting to seek a treasure known as 'one piece' so they voyage together and come across many obstacles and battles along the way. Each character has their own flag symbol and I've selected 5 to do on my nails.

Right side up!

I think they're cute, kinda punk-ish looking from afar ;)

What do you think? Let me know below!


//Linda

31 Day Nail Challenge Day 27: Inspired by an Artwork

Today's theme was a killer! I had to go choose something hard and it took me ages to do, but then again, I said I would go all out for this challenge! So today's theme was inspired by an artwork. There were so many artworks running through my head and so many that I thought were going to be too difficult to do, but I decided on one - Salvador Dali's Persistence in Time/Memory!

It was hard and very time consuming, but I made it! I tried to stretch it out across all nails, so it doesn't quite match up.

Here's the painting for those who don't know it

Almost the end of the challenge! So what do you think? Let me know below!


//Linda

Colour Club Beyond the Mistletoe Collection

Today is so hot, and I need to duck out to do something as well, so while I procrastinate, i'll be showing you 4/6 shades from Colour Club's Beyond the Mistletoe collection. This purchase was part of my splurge of glitters, so hopefully I can tone down a bit on that while I wait for my OPI suedes to get to me :)

The four colours I have for today are Gingerbread, Jingle Jangle, Beyond the Mistletoe and Sugarplum Fairy. Holiday Splendor looked too similar to China Glaze Atlantis for me to buy and Candy Cane, well I have a few pink glitters already (I must stop buying pink/pink-like polishes!)

Here are the swatches!

Indoor

Macro

Sunlight

Gingerbread consists of small gold, silver holo, green and pink glitters in a clear base. Formula was easy to work with and required about 3 coats for opacity. Pics show 3 coats. However, brushing over one spot numerous times will drag the glitter, so simple strokes is best. This was an interesting mix of colours and the way it sparkles in the sun is really pretty! I didn't want to settle for a standard gold glitter, so this one did the trick! It's kind of like a cookie with added spice :)

Indoors

Macro

Sunlight

Sunlight (unfocused)

Beyond the Mistletoe has an overall aquamarine (leaning green) look, consisting of small light blue, green and silver holo glitter. Formula was a tad thicker than Gingerbread, but still workable. For me, It covered well in 2 coats (pics show 2). I didn't want to wait for them to dry on my nails, because it would be much harder to remove, so my second coat was applied thicker than the initial coat. Overall, I'd say it's a pretty glitter, looks kind of similar to China Glaze He's Going in Circles in the last picture - it's also heaps sparkly in real life!

Indoors

Macro

Sunlight

Sunlight (unfocused)

Jingle Jangle consists of small medium blue and light purple/pink glitter in a clear base. Formula was similar to Gingerbread (but I think the glitters are more sparse) and reaches opacity in 3 coats. This is the only one out of the bunch that doesn't have silver holo glitter. I would've liked to see it with holo glitter though, might've been interesting.

Indoors

Macro

Sunlight

Sunlight (unfocused)

Since I'm a sucker for these kind of coloured glitters, I'd have to say this is my favourite! Probably not the most unique ever colour, but I don't have anything this colour, so my preference goes to these! Sugarplum Fairy is a mix of small light purple/pink and silver holo glitters. Formula was thicker than the rest, but it was still decent to apply. It did get a bit sticky on the second coat. Due to thickness, it reached opacity in 2 coats. This one is a major sparkly, like Beyond the Mistletoe - the photos do not do it justice!

What do you think of this collection? Do you own any of them? Let me know!


//Linda

31 Day Nail Challenge Day 26: Inspired by a Pattern

Hello everyone! I realised that this post was late, but by an hour or 2 so not much of a difference right? :) Today's theme is inspired by a pattern - there is so many patterns out there I didn't know what to choose. Fortunately, I remember coming across a tutorial on youtube doing celtic nails so that's exactly what I'll be doing! (not the tutorial, but celtic designs i've found on google)

I chose one main pattern to run across all fingers and another for an accent finger. It took quite a long time to do this because i drew them on roughly and then cleaned all the edges up. Here they are!

Artificial light

Flash

The remaining are under artificial light

Here's my inspiration pics

Considering these took so long, I don't want to remove it for tomorrow's theme, but then I'd be stuck doing an artwork with my non-dominant hand. Dilemma. I shall figure it out when the time comes!

What do you think of these celtic inspired nails? Let me know below!


//Linda

China Glaze Lorelei's Tiara and Marry a Millionaire

Today I have swatches for 2 of the China Glaze Eye Candy collection. I only wanted two from this collection, since the others were similar or colours I didn't want. I also have 4/6 of Colour Clubs Beyond the Mistletoe collection, but i'll show that another time.

Here are the swatches!

Indoors

Macro

Sunlight

Marry a Millionaire is a clear base packed with small light and dark purple glitter and small holo (iridescent?) bar glitters. Formula is a tad thick, but goes on well, and you may end up getting stray bits of bar glitter hanging off the edge of your nail! The pictures show 2 coats (one thin and one thicker because I didn't want them to dry, making removal more difficult). Applying it thin would probably require 3 coats.

Indoor

Macro

Sunlight

Lorelei's Tiara is a clear base packed with tons of microsilver glitter and small medium blue hex glitters. Formula was thinner than MAM, but was quite dense and you could get away with one well applied coat. Pics show 2 coats just to be sure.

Do you own any glitters from this collection? Which are your favourites? Drop a comment!

//Linda

31 Day Nail Challenge Day 25: Inspired by Fashion

Hi everyone, I made a late post today, sorry about that! It was my boyfriend and I's 1 year and 6 months earlier this Monday, so we went to have a nice dinner and a movie :) We couldn't go earlier since we had exams and my boyfriend had work.

Anyways, back to nails! Today's theme is Fashion and I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, so I went googling around for something and I came across a vintage dress pattern that I thought was bold and funky.

Here's what it looks like

And here is the original picture I took inspiration from

Also, thought I might add that I challenged myself for this - I restricted myself in regards to tools. Because I was doing this mani with my non dominant hand, I would have a hard time using brushes, so this whole mani was done with...

DOTTING TOOLS!

Yeap, that's right, I used only dotting tools for this mani - two 2 ended ones (the pic below is the 2 I used). Pretty neat huh? So for those who don't have brushes or anything like that, you can create this look with a toothpick, the end of a bobby pin or anything similar :)

What do you think? Let me know below!


//Linda