Out of this world - Cling Film Nail Art

I've been a little lax with my nails recently. I think it is a combination of having my polishes upstairs out of the way and getting a new carpet (meaning I am more careful to spill anything). Having said that my nails needed some proper painting so I decided to use the old cling film technique to get this gorgeous effect.

I had planned on this looking a bit more like the world with green patches of land and blue sea but when I put the colours on I thought they looked a bit more space like. I've previously only used one colour in a cling film manicure but I thought I'd try two for a change which I think worked really well.

If you want to know how I did this, listen up. Paint your nails a base colour, I used OPI Eurso Euro. Get two pieces of cling film, crumple them up separately. The pieces don't have to be too big just big enough that they cover your nail when pressed flat. Paint some polish onto your cling film (I used Essie - trophy wife & fair game), dab it on some paper to take the excess off then start pressing it on your nails. Then do this with the other piece until you like the look of it on your nails. This will get messy around your nails so maybe use tape around the edges or you will have some major clean up.

I hope you like this manicure and that you will give it a go! It is super easy and creates a great look. Let me know if you try it!

Manicure Monday - Gloopy Nails

This manicure was supposed to be wholly one colour, that colour being Revlon, whimsical. In the bottle this is a lovely mint green with specks of pink and blue glitter. However after three coats of whimsical it still was no where near mint green. In order to improve this I decided to add something to my manicure, gloopy blue and pink tips to be exact.

The colours I used for the gloopy tips were Zoya - Robyn and Barry M - Grapefruit. Both are very pigmented colour and worked great for this nail art. In order to do the tips like this I blobbed some of the polish on to paper and used my dotting tool to apply it to the tip, dragging some down the nail to make the gloops.

Do you like? Would you attempt this?

Mariah Carey for OPI - Christmas Collection Swatch - Kiss Me at Midnight

I am a sucker for new OPI collections. When I hear of a new one I feel the need to get at least one polish from the collection. I'll sometimes have to pick the best of a bad bunch just to say I have one. I know I shouldn't but I feel much better when I can say I own one. Yes I am a strange person that has a slight addiction...

So when the Mariah Carey Christmas Collection came out I knew that I had to have at least one...turns out I needed two. The two I bought were both liquid sand textured polishes - one called It's Frosty Outside, which is a silver texture polish and Kiss Me at Midnight which is a blue glitter texture polish.

I wore Kiss Me at Midnight recently and fell in love. I already love OPI's liquid sand polishes and didn't think they could get much better until I tried this.

This polish is so thick and full of glitter! I absolutely adore the blue colour of this polish and the addition of the silver flecks of glitter push it over the edge. Even though this is a textured polish I always tend to use my Seche Vite top coat over the top to ensure I get the longest wear possible out of it. Due to the fact it is textured these polishes tend to chip quicker, even with the top coat which is a real shame. I would say I had four days from this polish before it came away at the edges.

This polish is going to be perfect for Christmas and I can't wait to wear it again.

Bright blue and sparkly.

Today I've decided to bring you pictures of my beautiful manicure. I've decided to bling up my nails with some serious glitter and a lovely blue base coat. I have to say this is one of my new favourite blues!

Here I have used OPI - When Monkeys Fly and KIKO (69 is the number on the bottom).

Do you like this manicure? Is it too much? Would you wear these two together?