NOTD: Triangle tips over Nails Inc Garrick St

Tipwear and regrowth annoy me so much, especially when I’m wearing a polish I don’t have much of! Nailside’s rightly famous cloud mani is stylish and covers up the tips, but I want a bit of variety, so you’re going to be seeing a lot of my experiments! Garrick St is in the artsy, theatre Covent Garden area of London, …

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NOTD: Black lace on nude

The refined yet sexy black-lace-on-nude look that Kate Moss etc. popularised a couple of years ago inspired these nails. The base is OPI Malaysian Mist, which I hate when sheer but love with 3+ coats, and might be my long sought after HG nude! It’s one of the polishes that got me into nails in the first place. The stamp …

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Artsy Wednesday: A Clockwork Orange

This Wednesday’s theme is inspired by a movie. I decided to use A Clockwork Orange, one of my favourite books and movies! In the movie, the main character, Alex, wears a bowler hat and heavier eyeliner under his right eye. Bart Simpson dressed up as him one Halloween 🙂 I used Sally Hansen Sun Kissed for the orange base, and …

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Nails: Inspired by…

Hi again! Today I thought I’d show you lovelies my entry for More Nail Polish’s “Inspired by…” contest! I had all sorts of crazy ideas, but procrastination happened and my ideas didn’t work out (I’ll post my fails later on for your enjoyment!), so I went with a safe, bold tape mani using ulta3 Midnight (dark blue) and Sizzling Red …

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Artsy Wednesday: Blue nails

Hey hey! It’s Artsy Wednesday again! This time the theme is blue nails, and here’s what my design looks like in the sun: I first painted my nails with ulta3 Blue Marlin (medium blue creme) on the right, and a franken I made from Spring Shower and a few drops of black on the left. Then I taped a zigzag …

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Artsy Wednesday: Inspired by a book

Theme: Inspired by a book I’m a nerd, and part of my duties as a nerd is to be a bookworm, so it was quite a task to work out my favourite books, and figure out how to present one visually (if anyone knows a way to depict Ulysses on their nails, please share). I settled on a nerd classic: …

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NOTD: Glitter wedge tape mani

I warned you there’d be tape manis! 😛 Sandwich dissection:CND Stickeyulta3 Gold Rush Fever (gold shimmer)Milani Gems (chunky rainbow glitter)ulta3 Confetti (fine fuschia/gold/blue glitter, to try to give a more defined “edge” at the cuticle)Orly Bonder (smoothes the glitter out so well!)Seche Vite(dried overnight)(tape wedges added)ulta3 Orchid (cool purple with gold shimmer)(tape wedges removed)Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Tasty glitter macro: All …

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NOTD: Circusy nails with added elephants!

I thought I’d try something fun in between all the sober-ish manis I’ve been doing… NOTE: I am not a Republican! I’m Australian, it didn’t even cross my mind that elephants were associated with the GOP until I finished… I just like elephants! 🙁 The base is a franken I made from ulta3 Spring Shower. I love light blue, but …

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