I recently received this plate to-02 from the online nail supply store Born Pretty in the mail. I’m not usually a fan of small designs, but a few of these are really cute! I’ve circled the designs I used: I used ulta3 Black Satin to stamp the designs on ulta3 Earl Grey. Forgive my dodgy stamping: Unfortunately a few of …
This week’s challenge was incredibly difficult for me. The theme is favourite polish brand, and I was paralysed by choice – do I go with the always well-formulated OPI? Or the super covetable shades from China Glaze, makers of OMG? The smaller but excellent Nubar? Or maybe even an indie glitterbomb maker? In the end, I went with ulta3. Why? …
I won a giveaway at Gnarly Gnails a while back, and the prize was five Enkelini minis. Here are three of them – check out Polish or Perish tomorrow for the other two! Enkelini is the brainchild of Pat Ashton – you can read an interview with her here, and grab polishes from her Etsy store here. Trust me, you’ll …
The theme this week is neon. I originally tried a colour blocking mani but it didn’t end up looking right, so I changed to this watercolour mani. I’m glad I did, I think it turned out really nice! The pattern reminds me of the floral jeans that are starting to flood Aussie stores for spring. The base I used was …
Happy new season everyone! Today I’m showing you the nail art I rocked for a good 5 days a while ago. I posted this on Instagram when I first wore it, but I’ve had such a backlog of nail photos that I haven’t gotten around to posting it here til now… lucky there’s Polish or Perish or I’d never post …
You may have heard that Essence’s new Peel-Off Base Coat is awesome for hard-to-remove need-to-break-out-the-foil polishes – it takes 10 minutes to dry, but that’s nothing compared to the pain and dry wrinkly fingers of glitter removal. For those of you who don’t have access to Essence, or simply can’t find it yet despite going to Target 3 times in …
The theme this week is sponging. I did a simple sponged gradient with ulta3 Berry over Rimmel Lively Lilac, which is the least lively purple I’ve seen to be honest! For my sponged gradients I’ve been using a dishwashing sponge – they’re so cheap I don’t feel bad throwing them out after one mani. I want to try more interesting …
Today’s Artsy Wednesday theme is fishtail braid nails. I’ve wanted to try this out for a while, but it seemed so messy – I’m glad I tried it though! Base colour is Nicole by OPI City Pretty Rose, braid is ulta3 Metal and Black Satin. For a good braid, you want very opaque colours (preferably one-coaters) but unfortunately the black …