I can’t believe it’s been a year since the last piCture pOlish Blog Fest! This year, no new shades are being launched but we’ve been asked to create a nail art tutorial featuring piCture pOlishes. I’ve used Hope, Dorothy and Ruby Blou to make an easy and bold striping tape design: What I used: Block nails:– Striping tape (silver, from …
I wasn’t too keen on the OPI San Francisco creme liquid sands, but I’ve found a way to make them work for me – nail art! As well as the blue liquid sand dotticure I did over on Polish or Perish, I did a brown striped manicure using OPI It’s All San Andreas’ Fault and B-Bloom Boston, a matching regular …
Cassie of The Reluctant Femme is today’s guest poster. Cassie’s blog is not your run-of-the-mill nail blog – as well as pretty nail photos, there are thought-provoking posts about feminism, media, queer identity and general geekery. And she writes like a pro – her hilarious articles on Lacquerheads of Oz are worth checking out too! Today she’s marrying nerdery to …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …