Wonder Woman nails

Howdy!

I always wanna shove a 'partner' on the end whenever I say howdy :/

But I digress, today I have done myself some Wonder Woman nail art!




I used 3 nail paints; 'Femme Fatale' from the L'Oreal Colour Riche collection, 'Baker Street' by Nails Inc, and 'Gold Metallic Foil Effects' by Barry M. I also used a small amount of black acrylic paint.

I started by applying a full nail of red on my pinkies, a full nail of blue on rings, a half red/half blue on middles, a half red/half blue diagonally on indexes, and a full nail of gold on thumbs. Using the same gold, I applied a small shape in the style of WW's little tiara thing on pinky, the WW logo on middle, and a straight diagonal down the middle on index. I created the little detail lines with black acrylic using an extremely fine paint brush.

I added stars to the full blue nails, and to the half diagonal ones too. These stars are a little bit too bulky, but for some reason they are the only stars I seem to have at the moment. So... I am now on the look out for some cute little glitter type stars!
I gave all a good glug of top coat (Sally Hansen Insta-Dry, as is my usual).

I didn't really know what to put on top of the plain gold nails so I just left em that way.


However, I don't like that the Barry M Metallic Foil Gold polish dries to reveal such obvious brush marks. Generally BM products dry quite nicely, but for some reason this one just doesn't =/

Other than that little issue with the gold, I'm rather pleased with how this mani turned out :)

That's all from me for now, I'll likely be back on Friday some time as between now and then I have to come up with a nice mani to go with an outfit I'm wearing on Saturday night ;)

Byes for now!
Stef x

Swatchy Switch - To Dance With a Peacock

Howdy and happy hump day!

Me again :D With another Lilypad Lacquer swatch, this time 'To Dance With a Peacock'

'To Dance With a Peacock' is another holo-colour-shift polish that has a very deep teal base. When light hits it the colours scatter like a rainbow, it's so gorgeous. You can also see why it's called what it is, the colours are just like a peacock!

This is another of those polishes where the colour changes every time you move and you can't help but stare at it. I've shown 2 coats plus top coat, but to be honest you don't really need the top coat because it dries to a wonderful shine all on its own, I merely add it because I have a tendency to chip my polish through day to day chores ;) It goes on easily and smoothly, pretty much perfect yet again!

You can buy Lilypad Lacquer products direct from creator on their Etsy store, or via what I call collab-stores (online stores that sell a whole bunch of brands together) such as Norway Nails.

Now then, back to work with me (if I can stop staring at my nails for long enough...). And a poorly child to take care of :(

Until next time!

Stef x

WIWT (or... what I wore today :D)

Howdy folks!

Sorry for the silence since my last post, I was hit with a nasty dose of tonsillitis and felt seriously yucky :( 
I'm back now though :D

Today I played around with Konad stamping, I quite enjoyed myself. It is relatively easy, though I need more practice to get my whole nail covered :S I'm glad I bought them to try out and can see myself using some of the designs a fair bit in future. 
I went with a base colour of Nails Inc 'Kensington Park Road' which is a lovely bright, vibrant blue. I used 3 coats of this as it is quite a translucent polish. I used Barry M metallic silver for the stamping colour and stamped the large and small flowery designs from Konad plate m60, here is the final result: 

At first I wasn't sure if was the right kind of polish to use with stamping but it seemed to do alright. The silver is very shiny and reflective so it was hard to take a picture that showed it properly in any kind of light. I think I'll try different colour combos next time, and try to stamp the whole design on my nail too xD

Eagle eyed people may also notice that I've reshaped my nails. I've never had the balls to attempt to reshape them past their natural style (sort of a rounded-edge-square) but I've started attempting to get them into a sort of almond style. I lost some of my length whilst filing them so they aren't the best almond shape in the world, but it should look decent if I keep helping to shape them properly while they grow. I'm reasonably surprised that my nails still feel incredibly strong!

I'm hoping that the Lilypad Lacquer polishes I ordered a few weeks back will arrive by the end of next week as they were mailed out on Monday. Is it weird to be super excited about some nail polish?! =/

Anyway, enough rambling!

Toodles 'til next time!

S x