Showing posts with label NYX. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NYX. Show all posts

Wednesday, 5 September 2012

Blue: Day 5 of the 31 Day Challenge

As soon as I saw my new Cheeky plates I thought 'sea'. So 'blue day' is a very good excuse huh?
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 Main Base: A England Galahad
Light Blue (Gradient didn't show up to well in daylight): NYX Baby Blue
Seahorse: CH38

I was very impressed with these plates:
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Crab: CH38
Treasure chest: CH49

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Octopus: BM-307
Fish: CH-43
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 Swirls: CH52
Stamping Polish: Sally Hansen Insta Dry Brisk Blue

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'Supposedly' bubbles: Cheeky plate D
Stamping Polish: Konad Special White

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Not to impressed with my own execution on these nails! But that's what this challenge is all about - learning!

Thanks for the peek!
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Monday, 3 September 2012

Orange Nails: Day 2 of the 31 Day Challenge

*UPDATE: Cheeky Plates arrival at bottom*

Already a day late ;) I waited until the next morning to take some more photos, hoping that with natural light I would be able to get some true colour pictures of this gradient. No such luck. Changing all the settings on my camera could still not show the neon-like quality to these polishes!
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I only used Snappy Sorbet as a base as I thought NYX's orange glitter would be very sheer and wouldn't work very well - I was astounded by how well it sponged on! Still glad I did the gradient as I think it did add something to it.

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Base: Sally Hansen Snappy Sorbet
Glitter: NYX Orange Glitter

With different settings:
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 I even tried a video, still doesn't really show it:

***Cheeky plate arrival! I had to try out some stamping with a holiday theme due to the carnival brightness of these nails! Not immediately impressed with the results - but maybe I need to try them out some more - try some different techniques/polishes. More stamping to come with these - I'm loving the designs!



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Sunday, 24 June 2012

My first ever blog post!

Well I can't believe I'm actually doing this, but I'll give it a go! My plan is to post 2 times a week, and I mainly create nail art with stamping as the main focus - but I'm definitely looking forward to trying out new techniques!

My first nail art is also from my first challenge from Adventures in Stamping on Facebook. The challenge was Goth. And I just love these colours together so when my mum gave me the idea of bats against the night's sky I immediately  knew which ones I'd choose!

Goth Bat Stamping Barry M
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