NOTD: Black on Dark Grey

Ahoy everyone,

I have a NOTD for you today. It is a black on dark grey design. I have seen this type of a design on blogs lately featuring pastels and bright colours but since the weather has been moody these past few days, I wanted to put a darker spin on it. For this design I used Zoya nail varnish in  "Kelly" and L'oreal Color Riche in "Black Swan"*. I hope you like it ;)

xoxo

A.

Halloween inspired nails...

Well hello again,

Fancy seeing you guys here so soon after my last post...!What can I say though, my brain has been working overtime so I thought "What the heck...one more post won't hurt"!
Now my nail art skills are not the most advanced in the beauty blogger community however I am trying to develop them as I go along. Some of my past attempts can be found HERE and HERE). 
Without further ado here are my designs for Halloween...:)

                                                                Getting ready...

I used all sorts of colours and techniques and as with most tasks there was a lot of trial and error...

However, one polish that is worth mentioning in this post is a recent purchase of mine and it is the Glow in the Dark nail varnish by American Apparel in the colour Moon. 

My inspiration for the nails was ,of course, halloween and in particular my favourite Halloween/Christmas film which is Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas". I also drew a lot of inspiration from designs on the internet.

The designs are not 100% accurate of course but I did give it my best try so I hope you like them :) 

I also tried to take a picture of the nails "in action"(glowing in the dark :p)

It is blurry but thankfully some of the designs are still visible. 

What are your plans for this Halloween?

xoxo

A.

How to: Ombre nails

Heya everyone,

How are you guys? Long time no speaky (nope? no black books fans??O.K. then :P)!
So, this post has been in the works for over a week now. I was questioning how I was going to go about it and when I would find the time to sit down and work on the nails and the pictures. Finally, I took the plunge last night and here are the results of my hard work ;)

HOW-TO....

p.s. you can use 2, 3 or 4 colours(even 5 if you want and you have the nail bed for it)... ;) 

Some colour ideas

Now, I thought I should also make a list of the colours I used as a reference.... (all colours are listed from top to bottom as seen on the nail)

1.  Orly "Pixy Styx", China Glaze "Peachy Keen", Chanel "June"& Model's Own "Lemon Meringue"  

2. Salome "No 29", China Glaze "Peachy Keen" & Essie "Watermelon" 

3. OPI "Ski Teal We Drop", OPI "Thanks a Wind million"& Essie "Mint Candy Apple" 

4. Essie "Lilacism" & Essie "Mint Candy Apple"

5. Barry M "Boots LE No 24"& Barry M "Strawberry I/C" 

6. Essie "Coral Reef" & Nails INC "Chelsea Square" 

7. Chanel "June", Nails INC "Copacabana" & Revlon "Pretty in Papaya"

8.  Essie "Watermelon"& Sally Hansen "Lucky Plum".

I wanted to keep this post short and sweet really however I would love you know whether you are planning on rocking the ombre nails and whether this post helped at all...!! ;) 

xoxo

A. 

Christmas nails!!

Hello Hello!!!

How are you all?? I just got up a couple of hours ago and I realised that it is already the 15th of December which means we are only 10 days away from Christmas. So, I decided to do a series of Christmas- themed posts starting with nails. I have 8 different nail ideas for you today (4 colours + 4 designs).
I picked the colours and created the designs specifically for you. I am not very good with designs normally but I did try very hard to make these and I hope you like them.

Here is the nail wheel with all 8 "picks"...

Let's take a closer look.....

Designs

Left to right: Present, Snowflakes, Rudolf, Santa's Suit

Colours

                    Now for colours I chose the classic Gold, Green and Red and a sparkly purple.

From left to right: OPI "Goldeneye", Barry M "Racing Green",OPI "Wocka Wocka!" &          Zoya"Daul".

These are my picks for Christmas/New Year's nails for 2012. What are yours??

xoxo
A.

I ♥ owls NOTD

Quick NOTD from me today featuring my attempt to do an owl nail design....!!!I really wanted to have more than one owls on my nails but I did start working recently and I didn't think it was appropriate. I chose a nude base which is my all time favourite Essie "Sand Tropez" (swatches HERE). I also made the owl using OPI's "Barefoot in Barcelona" which is relatively nude as well.
Anyway.....take a look and let me know whether you like it or not. Also keep in mind that I am not the most talented person when it comes to designs so please be lenient.

What do you think??Decent?? :P

xoxo

A.