Gemstone Polish

Hey There! When the OPI Sheer Tints first came out I may have gotten a tad over excited...ahem. I really like the idea behind them and so bought a mini set as soon as I spotted them online! But then I was stumped. I had no idea where to begin and had to fight an urge to just plonk them on my nails any old how. So, for my next few manicures I have challenged myself to use these babies in some interesting nail art...... Originally when I did this manicure, I used Essie 'Blanc' as my base colour on all my nails but it just looked too stark and wrong. So I removed that and used China Glaze 'Dandy Lyin' Around' instead. MUCH better :) Over this shimmery goodness, I painted two coats of  Models Own Hedkandi 'Ibiza Mix' . This is a fun, summery glitter topper made up of metallic light yellow gold, orange/copper, lavender and turquoise hex glitters. The suspension base is quite runny so I found it best to dab it on!   Now for those Sheer T

Hey There People!! Today's post is a bit different to my usual as it doesn't contain any nail art! Gasp!! Where I get my inspiration from and what it involves is a huge part of my creativity and therefore my nail art. So I thought it would be fun to show you what's inspiring me right now! I love reading these kind of posts on other blogs so I hope you enjoy it too!! I have some manicures planned inspired by these images using my OPI 'Sheer Tints' so keep an eye out for those!! Thanks for reading! Kayleigh :)

Hello People!! Lately I've noticed that I've been drawn to certain colours which normally I would never think of wearing! Since the weather has got warmer, I've been really feeling the corals and hot pinks. It seems to be developing into an obsession: I want all the corals!! So weird. I decided to just go with it and chose a pink and coral colour palette for this Summery manicure! I love these colours together; it just looks SO juicy and yummy :) I started with a couple of coats of Barry M 'Coral' on my accent nails (thumb and ring fingers) and OPI 'Glints Of Glinda' on the rest of my nails. I wanted to try out the naked nail art trend but didn't want completely bare nails so this was a great compromise! On my accent nails, I used Franken Frosting 'Watermelon Candy' over 'Coral' . This is such an amazing and unique glitter topper! It's made up of small light pink and green holo hex glitters with lots of tiny pale g

Hello Everybody!! The other day I was looking through some of my older blog posts-please say I'm not the only one who cringes when they do this?!! Embarrassing dialogue aside, I do enjoy looking at how much I've improved on the nail art front! It gives me motivation to keep on trucking and stepping outside my comfort zone a tidbit.... I saw this retro rose print on Pinterest (ha, where else?!) and immediately fell in love with it! Which of course can be translated as- 'must put it on my nails now!' I started this manicure with a couple of coats of Essie 'Trophy Wife' on all my nails. A beautiful colour but it does have a bit of an odd formulae. Kind of goopy and claggy but still workable. Then, using my thin striping brush and Essie 'Blanc' , I painted on the roses and leafy branch outlines. For the leaves, I used a small detail brush to gently dab on  Barry M 'Key Lime', leaving some white showing through, especially on the stem