Gemstone Polish

Hello Everyone! I can't believe how long it's been since I last posted; time just seems to fly by without me noticing. One minute it was the last day of May and the next it's nearly the end of June?! Anyway, lets get to the nail art :) One of my favourite colours to pair with blush pink is pale gold. It's just such an elegant and chic colour combination! In order to showcase these two colours at their best, I decided to pair a special nail polish with embellished lace accent nails; I started the manicure by painting most of my nails (pointer, middle and pinkie) with Barry M 'Princess' , a beautiful pink textured nail polish with small silver glitter and tiny gold flakes. It's so sparkly, photos just don't do this polish justice! On my accent nails (thumb and ring), I painted a couple of coats of Champneys 'Nude' (sheer pale nude), followed by a coat of OPI 'I Theodora You' (sheer pale pink). I wanted a delicate feel to the...

Evening Everyone! Today, I have a simple but effective manicure to show you, inspired by Summer meadows in the rosy light of dawn or dusk. Rather than painting a realistic image, I decided to create more of an impression of those few moments when the sun is at a particular point in the sky. For once it came out just as I intended! I started off by painting all my nails with Barry M 'Rosehip' , a beautiful and refreshing pale pink. It's on the sheer side, but is actually rather lovely to paint with! Nice and creamy :) Then, using a thin striping brush and Rimmel 'Euphoria' , I painted in rough stems and grass for the background. 'Euphoria' is a sheer pink toned light brown colour with fine pink shimmer, making it perfect for the effect I had in mind! The sheerness means it's not overpowering so great for background foliage, and the shimmer gives the plant stems a rosy hued light. Still using the striping brush, I added in a few more str...

A Good Evening To You All!! One of my favourite colours at the moment is blush pink. It's so delicate and lovely, especially as silk, chiffon or lace fabric. I definitely have a soft spot for lacy, soft clothing! The rest of the world seems to think so too as I've found plenty of inspirational images on Pinterest :) Aw, so many pretty images! I can't wait to start some nail art inspired by them as it's going to be a bit of a challenge with such a limited colour palette. It's going to be fun! Thanks for reading!! Kayleigh :)

Hey There!! I'm in two minds about the manicure I'm about to show you; I can't decide whether I like it or not! I wanted to do some geometric nail art featuring various sized triangles, representing a few of the elements (water, earth and air). A tad bit overambitious for such a tiny canvas maybe.... I started this manicure by painting all my nails in Zoya 'Dillon' . Ahh, this is such a beautiful colour! Every time I use a Zoya nail polish, it reminds me how much I love them. A super formula and stunning but unusual colours. They really are special and worth every penny! Then, using my thinnest striping brush. I started to block in the triangles using Barry M 'Cappucino' (dusky brown) for 'earth', OPI 'No Room For The Blues' (sky blue) for 'water' and OPI 'I Have A Herring Problem' (blue-grey with silver shimmer) for 'air'. On my 'earth' triangles, I painted rough lines and dashes in the fo...

Good Afternoon! While perusing Pinterest recently, I came across some great geometric prints inspired by nature which I used in my last 'Inspiration' post. One of the geometric mountain prints stuck with me so I decided to use it for some nail art! I altered the colour scheme slightly, using lighter and brighter colours- more Spring-like. I started by painting my accent nails (index and pinkie) with China Glaze 'Dress Me Up' (pink toned brown) and the rest of my nails in Barry M 'Coconut' (cream). Over China Glaze 'Dress Me Up' , I dabbed on a couple of coats of L.A. Girl 'Splash' . This is a clear based glitter topper with satin white and mint green hex glitters. On the rest of my nails I used a thin striping brush and China Glaze 'At Vase Value'  (bright but pale mint) to paint large triangles. I repeated this step with China Glaze 'Dress Me Up' , forming a geometric pattern. I then added in small acc...

Hey There People! Today I have some nail art inspired by a fantastic geometric print by Tabo Garcia . I really like Garcia's prints, especially the nature inspired ones! I added a blue sky to my interpretation and altered the composition slightly to fit better across my nails. I started with a few coats of OPI 'Dining Al Frisco' which is a beautiful pearlescent sky blue. Although this nail polish has some duskiness to it, it's actually quite bright once it's on the nails! My camera freaked out at this combination so my photos are showing it quite a bit brighter than it actually is. Using a thin striping brush, I started to paint in the 'mountains' which are basically just triangles! I decided to start with the grey toned mountains on my thumb, moving through to the browns on the middle nails and finishing with the green tree-covered mountains on my pinkie nail. I used OPI 'I Have A Herring Problem' (blue-grey with silver shimmer) a...

Good Afternoon!! As the weather gets warmer and the countryside comes alive, I've been drawn to slightly brighter hues but still in keeping with nature's colours; soft browns and slate greys, bright sprouting greens, marine teals and sky blues. When I came across these geometric interpretations of nature, I couldn't wait to use them in some sort of creative way. The colours and shapes are so dynamic together; absolutely gorgeous. I need a few of these prints for my bedroom! In the meantime I'll have to make do with having something similar on my nails :) Thanks for reading! Kayleigh :)