White nails!

Using some white nail varnish and white glitter I'm pleased with how my nails came out!

The glitter I received from eBay was quite thick so I was unsure on whether it would look good or not..

This is the finish result! 

Pyramid flower nails

Using scented peach revlon nails I've painted my nails.

I then added white flowers to each nail and then a black dot to the centre of the nail, on the nails inbetween I've added a diamanté pyramid to them.

Neon orange nails

Just replaced my ladybird nails with bright neon orange Gelly nails Barry M.

I've chosen to keep the zig zag nail and just touch it up!

I think this colour works really well an is great for summer. The gelly Barry m gives  the nails a great shine!

Perfect summer nails! Orange for when the sun is shining!

Zoe x

Ciate Frost Yourself!

 Using Rimmel Lasting Finish nail varnish, I first applied one layer of blue, I then applied a second and a third! It doesn't matter if it's messy because you can remove the excess polish with a cotton bud and nail varnish remover.

Below shows stage one of one layer, stage two - two layers. And the final stage, a third layer.

 

However, I decided to remove the polish from the middle finger and paint that using Ciate - fit for a queen nail polish as shown below. This is a silver nail polish and shines whatever the weather. I'm also using Ciate - Frost Yourself this can only be bought when purchasing the mini mani month advent calendar.

 

When applying Ciate frost yourself, you must make sure the undercoat is wet and thick, this is so the little caviare beads stick firmly and don't move.

Above shows the final look! remember to add a top coat to make sure the beads stay on properly!

French Manicure

I wanted to do a French manicure on my nails for a whole and could never get the white nail varnish perfectly curved or to look even remotely good!

I read a nail tip in a magazine, the magazine said to create the perfect French manicure... Use hole reinforcer's! 

Start by filing your nail, I tend to file mine square to make them look false and perfect, but you can file them round if you want a more natural look.

Stick the hole reinforcer's just slightly below where the top of the nail has grown past the skin. Don't worry if when you paint it goes wrong you can touch it up using a clear varnish and a cotton bud with nail varnish remover applied to it.

Once the hole reinforcer's are on, paint the top part of the nail white, wait a few seconds then peel off. Do not leave for too long because the hole reinforcer will get stuck and create a jagged edge.

I've used BarryM white nail paint to create the French tip and then Ciate Underwear as the clear coat to make the nail shine but still look natural at the same time. The hole reinforcers can be bought from most stationary shops, I'd recommend WhSmith! But eBay sell them too! 

Above shows the final look! This is a really easy way to create the French manicure and looks really classy, this look would work well for weddings or for general wear. 

Falling confetti nails

Confetti loreal nails with ciate pepperminty 

Just recently bought the loreal confetti nails in black and white which you can Buy Here at boots! I wanted to test it out but rather than having the confetti all over the nails I wanted to make them look as though they were falling in a gradient effect.

As a base colour I've chosen to use the ciate pepperminty colour which was taken from my ciate mini mani month advent calendar which is available at asos here, I think this colour works well as it's bright and will show up both the black and white spotted confetti. After layering the ciate pepperminty colour 3 times I then applied the loreal confetti to my nails, starting at the cuticle I just gently dabbed the confetti, layering lots of little dots and then bringing the brush (with fewer dots on the brush) to the top of the nail, below shows the final look! 

Ciate Christmas Calendar

Here shows some Christmas style nails, the nail varnishes I've used are from the Ciate mini mani month advent calendar! It was a great purchase and included loads of little nail varnishes. Get this here

The advent calendar has a mini nail varnish for each day before Christmas and then on Christmas Day.. One large glitter red nail varnish! 

Here I've used 3 different nail varnishes, a red coral colour used as the base colour and then the red and gold sequin varnish on just the one finger nail on each hand but kept layering the coats as I think this works really well! I then used a clear nail varnish to keep the sequins in place and this is the final look.