Blogmas Day 3 - Festive Nail Art

An easy way to get into the festive spirit is to have a Christmassy design on your nails. Personally, I love doing my nails and have soooo many nail polishes in every colour and type/brand, so what better way to use them than creating a festive design?! This is super easy to do, without requiring too many colours etc or taking too long to do.

Barry M Nail Paint in White
Barry M Nail Paint in Black
Barry M Nail Paint in Bright Red
Barry M Plumpy Top Coat
Small paintbrush
Ball point pen


Paint all your nails but your ring finger using the black nail polish. You will probably need around 2 coats to completely cover your nails - just make sure each coat is completely dry before you do another to prevent bubbles!

Paint your ring finger with the white nail polish. The same applies about the number of coats needed.

Once your nails are completely dry, use the small paint brush in the red nail polish and paint 3 small triangles one on top of the other to create a tree on your ring finger (the white one). You could do this green if you want it really festive - I would use Barry M in

On the black nails, use the ball point pen and gently dip the end in the white polish and place dots from the ends of your nail down to create a snow effect. There should be more at the end than anywhere.

When all your nails are completely dry, paint over with the clear top coat to keep the design in place and hopefully prevent the polish from chipping.


There you have it - a super easy but effective nail art design. Let me know how you get on if you decide to try this!
Love Laura x

Halloween Nail Art

Well Halloween is tomorrow and why shouldn't your nails take part?! I wanted something that looked the part but wasn't too 'in-your-face' and would still look good after the 31st. This was what I created - white for a ghost/pale and red for blood.

To recreate this look, first use Maybelline Colour Show in 'Winter Baby'. I needed about 3 coats of this as it was quite a pale colour and had quite a thin consistency. It is not a pure white but it has a slight 'ghost' look about it.
To create the blood drips, use a thin, old paint brush and dip it in Barry M nail polish in 'Bright Red' and place a couple of dots on each nail. Then simply drag up towards the end of your nail to create a drip look. Fill in the end of your nail with the red to finish the look off. The red doesn't have to look too neat as it is meant to be dripping blood!
Then simply coat your nails in Barry M clear top coat and walah you have Halloween nails!


What do you think of this look?

Love Laura xx

Diamond Doll

Most people concentrate on mainly the clothes and shoes at a fashion show, but I love to look at the nail art. One of my favourite looks from New York Fashion Week was from the Libertine show. Models were sent down the runway with some serious sparkle on their nails! This look may be a bit OTT for everyday where, but I was so inspired by this I created this 'dipped in diamonds' nail art which is so easy to recreate.

Barry M Silk Nail Polish

As part of Barry M's spring collection there are the silk nail polishes. These come in 6 different shades which are all gorgeous! My first impression when I saw the bottles was that they would be just another thin shimmer effect collection but this was completely wrong - they are truly unique. They dry with a matte effect but still have the 'shimmer' without it looking cheap, which some of these types of nail polish can. It also dries so quickly means your nails can be done in a flash. I wouldn't recommend using a top coat with these nail polishes as it can give them a more pearl effect - the matte effect looks a lot better.

 

 

 What do you think of these nail polishes? Favourite colour?

 

Love Laura xx

 

 

2-tone Nails

Hey! :)
Here’s an idea for your nails, as everyone knows they can make a real difference to an outfit!
One of my favourite designs for nails is 2-tone.

Choose two strong colours which are in contrast to each other. When doing this design I use Nails Inc nail polish as they only need 1 coat to give your nails a good coverage.
Start painting your nails with the chosen colours alternating each nail then allow to complatly dry.
Then using a post-it note stick it to the bottom half of your nail so that the top half is uncovered, then simply paint on the other nail polish. Then peel off the post-it note and you should be left with a 2-tone nail. Repeat this for every nail.

There you go, you should now have 10 2-tone nails! What do you think?

 

Lot of love

Laura xx