Favourite Design - Day 22 of the January Nail Art Challenge

Hi Again,

Back for Day 22 and today's theme was favourite design.

I love chevron patterns so this one was pretty easy and of course involved my nail vinyls again.

Products Used:
Orly Bonder Basecoat
Nails Inc Royal Botanical Gardens
Essie Beyond Cozy
Hk Girl Topcoat
Rhinestones
Clean up Brush

I started with 2 coats of  Royal Botanical Gardens on my pinkie, index and thumb and used Beyond Cozy for the other fingers. On my ring fingers I only did one coat of Beyond Cozy though and then 'topcoated' (this word needs to be added to the dictionary) to speed up the drying time before I applied my vinyls. 

I then went over my nail vinyls with a fairly heavy coat of  Royal Botanical Gardens and then a final coat of HK Girl. 

On my middle finger I placed two rhinestones while my topcoat was still wet and then went over with another coat of HK Girl. And that's it!! Sounds exhaustive but it really isnt.

I''m really pleased with how this mani came out. Isn't Royal Botanical Gardens a pretty colour!! This baby's new to my collection. I got it last week from Lucinda when we swapped for a bottle of the beloved HK Girl. I've always wanted to try Nails Inc but never got the chance so THANK YOU LUCINDA!!!

Hope you liked it.

Until next time...

Re-creation - Day 11 of the January Nail Art Challenge

Hellerrrr!!

Hope everybody's having a good Sunday.

I'm back with Day 11 of the Challenge and feeling proud I've kept up so well so far.

So for this theme I chose to recreate a mani I did almost a year ago and posted on my Instagram here. It's really simple and a go to when I want something other than a basic mani but I have no idea what to do.

Products Used:

Orly Bonder

Barry M Matte Nail Paint Light Brown Caramel

Barry M Gelly Nail Paints Cardamom

Teisom Straight Nail Vinyls

#0 Liner brush 

Gold sequins

HK Girl Topcoat

I started with two coats of Light Brown Caramel. This colour is the perfect nude for girls my skin tone. It's a matte formula but nothing a coat of HK Girl Topcoat can't fix. However it shows up EVERY ridge in your nails which left me a little disappointed. 

I then taped off my nails with my Teisom straight nail vinyls to get the triangular shape and filled in with Cardamom.

After than I 'outlined' the triangle with my gold sequins I got from the Bornpretty store. They came in a set of various coloured glitter and the price was reasonable. The Bornpretty store also ships to Barbados which is a plus. My stuff usually takes a month to arrive.

sorry about the cuticles, my eczema is acting up so my hands have been really dry :(

I love the contrast of the shiny finish of the Cardamom against the matte finish of Light Brown Caramel.

This was my first time using Barry M polishes as they are not sold in Barbados and I'm really impressed. The quality of the polishes is superb. Pigmentation, consistency is on point so I will definitely try to get some more.

Hope you like it. Until next time...

Vertical Half Moons

Polishes Used:

CND Stickey Base Coat

NYC Tudor City Teal

Revlon Parfumerie Wintermint

HK Girl Top Coat

I also used my Teisom half moon nail vinyls and my Elf contour brush and # gel brush from the Bornpretty store for clean up.

I started out with two coats of Tudor City Teal and topped of with a coat of HK girl to set everything and speed up the drying. This polish has an amazing formula for the price. I got it from CVS on a trip to NYC a year ago and it was only 99cents ($1.98BDS). Its got a nice jelly formula and I used two coats so there was no VNL. I've never seen this polish sold in Barbados so I was sure to pick up a few more in NYC this year.

After this I tape off a section of my nails with my nail vinyls. Be sure to top coat with quick drying top coat or wait for your base colour to completely dry before placing your vinyls. If the base colour isn't fully dried the vinyl will most likely pull off the base colour when you remove it and ruin your mani.

After placing my vinyls I painted the section of the half moon I wanted with Revlon Parfumerie polish in Wintermint. Revlon Parfumerie in Wintermint is a mint green frosty polish with gold shimmer and the teeniest ocean blue glitter and some bigger glitters of the same colour. It smells like mint and the smell's not so strong its overpowering...just a nice fresh scent when your hand passes your face.  I got mine from Cave Shepherd for $16.99 BDS and I intend to pick up a few more but I'm waiting for the price to drop. They're also sold at IMart. 

Everything was topped off with a coat of HK Girl Top Coat.

Until next time!