Mani-sooner or Later

I did this mani a few days back but never got around to posting it so I thought let me get it up today. Had no idea what to name so I did a play on one of the colours I used resulting in the cornyness you just read. Don't judge me lol!

Products Used:

Orly Bonder Base Coat

OPI Monsooner or Later

Color Club Cherubic

Straight Nail Vinyls

2mm red rhinestones

orange tear drop rhinestones

Tweezers

Clean Up Brush

So here's what I did.

I started by painting all my nails with two coats of Cherubic. On my middle and ring fingers I applied my straight nail vinyls in the design I wanted and went over with a fairly heavy coat of Monsooner or Later. Be sure to take off your vinyls as soon as you've painted your colour on top. If the polish starts to dry, the colour may pull and mess up the design as you try to take off the vinyls.

On my index finger I applied my rhinestones in what I thought was a random design (my sister thinks it looks like a flame). And that's it. Everything was sealed with my HK Girl as usual.

Hope you like it!

Until next time...

Silver - Day 31 of the January Nail Art Challenge

Hi!!!

*horns and trumpets blaring* cue pretty lady with my trophy and bouquet 'cuz I MADE IT!!!!!!!

It's day 31, the end of the month and then end of this Challenge and I completed it. Quite proud of myself too because it was my first but definitely won't be my last.

Today's theme was silver...definitely not a favourite of mine so what I did was blue with the essence of silver if you will.

Products Used:

Orly Bonder Basecoat

CND Stickey

OPI Yoga-ta Get This Blue

L.A. Girl 3D Effects 3D Silver

L.A. Girl Sterling Silver

HK Girl Top Coat

Silver Foil

Silver Decals

Half Moon nail vinyls

Ok so here's what I did.

I started with my usual base of Bonder but went over with my CND as I remembered Yoga-ta Get This Blue stains like crazy. However, the staining is worth in it my opinion because the colour is soooo gorgeous. After that I applied 2 coats of  YGTB on all my fingers except my ring fingers. Well...that's a lie. Because my brain tends to be sieve-like in nature I forgot I wanted an accent nail and painted all blue then had to take it off. Anywhosie one that mess was corrected I did one coat of Sterling Silver on my ring finger.

I did the gradient on my ring finger using YGTB and Sterling Silver and placed the 3D Silver on the tips once that was dry. I then applied my silver decal and sealed with two coats of HK Girl just to make sure it was secure. 

Back to my other fingers. I taped off the top of my finger in a semi circle using the half moon vinyls and applied the silver foil with the Bonder basecoat. In hindsight I should have used Sterling Silver instead of the foil.

It didn't turn out as I pictured it in my head but I'm pretty pleased with it.

Do you like how it came out? Would you like to see more challenges? Let me know in the comments!

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...

Blue and Gold!

I've been trying to find a cute name for this nail art but nothing's clicking just yet. I've been wanting to try this look for a while after seeing it on Instagram and finally got the chance on Sunday.

Polishes Used:
Orly Bonder Basecoat
Essie Bikini So Teeny
Essie Beyond Cozy
Glisten and Glow HK Girl Topcoat

I started out with two coats of My Bikini So Teeny on all my fingers except my middle and ring finger. On my middle and ring finger I used two coats of Beyond Cozy and topped it off with one coat of Glisten and Glow HK Girl topcoat.

Once everything was dry I placed my straight nail vinyls from Teisom in the design I wanted on my ring finger and went over with another coat of Bikini So Teeny. I topped everything off with my new Glisten and Glow HK Girl Topcoat...its as good as they say it is. Will do a review soon and comparison with Seche Vite.

Have you guys tried vinyls before?