31 Day Challenge 2014: Day 30 - Inspired by a Tutorial (ChristabellNails - Kiwifruit Nail Art Tutorial)

This mani is inspired by this ChristabellNails tutorial for Kiwifruit nail art. I saw this come up on my YouTube feed the other day and loved it, so I knew I had to do it for this challenge!

Firstly I applied my base coat. Then at the base of the nail I painted 1 coat of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Jade Jump. Then I painted 2 coats of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri In Record Lime so that it overlapped the previous colour and left a small amount of space from the cuticle.

I then used a thin nail art brush along with the lighter green and painted some lines down the nail making sure not to reach the very tip of the nail. Once this was dry I used a dotting tool along with W7 Black and created some dots. Trying to stay mainly on the dark green area but also putting a few dots just touching on the light green area.

I applied a top coat of Seche Vite and the mani is finished. Love how simple and effective this mani is. Check out ChristabellNails YouTube channel for more lovely nail art tutorials.

As always thank you for visiting and if you have any questions or anything to say then please comment below :)

31 Day Challenge 2014: Day 29 - Inspired by The Supernatural

Ok so I know spiders aren't exactly supernatural... But the size of the spiders coming in the house lately makes them supernatural enough in my book!

Also I just wanted to try doing a spider-web, so we could pretend it's a spider from Hogwarts :)

To start I painted on a base coat, I use Barry M all in one basecoat topcoat and nail hardener. I then painted 2 coats of W7 Black on my thumb, index, middle and little finger. On my ring finger I painted 2 coats of China Glaze White on White.

To create the spider-web I used the Barry M white nail art pen, by the way I am so glad I bought this so if you haven't got one then you should!

I started by drawing lines from one corner and spreading out right to the edge of the nail. Then I added the little curved lines in-between.

For the spider I stamped the spider from Bundle Monster plate BM13 using Konad black special polish. I then used a black sharpie, also very glad I bought this, and added a line from the spider to the edge of my nail to give the look that it is dangling from a web. Then as I did create it a little thick I used the Barry M pen just to make it a bit thinner.

And to finish the mani I painted a top coat of Seche Vite.

As always thank you for visiting and if you have any questions or anything to say then please comment below :)

31 Day Challenge 2014: Day 28 - Inspired by a Flag (Union Jack)

Had to pick the Union Jack really, only a few more manis left! Can't wait to finish this challenge now, although it has been good to do.

I painted a base coat on all my nails. Then on my thumb, middle and ring finger I applied 2 coats of China Glaze White on White. Then on my index and little finger I applied 2 coats of OPI Honey Ryder.

Then for the Union Jack. I am really bad at doing free hand stuff so this is not brilliant!

First I used a nail art brush to paint the red stripes vertically and horizontally and then diagonally using Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Rapid Red. Then I painted the triangles in-between using China Glaze First Mate. As I said I am really bad at free hand, so I didn't worry about being too neat with the colours as after I went in with the white Barry M nail art pen to neaten it up. This definitely helped me a lot!

On the other two white nails, my thumb and ring finger, I have done polka dots. First I stamped the polka dot pattern from Cheeky plate CH6 with Rapid Red. Then on the alternate lines of dots I used a dotting tool to fill them in with First Mate.

After a little clean-up I then painted Seche Vite on just the thumb, middle and ring finger as OPI Honey Ryder is a texture polish, and that is the mani finished!

As always thank you for visiting and if you have any questions or anything to say then please comment below :)