NOTD: 25th Birthday Mani!

It's my 25th Birthday tomorrow! I will be out for most of the day so I thought I would post my Birthday mani today.

Quite simple but I love how they have turned out :)

And of course I had to use Glams because I am just obsessed with them at the moment!

To begin as always I applied a base coat to all my nails, I used OPI Glitter Off because of all the glitter! On my thumb and ring finger I painted 2 coats of Glam Polish King Cry-Baby. On my index, middle and little finger I painted 2 coats of Glam Polish A Teenage Prayer.

For the stamping I used Bundle Monster plate BM-XL209, the Lucy's Stash plate from the Blogger Collaboration Set 2. I chose the flower image shown and stamped on the nails painted with A Teenage Prayer. Firstly I stamped with MoYou White Knight, then I stamped again but placed it in a different position using MoYou Black Knight.

And to complete the mani I applied a top coat of Seche Vite to all nails.

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NOTD: MoYou London Suki Sea Mani Box

I got my first ever MoYou mani box last week, I absolutely loved the mani and I actually didn't have either of the plates included! So I decided to recreate the mani, which I will probably do most times when I buy a mani box from them, because why not?!

To begin as always I applied a base coat to all my nails. Then I applied just 1 coat of Midnight Madness.

I then stamped this image from Suki Collection plate 04 using Silver Fox, but leaving a gap as shown. I stamped using MoYou London's Crystal Clear stamper which was not included in the mani box.

I then applied a coat of Barry M Matte Top Coat. This is applied before the end of the mani so that the next polish can stay shiny.

I then stamped the thinnest french tip from Frenchy Collection plate 09 using Ginger Rust again stamping with the Crystal Clear Stamper.

And that is the mani finished :)

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NOTD: Romantic Blues Smoosh

So my last mani was a bit of a nail fail, and today I've got a camera fail! Here's hoping I won't have either problem with my next mani...

I promise you in person the stamping really stands out, but no matter what I did when taking a picture this was the best I could get. Although it does look slightly better in my macro shot which will be posted on my Instagram, but still not brilliant!

Anyway... To begin as always I applied a base coat to all my nails. Then I painted on 1 coat of China Glaze Change Your Altitude.

For the smoosh for #smooshynailsunday these were the colours chosen by Doris. I wasn't sure about how they would look together at first, but once I put them together I was just in love! As you can see for the smoosh I randomly dotted China Glaze Change Your Altitude, Sally Hansen Coat Of Arms and Ciate Birthday Blue onto my stamper. I had liquid latex around my nail (forgot to take a picture of that), and I pressed the stamper onto my nail several times until I was happy with the coverage, then carefully peeled away the liquid latex.

Again I was clearly having a bad camera day today because after doing the smoosh I painted Ciate Birthday Blue onto my thumb and ring finger, but I forgot to take a picture! Once dry I stamped this heart pattern from Uber Chic Beauty plate Love & Marriage-02 using Sally Hansen Coat Of Arms along with my new MoYou London crystal clear stamper which picks up beautifully. You can see the stamping a bit better in this picture, but again still not great compared to how it actually looks!

To finish my mani I applied a top coat of Seche Vite to all nails.

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NOTD: X Reciprocal Gradient

Ugh... I'm so annoyed with these :( All I can say I like is the colours...

My nails are quite curved so nail vinyls never stick very well round the sides of my nails and at the tips, but I also didn't peel them off very well. So I have ended up with a bit of a mess! Needless to say these won't be staying on for too long... 

To begin as always I applied a base coat to all my nails. Then on my thumb, index and little finger I applied 2 coats of China Glaze Bite Me. On my middle and ring finger I applied 1 coat of Barry M Coconut.

For the gradient I used Barry M Coconut and China Glaze Lip Smackin' Good and Bite Me. I applied Zap Skin Protector around my nail and painted the colours on the sponge as shown. Then applying the sponge to my nail until I was happy with the coverage. I then applied a top coat of Seche Vite as I will be using vinyls... Oh dear!

I applied the Twinkled T X Pattern stencil and did the same gradient going the opposite way. As I said the vinyl didn't stick well around the edges and tip of my nail, and really I should have cut the vinyl to take each strip off separately. But I didn't so they ended up rather messy :(

To finish I applied a top coat of Seche Vite.

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NOTD: Chevron Smoosh

I don't always do a blog post when I do the #smooshynailsunday as I don't always ad much to it. But I used vinyls over this one and I really like how it turned out :)

To begin as always I applied a base coat to all my nails. I then painted 1 coat of Barry M Cotton to all nails.

For the smoosh I used Barry M Cotton, Barry M Grapefruit and China Glaze Daisy Know My Name? As you can see I dotted the polish randomly on my stamper. I applied Zap Skin Protector around my nails so when I squished the stamper on my nail it was easier to clean up. I pressed the stamper on my nail a few times until I was happy with the coverage.

I applied a top coat of Seche Vite and this was my solo shot for the #smooshynailsunday.

I decided to do a simple add on with these Twinkled T Single Chevron Stencils. I stuck them on my middle and ring finger as shown, then painted over with Next Rose Gold God. I then quickly but carefully peeled away the stencil.

I applied Seche Vite over the design and that is the mani complete!

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