Fairy Nails

I wanted to do a design with a girly, glittery, fairy-inspired theme; not sure it's very fairy-like but I like the end result :)

The colours don't show up that well in this light but I used a French manicure pink and then ColourTrend nail varnishes from Avon in glittery pink and green on top. Then I added the dots with a nail art pen and added Barry M glitter on top.

Fimo Nails

The Fimo nail art canes I ordered arrived today and I couldn't wait to try them out :)

I got 100 in a pack from Ebay for £3.49, I chose free postage and it turned up 5 days later. There's a huge variety; flowers, hearts, butterflies, smily faces, stars, fruit, bears, bows, Hello Kitty, a Mario mushroom, skull and crossbones,  and even the American flag :P Some of them are hard to tell what they are so I won't be using them, but the majority of them are good. There are so many, every time I look at them I see one I haven't seen before :)

I decided to try out fimo fruit nails as I'd seen them online a lot. The canes are so detailed, they're about 5cm long and you can get about 80-100 slices out of each one so you won't be running out any time soon! Seeing as this was my first try with it I cut my slices a bit too thick so they didn't stick down very flat and I could feel that they were on my nails, but my next few designs will be using them so I'll get better. I didn't buy a cutting blade with the pack as I have a craft krife which works just as well, but you can get ones specifically for them.

Next I'll be trying out some of the fimo flowers :D



Abstract Nails

I felt like doing a design with girly pinks and purples (and my new manicure pink) and I found inspiration from a photo online of one with lots of dots and lines in it.

Each nail was different and this one on my little finger was my favourite, not sure why :P Coming next will be my attempt at dry water marble nails :)

Matte Nails

I just got Rimmel London's Matte nail varnish and I tried it out with a stripey design. It works on any colour which works out way cheaper than buying each colour again in a matte version. Here I used it over Barry M's Bright Purple.

I love this polish; it opens up so many new looks using just one colour of varnish like stripes, polka dots and French tips :) This varnish was £4.49 from Boots which is at the top end of my budget for buying varnishes, but I think it's a worthy investment :P

Galaxy Nails

As promised, galaxy nails :) I love this design, it looks so glittery in the sunlight!

I painted my nails black and sponged white on top, then rainbow colours over that. Then I used a dotting tool to create some stars and finished it off with glitter polish for added sparkle. Thanks to my friend for taking the photo on her iPhone :P

Glittery Princess Nails :)

'Pink Iridescent' by Barry M is my new favourite nail polish. It's so glittery but not in an overwhelming way, it's like fairy dust :P It's made up of small flecks of multi-coloured glitter in a pink gel, and goes so well with my pink nail gems.

It's not hard to remove as it's thinner than most glitter varnishes. My next design will be a galaxy/outer space look, which is why I bought this varnish in the first place so it looks like stars :) 

Zebra Nails

I say these are zebra nails only because I couldn't think of a name that better suited them :P The pattern on the tips kind of looks like zebra stripes but I didn't do it with the intention that it would look that way.

I used my new purples by Barry M and black striper again, but after doing them I went out and smudged one when I put my shoes on; I have a habit of doing them before I go to bed or before I have to do something which risks ruining them :/

Coming up...galaxy nails using my new Barry M Pink Iridescent glitter polish :D