The NCC presents "Skittles" 4 - A Pastel Skittlette

Hello everyone! Today I have my final May NCC mani for you. Its a bit of a win/fail for me as I loved the selection of Barry M Gelly colours I used, but the techniques don't really show up as different in the photos because the colours are so soft. Still its a lesson learned and it looks pretty so... :)

I painted all five nails with a base of Huckleberry before topping the index finger with a couple of coats of silver glitter. I then sponged Greenberry, Guava and Dragon Fruit on to my middle and ring fingers and used the same colours on my thumb and little finger to create the distressed look. I topped them all with Seche Vite to finish.

As I said before, I love the colours but not such a big fan of the fact that you can't see a whole lot of difference between the distressed nails and the sponge nails. The linear nature of the distressed pattern is a lot more obvious in real life, but these thing happen...

There'll be another post up soon explaining what's happening with the blog for June :)

Sam xx

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Tri Polish Tuesdays and NAILS Mag 31DC - My favourite nail product

Hello everyone! Today I'm doubling up as I have so many manis to fit in this month! I had already decided to do a sponging mani as they are my current obsession, and that tied in (tenuously, but I'll take it!) with the 31DC prompt! So my current favourite nail product is technically not nail specific, but make up sponge it is!

I started with a white base to make the colours really pop and then sponged on several layers of LA Colors Mint, Aquatic and Edgy before finishing with Seche Vite.

Its got a retro, tie-dye, lava lamp effect that I love, plus it features some of my favourite colours! I I originally planned to put something else over the top, but I loved the colour combo so much that I couldn't bring myself to add anything else.

Follow the links below to see all the other fabulous Tri Polish manis and if you are thinking of joining in, we have the colours themes for the next three months now posted in the group. We have one more left in this colour scheme though so check back next Tuesday for the last green, blue and purple creation :)

Sam xx

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GOT Polish Challenge - Chevrons

Hello everyone! Its another post from me today, this time with the GOT Polish Challenge. The theme this week is chevrons and for some reason I don't do these often (only for challenges in fact!). I've tried to find a way of doing them that appeals to me a little more!

I started with a white base and then sponged on a selection of three Collection 200 Hot Looks polishes that I've had since forever. The green is Look At Me, the Turquoise is Electric Dreams and the pink is Siren. When sponged together they created some awesome extra purple and orange tones! I added Seche and then left them to dry. Later, I taped off a couple of chevron shapes and went over them lightly with white. Then I got bored so I freehanded the rest (you can tell which are which!) and added a coat of Seche Vite to finish!

I love the base of these and think that the white chevrons manage not to intrude too much!

Next week our theme is orange - I have quite a few of these that meet the polish age requirement, but I'm going to have to figure out quite what to do with them! Until then, follow the links below to see what everyone else has painted this week :)

Sam xx

  

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Tri Polish Tuesdays January #3 - Fiery leopard

Hello everyone! Today I have my third Tri Polish mani for January and I have taken advantage of the new rules for this year and changed my polishes! I'm still using yellow, orange and red, but this week I have chosen Models Own Lemon Meringue and Barry M Gelly Paints in Mango and Passion Fruit.

I started with a Lemon Meringue base and allowed it to dry. I then sponged on the Mango and followed with the Passion Fruit over the orange, working from the base of the nail upwards. A coat of Seche Vite pulled all those colours together. I then added in the leopard print frame using All About Nails Licorice and a dotting tool. A final coat of Seche Vite and I was done!

I was actually painting a completely different design when this idea hit me and I had to try it straight away. Luckily that means my fourth and final TPC mani for January is already in the bag (as long as I manage to remember what the design I originally started!).

Follow the links below to see all the other fab Tri Polish Tuesday manis, and in the spirit of the #sharethelove shareathon that's been happening this week, follow some their awesome blogs if you aren't already! :)

Sam xx

FingerFood's Theme Buffet - Weather

Hello everyone! Another week has flown past and a new theme  has started. This week our theme is weather! I had a few ideas for this but it seemed appropriate after a storm killed my laptop a week or so ago, that I go with lightning! Especially as I'm smugly typing on my new Chromebook in between extended periods of app browsing :)

I started with a black base and allowed it to fully dry, before sponging on white and various shades of blues, greys and purples (Ciate Vintage and Power Dressing, Sally Hansen Insta Dri Grape Going and Revlon Impulsive). I then added the lightning by layering French White and Models Own Sun Kissed and finished with Seche Vite.

I am so in love with these - I love the stormy sky effect! The hint of yellow in the lightning didn't show up in the pictures very well but in real life added a little more depth and crackle!

Take a look at all the links below to see all of our weather inspired manis and maybe join us for next week's theme - Sparkle!