What’s on my cosmic nails…#10

Dark blue: Barry M, Navy
White: Boots 17, mini skirt
Dark purple: Barry M, vivid purple
Glitter: Barry M, Hologram

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I was so excited to try out ‘galaxy’ nails. I think they turned out OK. :/ They aren’t my most favourite nail design ever but, I suppose it was fun to try out a new technique. I basically just sponged colours on top of each other to make a cloudy, space like effect then added the glitter polish to look like stars. :S THEYWERESOHARDTOPHOTOGRAPH!!! :/ They look better IRL, promise. ;)

All in all, I like them but they are just alot darker than the nail colours I normally like to wear. I don’t know, I think I just miss last weeks neon green nails. Back to brights next week I think! ;)

Stargazer Green Glitter Nails…

Green Glitter*: Stargazer
Rimmel High Shine Top Coat

The awesome people at Stargazer kindly sent me a wee care package the other week of some of their newest stock & aside from the eyeliner pen (which is awesome) this green glitter pot stood out to me the most. One because it is sparkly, everyone loves a bit of glitter non? & two, the colour, I love the colour green so much, black aside, it’s probably my favourite.

The obvious thing to do with a glitter pot is probably to use it as eye shadow, which would be fab but I really wanted to be able to get more every day wear out of it so, as you can see, nails quickly sprung to mind.

It’s kind of self explanatory how I did it but basically & coated my nails with clear polish, dunked my fingers into the glitter pot, let the polish dry a little, wiped off the excess glitter from my nails & fingers then added another couple our clear top coats to keep the glitter in place & looking mighty shiny!

Now I know what you are thinking, it’s all well & good that it looks pretty on your nails Hev, but was it a bitch to get off?!?! NO! :) Because of the clear coat that I used, it’s kind of gel like, the glitter was SUPER easy to get off my nails, you know no dunking them in goodness knows how much nail varnish remover & going through a packet of cotton wool pads, no, no, this baby just peeled right off when I wanted it to, leaving no sign of any glitter, hurrah! :)

What do you think? Have you ever tried using glitter as nail varnish?

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Tye dye tigers…

Tiger nail stickers> link

So, my nails haven’t been looking that great recently (all yellow & icky) They were getting a bit to long & I was beginning to look like a bit of a bag lady so I decided it was time to file them down & cover up the yellowness with some colour for a change! :)

As you can see, I went a little overboard with the whole ‘colour choosing’ & ended up using practically every colour you could think of to create a sort of tye dye effect. (how hipster ;) lolz) I don’t know about you, but I really like it & I think the tigers look awesome with a bit of tye dye behind them.

Remember, if you buy anything from ‘janchristie’ to write ‘effie’ in the comment box at the checkout to receive a few samples with your order! Also, just a heads up that you can now follow ‘janchristie’ on twitter & ‘like’ them on facebook! They are planning on doing competitions etc so go & check out their pages to keep up to date with them & their new designs. & don’t forget you can send/share your photos with ‘janchristie’ on facebook & twitter too! I’m sure they would love to see their designs in action! :)

PS: To all you cat lovers, I have a sneaky feeling that there might be some new cat face stickers listed ;)

Lazy Oaf inspired nails…

Lazy Oaf is one of those shops that I can just browse for AGES! I love their designs, especially the bone dress, & I couldn’t not have a go at painting my nails Lazy Oaf style. They took a little while to paint, like my House of Holland inspired ones, but it was totally worth my time! I love how they have turned out! What do you think?

You can visit Lazy Oaf here.

Pick & mix…

OK, so I don’t think these nails have photographed very well at all (especially the galaxy ones :(), I was really close to not posting them but, I really like them in real life so I thought I may as well post them anyway basically because I really like the ‘scribble’ nails & the ones with rhinestone rims. I am waaaay to obsessed with rhinestones at the moment, they are probably one of my best ever ebay buys!

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Nude spots…

Rhinestones: here

You may have seen me moaning on twitter before that it took me over an hour & a half to remove my nail varnish so that I could paint them again. I have no idea why, but the clear nail varnish (it was just a non brand cheap one) I used as a top coat was stuck to my nails like superglue & I ended up having to soak each nail in a nail varnish remover drenched cotton pad, it was a painfully slow experience O.O

But hey I managed to get it off so I could paint these lovely dots on my nails, yay! ^_^ I know they are nothing special but I really like spotty nails at the moment, they are dead easy to do, take no time at all & look really smart when they are finished, it really is a nail design for everyone, so if you are just starting out experimenting with nail art, I’d give these a go! ^_^

Espeon nails…

Black: random cheap black nail varnish
Lilac: Barry M, berry ice cream (308)
Rhinestones: here

I have seen nail designs like this all over the place at the moment & have had no idea what they were actually called until a few days ago, ‘rim nails’, hmmm, not the nicest sounding name, I think maybe outline nails sounds a little better/nicer? Ah well, anyway, I wanted to try my hand at doing some ‘rim nails’ & this was my result. I didn’t actually plan on them looking anything like Espeon, it was only when I’d finished them that I noticed the resemblance ahaha.

The design itself was pretty straightforward, however, if you don’t have a steady hand, this may not be the design for you as you have to be quite careful when doing the outlines. I was planning on doing a video tutorial to show you all how I did it, what do you think? If you think you would find it helpful, let me know & I will get filming! :)

If you are a Pokémon freak like me, you will probably already know Espeon. If not you can read about them here. :) Eevee & it’s seven evolutions are my favourite Pokémon (you may have noticed my Eevee in my sidebar? ;) haha, I know I’m strange.) Ah well, #pokemon4lyf ;)

Glitter & rhinestone nails…

Please excuse my ghost hands & quite frankly awful shots of these nails. They were IMPOSSIBLE to photograph well & I wouldn’t normally have posted such shoddy photos. However, so many people requested that I do a tutorial on them after seeing me wear them in my Lana Del Rey makeup tutorial.  So here it is! :) I hope you don’t mind, but I am a knob in this video, I was just in one of those ‘I have no idea what to say to the camera’ kind of moods & I ended up just rambling & pretending I was team rocket. lol, I know, I am still 10 ahaha! :) Ah well…hopefully you will like the tutorial even if you think my love for Pokémon is a little bit strange! :)

Nails & waves…

Watch if you fancy having a laugh at my croaky voice & here me ramble about Christmas & video plans lol & maybe if you want to see how I did my nails ;)

Pink fizz, Models Own
Mint green, Barry M
Black & pink glitter ebay nail art pens

Yesterday we went to a little city not to far from us called San Sebastian with out friend Jon. It’s such a pretty little place & right by the sea. Loads of people travel there to go surfing, as you can see, the waves get pretty big. We didn’t do any surfing ourselves as it is the middle of December & too cold haha, maybe in the summer? :)

I know I haven’t really been on the ball with blogging & YouTube over the past week or so but I have been feeling pretty crappy :/ My throat feels like death & my voice sounds horrendous on camera because of it! Ah well, I have been filming bits & bobs for the Christmassy/festive vlog I have planned & I will be filming more when we get back to England next week so I will hopefully be able to edit & post that soon. :) I really can’t wait to go home for a bit. :)

I hope you are all well & getting into the festive spirit. :) Gotta love this time of year! :)

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Speak soon <3

Rabbit nails…

White: no brand :/
Yellow: Barry M, Yellow
Green: Models Own, Aciiied
Blue: Barry M, Cyan Blue
Pink: Models Own, Pink Punch
Orange: Models Own, Tangerine Queen
Pink (in ears): Models Own, Pastel Pink
Black: Natural Collection liquid eyeliner

So I’m sure you have all already seen nails like these all over the interwebz after Wildfox’s S/S 10 collection?( I think?) Anyway, I have always liked the design & thought it would be fun to try them out myself I didn’t want to copy them exactly so I thought It would be cool to give the bunnies different glasses instead of all heart shaped ones. ^_^ What do you think? :)

Also, I finally uploaded a video to YouTube so go & watch it goddamnit! ;)

My HALLOWEEN nails…

Hahaha, the last picture wasn’t meant to be so blurry but it actually turned out looking pretty sweet!
Pink: Models Own, Pink Punch
White: no brand :/
Black: Natural Collection liquid eyeliner
Top coat: Natural Collection, Crystal Clear

OK so I have spent the last few weeks trying out all different kinds of Halloween nail designs & trying to do something a little different than the ‘usual’ pumpkin/blood dripping/spider web nails that normally fill up blog & YT feeds around this time of year. I finally decided on these beauts & they were surprisingly easy to do too! :)

I am actually gutted that we are not home for Halloween this year because they don’t really do much here to celebrate at all & if you know me, you will know that Halloween is one of my (& Liams) favourite ‘holidays’ so we are pretty jealous of all you guys at home who get to celebrate properly. My Mum has apparently rented a gothic vampire costume to wear to a fancy dress that she is going to with the rest of my family which sounds pretty awesome, I can’t wait to see the pictures!

On the plus side, I did get to draw a couple of Halloween worksheets for Liam to use in his lessons at school which was fun, & we managed to find a pumpkin to carve (even if it is the smallest one in the world) so I guess it’s not all bad. ;)

It would be great if you could send me your links to any Halloween posts you have done, as you know, I have pretty much been out of the blogging ‘loop’ for frick knows how long (WAH) & I would love to read some of your ‘Halloween’ shizzle!

PS: Would someone be kind enough to buy & send me the Primark black leather pleated skirt? (You know the one I mean? in a size 8) obvs I'd send you the money & pay for postage :) & I will give a months free advertising to the sender as a thankyou :) I am in desperate need of a leather skirt in my life & the Primark here is a million miles away WAH!!! :)
Speak soon <3

Banana nail tutorial…

*Firstly, sorry for the shoddiness of the photos. It was late so the lighting in the hotel room was naff :/*

Blue: Barry M ‘turquoise’
Pink: Models Own ‘pink punch’
Dark yellow: Barry M ‘yellow’
Light yellow: Models Own ‘lemon sherbet’
Black: Natural Collection liquid eyeliner

So just a little update whilst we still have the internet. :) You may have seen on twitter the other day that I painted my nails in ‘celebration’ of us finding a flat, ( I don’t know why I chose bananas, I just wanted a little change from my usual leopard print that I seem to have been wearing all the time recently. :/ ) We move in tomorrow morning! ^_^ It’s only small but it’s really cute & best of all, it’s pretty cheap! ^_^ I can’t wait to show you guys! would it be sad if I did a ‘flat tour’ video? Ahaha :)

*ps: I might be a little MIA for the next week or so whilst we get the internet sorted in our flat. Thank you for sticking around ;)*