Rainbow Ruffles

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I have to admit, I did see a similar design to this online and I can't remember where. So, if it was you (there was more pink in the design) please comment and claim your credit!

The colours are *deep breath...* Background blue: Barry M 287, Red: NYC (lost the bottle, can't think of the code :S), Orange: Nails Inc, Draycott Place, Yellow: Nails Inc, Carnaby St, Green: NYC 28 High Line Green, Blue: Barry M 25 Pure Turquoise, Indigo: Nails Inc, Hanover Square, Violet: Belgrave Place, Glitter topcoat: Xtras 4 Mix White.
 
I used a dotting tool to create the "ruffles", making lines of dots in each colour. Pretty easy, took about 45mins, though I didn't leave each colour to dry for long enough, hence some running together a bit. :S

Girls In Pearls

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This was for my friend's "Mad Men" themed hen party. We were girls in pearls, and I wanted nail art to match!

Please disregard the ring finger (and the polished fingers, this was pre-tidy-up) :S It went horribly wrong. I didn't go out with it like that, I re-did it, but unfortunately I don't have a photograph of the new version.

 Nails Inc "Elizabeth Street", Barry M white.

Dotty Flowers

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Nearly done, I promise. This was a trial for my friend's wedding in a couple of weeks.
Barry M "Pure Turquoise", Nails Inc "Spitalfields", Nails Inc "Power Pink" (InSyle magazine freebie).

Spotty Dotty!

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I got this idea from one of the Butter nail art tutorials on AOL. I don't have any Butter polishes (I would love to review them...*hint hint*), so this is done with Nails Inc. I love how it turned out!

Nails Inc: London (Diet Coke freebie), Glamour Glitter (Glamour magazine freebie) (base colours), and the dots are Elizabeth Street, Spittalfields, Portobello Market, Bluebell (InStyle magazine freebie) and Power Pink (InStyle magazine freebie). The black is just stock Barry M black.

Baby Blue...

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I am overwhelmed by the number of page views I have had on this blog! And also slightly ashamed...I really need to update more often! I have a pretty good excuse though...A couple of friends have recently had babies. One of my other hobbies besides nails is cross-stitch (yeah, I'm such a party animal you can see some of my crafty exploits on my other blog, as well as my holiday snaps!). However, sewing and wet nail polish do NOT mix, so I have spent most of the summer so far just wearing a quick coat of Nail Envy and nothing else. :S

However, to celebrate the latest little guy making his way into the world, I decided to go for one of my favourite colour combos: Blue and Glittery!!


Collection 2000 #230, with NYC 101A over the top, though you can't actually see the glittery NYC even though there's about 5 coats on there. The dots on my ring finger are just Rimmel Lasting Finish 085. I put the dots on AFTER the glitter, so they stand out a little better.

I apologise for the state of it! I've had the same polish on for about 10 days now, so it's starting to look a little tatty, I forgot to take a photograph when it was fresh. :S

Also, hopefully by the time you read this (unless you're really fast!), I should have added Pinterest. Feel free to share!


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