Rainbow nails

These are the nails that I had for my birthday! Rainbows, butterflies and a pot of gold on a light blue background with a gold glitter and clouds!

Rusty gold

I started by painting my nails gold, then using a metallic pink polish and a sponge I started to create a bit of a gradient. I didn't go to heavily with the pink though and built it up in thin layers. Once I'd done that to add a bit of extra detail I took a paisley design from a stamping plate and stamped in over the gold to carry on the gradient right down my nail, but so when you look closely you can see the extra detail. (It doesn't show in the picture :( ) 

Barry M foil effects

This is another nail varnish that I got for Christmas, it's the Barry M Foil Effects nail varnish in gold. It is a very striking polish and looks very dramatic on the nails. In this picture I have two coats of it on, but you could easily only wear one. I did think this polish was quite tricky to apply, you have to be very neat with it as it does go streaky. I would also recommend buffing your nails before using this polish as it does make any uneven parts of your nail quite noticeable.  I tried to do a design over this nail varnish but apart from adding glitter and rhinestones (which I have done far too much of lately) I couldn't think of anything else that would look good over it. Suggestions? I might try it under some foils, that could work well. 

I do like this polish, although it is a little tricky to apply I think the colour and effect is definitely worth it. Just need to think of a design to use it in. 

New years eve nails

Here's my design for New Year's Eve. The base is my favorite polish, it's Aztec by Accessorize. Then I used a gold striper from Andrea Fullerton to do flicks in circles for fireworks. Over that I used Barry M white nail art pen to write 2014 then went over the white with a blue striper from Andrea Fullerton. Then just to add a bit more sparkle I placed a few gems randomly over my nails to finish off!

Studs and Polka Dots

I used Nails Inc Big Apple Red as my base colour for this design then used a big dotting tool and black polish to create polka dots on all my nails except my ring finger. On my ring finger after I painted my nails red and let that dry I painted over it with a thick coat of clear nail varnish then used a dotting tool with a little bit of clear polish on it to pick up and place the gold round studs only nails. I finished of with a fast drying topcoat on all my nails and made sure it was a thick coat on my ring finger to secure the studs!

Pink and gold studs

This design is very simple and easy. I just painted my nails in Milan by No. 7 then used a topcoat to secure on the gold studs (from eBay).