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Saturday, 26 January 2013

Calendar Nails! - Burns Night

Hey guys!

Ready for some seasonal nail art?!? I am! In a bid to improve my nail art skills, I shall be creating manicures based on calendar holidays, as and when they occur this year. The first one up this year is Burns Night. 

Burns Night is a celebration of the life and poetry Scotsman poet Robert Burns. This event is celebrated on the anniversary of his birthday, the 25th of January. Traditionally, a Burns night supper would include a meal of haggis, neeps and tatties. Yum.

For my take on Burns Night nail art, I opted for a tartan print:-


 
I used MAC Shirelle for the red base color, then I used my Rio Beauty striping pens to do the green and blue stripes. I really wanted to use my gold nail art pen for the dots (to imitate threads), but it was paying hide and seek, so I used my yellow pen instead. My nail art pens are getting kinda lumpy now, its maybe time to invest in some new ones!

I want to do this tartan mani again, but next time, I want to do a pastel tartan print. The new Butter London collection is something I particularly have my eye on!!

FUN FACT! Haggis isn't a real animal. The truth is far worse. It is a meal consisting of sheep's heart, liver and lungs (known as pluck) minced with onion, suet and spices, which is then encased in sheep's stomach and simmered for hours. Ooh err.

Next Calendar Nails!:- 10th February: Chinese New Year. 

Sunday, 9 September 2012

31 Day Challenge: Day 9- Rainbow Nails

Sorry for the late publication of this post, but as the saying goes, better late than never! Let's hop right into today's challenge:-

 
How cute is this?!?!

 
 
I just love the silver glitter 'raindrops!'



Under artificial light.
 
I had great fun doing this mani, even if I was shattered from doing a busy 6am-3pm shift at work! I just kinda made the design up as I went along, and it was one of the instances where my gut instinct came up trumps!
 
Here's what I used:-
 
BASE: Chanel Le Vernis in Coco Blue
RAINDROPS: No7 Glitter Top Coat in Silver
RAINBOW AND CLOUDS: Rio Nail Art Pens
GLITTER SUN: Models Own in Hed Kandi Disco Heaven
 
The Model's Own polish was untried- I had to crack the cellophane off another polish! Tomorrow's challenge is Gradient Nails. I've never attempted these before so it should be rather interesting!!