Manicure Monday: Purple and Silver

This manicure looks really effective and is really simple to do too. first I painted my nails with the silver colour and let it dry completely. Then I used sellotape to create the triangle shape and painted over with the purple. Let it dry and remove the tape and you are left with these cute nails!

Gem x

Manicure Monday: Greenberry and Black

I think Barry M Nail Gelly in Green Berry is my all time favorite colour nail polish. I love it and just because its winter, it doesn't mean you cant wear bright nails. I added the black outline using Avons nail art tool, it takes practice and a steady hand. As you can see I do need a little more practice, but I still like the end result.

Gem x

Manicure Monday: Blue Daisies

With the lighting being so rubbish, I had to use flash for this picture. The colour is a little darker in real life. These daisies are so simple to create using a dotting tool and the result is so pretty.

Gem x

Halloween NOTD : Bullet Hole and Dripping Blood

I love doing nail art, but haven't had any time recently. With Halloween coming up I just had to do some spooky/gory nail art.

I've seen a few people do something similar, but came across this image on pinterest and decided to recreate it. I love the added bullet hole.

I'm going out on Wednesday and dressing up as dead riding hood, so will probably be sporting these nails.

What are your plans for Halloween?

Gem x

Two Ways to Wear: Ombre Nails

I apologise in advance for the state of my nails. I need to find a good cuticle oil which isn't too pricey, so If you have any suggestions let me know!

I have seen ombre nails popping up on lots of blogs and I wanted to try the trend out for myself. I googled 'ombre nails tutorial' and came across a tutorial which involved painting the two colours you are going to use on a piece of paper and dipping a sponge into it. Then dab it onto the nails and repeat until desired effect is achieved. I had planned on linking back to the tutorial but I cant for the life of me find it argh! But here's the end result and pictures of the process. I was so proud of how these turned out as I am so useless at painting my nails. From a distance they looked awesome haha.

I have also seen ombre nails in the form of a dark to light colour on every nail. I think it was on Blake Lively so I decided to try this out too. This type of ombre nails is definitely the least messy and easiest to achieve.

Have you tried the ombre nails trend yet?

Gem x