Purple Flowers

W7 - Purple Paradise

Barry M - Silver Foil

George - Matt Topcoat

BM224

Sorry for the lack of posts recently!  I have managed to finally get a new job!  :) I am now a New Business Administrator!  I did these nails for my first day of work last week, and I have only got around to posting them just now!  I plan on posting at least once a week from now on, more often if I have the time!  I am only JUST now getting round to doing my nails again now.  

Hope you like this design :)  I love this purple polish!  I wasn't expecting this polish to be as great as it actually is for the price!  Under £2 for this bottle!  Recommended!

Bow French Manicure

I did these a while ago but didn't have the best picture of them.  So here they are all pictured out :) complete with a little bambi!  I used:

China Glaze - White on White

George - Base coat

Black Acrylic Paint

Cocktail Stick

Manicure guides

Matte Topcoat

1. First I painted two coats of the base coat (because my nails are REALLY stained!)
2. Next I used the manicure guides to paint white on the tips
3. Once this was dry I did another coat of the base coat
4. Next I used the acrylic paint and cocktail stick to paint on the bows and lines :) (My tiny paintbrush got damaged so a cocktail stick is the next best thing i had!)
5. Then a clear topcoat over that
6. And finally a matte topcoat over it all (I LOVE matte french manicures!)

Julie 

Dotty!

My second post today!  Im off ill from college with a horrible fluey cold :( . So in-between doing college work I have been playing about with my nails! :) Here is a soft polkadot design!

China Glaze - White on white

George - Sherbet Fizz

George - Smarty Pants

Colour Trend - Iced Pink

Kirby Grip

1. I first painted my nails all over with china glaze white on white with 3 coats.
2. Once they were dry I dotted one colour at a time over all my nails :)
3. I sealed with a topcoat and finished with a matte coat!

Let me know what you think!

Tipped Sparkle Red

Max Factor - Onyx

Max Factor - Deep Mauve

OPI - Pirouette my Whistle

George - Matt Finisher

I had the max factor deep mauve for a long time now and only worn it once as I am not a huge fan of full red on my nails(although this is a gorgeous red that shines purple ish in the light).  Then I got the OPI glitter polish I thought it would go great together so I put 2 coats on top of 2 coats of the red and wore it yesterday.  

I had a bit of wear on the tips but didn't fancy taking it all off so soon (trying to get glitter off with an acetone free remover is frustrating!) so I used tape to mark out V shaped tips and painted black over :).  I LOVE matt top coats on top of glitter and wanted it to look totally different from yesterday so I matted them after :) and I love them.  What do you think?

White Glitter Mani

OPI - Don't touch my tutu

OPI - Pirouette my whistle

Marks and Spencer - White

George - Matt Finisher


Here is a matte white glitter manicure.  I used 4 coats of don't touch my tutu and 1 coat of pirouette my whistle, then using manicure stickers I painted my white tips and finished with  matte topcoat.


This is my first time using this OPI glitter polish and I love it.  It is so sparkly and full of glitter!  


I hope you like this mani!  

Newspaper Nails

After painting my nails with my new OPI - my pointe exactly I realised that is is a great colour for doing newspaper nails.  I have tried these before and the writing came out smudgey or not very strong on most nails.  But these ones turned out great!  I think it must be based on the first nail polish you put down as well as how you apply the print onto your nails to get it nice and clear like this. Here is how I did it:

OPI - My Pointe Exactly 

George - Matte Finisher

Gin (60%) but any strong alcohol works

Cotton Wool

Bits of newspaper writing cut out to nail shapes

1. I first painted my nails all over with the OPI varnish.  It took 4 coats to get it to a usable colour for these.  
2. I waited till they were COMPLETELY dry (or you may have actual pieces of newspaper stuck to your nails!)
3. I dipped my finger into the gin and then dipped the newspaper cutouts into the gin while holding it with tweezers.
4. Then I carefully positioned the newspaper print side down over my nail the way I wanted it and covered it with the cotton wool and pushed down an even pressure all over my nail for about 20 seconds. 
5. I removed the cotton wool and gave the newspaper a quick last push down to make sure as much ink got off it as possible and gently peeled it off with the tweezers.
6. Any excess paper left on my nail I picked off with the tweezers gently.  But don't worry too much about little fluffys left because they are not noticeable after a topcoat.
7. Repeat these steps with all your nails and you should have these!
8. I finished with a topcoat and then a matte topcoat (because newspapers are not shiny :))

Hope this tutorial made sense and was easy to follow.  Leave a comment about how it worked for you and leave a link if you tried it out and snapped a photo :)

Julie

Sparkle Tips

George - Witchcraft

George - Jackpot

George - Matt Finisher

First I painted my nails all over with the witchcraft colour.  Once that was dry I painted the tips (and one full nail) with 3 coats of the Jackpot glitter varnish and left to dry.  I finished with the Matt Finisher :)

These would be good christmas nails!

Matte Sparkle French Manicure

George - Base Coat

George - Jackpot

George - Matte Finisher

Marks and Spencer - White Tip

French Manicure Stickers

I bought 3 new nail polishes today, again all 3 by george from asda.  All 3 only £1.75 each.  Bargain if you don't have much change to spare.  Also picked up french manicure strips while I was in also for 99p.  So much easier than fiddling about trying to cut tape into perfect curved strips!

Here I used 2 of my new polishes named Base Coat (a nice natural colour) and Jackpot (a delicate silver glitter polish).  I applied 2 coats of the Base Coat to my nails.  I used my new manicure strips to separate the tips, painted them with white polish pulled off the strips and left to dry.  I applied another coat of the Base Coat and left to dry.  Next I put on a coat of Jackpot and left to dry.  Finally I put a coat of the matt finisher on finish.  I have never tried a matt french manicure or a glittery one but I think it turned out really nice and natural especially with the matt finish.  The glitter is so subtle with the one coat, I really like it.

Has anyone else had any experience with any of the george nail polishes? Let me know what you think of them?  Let me know what you think of these nails :)

White Tipped

George - Smarty Pants

Barry M - White

George - Matt Finisher

Topcoat

Tape

Silver Tinsel

I first painted my nails all over the smarty pants colour.  When that was dry I taped of a diagonal line for the white to go.  Once the white was dry I put a topcoat on and used tinsel cut to the size of my nails to separate the two colours.  Another topcoat once it was dry and finally a matt topcoat.  

Candy Nails

George - Sherbert Fizz

Barry M - White

George - Matt Finisher

Tape

I first painted my nails the sherbert fizz pink and waited to dry before cutting tape into small long triangles and putting them on the nails I wanted the design on.  Covered those nails with white nail varnish and peeled off the tape before it dried.  Finished with a matt topcoat.

Excuse the mess around my nails haha.

Quick Easter Nails

These were just silly cute nails I did and managed to smudge straight after this webcam picture was taken so they had to come off :( 


I mixed my purple and yellow nail varnish with white nail varnish to get the lilacy and pale yellows :)


Here is the video I got the idea from:

Gradient Ombre Pinks

Max Factor - Disco Pink

Barry M - White

Topcoat

George Manicure - Matt Finisher

Cocktail Stick

I was just playing about with this, I didn't think this would actually turn out keepable!  I only have one shade of pink so I painted my thumb the original pink.  Then on a sheet of paper I mixed the white and pink together to make a lighter shade and that went on my index finger, added more white for the third finger and so on.  After that had dried I used the cocktail stick and the white to dot lots at the top and less as I came away from the tip.  I think it looks quite like snow :) I was going for an easter look, but seeing as it is snowing outside as I type this it is quite fitting!  I sealed with a topcoat and waited a few hours to dry completely before doing any washing or physical things with my hands.  The dots took ages to dry.  Next day I put on matt finisher and there you go!

ASDA Matt Finish

I love matt finishes but I cant afford to spend £10 on a nail varnish.  In asda I noticed a matt finisher by george.  For £1.75! So I bought it and it works great! I wish I had taken a before picture to show how it works. But here it is after I applied the matt:

It applies really well and easily.  I got two other george nail polishes today so when this chips off I will post those colours!