Nail Of The Day: Barry M Spring Green

This polish is about as bold as they come and definately makes a statement. There aren't many colours of polish that I won't wear but I think with my pasty white skin this may be where I have to draw the line! I guess you could say it's a kind of emerald green, or maybe a grass green? I think if I were to wear it it would have to be with some sort of nail art like some pretty white daisies.

For me, it's probably one more for the fancy dress box to bring out at Halloween though, what do you think? Could you pull this colour off?

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Easy Spider Nails

Spiders will always creep me out, which is why I think that this is the perfect look for Halloween. It's super easy to do and I think it will look really effective.

The products I used were:
OPI 'Alpine Snow'
Nina Ultra Pro 'Lime Light'
China Glaze 'Ring In The Red'
Black Acrylic paint.

I started by using a make-up sponge to dab the flourescent green over plain, white nails to create a more textured effect. Then I used a dotting tool and tooth pick to create the spider, but I do think the spider will look cool on any background you decide, you could even add a web for him to sit on! I finished off by adding a sparkly red for the eyes, just so he glistened a little bit!


Watch my video below for steps on how to create this look.

Let me know what you think! :)

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Scary Halloween Pumpkins

Pumpkins are always the first thing I think of when I think of Halloween, I love how spooky they look glowing at night so thought I would create some scary pumpkin nail art for Halloween this year! This is what I came up with...

I used a bright orange nail polish by Nails Inc for the base and black acrylic paint for the faces. If you wanted to make yours extra spooky you could use glow in the dark nail polish over the top of the faces!

Warning: Be patient and let your paint dry properly before you add your top coat or it will drag like it did on two of mine! :(  What's the first thing Halloween makes you think of?

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Dexter Inspired Blood Splatter

One of my favourite TV shows is Dexter, so this October I thought I would do a Dexter inspired blood splatter nail art look as I think it will be a great look for Halloween.

It's really simple to do, I used OPI's Alpine Snow for the white base and for the blood splatter I dipped one end of a straw into Big Apple Red by OPI blowing through the straw to get the splattered effect on the nail. Be warned though, this can get very messy, so make sure you cover the table you are working on and I taped around my nails so there was less clean up to do!

I've linked my video below so you can watch how to re-create this look.

Have fun!

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Indie Pattern Nails

So this design was a request from someone that watches my videos. Apart from the music I didn't know there was anything else that was categorised under the title 'indie' so I had a bit of a google sesh, and this is what I came up with!

I love this colour combination and the pattern kinda reminds me of a stripey jumper, lol! Watch the video below if you want to create these nails yourself!

Let me know if you have any requests :)

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Chameleon Nail Polish

Happy 1st of October!

Whilst in Superdrug recently I came accross the new range of nail effects from Barry M, 'Barry M Chameleon Colour Changing Nail Effects'. The idea of this polish is that when painted on the nail it changes colour when a clear top coat is added.

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A long while ago I purchased a similar sounding thing by Jessica in the shade 'Cheap Trick' and although I absolutely LOVE the colour it ended up, to be honest, there wasn't a huge difference in the 'before and after', it just became a slightly deeper.

I decided I would give it a try as with all their polishes they are very good value (this one being only £3.99) so I chose the pink (which changes to purple) and I am actually very impressed! I like that they have managed to completely change the colour with the top coat rather than just make it a deeper or darker shade of the same colour and I love the colour that it turns into.

The one tip that I would note if you were wanting to use a clear top coat to add some nail art or create a fun french tip is that a clear top coat with a thicker consistency works a lot better. For some reason when I was playing around with it a thin top coat will work for covering the whole nail but if you wanted to add dots or stripes a thin top coat doesn't seem to change the colour a whole lot.

If you want to see how it works check out my video below:

Let me know if you have tried any of these and what you think!

xxx