Day Twenty-Three *Inspired by a Movie*

 

Day 23- My favourite movie of all time is The Devil Wears Prada, I don't think I could count the amount of times I have watched it so I knew this would be the movie I would use for today. I had so many big ideas for this manicure but I failed on all of them so I stuck to the shoe on a white background, Sally Hansen's-Xtreme wear in White on, with some red glitter. Simple yet effective I think. I painted the shoe free hand with a BYS Nail art polish in red and but Princessa red glitter over it. I really like these nails but they look a bit messy.

Day Nineteen & Twenty *Galaxies & Water Marbled*

Day 19- I have always liked Galaxy nails, I think they look more difficult than they actually are too. I think they are really simple to do but look so pretty. I started off by painting my nails black all over with Leiyu Turbo Colour in Black then sponged on Sally Hansen's Xtreme Wear- White On, Butter London- Cheeky Chops, Essie's- Coat Azure, Chi Chi (soft coral shade, can't remember the name) and Sally Hansen's Sparkle around the edges to blend it out. I then added a few dots of white with a tooth pick and a few spots of Jay Jay's silver glitter and then topped it off with Sally Hansen's Mega Shine. Not really much else to say about these,  I think the picture speaks for itself.

Day 20- I was not looking forward to this at all!!! I have tried water marbling before and it is always the biggest fail!!!! But I decided I was going to tackle this one head on today and just do it and I think the results speak for themselves. My nails look like everyone elses!! I heard that Essie nail polishes worked really well so I decided to use my 3 brightest shades and give it a go. Firstly I painted my nails white all over with Sally Hansen's Xtreme Wear in White On (which is now starting to run out and go gloopy *sad face*) and then dripped Haute as Hello, Coat Azure and Chastity into a cup of water and you know how the rest of it goes. I used a new top coat (Sally Hansen's- Insta Dry) on these and it all funny over this manicure, there were a couple of water/air bubbles in the polish so I think that was the problem but it still looks ok to me. I have to thank my flatmate Polly for helping me with these otherwise it would have been a complete failure. I will upload a couple more days now so you can see my weekend nails.

Day Seventeen *Glitter*

Day 17- I think this is the day I have been most excited about! I LOVE GLITTER!!!! Any of my friends or family will tell you that I seem to leave a trail of glitter behind me where ever I go. I knew right from the start of this challenge that I would be using OPI's- Rainbow Connection for today but I didn't know how I wanted to layer it. I decided to use Barry M's Navy nail paint as the base of this manicure and I really like the way they turned out. The navy looks kind of purple in the photo but it still looks really pretty. I was in a bit of a rush when I did these though so they aren't the best but that's ok. I finished my nails with BYS Matte top coat so the effect isn't as sparkley today.

I have been thinking about different ideas for my inspiraton section and I hope you like what I have come up with.

Days Four & Five *Green & Blue*

Day 4- I am not a huge fan of green nail polish, I feel that it doesn't suit my skin tone. I wanted to try out the green nail polish I had so kind of did a tartan pattern. The colours I used are Avon- Nailwear Pro in Electric Green, LA Colors- Art Deco in Green Glitter and BYS- Neon Green (Nail art). I know the pictures are out of focus as I had an issue taking a good picture of them but you get the general idea.

Day 5- I think these are my favourite so far, I know I have done the ombre effect already but I like the blue so much better, I have so many bottles of blue nail polish that I didn't know what 5 to use, I could have done 10 differnent shades but thought that might be a bit much. The colours I used are (L-R) Barry M- Navy nail paint, BYS- Matte Blue, H&M- Blue Sky, Essie- Coat Azure and Chi Chi- Gimme Gimme a Man. I think Essie Coat Azure is my favourite of all my blue shades, it has a subtle shimmer and is a perfect blue shade.

I used Salley Hansen's Mega Shine on all my nails and it is my favourite top coat of all time!! It is really shiny and kind of gives my nails a wet look. I want to try Seche Vite but it can be hard to get hold of in New Zealand.

Day One *Red*

I painted my nails with BYS Matte Red and Princess Mistic Red (Red Glitter) with half of them painted with BYS Matte Top Coat and the tips done with Sally Hansen's Mega Shine (Best top coat in my view), I liked the way they turned out but the photo's don't show the matte texture too well.

I know I haven't uploaded daily but I can promise that I am painting them everyday.