Days Thirteen & Fourteen *Animal Print & Flowers*

Day 13- I have done leopard print nails on my flat mate before so I decided that they would be an easy options to do again. I know that is kind of cheating but I hadn't done them on myself so it doesn't count.

I don't think they look as good as I had hoped they would but I still like them. I used OPI in Bling Dynasty as an all over colour then used the end of a make up brush to do some splodgy/circles in OPI's You Don't Know Jacques and then used a fine paint brush with Essie's Lady Godvia to do the outside of the spots. I think they worked well and looked kind of cute.

 

Day 14- Today's nails look a little average as I only painted on coat of Essie's Chastity instead of two, I was hoping it would give a more sheer effect but I think they just look unfinished. I painted the flowers using the end of a make up brush (instead of a dotting tool) and made little petals, I used BYS Mauve-in on Up on 4 fingers and Claire's Cosmetics Neon Pink (nail art) on my ring finger for the petals and Butter London's Cheeky Chops for the center of the flower. I think these nails are a fun spring manicure and would look good in any colour.

It would appear that I am up to date with my nails now so I will try to stay on top of the blog as much as I can now.

Days Six & Seven *Violet & Black and White*

Day 6- I had so many purple nail polishes to choose from, so I chose to use OPI- Purple with a Purpose all over with little stars in BYS- Purple (nail art). Unfortunately I didn't get a good picture of them as I was driving to see my parents and forgot to take a proper photo before I took it off.

Day 7- I had so many ideas rushing through my head for black and white that I decided to do a bit of everything on them. I used Sally Hansen- White Out all over and the details were done with BYS- Black (nail art). I liked these nails but as you will notice I have not shown the middle finger on my right hand as it smudged and looked a mess!!!

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.

Days Two & Three *Orange & Yellow*

Day 2- Today's nails were hard to do for me as I didn't think I would be able to find any orange nail polish, but as it turns out I have a few orange shades. The colours I used are (L-R) Essie - Haute as Hello, A randon LA Colors yellow/orange, Chi Chi - Choose Chi Chi, CR-101 and Sports Girl-Orange with Sally Hansen Mega Shine on top of all of them. I loved the sports girl one and it is pretty much a one coater but I did 2 coats on each for good measure.

Day 3- I really love this colour, its Butter London in Cheeky Chops, it is the nicest yellow nail polish I have ever worn, it's really creamy and smooth the only issue I have with it is that I had to do 3 coats. The black crackle/shatter is Barry M Instant Effects in Black which is my favourite of the crackle polishes, my OPI Shatter dried up and evaporated and was really thick from day one, but the Barry M has been amazing! I want to get a gold shatter next though, I think it would look really pretty over taupe nail polish. As usual I have Sally Hansen Mega Shine as a top coat.

I am having a lot of fun doing my nails and I can't wait for the inspired by section.

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.