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 Eighteen *Half Moons*

Day 18- I have done half moon nails a few times so I knew this one would be easy to do but boy was I wrong, this manicure did not work out the way I wanted and I think it ended up looking messy. I love the colours I used but something isn't right. I used OPI's- Russian Navy- Matte on my whole nail and Orly's- Rage as the half moons, I don't know whether it was the combonation of matte and metallic that didn't work but oh well. I think Rage is one of the prettiest nail polishes I own and it usually look so good. I also didn't use a top coat so I could have the matte and metallic finish. Pretty excited for Galaxies tomorrow as I am pretty sure I can't mess those up (here's hoping).

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.

Day Sixteen *Tribal Print*

Day 16- I have seen some really cool tribal prints online so I took inspiration from them and things I had seen in real life and kind of made up my own 'tribal print' and I am really happy with the way they turned out.

Firstly I painted my nails different sized stripes in 3 different colours, I used Essie's Merino Cool and Sand Tropez and Orly's Luxe, I think they look a little washed out on their own but when I added the black (BYS nail art polish) they really stood out, especially the gold. I don't know if the photo's I took really did them any justice but the gold was really pretty. I painted random black lines and dots over the stripes of colour and that's how I got this 'tribal' pattern.

I hope you like them, I think tomorrow's nails are going to be very simple but I love glitter so I can't wait!

Day Fifteen *Delicate Print*

Day 15- I had so many ideas for delicate nails but I wanted something kind of simple, I tried a few different prints but this one looked the nicest on my nails. I painted my nails with one coat of LA Colors- Serenity and let them dry, then I used Leiyu Turbo Colour in Black on a stamping plate (B83) I got at the $2 shop and printed the pattern in different directions on each nail. I think they turned out nicely, maybe slightly messy but that's ok. I think this pattern would look cool with the same base colour with white stamping on them, kind of a subtle lace print.

I hope everyone is having a good weekend, I have work tonight so thought I would get this post up for you.

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 Eleven & Twelve *Polka Dots & Stripes*

 Day 11- I really wanted to use OPI- Russian Navy- Matte in one of these posts so I decided today would be a perfect day to use it, I painted 2 coats of Russian Navy and then painted the little dots with nail art polishes (the ones with the needle point tip), I used Claire's Cosmetics in Neon Pink and Nail Star in White. I think the effect was really pretty and I finished the manicure off with Sally Hansens Mega Shine (as per usual). I think this could be my favourite and it was really easy to do.

Day 12- I know I said in my Green day that I don't like green nail polish but I think this one is different, it is so bright and happy and I had completely forgotten about until I found it at the back of one of nail polish drawers, the colours I used are all by BYS, Matte Green and Black and White nail art polishes! I think these nails are really cute and I got lots of comments on these at work. I was going to paint them with a matte top coat but I am glad I didn't, I think the Mega Shine makes them pop.