3D Snails & Rainbow Nail Art

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How're you all doing today? I hope the week is going well for you! Who's ready for the weekend? I see a wave of hands.

Today our store is a doing a really awesome VIP beauty gala event, I'll be working but I think its going to be such a fun experience. There's going to be make overs, live tutorials, discounts, a selfie station.. all sorts! My outfit is going to be 80% pink (as suggested) I've got a cute little jewelled hair band, pink trousers, shoes and a pink top and a long flowy silver cardigan. I think I am going to feel like a gradient princess!

Oh..wait! You were here for snail art, right? Snail Art... Oh Ithi. This ones a bit extreme, I tried something different that didn't pay off but you know what? Sometimes that's OK. I learnt stuff.

3D Peach & Cream Nail Art - Say Something Nice Day

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How are you all doing today? I hope you had a wonderful week so far. I can't say anything too interesting has happen to me so far but its been pleasant none the less.

Today's post is all about positivity. Can you ever have enough of it in our lives? Don't you think its incredible how your actions create reactions that in influence someone's day or even their mood which in turn creates new reactions in the people they come across... A little bit of kindness goes a long way as it travels down an ever winding chain.

Anyway. Did you know that June 1^st is actually 'Say something nice day'? True fact. Go and say something nice, put a smile one someone's face. Say something nice to yourself even.

My say something nice to you is.. There's only one you and you are wonderful just the way you are. The fact there is only one of you is incredible, keep rocking being you, keep loving yourself and remember not to be too hard on yourself sometimes.

3d Bumble Bee Nail Art

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How are you all doing today? I hope you are having an awesome week so far.

Two more days left at work and then a nice two day weekend. I got pulled into work last Sunday, I received a phone call from my manager about 9.30am. I was already up.. but I ummed and ahhed.. I figured that they must be really short staffed to call me in so I went into work.

But this weekend I am looking forward to two whole days of family time, painting and of course the royal wedding is this weekend. I DO want to see what Meghan's dress is like, is anyone else curious?!

Today's nail art is...er. Hit and miss and very experimental. I'm not sure how I feel about it.

3D & Freehand Sushi Nails

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How are you all doing today? I hope you've been having a great week so far. I'm looking forward to this weekend as I worked last Saturday and bank holiday Monday meaning I missed out on all the delicious sun we were having – of course its just my luck that the weather seems to have changed.

All that said I've been having fun at work, I've had so many lovely customers and experiences.

I've been rather excited to show you today's nail art, I've been itching to post it sooner! Sushi is one of my all time favourite foods but its not so easy to get good sushi where I live...still, I found another way to enjoy it!

3D Hotdog Nail Art

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How are you all doing today? I hope you had an amazing weekend – what did you get up to?

On Saturday evening I went to my sisters for a cheeky Chinese and wine evening, I always love catching up with her. Don't get me wrong, its great spending time with my niece and nephew but sometimes its also nice to have proper grown up sister chats!

I've been painting (I'm well into the last week of June on my blog schedule!) and organising my blog posts out, I think switching my posts to twice a week will really take pressure off working and blogging. I feel like this way I can do what I love and work without any stress. I think I found the perfect balance!

Do you have a way to fit blogging in whilst balancing other aspects of you life? I'd love to know, I always find how people do their blog schedules so interesting.

3D Baby Pikachu & Gameboy Nail Art

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How are you all doing today? I really hope your week is going well so far. I'm back to work today after being off since Saturday – its been lovely to spend some time with my family and of course catch up on some painting! I've been setting myself some targets and I've accomplished them all!

Todays nail art makes me cringe. Not just a little shudder but a whole inside outwards cringe because... You'll see. I wanted to do something again with 3D. What I produced.. I can't even.

I had the idea of using fimo again and that it wouldn't be too hard to make both a square and a circle and paint them up to look like a gameboy and a pokeball. I added into the mix a baby pikachu having a fun time.

Nope. Just nope. Yet I'm still posting it... *dies on the inside*

3D Pizza Nail Art

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How are you all doing today? I hope everything is going great with you.

I feel like I've waited forever to share today's design with you, It has actually been over a month since I created it. One night when I was struggling to sleep I woke up at around 3am with an idea! An idea that wouldn't quit! I remembered my sister used to make things out of polymer clay..could I use polymer clay to create things for nail designs? Would it work? Could I paint it? Would it stick on my nails?

I finally got to try it and kept it a bit of a secret while I figured it out. But you know sometimes you just can't predict how things will go.. I thought I was on to something new. Sadly not, last week I saw someone else using it on nails.. I had no way of knowing, she had no way of knowing I'd been thinking on the same track. I decided to share my design (there are others!) anyway because I didn't want to waste my efforts.

Eye Balls Out! Freehand 3D Gel Eye Nails

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And welcome to the start of another weekend, boy doesn't it feel like the first weeks of January are going so quickly? How are those goals and new years resolutions holding up?

Today's nail art is inspired by two things, the first being the current theme over on Tiny Canvas where this weeks nail art prompt is eyes.

The second source of inspiration comes from my seven year old niece. Now.. When I saw the prompt was eyes I found myself a little stuck. I've done something on this theme before and didn't want to do something too similar. So how does my niece come into today's design? Often when she's concentrating hard on something she'll say “Eyeballs out!” I have no idea where this came from, maybe a teacher at school says it...does it sound like something a teach would actually say..?

Anyway, regardless of where her quirky saying comes from when she saw this nail art she read it aloud and erupted into a fit of giggles!

3D Pop Up Christmas Card Nails

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And a very Merry Christmas to you all! I hope you have a wonderful day, be it celebrating with friends or family, enjoying a lovely meal together or if you are going out – whatever you plans I hope it is a super special one!

Also on the plus side.. Yesterday was an awesome day for me. A customer called me adorable and then work told me they want to keep me on after Christmas. I wont be down in the cosmetics/fragrance section, I'll be upstairs working in woman's wear. I'm so happy!

I'll keep the chit chat in today's post short and sweet but do come say hi in the comments if you have time!

3D Pop Up Instagram Notification Nail Art

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How are you all doing today? I hope you've got something fun lined up for the weekend? I'm currently at work – don't worry, I'm not blogging at work, I'm a good scheduler!

Hey look, your latest Instagram post just went viral! Check out the notifications, its almost like they are jumping right out at you! Blimey, you even got 1 million followers!

How did I shade these? Why does it look like they are actually popping off of my nails? My secrets shall be revealed!

Neon Glitter Paillette - Beauty Big Bang Review

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I hope you all had an awesome week? What an odd one its been for me. This week I finished up my CV and set to the mission of finding a job, a good time to apply while lots of places are looking for Christmas staff. Actually, things got moving faster than I expected because on Tuesday I have a job internet and rather than the usual nerves I feel more excited than nervous, this job would be ideal for me. Fingers crossed!

Today I am showing you another design from Beauty Big Bang, today we're looking at Neon Glitter Paillette's which I've combined with a 2D bottle and a 3D spoon. Its an odd combination and I wish I had used a different base colour... This was one of those designs where I just couldn't decide on what to pair these decorations with.. You guys can decide what you think.

Freehand 3D Gel Cookie Nail Art

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I hope you all had an awesome weekend? Did you get up to anything fun?

Today's nail art comes with a little secret. While I've been working out hard and keeping up with all the healthy lifestyle changes I made recently.. sometimes while I am painting and working on blog post creations I take a little pause for coffee and biscuit time.

Its the perfect break when I am working on a really intricate and lengthy design. You gotta enjoy some things, right?

So today I have for you some 3D cookies on an equally dotty base! Funnily enough Maryland Cookie's started following me recently over on Twitter. I wonder if they'll approve of this nail art!

3D Wooly Yarn & Sweater Nail Art

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Are you ready for fall/winter 2017?

Coming to a high street near you this season, stock up on your winter knit wear and cosy apparel. Be ready to rock the cold and shimmy away those shivers.

All geared up? Not quite. Don't forget your nails, who needs cold nails this winter?

Baaaha you guys, I had this idea in my head and I really wanted to make it come true. Before the comments come in about how disgusting this is I just want to remind you that this is really more of an extreme 3D nail art, I would never wear this on a daily basis or for casual wear! I wanted to create something that was simply interesting to look at.

This survived on my nails for all of 10 minutes. I hated the feel of it! Even my cat gave me a disappointing look upon inspection!

Pink & Blue Dotty Nails & Oversized Bows

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How are you all doing today? I hope you had an awesome weekend?

I attempted to film a nail art video yesterday and I'm still feeling the hand cramp. I am just not good at trying to paint with my hand in unusual positions although the way I do paint is probably not how everyone else does it. I think managed to get some shots in focus though so fingers crossed I'll be able to post those soon. It's all practice, I guess! I've a new tripod on the way!

I also finally decided to stop bugging myself and buy a damn desk lamp. It's getting darker earlier and earlier here in England, on a gloomy day its becoming harder to paint. Night time painting isn't even an option. So now I can actually paint whenever I want! - what an exciting life I lead, haha.

Today's nail art is actually a couple days out since I had to rearrange my blog posts but on the 15^th September it was 'International Dot Day'. Yeah, really, its a thang. I love finding out about all these wacky and unique days.

Anyway, I figured dots are something most people can do on their nails so I decided to incorporate it in to the Tiny Canvas weekly challenge for this month (I've been taking care of the theme for a couple months, its fun!) I love to join in with the members and do a design for each theme too so here is my dotty manicure. Somehow I feel like this looks rather sophisticated for someone like myself. Like... I'm used to colourful children-book nails.. It feels weird seeing such a uniform design on my nails!

Nail Dried Flower Decoration & Silver Nail Dust Nail Glitter Powder - BeautyBigBang Review

*Press Sample* This post contains an item(s) that was provided for reviewing purposes however I will as always give my full and honest opinion.

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Goooood morning to you all! Or afternoon.. or evening, depending on where you are and when you are reading this. I hope you had a fantastic weekend? I had a fairly quiet one again but we did go out for dinner on Saturday evening. It was ok - but when you are eating the parts of steak you can eat and complimenting the salad leaves above everything else that's kinda saying something!

Today I have a double whammy, two product reviews in one post. These items came from BeautyBigBang.com and they are 'Nail Dried Flower Decoration' and 'Silver Nail Dust Nail Glitter Powder' - item no.  . I decided to pair these with something a little more subtle..

 

Rose Gold Mixed Studs & Opal Jelly Semi Transparent Gel Polish - Born Pretty Store Review

*This post contains an item(s) that was supplied for reviewing purposes however I will as always give my full and honest opinion.

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How are you all doing today? I hope you are all having a great weekend?

I'm not up to much this weekend, I'll be working out, spending time with my family (I'm soaking them up after missing them so much in Holland, I'm enjoying even the smallest things like cups of tea with my sister!) Hopefully there will be a little painting time at some point!

Today I am taking a look at two more products from the Born Pretty Store, when I saw these I just knew I wanted to try them together! They are Semi Transparent White Opal Jelly Nail Polish (5gm) and 'Rose Gold Mixed Deocations Nail Art Wheel'.

I wanted to do this manicure because I liked how my bear nail art looked. If you missed that post you can see it here.

Sea Gems! 3D Colourful Fairy Bead/ Beach Mineral RhineStones - Born Pretty Store Review

*This post contains an item(s) which was supplied for reviewing purposes however I will as always give my full and honest opinion.

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I hope you are all having a great week so far? I've not been able to do much blog hopping so far this week as I've been busy baby sitting but I'm looking forward to catching up on all your posts today!

I had some fantastic news yesterday evening, the doctor called me with the results of my last blood test and I did it! I've reversed the risk of getting type 2 diabeties, she was thrilled with my efforts and told me that its very rare to see a patient turn around the blood work scores as quick as I have. I'm so pleased with myself, all that hard work has paid off! Generally the things that were a little concerning are now doing fine!

Today I have another Born Pretty Store review for you – this time I am taking a look at '3D ColourfulFairy Bead/ Beach Mineral Rhinestones' in colour choice #3. I've combined with some freehand nail art.

 

Freehand Abstract Nail Art With 3D Elements

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How are you all doing today? Can you believe we all climbed to the top of the week and now we're all sliding down the weekend slide?! Wahoooo. I hope you all have something fun planned.

After a week of feeling a little up and down and banging my head against the wall I *may* have found a college course for nails! It seems perfect, 1 night a week for 16 weeks to get a lvl 2 certificate. Wahoo, I hope luck is on my side and it is possible!

This month in Tiny Canvas the weekly challenges are all thought of my moi, I had fun coming up with themes I thought everyone would enjoy. I tried hard to think of themes that everyone would feel comfortable in taking part in. I love it when lots of members join in, its fun to see everyone's designs.

The first prompt I thought of was abstract & 3D elements. I told them to all go nuts, there's no wrong or right in abstract art!

Irregular Colourful Crystal Rhinestone Nail Art Decorations - Born Pretty Store Review

 

*This post contains an item(s) that was provided for reviewing purposes however I will as always give my full, honest and completely unbiased opinion.

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How are you all doing today? I hope you had a fantastic end to your week. Do you have anything awesome planned this weekend?

I'm looking forward to spending more time with my Niece and Nephew – They have loved having me home! I'm still having to tell my Niece I'll be there for her birthday and I'll be there for Christmas and that I'm not going anywhere. Too cute!

Today I am showing you an interesting item from the Born Pretty Store – I wasn't too sure what to expect when I picked this to review but I am just in love with this stuff! This is 'Irregular Colourful Crystal Rhinestone Nail Art Decorations'– or I'll put it more simply... brightly coloured shell-like bits!

Just a warning.. I took this picture before sorting out my new light set up so please excuse the quality!

These beautiful bright pieces come in black pot with a clear lid and contain approximately 2g. On the website there are two colour options, the colourful (This one) or a clear version which happens to look a lot like opals I think. The pieces in this pot range from all different colours, there are pink, red, blue, yellow, green..and more. It is a good mix and fairly distributed through the spectrum for an even mix of colours.

How? I wore these by gently dropping them on top of my wet top coat. I love how these look. I feel like they give a really cute beachy look, these would look great with a beach style manicure (why am I only thinking of this now?!) Once they were on the nail I pressed them ever so gently, just to tease any sticky-up ones into laying flatter. The lines were simply swipes of acrylic paint.

Overall I really love these and I think I'll be dipping back into the pot again in no time. I like the mixture of colours and how they stay rather nicely on the nail – I would say though.. if you are expecting a long wear time on these I'd suggest finding a sturdier way to attach them then just top coat.

What do you think of the colourful shell-like pieces? Do you love or hate wearing 3D nail art pieces?

Have a super weekend guys, thank you so much for stopping by! I'll catch you again on Monday for some more nail art fun!

Love,

Ithi

Mixed Nail Art Decoration/Rhinestone Manicure Wheel - BeautyBigBang.com Review

*This post contains an item(s) that was sent for reviewing purposes however I will as always give my full and honest opinion.

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How are you all doing today? I hope you are looking forward to a fun-filled weekend?

Today is a big one for me, this afternoon I'll be off to Mr Bravo's Nephew's 2^nd birthday and in the evening I am off to Amsterdam to see a band called the Toppers, they do a mixture of tribute songs in both Dutch and English – they usually have themes and this time it is a wild west theme! 

I am going with my sister-in-law (I call her that even though Mr Bravo and I are not married) who took me to my first Toppers concert back in December, it was so fun!

Today though I have another review for you of a Beautybigbang.com product. This is a 'Mixed glitters/rhinestones manicure nail art decoration wheel' and it contains come of the cutest nail embellishments I have EVER seen! 

I added some little sequins to the center of the flowers.

I also want to start by saying that I have been so impressed with BeautyBigBang.com's delivery, from confirmation email to arrival it was probably no more than a week or so, with all the experience I have of nail suppliers this is pretty darn good!

This wheel comes PACKED, no joking, PACKED full of super cute studs, there are some very adorable little things going on in this wheel.

After photographing the few selected studs I took out I struggled insanely to get these back in the wheel because there was so many left in there.

There are so many different types of studs from thin hollowed hearts to big chunky bows, a minion and even a super cute giraffe. There are also circular studs, flowers and Hello Kitty's, I have come up with at least 4 or 5 designs in my head using some of these. These are a great way to get inspiration for manicures!

However I decided that I'd try something a little different so I picked out some of the 3D flowers and decided to incorporate them into a freehand design. I used two coats of Barry M's 'Eat My Dust' and once dry I used my brush to sweep over various shades of acrylic blue paint. I then added a coat of Zoya's Maisie to add some stunning flakes. I added the lily pads with green acrylic paint and added my Pro-FX top coat.

I knew I'd LOVE the flakies with a matte top coat so I went ahead and added a thin coat. With a splodge of top coat I sat the flowers on top of the lily pads.

Do you like my water lily nail art? What do you think of this wide variation of nail art decorations?

Have a beautiful day, my friends. Thank you so much for stopping by! I'll catch you again on Monday!

Love,

Ithi