Jungle-Princess Nail Art! Freehand Leaves And Golden Stamping

Allo polish Pals!

How are you doing today? I hope your week is going well! I'm having fun being at home with my family (still missing Mr Bravo but I gotta make the most of this time with everyone) I just want to say... don't forget to come back on Saturday when my international giveaway starts!

Today's nail art was really spur of the moment, I wanted to do some more stamping but with freehand nail art too. I opted for gold.. and then had this sort o f jungle-like vision! I think it kinda does suit the idea, don't you? I added a gold feather stud from my Sea themed nail art wheel – You can see my review about those stud/charms here.

For this manicure I used my usual base coat of OPI's 'Nail Envy' and proceeded with two coats of NYC's 'Williamsburg Vintage' for my white base. Next I stamped using Barry M's 'Gold Foil' (the foils are amazing for stamping, why are there not more?!) and my Fab Ur nails plate, FUN16 plate. I really loved this pattern. I then applied a coat of my Pro-fx top coat, allowed drying time and then created some freehand leaves along the top of my nails.

For my ring finger I created a really thin line of green acrylic paint and tried to add a sort of..'adornment', some kind of princess-jungle like jewelry made of tiny Model's Own golden beads and the feather stud/charm.

When I'd finished this manicure I looked at my nails and sighed. I thought it was really terrible, but you know what? Its sort of grown on me. I think it fits the theme nicely!

What do you think of these Jungle-Princess themed nail art? Do you like to add studs and beads to your stamping?

Have a beautiful day! I'll catch you again on Saturday...for the giveaway!

Love

Ithi

Nicole Diary Water Decal Review Pt. 4

*This post contains an item(s) which have been sent for reviewing purpose however I will always provide my full and honest opinion.

Allo polish Pals!

How are we all doing today? I hope you all had a fabulous weekend and start to the new week. Can you believe we one day away from being in June?! Crazy! Hopefully I can start making plans to go home and visit my family in the next month or so.

Today I have part four of my Nicole Diary water decal reviews – there will be one more final post after this. I've had a really great experience with these decals so far. I have enjoyed their wide range of patterns and styles, you have to agree they are all so different from each other!

Nicole Diary are offering IthinityBeauty readers a free gift worth upto $5 when you order from either their Amazon / Alliexpress store. Just add the code 'ITH2016' to your order notes!

First we have 'Nicole Diary 04' beautful and simple looking floral pattern. I love the colour combination of mustard yellow flowers and burgundy. I feel like these make me think of sort of... a chic look. Does that make any sense? Probably not. I just feel there's something very sweet and charming about the colour combination and pattern. I decided to pair these with an accent nail of Barry M's 'Mustard' and a 'Jodie-Bow' (Aptly named after the kind friend who sent them to me!)

This second pattern, 'Nicole Diary -13' is sooo entirely different. I personally wasn't quite sure how I wanted to wear them. One side of the decal has a dark version of the pattern and the other side is a light pattern. Mr Bravo urged me to face my dark side. These decals are very solid, I don't think you can even guess I am wearing a medium bright green underneath! I paired this manicure with an accident nail of Zoya's 'Charla', a circular sequin and added some very small Model's Own 'Artstix' golden beads. If I am honest I probably like these the least but that's just my personal preference. I can't remember the last time I had green nails that wasn't grass in a freehand manicure!

Don't forget Nicole Diary are on Instagram too, you can see how other nail artists wear their decals!

Which of these manicures/water decals did you like the most? How do you wear decals – with accents or all nails? I personally love the first set!

Have a beautiful day my friends, thank you for visiting and I'll catch you again on Thursday!

Love

Ithi

Black Oval 3D Nail Art Studs - Born Pretty Store Review

Allo polish Pals!

How are you doing today? I hope you have had a lovely weekend so far? Mr Bravo and I landed in England yesterday and we are settling in here for the next four weeks. I seem to have confused some of you - thank you for the birthday messages but its actually on Wednesday! ;) It's going to be so much fun being home during this time! Of course with it being Sunday I can't wait to tuck into an English Sunday roast!

Today I have some very unusual looking studs to share with you. These are 'BlackFlatback Oval Nail Decorations' from The Born Pretty Store.

Christmas-y Poinsettia

Allo polish Pals!

How are you today? Less than a week until Christmas! How are you feeling about this? Do you feel prepared? Have you got everything ready? I still need to do a few things and wrap up my presents for the children. All is good! Today I have a manicure which is partly dedicated to my Mum (Or Skeebab as I call her) She used to love having poinsettia plants in the house at Christmas, the trouble was she is terrible with potted plants. No matter how well she tried to care for them they never last long! So here are some Christmas-y poinsettia – A popular flower for Christmas!

 

I was lucky enough to win a set of three blue polishes from TipTop Nails so I used 'Jazzberry' Blue on my index and pinky finger and Seventeen's 'Navy Glint' on my remaining nails. I then layered on Catrice's 'Glitz Carlton' on top. Once everything was dry I used OPI's matte top coat for a nice smooth base and painted on my flowers using Oumaxi acrylic paints. I finished off with OPI's top coat and added a few gold beads with Model's Own's Artstix nail beads.

What do you think of this blue and red combination? Have you painted any Christmas nails – what did you chose to paint?

Have a great day!

Love

Ithi