Penguin & Bling Nail Art

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How are you all doing today? I hope you had an awesome weekend, did you get up to anything fun?

I had a lovely birthday on Saturday, it was quiet and cosy but just perfect. Since I wont be able to see my niece in her school play (she got a main character role!) she did a performance of it for me, she may be only seven but I was so impressed with how well she's learnt her lines.

In the evening I had a cheeky Chinese and wine with my family. There was also time for some nail art which is good as I've lost my day off today and will be working pretty much non stop through Christmas, minus actual Christmas day of course.

Today's nail art came from a lack of inspiration.. I feel like I am not producing my best work lately, I'm not sure if my creativity is a little damp from working but hey. It'll come back!

Pink & Blue Dotty Nails & Oversized Bows

Allo polish Pals!

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!

UR Sugar Color Coat Soak Off UV & LED Nail Polish Review

*Press Sample - 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.

Allo polish Pals!  
I hope ya all do'odlin' well my Sweetpeas! Is this week going your way?

Yesterday I had a blood test – the first since the doctor said I am pre-diabetic..But I wont get the results until next Tuesday. It's going to be a mission to not worry about it until then but I know any worrying wont change the results. I just have to keep positive in knowing I've made so many lifestyle changes. I've also been looking into how to start my career in the nail industry. although I feel like everything I research contradicts..I'm so lost over it but I wont give up.

 

Today I have a review for you from URSugar, a store which I have no previous experience with. I decided to try another of those gel posts since I really enjoyed the last one, and am still pretty new to applying them. I thought this would be a great product to review and see if it lived up to the previous one I had tried. This is 'UR Sugar Color Coat UV & Gel Polish in#D012'.

2 Sheets Patterned (Paisley) Blooming Flower Water Decals - Born Pretty Store Review

Allo polish Pals!

How are you all doing today? I hope things are going great for you all.

Today I am showing you a set of two water decals from The Born Pretty Store, these are '2 Sheet Pattern Blooming Flower Water Decals'.

However I think I paired them in such a weird way!

Black, White And Gold Leaf With Freehand Stripes

Allo polish Pals!

How are you all doing today?

I hope everything is going great for you so far, have you been up to much? Do let me know!

I've been doing so much walking, I've been averaging around 14,000/15,000 steps a day and it feels good!

Today's manicure is a fairly simple design that I created during the end of my visit in England. I didn't have a lot of time but I did want to create something. This was the product of that odd hour and a half. :)

For this manicure I began with my Mezmris Nail Lacquer base coat, 'Armor Up' (If you are in the UK and looking for a great top coat I highly recommend it!) and painted all my nails with two coats of Barry M's 'White'.

I then began drawing very thing grey lines with my acrylic paints and my beloved Pure Color brush in size #9. On one side of the nail I applied some varying sizes of gold leaf/foil and on the opposite side I filled it in with black acrylic paint. On top of this I added some alternating thin lines in gold paint. To give a little more variation to this manicure I freehanded a bow on my ring finger nail.

I finished by sealing everything in with my Mezmris Nail Lacquer top coat, 'Armor'.

I feel like this has a kind of classy monochrome look to it, I'm not sure why it makes me think of the great Gatsby/art deco look. What do you think?

Have you used gold foil before, what do you think of this look?

Have a beautiful day my friends, thank you for visiting. Don't forget to come say hi and if you liked this nail art please do share it :)

Take care,

I'll catch you again on Wednesday

Love

Ithi

Red & Elgant Glitter Nails - Jo's Birthday Collaboration.

Allo polish Pals!

How are you all doing today? I hope you are having a fantastic weekend so far!

Today's an odd one in this house. Its Christmas! Ha, I'll explain. Since I'll be back in Holland for Christmas this year my Mum has decided to do an early Christmas dinner with all the trimmings so I don't have to miss my English Christmas dinner – so sweet! We'll be having more family over too, it's going to be lovely!

Today I have a manicure that came from a collaboration I did recently. Yesterday it was Jo's (@Joannahowland on IG) birthday so a bunch of lovely and talented artists came together on Instagram to surprise her; Katie and Sammi did a wonderful job organising the collaboration and we managed to get the college posted out at midnight to surprise her! The theme was Red and Elegant which seemed fitting for such a lovely lady! I decided to go for some ribbons and bows.

Ping! Idea! I know! I'll link all the artists at the bottom of the post.  By the way.. please excuse how miss shaped my thumb nail looks. I'd filed the night before and clearly done a wonderful job (!)

Freehand Girly Hearts And Bows

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Happy weekend to you all! I hope you are all doing great and have some fun things to look forward to this weekend? I'm planning some nice quiet painting time this weekend (this week has been really slow on the nail art front.)

Lastnight Mr Bravo took me out to dinner, a Greek restaurant! The food was so good! But not only that..it all was all just lovely! With my eye looking almost back to normal (there are eyelashes still going through and I shampoo them multiple times a day) I wore make up for the first time in forever! We don't get to do things like this too often..so it was wonderful :)

Today's nail art is really random and was painted while I was in England. I also apologise I don't really remember what I used.. what a fail. This is why I normally jot things down in scheduled posts before they go live because my memory is the worst! 

I really can't remember what I used.. I have a feeling that the blue is Rimmel's 'Pillow Talk and 'Neon Fest' but I might be wrong... Oppsie. Oh but looks like I used Catrice's 'Matte & More' - yay for bottle shots for the forgetful!

I was incredibly low on time so I wanted to create something fun and fast, I tried to create gradient hearts with my acrylic paints and opted for a bright accent nail with a freehand bow.

I feel a little guilty because normally I can at least describe my actions little better but hey...July feels like 900 years ago. I'm getting old, ok?! I got a case of goldfish brain going on!

Also guys, if you have any suggestions of anything you'd like to see on my nails don't hesitate to leave it in a comment. If I can do it, or it inspires me I'll certainly try :)

What do you think of this nail art? Does it make you think of little girl party dresses?!

Have a wonderful weekend my naily friends, Can't wait to catch you again on Monday!

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

Freehand Marie From The Aristocats

Allo polish Pals!

How are you doing today, my friend? How is your week so far?
It looks like I'm going to have a much busier week than usual - yay! Tomorrow I will be going to help out at a family members house, it also means I get some extra time with my Dutch nephews who are just the sweetest little boys ever.

Let me ask you a question, what is your favorite Disney animal character?

I don't think I could just pick one, there are so many cute ones! I think they make great ideas for manicures, there are so many characters I want to do from Disney but I don't think I actually have the skillset to paint them all that well - I still don't know how I did the two skunks as I did...I think that was a fluke. I can certainly try though, right?

Today I have Marie from The Aristocats because I thought with her pretty pink bows I could create a very girly and pink themed manicure. I really don't think I did a good job painting her, I think she's incredibly cross eyed and stoopify looking. Maybe its more her right eye that makes it look messed up to me. A try is a try, though!

For this manicure I started with my beloved OPI 'Nail Envy base coat and once dry applied two coats of Hema's 'Happy Pink' which is a super fun looking glitter. I then used my acrylic paints to freehand Marie to the best of my abilities, I add a few paws and 'shine' marks on my remaining nails. I finished it all off with my Pro-FX top coat and then proceeded the mandatory 'what do this look like matte' experiment.

So what do you think?

Do you think it looks like Marie? Have you had Disney inspired nails before?

Have a beautiful day, Catch you on Thursday!

Love

Ithi

Silver Bling Mixed Rhinestones - Born Pretty Store Review

Allo polish Pals!

How are you doing today?! I hope you all have a lovely weekend! I don't have anything too special planned this weekend. Maybe some exercise but I'd love to really get myself in gear, get back to being as organized as I was at the start of the year.

I normally have lists floating around everywhere telling me what post goes up on what day, what I still need to complete, random ideas I have and more.. so I'm going to try and use this week to get it back!

Today I have some really simple but cute little studs to show you from the Born Pretty Store.

Now I know a lot of people will have wheels like this, I know I had clear rhinestones as one of my first pieces of nail art but I just feel like these are slightly prettier.. more like raindrops! These are Silver Bling Mixed Rhinestones.

Colourful Mixed 3D Nail Art Studs - Born Pretty Store Review

*This item(s) was provided for me to review but as always this post will contain my full and honest opinion

Allo polish Pals,

How are you today? I hope you are looking forward to the weekend, are you doing anything nice?

I don't know if you guys have noticed my blogging pattern but I usually post every other day...Well tomorrow I have a post that isn't a post – lets call it a surprise so be sure to stop by tomorrow!

Today I am showing you another product from The Born Pretty Store. These are 'Mixed Bowknot Nail Studs Resin Colorful 3D Nail Decoration' – Phew that was a long name. This manicure is crazy and I like that!

Don't forget you can get 10% off your order at the Born Pretty Store when you use the coupon code DRX31

Born Pretty Store states that these studs will come in sizes 1mm-10mm so there's something for everyone if your not a fan of larger studs. The picture shown on the Born Pretty Store shows a variation to the studs I received – it looks like they are really randomly selected but I absolutely loved what was in my pot. I had beautiful 3D tear drops, Tiny cute bow ties, big pearly hearts and half beads, small crystal like studs, squares and rectangles and one beautiful white moustache. There was also three big beaded hollow heart shapes (You will see this in the picture featuring the studs, click read more)