Going to England - Freehand Yellow Submarine & Under The Sea Nail Art

Allo polish Pals!

Happy Wednesday to you all, how ya doing? This nail art actually comes a little prematurely as I'm flying home to England on Friday however I didn't want to post this on Saturday.

I am looking forward to two weeks of hugging my family into smithereens, eating my mothers delicious cooking and recharging my human batteries.

If you are not aware by now, I've done several nail art designs about how I travel. I've hung on to the back of an aeroplane, I rode on a whale, in December I flew on a magic carpet.. this time I decided to go by Submarine! ...”♫♪ We all live in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine!”

That octopus really creeps me out!!

I used my Mezmris Nail Lacquer base coat, 'Armor Up' as my nails needed some good loving under this manicure. I then took my Barry M 'White' nail polish and applied two coats for the base of my art – Once dry I added a thin coat of Pro-FX top coat just to create a nice barrier. I then used a mixture of my Christrio, Winstonia and Pure Color brushes to freehand the design. I sealed it all in with two coats of my Pro-FX top coat again. I also ended up testing it in matte by applying a coat of my Barry M matte top coat which I thought suited it much better.

What do you think of my travelling nail art? How should I travel next time?

Thank you for stopping by! I'll catch you again on Saturday when I am in England, prepare yourselves for a surprise post!! Take care!

Love

Ithi

Day 18: Half Moon Nails

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Wow, didn't the weekend fly by? Bring it back! I hope you all had a fabulous weekend, what did you get up to? I had a super spring clean today and am feeling pretty tired, I decided Monday might be my new Sunday – I deserve a lie in tomorrow! So for the 18^th day of the 31 day nail art challenge I needed to create a half moon manicure. This is the simple manicure I created.

So on all my nails I started with two coats of Herôme's 'Kingston' which is a very light beige/gold with the most subtle holographic finish (I fail to get my camera to pick this up) and used reinforcement rings to create my half moons. I then painted on top with Orly's 'Terra Mauve'. Finally I used a fan brush to add a little few sketchy lines of Sinful Colors 'Dancing Nails' to add a little textured look.

What do you lovely ladies think of this manicure? Have you created a half moon manicure before; What colours did you decide to wear together?

Have a beautiful start to the week!

Love

Ithi

Nails Inspired By... A dress!

Allo polish Pals!

How are you doing today? Are you looking forward to the weekend? I've had such a productive day and I'm glad to be taking a break with some blueberry muffin tea ~ yum! I'm looking forward to a busy weekend also but I'm sure tonight there will be some time in between to chill out with a glass of wine and some nail painting while Mr Bravo is out playing darts! Today's manicure was inspired by this dress I saw on Pinterest, I loved the gradient and did my best to recreate the stripes. Although mine looks a lot different I do quite like my first time using a fan brush!

On all my nails I started with two coats of Fogan's '06' which is a gorgeous light beige/taupe. I then created a gradient using Fogan's '12' and Sally Hansen's 'Ressurection'. I finally look my fan brush with a gradient mixture of Essie's 'To Buy Or Not To Buy' and Guylond's light blue from their blue gradient set.

I was actually pleasantly surprised that I didn't want to wipe these off right away and I sort of like the scratchy finished look. If I could change one thing I would have liked the lines to all be thin (The pinkie finger's lines where a little too chunky for my liking)

What do you think of this manicure? Have you used a fan brush for nail art before?

Have a great day, beauties!

Love

Ithi