Reconstructed Flag ~ I'm off to England!

Allo polish Pals!

Hope you are having a great weekend, Are you doing anything exciting? The time as finally arrived, tomorrow me and Mr Bravo will be leaving for England for four weeks. I'm still sat here painting my 'going way nails' in between packing and getting everything ready. It's going to be great to spend my Birthday (Monday, I'll be 25, crikey!) and Christmas with my family this year :) Since I already did the Union Jack nails on our last visit I decided to reconstruct it in a slightly different way!

And A Matte Version

For the Union Jack I used China Glaze's Recycle and Kiss nail art striper’s in Silver and Black. The blue is Essie's 'Lapiz of Luxury' with a layer of Essence's 'Glorious Aquarius' glitter . The red is N07's 'Devil's Delight' (I think ~ I created this last week!) topped with Rimmel's 'Ruby Crush' glitter. Finally the white on my middle finger is Maybelline's 'Winter, Baby' and Catrice's 'I'm Dynamite' glitter.

What do you think of my reconstructed UK Flag nails? I think I preferred mixing the colours and grey-scaling the flag for a change! ~ I will probably be posting again Tuesday with updates about my Birthday, Its going to be less easy to post while my polish collection is here in Holland but I'll certainly do my best!

Enjoy your weekend, see you soon!

Love

Ithi

See Ya Later Holland, Off To England!

Allo polish Pals!

How are you all doing today? I'm excited because tomorrow me and my Partner are going to England for two weeks! I can't believe I have been here in Holland for over six months already, its been fantastic but I can't wait to see my family and animals! I'll still be posting but my posts are scheduled and I will also be featuring some amazing nail bloggers during this period also. I'll still be around so if you need to contact me hit up the contact page :)

Two big things, the first:  My parents will be finally meeting my partner! Even though I've lived here with him this long it will be the first introduction, I'm excited because I know everyone will get on fine! The second: My mum (or Skeebab as I call her, as everyone asks why there really isn't a reason for the name) always gave me the best encouragement when I started this blog. If I asked her gradient or stamping she chose! If I said this colour with that colour she said and she always always gave an honest opinion on my manicures. I'm excited to show her what's been going on here since I left!

For the flag nails I started with two coats of W7's 'White' and began using a fine nail brush to apply China Glaze's 'Red Satin' in the flag shape. I then layered on top W7's 'Red Dazzle' on top. In the spaces I had left I applied Rimmel's 'Candy Blue'. I finally did my best to make the lines nice and crisp by going over them with Kiss nail art striper. I used all the same colours for my half moon manicures and added clear and light blue gems along the line. I experienced a little smudging when I applied my topcoat but it wasn't the worst ever disaster.

What do you guys think of my flag manicure? This is the first time I have attempted this and I am quite surprised by the outcome, it went better then I expected!

Hope you have a fun weekend planned!

Love

Ithi