Freehand Fluffy Birthday Bear Nail Art For @TheHumbleBear!

Allo polish Pals!

How are you all doing today? I hope you are looking forward to a fun weekend, do you have anything nice planned?

Do you remember last year I came together with an amazing artist for a collaboration on Instagram? I'm talking about the wonderful Beverley Fu, Aka TheHumbleBear. Did you see the countryside twin manicure we did together last year?

I consider Bev THE bear of nails.

Beverely is such a beautiful young lady (and a fellow mod over on Tiny Canvas!) and yesterday it was her birthday so a group (or several groups!) of us got to celebrate and wish her a wonderful day in the only way possible – bear party!

For this manicure I used flocking powder because really there are not many times or designs that call for it but its always fun to do something really different every now and again. I felt it would fit this theme perfectly. I used Layla's as a base for my flocking and this time I used a little foil glue to adhere the flocking. I found this worked much better than top coat which I had only ever used previously.

For my beary nails I used two coats of Essence's 'New York City Call' with a smudgen of Polish Me, Royalty!'s 'Unicornicopia' for a sexy drizzle of holo glitter.

My bear was created with brand new brushes that were sent to me as a gift from a dear sweet friend. I used a Christrio detailing brush and Winstonia's 'Rose Noir' brush. First impressions? Love, love love.

I'm quite happy with the contrast of the flocking to the painted nails, what do you think? I'll never get used to the feeling though, I removed them pretty fast after taking pictures!

What do you think of my birthday bear? Have you taken part in any collaborations with other artists?

Don't forget to go follow Beverley on Instagram - @Thehumblebear

Thank you for stopping by, its always fun when you come to visit!

Have a fabulous weekend, have fun and take care! I'll catch you again on Monday.

Love

Ithi

Freehand Fluff Monster (With Flocking)

Allo polish Pals!

How are you doing today? I hope your week is going well. I can't believe my four week long trip back home to England is almost over, we fly back on Sunday.

Just a reminder guys, don't forget to join my blogger brick wall. It means you can have a little screenshot of your blog with a link to it. You are all welcome to join. Lets make this a mega huge blogger brick wall :D 

Today's nail art was actually an idea from... god know how long ago. I was lucky enough to win a nail art contest from Minnie at Nail Bee's blog a while ago, there where quite a few different coloured fluffy flocking powders and I had been dying to use them ever since I got them but I just couldn't think what to fluffify. I tried teddy bears and I just wasn't happy with the out come (on my part)... then this guy came along. I call him... Sir Chomps-A-Lot.

I used only two polishes for this manicure, Rimmel's  'Peachella' and 'Wild-er-ness'. I decided to do a mixture of things for this manicure, a gradient and some blobbicure-ness. I created Sir Chomps-A-Lot with acrylic paint and once dry decided to test out the orange flocking powder. I think it actually suits him. I could have perhaps built it up a little more in places..

Unfortunately by the time I'd finished with my flocking powder my blobbicures had bubbled spectacularly. Oh well..

Do you prefer Sir Chomps-a-lot naked or with his orange fur suit? Are you a fan of blobbicures?

Have a great day!

Love

Ithi

First Time Flocker - N.NAIL Lovely Villus Nail Art Decoration In Blue

* This item was sent for review but as always will contain my full and honest opinion.

Allo polish Pals!

Happy Friday, how are you today? Sometimes it feels like we're always at the weekend point, the weeks pass so quickly, don't they? This week I've had my first ever experience using flocking powder. Flocking powder is something I've always wondered about...Would I like the textured fuzzy feeling? Is it even hygienic? I had a few of these thoughts floating around my fish-tank of a brain so I figured its time to stop wondering and time to try it with an open mind. Today I am showing you this 'N.NAIL Lovely Villus Nail Art Decorations' in blue from KKCENTERHK. ~ You'll find a 10% discount code below also :)

For my textured duo nails I started with two coats of Rimmel's 'Azure Blue' to all my nails and created a French manicure using Barry M's 'Prickly Pear' on the tips. Once dry I added a coat of Sally Hansen's 'Wool Knit' texture polish to the tips and created what I hope looks like a blanket stitch with China Glaze's 'Ink' striper pen. I finally applied the flocking by adding my top coat to the exposed part of my nails that still only had the 'Azure Blue'. I the pressed down on the flocking and tapped off any excess. To finish I took a small dry nail art brush to clear of any remaining fuzz to the cuticles.

Verdict: While I think it can be great for making cute fuzzy animals and monsters (any nail art creatures, I guess) I don't think its for me. I can't get over the fuzzy feeling and I am not sure I would enjoy having wet fuzz on my nails every time I wash my hands. That said I know flocking is really popular with a lot of people and I think the quality of this flocking powder is great – a great product for creative minds! ~ For a 10% discount use the code 'ithinitybeauty' at KkcenterHK when you check out.

What do you think of flocked nails, have you tried them? Do you like the feeling?

Have a great Friday!

Love

Ithi