Christmas-y Polar Bear And Penguins - Freehand Nail Art

Allo polish Pals!

How are you today? Can you believe its only 4 days until Christmas? Are you feeling excited?! I sure am! Today I have a freehand design for you, very appropriate for this time of year. My inspiration came from thisreally cute Pin on Pinterest. When I saw it I just knew I wanted to try and recreate it!

I also decided to enter this into the Born Pretty Store's xmas nail contest - My entry is #197 - there is currently 386 entries as I am writing this, what a turn out!

For this manicure I began with two coats of Nails Inc's 'Colville Mews' and once dry began to create a gradient using Barry M's 'Sky Blue' and HD Nails #3. I added a thin coat of Zoya's 'Maisie' (God I love this flaky so hard, I've almost killed the bottle) and applied my Catrice gel effect top coat.

Once everything was entirely dry I began to create my little friends with acrylic paint and my favorite bamboo brush. Finally I sealed them all in with a final layer of Catrice top coat and Barry M's matte top coat.

I'm ok about how this turned out. My only issue is that you can't see Mr Bears back foot so well which is a shame since it was all cute and pinky..and flooffy...

What do you think of my gift giving penguins? Are you chilled for Christmas or are you hectically trying to get everything ready?

Have a wonderful day!

Love

Ithi

Black And White With Striking Dots

Allo polish Pals!

How are you today? Got anything exciting to tell me? Go on, be as random as you like :D

Today I have a manicure which was created before I went to England in September... Its a bit messy, my black acrylic paint was near its death (Thankfully a new one has managed to find its way to me)

I have a confession, actually... I don't remember the coloured polishes I used for this manicure. Argh,
so unlike me not to write everything I used down but eh... Too bad!I certainly don't remember them all after this long!

This manicure began as two coats of Barry M's 'White' which I then added black acrylic on top of in various ways. I then used a dotting tool to create larger and smaller dots with white acrylic paint. (I've come to hate dotting with polish, I hate it when it gets stringy and ruins things) I then used various bright polishes and a dotting tool to fill in a few of the dots.

Its not as neat as I would have liked but I have to admit that in person it was quite striking, I did like how eye catching it was!

What do you think of my slightly different dotticure? Do you like making dotty nail art? 

Have a great day!

Love

Ithi

Delicate Daisy Chains

Allo polish Pals!

How are you today? Did you have a productive or lazy Saturday? I kicked off the day by turning the whole bedroom upside down ~ that's how I clean. I work back to front. I then hoovered most of the three story house, cleaned out a whole lot. I am now ready to sit down and relax! Any suggestions on some good shows I should be watching? I'm pretty open to most things. Today I have something bright and summery to share with you. I remember when I was in primary school sitting on the grass and making daisy chains, did you ever make them?

For this manicure I began with two coats of Catrice's 'A Gallon Of Melon' (Oh my gosh... I am loving this polish, it's hard not to want to stare at it constantly.) I then created a very small blue splodge with Barry M's 'Huckleberry' (Kind off like a ruffian but tiny and not centered.) Once dried I used my favorite bamboo detailing brush, Oumaxi paints in green and white to create squiggles and rough flower shapes. Finally I added a dot of HD Nail's #20 (yellow) to the center of my flowers and applied my Barry M top coat.

I'm actually quite happy with how this turned out. I would like to wear this again in summer perhaps!

What do you think of my daisy chain nail art? Have you made any flower nail are yet this year?

Have a fantastic and glittery weekend!

Love

Ithi

HD Nails: #20 Swatch & Review ★★★/5

Allo polish Pals!

How are you today? I have a question for YOU. Do you ever get nail art ideas at night? Last night I might of got just shy of two hours sleep but while I was unwillingly awake...BAM! I had idea's coming out all over the place. I actually had to get my phone and write them down! I'm looking forward to trying some of the idea's out tonight.

How is your weather where you are? - Do you feel those winter nights pulling in already? Holland seems to be getting quite a bit colder now so I decided for today's post I'd look into my archive of swatches and I found something to brighten and warm us all up!

This is HD Nail Polish #20, one of the polishes my Mum picked up for me while she was in Greece.

Colour ~ #20 is a gorgeous bright sunshine yellow. If I had to name this polish (just because numbers instead of names make me a little sad) then how about 'What's Up Buttercup?'.

Application ~ Application is actually great with this polish, it has a medium sized flat brush which meant it applied very neatly. I applied three coats, on the first coat it was a little uneven which also happened on the second coat. By the third coat it had completely self levelled and with a top coat left a beautiful flawless look - However... the dry time was perhaps the only let down. Because you need to layer this polish it can become quite tacky and time consuming to dry completely. Patience needed!

Texture ~ The texture of this polish is quite thick which means be steady of how much your carrying on the brush but if you do that you'll end up with a really beautiful glossy finish.

★★★/5 Now... I absolutely love this shade, it makes me really happy to wear this on my nails. If your a huge fan of yellow polishes and you don't mind waiting around for some dry time action to happen then I do recommend this. I would say it is worth it but its not for those who want to paint and go.

What do you think of this eye catching yellow? Do you prefer to go for pastel yellows or bright yellows?

Have a lovely evening my beauties!

Love

Ithi

Delicate Heart Circle 3D Rhinestone's - The Born Pretty Store Review

Allo polish Pals!

How are you today? I hope you've had a good week; Are you doing anything fun this weekend? I'm feeling quite peachy and I'm looking forward to going to the big mall tomorrow with Mr Bravo. Strange thing is, I am looking forward to the long walk there. Nearly every day this week I've been going on walks (and working out) to get fit but not knowing my way around here too well means doing the same route over and over (with some slight exploration)... Tomorrow I'll get to see somewhere else for a change, haha. I have some more beauties to show you today from TheBorn Pretty Store. Again, I am simply in love with these gems! These are 2mm- 5mm Delicate heart circle 3D Rhinestones.

You can get a 10% on ALL items from the born pretty store when you use the coupon code 'DRX31'

So you may notice these are slightly similar to the wheel I showed you earlier this week, with the exception that these are all darker rainbow gems. These gems are also made from acrylic resin.They come in a wheel containing 200 pieces and come in heart, circle and tear shapes. They are absolutely mesmerising to wear, literally catching colour and changing in every light and from every angle I move my hand. I can guarantee you will not be able to take your eyes off of your nails if you wear these. I decided to use only the circles today to create a chandelier sort of effect. I sealed them with OPI's top coat and they are held firmly in place.

For this manicure: I decided to go with a light base to hopefully let all those beautiful colours on the gems jump out and speak for themselves. I started with two coats of Picture Polish 'Wisteria' and created a gradient by adding HD Nails '#3' (The Blue). I topped that off by applying two coats of Sinful Color's 'Hottie' which is a beautiful subtle glitter. Finally I created some lines with black acrylic and added the gems on top, adding a little of Color Club's 'Harp On It' with my smallest dotting tool.

What do you think of this manicure? Which of the Born Pretty gems I've shown do you prefer, the lighter or dark ones?

Have a magical, glittery weekend!

Love

Ithi