Freehand Firefly Jar Nail Art

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How're you all doing? I hope you had an amazing weekend, did you get up to any mischief? Luckily I had Saturday off but I was back in on Sunday and I'm working straight through until Friday now.

Luckily they are not long shifts so I have been using the most with my morning time by throwing myself back into fitness which has felt quite rewarding (and sore) Its quite nice to get a few miles done before I have to go to work. Besides the increase of shifts there's not much else going on, I am sort of plodding along and looking forward to when I will have a little more time for painting if I am honest!

I didn't really know what I was painting before I began this design, all I knew was that I wanted something magical looking.. I'm not sure I achieved it.

Freehand Toroto Nail Art & Scattered Holo

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How are you all doing today? I hope your week has been going well so far, not long until the weekend now! I have to say it feels really weird posting on a Thursday, I have been in my Monday, Wednesday, Friday blogging pattern for so long that changing it up has felt so bizarre.

If you didn't know I've now switched to twice a week. Content wise I am covered until the end of June (almost!) but I will be working on Sundays soon and I wanted to make things both easier and more organised for myself. Since Sunday is normally a painting day for me I have freed up a little time so I can paint on my days off without worrying about running out of things to post. Does that make any sense? I feel I am typing in circles and dribbling on!

Today the soot sprites are back! The other day My Neighbour Toroto came on TV, I'd seen it before but its just so cute! When I painted this I was really lacking ideas and motivation, I wanted to paint a freehand design without the commitment of painting all my nails so this idea gave me a little bit of both, fun painting time with an edge of laziness.

Zebracorn and Rainbow Nail Art

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How are you all doing today? I hope you've had an amazing weekend?

I didn't get up to much at all, I played around with some new make up I picked up at work, I love testing products out. I recently switched up my foundation to Bare Minerals and I am loving it so far. Today and until Tuesday I'll be spending some time editing posts, creating new designs before I head back to work on Wednesday.

Did you know that yesterday (Sunday 8th April depending on when you are reading this!) was 'Unicorn day' – no joke. It really exists. I've painted quite a few unicorn designs in my blogging days so I decided to shake things up a little by making a zebra-corn!

Freehand Daisy Nail Art With Holo

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How are you all doing today? I hope you've had a fantastic weekend, are you ready for a new fantastic week to start? Abit of good news, I am attending a job interview this afternoon, fingers crossed for me please, I'd really like to work at this place!

Today's nail art is another one from last year (told you I schedule my blogs insanely!) I know I keep mentioning my stubby nubby nubbin nails but these do look really short compared to what I am used to! These do fit in with the current theme over at Tiny Canvas which is daisies.

I've also added a tutorial video below on how I paint this style of flowers. I find them quite relaxing to paint - roses on the other hand, argh! Frustration city!

New Years Day Nail Art - Embrace The New Year!

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And a very happy New Year to you all! I'm going to keep today's post short and sweet but I want to wish you all a fantastic year ahead, I hope you reach for your dreams and let your ambitions soar.

Go after what you want, see this new year as an adventure and push yourself towards all those goals that have been sat on your wishlist. Try new things, make new friends. The world is a big and wonderful play ground, embrace all the opportunities. You got this!

 

 

Freehand Video Game - Pikachui, The Sims, Mario + More Nail Art

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How are you all doing today? I hope you had a great week but yay for the weekend, am I right? I hope you'll have a great weekend, be it a chilled or busy one.

Still no news on getting my passport back, the likeliness of doing this course seems to be dimming a little but I'm thinking about the 'what if's' just in case. Even if I can't start the course in November I'll still need to be doing something in terms of work or training.

Anyway! Back to another Tiny Canvas theme prompt, this weeks challenge I picked because the 12^th of September is video game day and I thought the members would have so many possible ideas for this theme.

I myself decided to go for a scramble with this nail art. A bit of everything!

Freehand Kawaii Cherry Pie & Half Moon Nail Art

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How are you all doing today? I hope you had a faaaaantastic weekend. Our was quiet but delightful – I'm waking up everyday at 6.30am, happy, content and ready to go. I'm still pretty OCD with my lists but I feel like its not ruling my life any more, it's more that I am ruling the lists and ticking things off with a sense of accomplishment at the end of the day.

Anyway! Today's nail art must have been done just after my last visit home.. so sometime in April! This isn't the last one from April either but I had to keep pushing these posts back for reviews and such.

Here's my cherry pie nail art! 

Skull/Floral Rose Water Decals - BeautyBigBang Review

*This post contains an item(s) that was sent for reviewing purposes however I will as always give my full and honest opinion.
 

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How are you all doing today? I hope you had a fantastic weekend :)

Mine was a very quiet one but I got a lot of house work done, found time to work out (weekends tends to turn that upside down) and got myself nice and organised.

Today I have another review for you, I'll be showing you some Skull/Floral Rose Nail Water Decals from BeautyBigBang.com.

I'm just gonna say... out of all the water decal designs I've ever tried, these probably fall into my top 5!

These water decals come in a typical 10x pattern sheet and contain mixed rose and skull patterns. I personally love this design and I was excited to see if they looked as good in person and they totally did, the designs are very clear and crisp. I love the rock/chic vibe that these have and think they could look so cute paired with spiky studs or studded accent nails! I decided to wear each one though just to show you how they looked.

If you've seen me review decals before you'll know that occasionally I'll come across some that are just not wide enough for my thumb nail however I was pleasantly surprised with these!

They are the solid types of decal (white background instead of sheer) so they applied nicely on top of my Barry M White nail polish – which in all honesty was very streaky as I am getting quite low!

I also tried these decals with a scattered holo by applying Polish Me, Royalty's 'Unicornicopia' which looked stunning! However I sort of messed them up while walking Luna before I could get into the sun so I don't have any decent outdoor sunlight pictures to share. I'm sorry!

Overall though I love these decals and think they are SO wearable, wouldn't these be so cute for festival season? Even if you don't feel brave enough to skull-out on every nail they would make badass accents!

What do you think of these skull & floral water decals? Are you a fan of wearing water decals? 

Thank you for visiting, I'll catch you again on Wednesday!

Have a beautiful day,

Love

Ithi

Autism Awareness Nail Art With Acrylic-Gradient Hearts

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I hope you are having a great weekend so far :) Are you doing anything fun? Today's my first day in England (I got home around 11pm last night, yay for scheduled posts!) so I'll be catching up with all my family.

Today's post comes from the heart with a lot of love and support. If you didn't know the 2^nd of April is Autism awareness day and the month its self. I wanted to create a post for this because I feel like there is still a lot of misconception and old information flying around about Autism.

While I don't think anyone who doesn't have Autism will fully grasp the challenges it can bring to the day to day life of someone with any form of Autism I do believe we have the power to give ourselves as much understanding as possible to make it easier for those who are on spectrum.

Freehand Fluffy Birthday Bear Nail Art For @TheHumbleBear!

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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 Skull Joker & Playing Card Nails

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I hope you are having a great day so far :) Have you done anything wonderful over the weekend? Has it been a fun and fast paced one or a cosy one in?

Today's nails are from another weekly challenge on Tiny Canvas, the theme was playing cards and while I was excited to try this nail art I also gave myself a really hard time resulting in what I am showing you to be the second version which I am also less happy with, I wish I had worked more on my Jester.... ah well!

For this manicure I began with my Mezmris Nail Lacquer base coat, 'Armor Up' and followed on with two coats of Orly's 'Moonlit Madness' and once dry added a sprinkle of holo with 'Polish Me, Royalty's 'Unicornicopia' – which you wont really see, sadly.. my camera did not want to pick up the holo for this manicure. In the end I rather liked how it looked matte anyway. Everything else was freehanded with my fave Pure Color brushes and topped off with Mezmris Nail Lacquer's top coat, 'Armor'. Finally I added my Barry M Matte top coat.

Have you had playing card nails before? What do you think of my skull-Jester?

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you have a fantastic day! I'll catch you again on Wednesday for more naily adventures!

Love

Ithi

Freehand Half Moon Holo Fish Bowl Nails!

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How are you all doing today? Did you have a great weekend?

My nails are shot. We worked a lot on clearing Mr Bravo's Grandma's house, restoring the wooden floors, weeding the garden and putting the stairs back to their original shape. My nails have not enjoyed all the chemicals and hard work; Luckily they look ok in these pictures but you may notice it in my upcoming posts. I'm doing my best to give them plenty of TLC and get them back to how they were.

Anyway! Today's nails are inspired by the weekly challenge on Tiny Canvas – We had to create half moon manicures and I was thinking really hard (like really hard!) to think of how I could do a half moon manicure with a twist. I  decide to try and paint inside the half moon!

I had so many idea's on what I could put within my half moons... Mountains, full on scenery? some kind of  rainbow acrylic-gradient? For some reason I settled on a fish bowl idea!

I'm not all that happy with the out come of these but I'm not going to be too hard on myself. I don't need to give myself a hard time but I just couldn't get the half moons smooth with my acrylic at all. In hindsight rather than starting them in blue I should have began in white.

The polishes I used for this manicure are Mezmris Nail Lacquer's basecoat, 'Armor Up', The Body Shop's...[Brain Fail]  and Polish Me, Royalty's 'Unicornacopia' for the twinkly holo top coat. I finished by sealing it all in with my Mezrmris Nail Lacquer top coat, 'Armor'.

What do you think of my fishy nail art? If you ever find yourself looking for manicure prompts or idea's I highly suggest joining Tiny Canvas – the weekly challenges are so fun and not at all mandatory!

Don't forget to have your say! Have you ever had a half moon manicure before? Do you think these are original or just plain silly?

Have a beautiful day, my friends! I'll catch you again on Wednesday!

Love

Ithi

Happy New Years! Freehand Holographic (ish) London Skyline With Fireworks!

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I hope you are all doing awesomely today. It's crazy, all year long it has felt like I've been typing about how fast this year has gone, how each week has whizzed by so quickly.. And now we're finally at the end!

I know I get far too gooey and squishy but I honestly thank you all for all your kind words and visits over the past year, it really means a lot and on the darker days it has really helped lift clouds, enough about me though. I'd like to know more about you!

I believe I asked you all this last year but I always like to see if the times have changed anything. Is there anything you are looking forward to in particular in the new year? Or are there any changes or resolutions you are going to take up? We'll look at some nail art and then I'll tell you my news!

Freehand Christmas Snowman & Rabbit Holo Nail Art

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How are you all doing today? Are you excited for Christmas?!

This year I'll be posting again on Christmas day, since my blog schedule just happens to fall on the actual day I figured I may as well post!

For today thought I've got two more little snow buddies to share with you, I wanted to have a very delicate and pretty holo manicure so I decided to really only paint on two nails. You'll see what I mean. This manicure was inspired by this picture I found on Pinterest.

For this manicure I began with my Mezmris Nail Lacquer base coat, Armor Up and once dry I applied two coats of Le Beaut in no.24 in a dusty lilac shade – this was a polish my mum bought for me during her last holiday to Greece, I can't find much information about the brand! Once this was dry I added a delicate, thin coat of Polish Me, Royalty!'s 'Unicornucopia' which added a beautiful holographic sparkle. I then freehanded my snowman and rabbit using my fave Pure Color brush in #9 and finished off by sealing it all in with two coats of Mezmris Nail Lacquer's 'Armor'.

What do you guys think of this manicure? It was sort of nice to do something detailed but without having to do EEEEVERY nail. How lazy does that sound? I still spent a lot of time on those two nails, ha!

I'm off to a Christmas concert later today with my sister-in-law, I'm excited!

I hope you guys have a beautiful day, Let me know in the comments what you are getting upto! I'll be back on Sunday...Christmas day, wahoo!!

Love

Ithi