Friday 30 August 2013

Blue Watermarble

Hi guys! So today, I just wanted to share with you my Blue Watermarble mani!
If you don't know what a watermarble design is, it is a design made by dropping drops of polish onto a cup filled with water and using a toothpick or dotting tool to drag the colours around and create a design. Some people don't enjoy this process because you have to choose the right consistency of polish and you have to experiment which polishes work and which polishes don't, which take a LOT of time! Also, the clean up is a PAIN for some people but for me, it's easier to clean up than a gradient mani because the colour doesn't seep underneath your cuticles, but that's MY opinion. I don't know if this happens to other people. If you still don't understand me, just click here for a tutorial by Mucking Fusser, the Watermarble Queen  

Products used, Sinful Colors - Snow Me White, Ulta 3 - Soft Hydrangea and BC Co. - Shade 21.


Sadly, the polish kept spreading out WHILST I was doing the design so instead of getting clean. straight lines, I got wonky and uneven lines :(

So comment below, are you going to try this type of design? I hope you have a better result than mine if you decide to try watermarbling!

Anyways, I hope you liked this mani and thanks for reading!
Sophia 

Saturday 24 August 2013

Julie G Frosted Gumdrops Swatches + Small Sinful Colors Haul

Hello guys! I hope you had a wonderful week! To conclude the weekend, I have some swatches for you.
I decided to swatch the Julie G Frosted Gumdrops Collection I received from a prize package.

The collection consists of 3 polishes containing glass flecks and orange,yellow and green shimmer whilst the other 3 contain silver glitter and small silver hexes.

L-R Hot Cinnamon, Sugar Rush, Tangerine Dream, Rock Candy,
Blueberry Fizz and Crushed Candy

Click Read More to see the swatches!

Monday 19 August 2013

Loose Glitter Nails

Hi guys! So today, I did a mani using pastel colours and regular old loose glitter from the dollar store!
If you want to know how I did it, click here (Crd: http://beaut.ie)
*Sorry for the slightly blurry pics! I was being very careless when I took these photos



Click Read More to see more pictures of this mani!

Saturday 17 August 2013

Striping Tape Mani

Hi guys! So today, I did a mani using mostly striping tape.
For the pointer and pinky finger, I first did a watercolour design (Click here for a tutorial from Small Good Things)  then I used striping tape to do a fishtail design. 
As for the middle and ring finger, I did a sort of ombre chevron design. Shay from Shay's Stylista has a wonderful tutorial here!


Thanks for reading!
Sophia 

Friday 16 August 2013

Blue and Purple Rays

Hiya guys! <3 Hope you had a wonderful week!

Today I did a Blue and Purple Rays manicure for a contest I'm entering :)
I used Striping Tape and an array ( Get it? Ray? Okay, I'll stop now) of blue and purple polishes.

I hope you like it!


Thanks for reading! 
Sophia 

Wednesday 14 August 2013

Pink Fishtail Mani

I hope you had a great week guys! Today I have a Fishtail mani! I was debating whether to post this or not because, believe it or not, it took me TWO HOURS just to get to this mani! My first idea failed, I used polish remover, second idea failed, remover, third idea... you guessed it, FAIL, remover... this goes on for about 50 times and on the 51st idea, I finally made a mani I was satisfied with.

So here it is! I hope you like it!


I used striping tape and applied it in a fishtail pattern.
The glitter is actually supposed to be holographic but I had bad lighting :(

Thanks for reading!
Sophia

Friday 9 August 2013

2 Manis! + Macro Swatches (PIC HEAVY!)

I hope you guys had a good day, if you didn't, I hope this post will make you feel better!

So I forgot to post my mani from yesterday and I did another one today... Woops! >.< And I'm having SO MUCH FUN with my new Macro Lens! Click here for the direct link. Shipping was relatively fast, came 1 (one) week before the expected date!

Here's a sneak peek of the two manis! ;) Click read more to see the full mani!



Wednesday 7 August 2013

Pink + Glitter Mani!

Good Evening/Afternoon/Morning wherever you are! Today, I have a pink and glitter mani!

I used BC Co, Shade 8 for the lightest shade, Sinful Colors Soul Mate for the coral shade and Avon Fuchsia for the dark shade. Then I used some glitter pieces I got from Bornprettystore.

I sort of have a love-hate relationship with this mani. It looks way worse in real life. :/ The glitter pieces just look weird and random but in the photo, it looks awesome!

I ALSO just got my macro lens and I'm having so much fun with them! Expect to see a lot of swatches soon!


Thanks for reading!
Sophia

Sunday 4 August 2013

Cute Gradient Mani + Tribal Design

Hi guys! So today I made a gradient mani! I feel like all my posts nowadays have been gradient >.< I hope you like it!

Products Used: Pastel Blue, Pastel Purple, Pastel Pink and White nail polish and Striping Tape

Click Read More to see the Tribal Design I added!

Friday 2 August 2013

★Rainbow Chevron Nails★ + Kleancolor Haul!

We meet once again! ʕ·ᴥ·ʔ 

Today, I have a Rainbow Chevron mani for you guys! I also just got Photoshop so, expect prettier watermarks from now on!


Click Read More if you want to know how I did it!