Lazy Days Of Summer Challenge - Summer Ombre

Hello everyone :)

Today I have the second post for the Lazy Days Of Summer Challenge! The theme for this post was Summer Ombre. I've done several ombre manicures before so I wanted to do something a bit different this time. I was thinking of different colour schemes I could use and then it hit me. I wanted to do an ombre with different types of polish, glitter, shimmer etc.. rather than just cremes. Up until recently I hated ombre's that weren't all creme polishes but now I'm loving them! So here's what I did...

I decided to do a green to blue/teal ombre as these colours always remind me of summer and the sea :) So I picked these colours based on that theme. I think they're rather fitting :) I also decided that I wanted to just sponge the polish onto the tips of my nails and fade to the bottom to give a different effect.

From top to bottom the polishes I used were Color Club Perfect Mol-Ten, Color Club Holiday Splendor, Essence Twins Bella and Zoya Charla. I wish I'd used a base colour on my nails as in these pictures there is some nail line visible. This wasn't the case in real life however :)

I really like how these came out, I've fallen in love with using different types of polish in ombres and will definitely be doing more of this in the upcoming months. 

Do you like ombres using just cremes? or different types of polish? Let me know in the comments :)

Thanks for reading :)

Summer Fun Challenge - Pool Party

Hello everyone :)
Today I have another post for the Summer Fun Challenge for you all. The theme for this post is Pool Party and I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I haven't done a water marble in a while, and I've never done a full water marble, only ever as an accent nail so I thought this was the perfect chance to do one. Here's what happened...

Oh my god! It turned out perfect!! This is exactly what I wanted when I thought about this theme, and it's the first time I've managed to do a full water marble without giving up :P

For this water marble, I used OPI Alpine Snow, China Glaze For Audrey and Zoya Charla. I've decided that Charla is the perfect colour if you need to do any kind of manicure to do with water or mermaids :P It's such a versatile colour and I've used it so much on my nails already :)

I took this photo outside just to give you a better idea of the true colours of the polishes. I used the colours above because they reminded me of the water and also tiles that line swimming pools, I think they all worked well together :)

Overall, this is the best I could have hoped for. These turned out awesome, in my opinion :P And I love how this picture shows the super sparkliness of Charla, it's such a gorgeous polish. If you don't own it, seriously you need it!! :P

Have you ever done a mani inspired by water? What colours did you use? Let me in the comments :)

Please bare with me if my posting is a bit strange this week as my son has caught chickenpox so I'm trying to get my posts up around him :)
Thanks for reading :)

Lazy Days Of Summer - Beach Theme Nails

Hello everyone :)
I was meant to get this post up yesterday but I had so much to do so I left for today. Anyway, I've started another new challenge! This challenge follows on from the April Showers Bring May Flowers Challenge. Here's a picture of all the themes within this challenge:

 

The first post is Beach Themed! I knew what I wanted to do for this first post since we decided on the themes, so here's what I came up with...

 The beach and palm trees! When I think of beaches this is what I see in my head :P So I thought I'd recreate it on my nails for this challenge post :)

For these nails I used two coats of Jesse's Girl Girls Night Out for the base. I then added two coats of China Glaze Happy Go Lucky with a brush to create the sand. The sea in the background is two coats of Zoya Charla, again using a nail art brush. Finally, I used two coats of China Glaze Mahogany Magic and OPI Who The Shrek Are You? to create the palm tree.

I'm so pleased with how these turned out! If I'd attempted this a few weeks ago it would have looked awful :P My nail art skills are definitely getting better. I can't wait to do more of these challenge posts, they're so fun! It also helps that summer is my favourite season and it's nearly my birthday :P

Have you ever tried doing beach nail art? let me know in the comments :)

Thanks for reading :)