Fall Into Autumn Challenge - Apples

Hello everyone!
Today I have this weeks Fall Into Autumn Challenge post! This weeks theme was apples, after seeing everyone's interpretation I came up with something I'm happy with that I think is creative :) I decided to base my nail art around what I think of when I think of apples...

I decided I wanted to create apples on the tips of my nails and I wanted to add a cute little bug onto one of my nails too :P My ring finger is to symbolize autumn leaves falling from trees, I really love the colours of the glitter!

For the base colour of the green apples I used two coats of OPI Don't Mess with OPI, for the red apple I used two coats of China Glaze Poinsettia. For the stalks of the apples I used one coat of China Glaze Mahogany Magic, and two coats of Wet N Wild Toss Me A Lifesavers for the leaves. I used two coats of China Glaze Harvest Moon on the ring finger but the glitter on top is so dense you can't see it :P (review on this glitter coming soon!)

I really love how these turned out, I especially love my ring finger. The colours of the glitter just remind me of fall and harvest time, super pretty! I'm really enjoying this challenge so far and I have so many ideas for the upcoming themes. I hope you're all enjoying the challenge as much as me!

Thanks for reading :)

Summer Fun Challenge - Are We There Yet?

Hello everyone :)
Today I have another post for you from the Summer Fun Challenge. Today's theme is Are we There Yet? When I think of this phrase it makes me think of road trips and maps, so I thought I'd base my nail art around these ideas. Here's what I came up with..

 

 I decided that I wanted my nail art to look like a map, with a journey laid out on it. This theme was a lot harder than the others, there's only so much I could think of that fit in with the theme and I didn't really feel motivated for this post. I did my nails twice but this was the one I was most happy with.

For these nails I used OPI Ogre The Top Blue on all my nails as base. I then sponged OPI Don't Mess With OPI onto the tips of my nails in a random pattern to look like the border of land near the sea. I then sponged OPI Who the Shrek Are You? over the top to give the "map" some more depth. I then added the lines using my Models Own Nail Art Pen in Black.

I'm happy with how these came out but I've been stuck on this theme for a few days and in the end just wanted to get it out of the way, I'm sorry that I'm lagging behind the others who are taking part, I'm trying to catch up slowly :P

Thanks for reading :)

Green Ombre Nails

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Today I have pictures of my most recent mani to show you. I've been seeing ombre nails around since last summer and kept telling myself I'd do them and never got round to it :P So I finally sat down and decided I'd do it. Even though I have quite a collection of polishes now it was still very hard to find 5 similar colours and shades that would look okay together, and that were all cremes that didn't have any shimmer or flecks or anything. So finally I decided on 5 colours and here's what happened...

I used 3 coats of Essie Playa Del Platinum on my thumb (even though you can't see it in the pictures :p), 2 coats of OPI Stranger Tides on my index finger, 2 coats of OPI Mermaids Tears on my middle finger, 2 coats of OPI Don't Mess With OPI on my ring finger and 3 coats of Julep Diane on my little finger. 

Three of these colours were untrieds so I'm glad I got to use them as I love them all! I really love how this mani turned out, it looks really interesting from a distance and as usual I had many people comment on them as they'd never seen them done before. A few people told me that they didn't like them as they weren't all the same colour! :P I personally think they're very interesting and can't wait to do them again in different colours for spring and summer :)

What do you all think of the ombre nails trend? and what colours do you think look the best for this style?

Also, I'm not too far away from 250 followers! Look out for a giveaway when I reach that massive milestone! :D

Thanks for reading :)

Charlotte xxx

OPI Don't Mess With OPI & Essie Shine Of The Times

Hello everyone :)
I have a new mani to show you all today, after browsing some nail blogs I came across some pretty pictures of Essie Shine Of The Times used over different colours. I thought I'd try it over one of my untried polishes so here's what I came up with...

I used two coats of OPI Don't Mess With OPI and then layered one thick coat of Essie Shine Of The Times over the top. I love Shine Of The Times at the minute, my boyfriend bought me my bottle as a gift and I love it so much :P I never even thought to use it over a green polish but I really love how this turned out.

I have no idea why but these colours together remind me of dinosaurs, like they're skin and the texture :P Does anyone else think this or is it just me? :P I really like it though. Again, I've had several people comment on this mani and ask me what I've used etc.. I really love being able to tell people what I've used and even recommend certain blogs to look at colours and nail art on :)

Here's a picture in sunlight so you can see the beautiful green base colour and all the colours of the flakies. Isn't it beautiful? I'm so in love with this combination :)
Hopefully my corset mani nails will be up tomorrow, I'm getting behind! :(
Thanks for reading :)
Charlotte xxx