Nails for a Night Out

The parcel of gorgeous Robin Moses Nail Art glitter polishes arrived as we were getting ready to go to Dublin for a concert at The Olympia (Broken Witt Rebels and Kaleo, amazing, both of them) and as I already had brushes from Robin Moses I thought I better be brave and try them.  I painted with OPI Alpine Snow on top of the purple glitter and used a dotting tool (actually an embossing tool from my craft stash) to make the dots.  Top coat is Seche Vite

See you tomorrow with some colour change polish

Ger x

Lacy French Tips

As far as I remember the pink polish is from Sweet Colour range from Born Pretty.  The French tips were stamped with Essence white and a stamping plate from Born Pretty

Pink and Silver Argyll

Ugh, how dry does my skin look! No wonder people apply cuticle oil before taking pictures of their nails.

I used two Essence polishes here, a pink and a white, and stamped the Argyll design with Born Pretty Silver polish.

I'm away to apply some cuticle oil.  See you tomorrow with more polish.

Ger x

Blue Houndstooth

It was a houndstooth check that brought me to nail art in the first place.  I saw the false nails hanging on a display in the chemist's - black and white houndstooth - but I didn't want false nails, I just wanted houndstooth pattern on my nails so for the first time ever I went to a nail salon.  I had never really looked after my nails before that.   I had my nails done in a few salons after that but none of them knew how to do houndstooth.  Then I discovered nail stamping.

When I see the nail pics enlarged I'm always horrified at the lack of proper cleanup around the cuticles! 

See you tomorrow with more polish

Ger x

PS... polish at Penneys

The PS...  polishes in Penneys (if you live in Ireland.  In the UK they are Primark and I think Poundworld stock these polishes) are a lovely formula, nice and thick and highly pigmented.  I just loved these neutral colours and put them all on my nails.

I know you can see some tip wear but the polish was on 4 or 5 days by the time I took the picture.  I think it's great nail polish for the money.  I start by thinking, I will put on some neutral polish for work, but then I can't resist doing a bit of stamping.  The flowers are from a Bundle Monster plate stamped with Essence white nail polish and a clear jelly stamper from Born Pretty.

Back tomorrow with more nails

Ger x

OPI Polish €5.99 at TK Maxx Athlone

Hi ! I do love OPI polish but at €14.95 it's quite expensive.  Any time I'm near a TK Maxx store I always go in for a root around the polish shelves and never fail to find a bargain.  I've been known to find Seche Vite Fast Drying Top Coat (a favourite) for around 5 or 6 euros and there's almost always a bottle or two of OPI - I was delighted to find some Alpine Snow in TK Maxx Mullingar a few weeks ago.

Today in Athlone Town Centre TK Maxx had quite a few bottles of OPI in various colours along with lots of other polishes at knock down prices. No, I didn't buy them all - get in there quick and check them out!

The manicure pictured was done using OPI Strawberry Margarita and Essence Polishes in Black and White for stamping - cheap as chips from Penneys.  The stamping plates used were from Bundle Monster.  Top coat: Seche Vite

See you tomorrow with more polish.  Have you tried stamping your nails? Where did you buy the supplies?