Shatter It Up!

Hey! You know when you think your nails are dry but they actually aren't, so you carry on with other things like normal, and then you look down at your nails and they're all a bit scuffed? Well this happened to me the other day when I was getting ready for a night out and I only noticed my nails were ruined minutes before I had to get the train. It was so annoying and stressful! So I quickly put some white shatter on top, then some glitter and ran for the train like a mad man! Luckily I made it just in time and did a top coat on the train, but from now on I'm defiantly going to leave more time before going out for my nails to dry :P

The nail polishes I used where: Natural Collection Lunar Haze, which is a GORGEOUS purple duochrome but it's very sheer so I did a layer of Barry M Boots Limited Edition first (Lunar Haze will get it's own special post sooner or later, because it's such a stunner). Then on top is Barry M White Shatter and a unnamed Bourjois glitter polish.

Ombre nails!

I've been loving all the ombre looks Sonja at Happily Polished has posted and really wanted to give it ago, so here's my go at it, I think her ombre looks turned out better than mine though.

Then in the evening, as my nails were looking worse for wear, I put Models Own Smash-Up Silver, which shatters no where near as good as Barry M, so disappointing. 

Colours from thumb to little finger:

Blue Moon - Barry M

Blueberry Ice Cream - Barry M

Cyan Blue - Barry M

Cobalt Blue - Barry M

Navy - Barry M

Then I put Maybelline Express Finish Diamonds - Flash Cosmic (which gives the weird blue glow) then topped it off with a matte topcoat. 

How ugly are my nails now they're short?! I had to take off my fake nails as unpacking with them was just annoying! 3 days and I'm no where near finished! So depressing. 

P-P-Pink Wednesday

For this mani I got inspiration from a pair of socks I found (random much?) which were orange with big pink spots on them, so I thought hey, if they look good in sock for they'd look good on nails, right? Erm, no. I did Barry M Pink Shatter over orange but as I didn't like them I thought GLITTER, glitter will make everything better. Wrong again. Anyway, these are my nails:

I'm also hating how short my nails are atm, I want to go back to my fakies but they're too time consuming for uni, so I'll just have to wait 3 weeks until I've finished. Then I can have glorious long fake nails all summer long!

Barbie Girl

I'm kind of obsessed with pink nails at the moment, not helped by the fact 70% of the nail polishes I brought back from uni with me were pink, so I have another pink mani! Doesn't this colour just scream barbie?! There's like microglitter in it, but my crapo camera wouldn't pick them up, boo!

Sorry for the messiness!

I wanted to do some Konad stamping on top of them but my right hand (I'm right handed) is kind of messed up at the moment and have limited movement in it, so weird and painful! So I'll have to wait a week/few days until my hand is better to try it! I put Barry M white shatter on top instead, with glitter on top!

I was going to crop the picture, but I thought my dress in the background looked nice, haha. Shame you can't see the glitter, but the pic was taken at night, so no sunlight. 

I might not post much in the next few weeks because I have exams so I'll be busy revising... or I'll be posting lots if I'm procrastinating, haha! 

Marbling Fail

So I attempted marbling today and it went TERRIBLY. Why do youtube tutorials make things seem soooo easy when they're actually really hard?! Although I suspect the nail polish I was using was the main reason it didn't turn out well. Here's a pic anyway, I gave up after 3 failed attempts.

Sorry for the flash.

I also decided to add white shatter tips to my nails and here are the results, I'm pretty happy with it.

They look quite eastery, don't you think? 

Shatter, Shatter, Shatter!

Today I brought the blue and white Barry M shatters. Finally my collection is complete! Super happy to finally find them in a shop and not them being sold out, as per usual. Whoop whoop.

Aren't they so pretty?!

So of course I just had to try them out as soon as I got home and here's the pink over some blue polish, with a matte topcoat, as I luuurve the matte.

I'm really tempted to put the white shatter on top, might do tomorrow or Saturday.

Silver Obsessed

So I just found these 2 pictures on my SD card, why I didn't move them accross to my lappytop is a mystery, but since they look pretty darn good I though I'd post them.

I love love LOVE silver with black shatter, it has to be my fav look to do with the black shatter. I could wear it all day everyday and never get bored of it, that's how much I love it!

Awkward hand pose is awkward. 

So I don't normally buy models own nail polish, but I'm a sucker for glittah and just had to have it. Unfortunately the picture doesn't do the nail polish justice, but in real life it's mega sparkly and I love it.

I'm planning on trying the marbling effect on my nails today, need to buy some fake nails first though to practice on! I really hope it works out well and looks super cool as I am sooooo excited about trying the technique!!!

Pink Wednesday!

So I survived the treacherous journey home without any damage to my nails, go me! Major accomplishment! I've put the top coat on and tidied up my nails a bit from my 3am preview and here is the end result:

They shine killer in the sun, but there is a lack of sun shinning into my room and I felt like a bit of a wolly trying to take pictures of my nails while standing at the window, especially as my neighbours are having a big BBQ and can see directly into my window. 

Also, in between exams and trains I managed to find some time for some cheeky nail polish shopping and got the FAB Barry M pink Shatter which I've had my eye on for a while, but all the shops were sold out of it... until today!! 

Check it out! I was so excited by the nail polish I just had to take a pic of it before I even unpacked, as you can see by my bag in the background, HA! Can't wait to try that beauty out.

First Post!

So I thought it was about time I made a nail blog, seeing as I am completely obsessed with nail polish. I think I might even have more nail polishes then shoes, which is a shocker! 

Seeing as this is a nail blog I thought I'd start things off with a cheeky pic of my nails from last week. I'd show you a pic of my nails right now but they are complete crapo seeing as I've been too busy revising to do my nails. So anyway, I think this effect looks AMAZE, but my darling mother thought they were ugly (she must be blind). Basically I did a pink coat (BarryM, my fav brand for nail polish), then a sneaky coat of the new 17 crackle nail polish, then some BarryM black shatter on top. I think it looks pretty cool. I also put a matte topcoat on top (I am OBSESSED with matte atm) and this is the end result! 

P.S. I never know how to place my hands when taking pictures of my nails, however I place my hands just looks super awkward!