Blue and white accented nails

Haven't posted in a long time - I'm still here I swear! Today's nail look is a nice subtle summery look which is just a bit more than your plain colour mani. All it takes is painting on your base coat, leaving a triangle of unpainted nail and then using either a small brush or nail art pen (I used the Barry M nail art pen!) painting along the edges of the triangle and doing a little loop for a flattering and easy look!

With flash

In sunlight

Return of the Aztec

After getting the Barry M nail art pens a while back, I've wanted to retry the "aztec" look that I attempted before. I thought that it would be much easier to handle than a brush, plus it would allow me to do a lot more detail and boy was I right! I love how these turned out! It took me a while but ho-hum, it was worth it. This time I did a base coat of white (CG - White on White) with black detailing for all but the accent nail of which I did black (OPI - Razzle Dazzle) with white detailing.

Colours used:

Basecoat: Essie - Rock Solid
Base colours: China Glaze - White on White and Nicole by OPI - Razzle Dazzle
Designs: Barry M Nail Art Pens - White and Black
Topcoat: Seche Vite

Left hand - shade

Left hand - shade

Left hand - shade

Close up, left hand - flash

Right hand - shade (and to be right handed and have such success shows how good the art pens are!)

Both hands - flash

What do you think? :)

Barry M Nail Art Pens review!

I got the brand new Barry M Nail Art Pens in the post yesterday and had to try them out as soon as possible so I thought I'd try something a little hectic. I wanted to try all four colours out at once so just started... doodling!

The style of "pen" is different to most - the "nib" is a hard point and requires pumping up and down to get the colour flowing. It then flows perfectly onto the nail and is very accurate - I had no problems with formula at all! It seems more "runny" than normal nail polish and that's what allows it to flow so well. The colours are brilliant - three out of the four were brilliant, but the silver just seemed so pale for a real silver polish. Even with two "coats" of each stripe it was very sheer and I felt slightly disappointed. However, the other colours (pink, black and white) were fantastic - bold and easy to use!

Here is the finished look:

I really hope they bring out more colours, these are so good! I liked the outcome, but best not to mention my right hand.. Oh how I wish I was ambidextrous!