Pinstripe flower nail art!

I know it's been a horribly long wait for another post and I apologise! I've been working a lot of hours and have had very little time to really do anything with my nails - nightmare, I know! I've got a few posts lined up including another nail art look and my skincare routine which all should be up within the next week or so :)

On to todays look!

Now this was completely inspired by Sammy from The Nailasaurus from a few weeks ago! I fell in love with the look straight away and knew I had to try it. It didn't turn out anywhere near as good as hers but I was still pleased with the results anyway!

For my base coat I started off with the ever trusted OPI Natural Nail Base Coat and followed it up with two coats of Sinful Color's Snow Me White. After letting that dry a little, I took Essie's Licorice and a striping brush and carefully striped each nail with black. After that dried, I dabbed on random dots of Sinful Color's Why Not? and swirled around Snow Me White to create the "flower". After they turned out okay I drew on the leaves with MaxFactor's Cactus Green and topped it all off with a coat of Essie's Matte About You!

I do like the way this came out and it lasted literally around a week and a half - and with the work I've been doing that's impressive going!

 

L'Oreal Paris Confetti nail polish - review and swatches

I've seen a few bloggers pick up this polish and have loved the look of it so I decided it was time that I did too! I actually managed to get this free on a 3 for 2 offer at Boots which was an added bonus!

Firstly, I will say that I love how jam-packed this is with glitter. It has black and white hex glitter with some larger pieces thrown in but also has a really really fine subtle black shimmer glitter too which just makes it a little different from most black and white glitters!

However, this polish was an absolute nightmare formula wise for me. It was thick as anything and the base is so swallowed up by the glitter that it was dragging horribly. Luckily a coat of Seche Vite sorted that out but it was still rather disappointing to see. Also, the brush had several bent bristles which was a pain in the bum! Not a fault maybe, just bad luck!

I layered one coat of this over two coats of OPI's You're Such a Budapest.

31 day challenge - Day 29 - Inspired by the Supernatural

So I completely suck at sticking to anything it seems and apparently this challenge is no different.. Many apologies for the lack of posts but I couldn't find it in me to be enthusiastic about the next few challenges for some reason but today I felt better and cracked on! Today's challenge is inspired by the supernatural and I couldn't think of much that wouldn't be too ridiculously difficult to do so settled on some spider-web nails which I think turned out pretty well!

31 day challenge - Day 22 - Inspired by a Song

The next "inspired by" challenge is a song! I went through my entire Spotify playlist trying to figure out which would actually work before I settled on Black and Gold by Sam Sparro. I think this look turned out pretty well and it gave me the chance to use another of OPI's liquid sand shades - this time in Honey Ryder!

Sam Sparro's Black and Gold - the inspiration for this look!

31 day challenge - Day 21 - Inspired by a Colour

We're finally on the home stretch of the 31 day challenge! Today's look is to be inspired by a "colour" which initially I was completely and utterly stumped by (apparently that happens a lot!). Then I remembered seeing this design somewhere else before and decided to give it a go. Unfortunately due to the terrible light conditions we have here in our typical dull English summer it was tricky to actually photograph this look so apologies if the pictures look poor.