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!

 

31 day challenge - Day 30 - Inspired by a Tutorial

Wow, I can't believe I've nearly reached the end of this challenge! Despite it taking me much longer than 31 days (whoops!) I've had so much fun doing it! Today's challenge is to be inspired by a tutorial and as soon as I saw Jenfabulous's tutorial on YouTube I knew I had to attempt this look! The link to the original will be posted at the end.

 (The look is the last of the three!)

31 day challenge - Day 12 - Stripes

After a long, stressful day all I could think about was NOT doing my nails.. As such this stripes look is truly woeful and a bit boring but... it's still a post though, and I'm quite proud that I managed to soldier on. It will be a better look tomorrow though!

31 day challenge - Day 9 - Rainbow

Rainbow. Instantly my favourite challenge - I do rather love how these turned out and as such this is a very picture heavy post!

31 day challenge - Day 3 - Yellow

Third day, third colour. This time, yellow! I had no idea what I really wanted to do here so settled on something pretty simple but effective. Not hugely fussed with this design but it fits the bill! It does remind me of Bumblebee from Transformers though so I do kinda love it in a way!

 With flash

 In the shade

With flash