Geometric pink and grey nails using Ink London Gel polish
Ink London i42 with Chinty’s glitters
Shimmery nude
Inspired by Anita Podoba, lemon and daisy nails
Red Cat Eye effect gel over natural nails and flitter glitter
Neon rainbow with stamping
Pastel nails with silver glitter
Acrylic nails with dusky pink gel and glitter with little hearts
Gelish Starburst with glitter
Gelish Starburst with holo pigment fade
Shellac Tropics
Catching up on February! I did a Hard Gel Conversion course this month with Francesca Gomm of F.G. Studio and Academy in Plymouth and brushed up on E-filing, One stroke painting, and had a real Nail Play Weekend. Lots of glitters and pigments, paints, swapped ideas and had a few treatments. Have to mention the Boob Buster, a fab treatment and I can’t believe that it worked. Its so good I’m doing the course next month! Read more here
Playing in Plymouth
A selection of Nails, lashes and brows from February 2017.
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Gel painting flowers
Blue Acrylic overlay with glitter
Brow threading and Lash Lift
Brow threading and Lash Lift
Disco Glitter and Chameleon Flakes
Neon pigment, holographic pigment and glitter
Glitter accent finger and silver stamping
Valentine Nails. Ombré with 3d hearts and foil accents
Gelish Gossip Girl with glitter
Nude gel polish with striping tape
Matte Blue nails with gloss dots and a handpainted butterfly on the thumb
Rich purple with caviar beads
Pink with Black Filigree design
Valentines Nails with Bows on thumbs
Matte Wedgewood Blue with 3d detail
It’s New Year 2017. New Year, New Nails. It’s actually July but I’ve just got round to posting. I’m gradually catching up!
Here are some nails from January.
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Natural nails with acrylic overlay, pink with handpainted flower
Pink gel, pink glitter and and holographic pigment
Foil and Gelish Night Reflection
Foil and Gelish Rendezvous
Night Reflection and sand flowers and bling
French with butterfly stamp and glitter
French with flowers and silver
The Gel bottle sparkly blue nails
Gel painting practice
Ink London gel polish and fireworks over natural nails
Silver and purple Glitter and striping tape
Matte cashmere lashes
Red gel polish with gold lines
Teal bubble nails, matte base with a dew effect
Wedgewood design on velvet
Wedgewood on velvet swatches with flash
November Nail Designs. Shades are getting darker ready for the cold dark nights but the bling is starting to appear more and more.
Matte black, deep red and glitter nails
Cashmere eyelash extensions, so light
Animal print over Gelish Tiger Blossom and nude gel polish
One stroke over black gel to match a party dress
Gelish Caution with glitter and sparkles
Gelish with striping tape and glitter
French nails with orange 3d detail
French nails with silver swirl
Illumina gel with bronze and gold foil
Cats eye, stockig effect and bling nails
Pigments and glitter for a sparkly ombre
Autumn Nail Designs
Ink London Blood diamond with Swarovski. Beautifully rich red
Ink London Blood diamond with plaid
Cat eye effect gel polish and one stroke
Cat eye with sheer stocking effect gel polish and detailed bling
Pigments and stamping over pale blue gel polish
Magpie Eadie Glitter
Gelish caution with stamping
Nude polish with copper glitter
One stroke Poppy for Remembrance Day
Nail ready for a Safari to Kruger National Park
Matte stocking effect nails with 3d detailing
Halloween nails in black, red and silver
Pastel animal print nails
Pink nails with 3d detailing, glitter and holographic pigment
Script stamping over french nails
Striping on navy nails
Some of my September finger nail and toenail designs. Still catching up! What else to do on a rainy Dorset Sunday afternoon?
Pigment over gel polish toes with 3d petals
Acrylic extensions, aqua background with pink one stroke
Acrylic extensions with pink and gold sparkles
3d silver detail over black nails and a blingy glitter ring finger
Assymetric french with silver accents
Black, silver, chrome and Rockstar nails
Gelish Tahiti Hottie with 3d designer gel detail on fingers and toes
Ink London Gel with Holgraphic pigment
Forbidden love with silver stamping
The Gel Bottle 146 and one stroke petals
Gelish with 3d silver gel and glitter on purple
Gel polish french with chrome silver swirls
Peach cobbler with onestroke and bling
Starburst, Lilac with one stroke, holo pigment and gems
One stroke on french nails
Gelish Tahiti Hottie with 3d designer gel detail on all nails
Tahiti hottie with bling
In between nails, brows and lashes I’ve been housesitting again as well as practicing more OneStroke designs and having new furniture built for my studio. I’ve been looking after some beautiful Labradors and a lovely cat, and with the help of my colleague, have been able to run back and forth between appointments!
Spring seems to be on it’s way and lots of nails and even a few toes have been gelled this month! Glitter is still being requested, I suppose as an antidote to the awful weather! Lash Lift is again proving very popular and the Cashmere Eyelash Extensions are so soft and light, clients don’t know they’re wearing them!
French with one stroke butterflies
Ink London i67 with Onestroke
L&P scuplted enhancements over badly bitten nails – clients own pic!
Having made prototype nail desks a few year ago, my husband has been busy again – I now have a custom made L shaped nail desk covered in glass with chrome legs. Pics to come once it’s finally finished. He’s working on conduits for wires and cables to keep me tidy and stop my chair rolling over them and pulling my gel lamps off. Another coat of paint and I’m good to go! My studio is looking sleek – as sleek as it can get in a rural 17th century thatched cottage! New windows and doors are also in the pipeline. This will all give me more room for Nail Classes… still in progress!
I’ve just received some BrillBird Designer Gel and have been having a play with that, no images yet but I can’t wait to use it. It’s lovely and really finishes off some of my designs. There are so many fabulous products out there to embellish nails, we’re really spoiled for choice! I can’t make it to Pro Beauty next weekend so I will have to have a play online and order some treats! I have my eye on a few new ideas…
I printed blank black nail shapes onto a plain piece of paper then matte laminated it to have a working surface similar to buffed nails. I still haven’t got round to doing them on tips yet though a few clients have had some onestroke this month. As a bonus, it’s a handy way for clients to be able to choose what’s available.
I finally finished the sheet of Onestroke samples.
Gelish My Forbidden Love with stamping
Mermaid glitter ans stamping
Gelish Shake it til you Samba with bling and holographic glitter
Black Gel Polish with pink glitter lunulas
Blue Pink Glitter Ombré
French with lace stamping
French with Handpainted Fine Lines
Ink i55 with one stroke
Just found this in my scheduled folder… I went on holiday and it didn’t upload. This one is 18 months late! I see my New Year Resolutions failed miserably.
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Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year 2016 and I hope it brings all you wish for. 2015 has flown by and we’re now ready for 2016 – what will it bring? New goals, new colours, new designs…
New Year Resolutions?
I have a busy few days ahead, then teaching a Gel Polish Manicure Course on Wednesday. Thursday I’m off to Gatwick staying overnight ready for my holiday to Goa. I’m back to work Monday 25th January. Hoping to pick up lots of Bling and ideas while in India!
Here are the last of the 2015 designs. I bought Xmas stamping plates with snowflakes and baubles and hardly used them, everyone wanted handpainted this year! I’m looking at them seeing if I can use them in other designs throughout the year, otherwise it’s the bin!
3d snowmen over Gel Polish
Gelish with glitter and a little Xmas Tree
Gelish Caution with handpainted Snowflakes
Chunky Glitter over Deep Sea
Ombré pigments with stamping and Glitter highlights
French L&P with 3d baubles
Ice blue Glitter French
Cashmere Eyelash Extensions
Shellac with handpainted Ivy
Russet and Gold Ombré Pigments with stamping
Simple Pink and Blue Glitter Fade
Handpainted Robins with Snowflakes
Samples for 3d Snowmen
Fine line handpainting
Now… what am I going to have on my holiday nails! I’m sat here with blank nails wondering whether to go for plain, glitter, pigments, stamping, bling, 3d… all of the above! Subtle? Neon? French? My suitcase is packed so it’s just me to get ready now. See you when I get back!
It’s that time of year again… the glitter has made a massive appearance, although it never really goes away, December is the time when I eat sleep and dream of it! I bought a selection of Christmas themed stamping plates but so far have not used them apart from a few snowflakes on myself – everyone has wanted handpainted Christmas Designs.
I’ve put together a quick selection of new Christmas designs, I’ve also swatched more foils and glitter combinations, my swatch collection is growing! Lot’s of Bling to play with 🙂 Pictures do not do these justice, so come along and see them in the flesh! A little 3d work has been introduced this year to add some variation and more acrylic shapes will be coming soon. I learned a lot on my course so I’m quietly playing with my new techniques and getting ready for 2016.
Handpainted Baubles on Gelish Is It An Illusion
Gelish Christmas Designs
3d Baubles
Plaid Designs
Blue Ice Effects
3d Poinsettia
Nail Art, Glitter and Stamping. Nails that I haven’t posted on the blog yet. I’m still deciding what pictures to include in the site’s Gallery. Meanwhile, the blog is as good a place as any to post. Clients are feeling Autumn coming on, colours are getting darker, though glitter is still very popular. Click on the pics to enlarge.
Ink 2 tone with stamping and handpainted swirls
Pink Rock Star Glitter Nails
Pastels with Foil hexagons
Peach gel polish with Gold stamping
Close up of Ink with diamond shaped glitter
Ink with Diamond shaped Glitter
Glitter base with Silver Stamping
Black nails with filigree
Multicoloured Foils on natural nails
Clear natural nails with painted white roses
Metallic Blue Ink with Stamping
Metallic Blue Ink with Stamping
Handpainted swirls on gel polish
Glitter and jigsaw stamped nails
Chameleon pigments with Sharpie Detail
Deep Purple Gel with Stamping