Designs in May

I’ve just gone to download the images from my phone and the Micro SD card has died. Valuable lesson learned… back up daily! I’ve now lost all my images from September. So… still catching up here are May’s nails. Soon be up to date!

Gelish Rendezvous with Passion Glitter

A little One stroke

Rose gold gel chrome

Red geometric with gems

Glitter and angel paper

Coral and white nails with flower detail

Neon nails with swirls in pigment

Grap gel with glitter and pigment

Holiday pink nails with flowers

Pink acrylic with confetti glitter

Neon Ink London Disco Collection with butterflies

Ink London i27 with pigments

Purple ombre with foil

Starburst with glitter

Starburst with onestroke

Mother of the Bride Nails

Lilac nails with foil and 3d gel filigree

Lilac nails with foil and 3d gel filigree

Watermelon pink for cancer relief at Tesco

Ink London blue shimmer and one stroke

Ink London i28 blue shimmer and one stroke

November Dark Nights

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

October Autumn Nail Designs

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

Kruger national park nails pigment neon leopard

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

September 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 Shake it til you Samba with 3d designer gel detail on fingers and toes

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 with one stroke, holo pigment and gems

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

Susie’s Nail Art

Floral Design Hand Painted Custom Nail Art – Susie Edwards

Susie’s always loved Shellac Hot Chillis, and being a florist, began having hand painted flower nail art on accent nails. Over the years these have progressed to ladybirds, robins, toadstools and even a painting of her little dog Nutty. One Stroke poppies, pansies, seasonal designs with holly, ivy, Halloween designs and her favourite classic Dior Half Moons which she used to practice in the sixties, also being a model for the Dior School.

With reinforcement over her natural nails and regular IBX treatments Susie’s nails have remained strong and healthy and her nail art is a talking point wherever she goes!

Ladybird Nail Art on a leaf

Holly Nail Art just in time for Christmas

Halloween Nail Art – pumpkins and spiders webs

Cat Eye effect polish with Dior Half Moons and silver accents

Handpainted butterfly nails on teal

Red nails with hand painted floral accents

Shellac with ladybirds

Classic bare lunulas with gold accents

Robins painted onto an ombré base

Shellac with Poppies

Pansy nail art

Ladybugs on a leaf nail art

Ladybirds on classic red

Seasonal Ivy Nail Art

Little frog nails

Classic Dior half moons with silver edging

Butterfly Nail Art

Bumble Bees handpainted onto accent nails

Susie was off on a holiday and wanted a reminder of her little dog Nutty. I painted a few samples first before attempting it on her nails. Remembrance Day was also coming up so I did a One Stroke poppy on her right hand accent fingernail.

Nutty Cockerpoo on Ipad with Susie holding it showing her accent nails

Practising painting and drawing Nutty

Nutty Cockerpoo and Handpainted Poppy Nail Art

Poppy Nail Art for Remembrance Day 2014

Handpainted Robins on a twig nail art

One Stroke Poppies

Snowdrops hand painted onto accent nails

Toadstool Nail Art – or is it mushrooms!

Practising shamrocks and Guinness designs for a trip to Dublin

Dublin nails – with shamrock nail art

Introducing Ink London

INTRODUCING INK LONDON!

INK London has arrived and I couldn’t be more excited about it! I have been using Ink London products for over 6 months and I cannot fault it – long lasting results, excellent range of colours, quality of products and first class customer service.

Here are some of the main reasons why I’ve chosen to bring INK London into my range:
⭐ All products sourced within the EU and produced in the UK
⭐ No animal testing
⭐ Hypoallergenic & Halal friendly
⭐ Free from 1350+ banned chemicals and solvents within the UK and EU
⭐ Professional only product
As there are a few different products in the INK London range, I will also give you a run through of their main features too!

INK London iLac is a hybrid gel polish meaning you have the longevity of a gel but the kindness of a normal polish.
⭐ No buffing of the natural nail
⭐ 102 colours in the range
⭐ 14-21 day wear
⭐ Under 10 minute removal

INK London xLac is a one step system for all you busy ladies who who don’t have time for a luxury service. This is perfect for those ladies who want a mani/pedi on their lunch break or just need a bit of colour in their life for a short period of time. This is the perfect system for nurses, carers, chefs and other careers.
⭐ No buffing of the natural nail
⭐ 21 colours in the range
⭐ 7 -10 day wear
⭐ 4 minute removal
⭐ Perfect for pedicures

INK London Acrylink is a liquid and powder acrylic system which can be used for enhancements for those of you who want longer nails or as an overlay to keep your natural nails strong. Acrylink has the most beautiful colour powders in the range with more in the pipeline. As the powders are very fine in consistency, you won’t even feel like you have anything more than gel polish on your nails. Acrylink is so lightweight in comparison to other brands you may have experienced.

INK London iJel is a hard gel which can be used for enhancements for those of you who want longer nails or as an overlay to keep your natural nails strong. iJel have 7 beautiful colours to choose from with many more in the pipeline. This product is also super lightweight.
So that’s everything you need to know about INK London, so what are you waiting for?!
Book an appointment, sit back, relax and let me transform your hands and feet!

Some of the Ink Manicures so far

Glitter and jigsaw stamped nails

Ink with Diamond shaped Glitter

Close up of Ink with diamond shaped glitter

Metallic Blue Ink with Stamping

Pastels with Foil hexagons

Peach Cobbler

Chameleon pigments with Sharpie Detail

i74 – Tiffany coloured nails with foil accents

i80 with stamping and i58 on accent nails

Many thanks to Kay Gilligan for the editorial. See more here Kay’s Facebook Page

February Blues

The weather is appalling, thick white frost at 7am this morning which had disappeared by 8 then it’s hammered down all day! Seems to be a lot of blue nails at the moment, no one feels like Spring is anywhere near.

My new Nail Art books have arrived, I need to take a pic, loads to do in them. They’re in German which is a bit of a challenge but I have a handy translator in the house. I’ve been invited on another advanced nail course which looks really good. I’m upset not to be able to attend the Pisut Masanoung classes in May (first time ever in the UK), unfortunately I’m busy but they will be great. These have been organised by Karla Giles and Kirsty Meakin. See https://www.facebook.com/pisut.masanoung?fref=ts for details of his work. This guy is brilliant and it is a real honour to have been invited onto the courses. His attention to detail is second to none and I am hoping he will come back to the UK and do another class very soon. His work is absolutely out of this world, if I can learn even a fraction I would be so happy! Fingers crossed for another course. Karla and Kirsty are on the ball and organising future events.

Pisut Masanoung nail samples. Hand painted

Pisut Masanoung 3d acrylic. Stunning attention to detail

I’m off to bed now, off to Pro Beauty in London tomorrow to have a look at what’s out there and get some new gels, lashes and generally swot up on what’s new in the industry! Got my comfy boots ready as it’s going to be a long day.

Gelish Starburst nails with foil and some hand painted swirls

Gelish Starburst with foil and some hand painted swirls

Gelish Sea Foam base with pigments and foil highlights

Gell ll Baby Teal with foil and stamping accents

Acrylic French with metallic smile line and dots to match

Ink London i37 with pigments and gold detailing