February

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

February Nails, Lashes and brows

A selection of Nails, lashes and brows from February 2017.
For more up to date nails and news see my Facebook Page here and for details of Nail and Beauty Training Courses in Dorset Somerset and Wiltshire see Lorraine Connelly Beauty Training in association with Jane Bryan Beauty Training

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

New Year New Nails

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.
For more up to date nails and news see my Facebook Page here and for details of Nail and Beauty Training Courses in Dorset Somerset and Wiltshire see Lorraine Connelly Beauty Training in association with Jane Bryan Beauty Training

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

Christmas Nails

Yes, I know I am six months late publishing these nails to the blog! What can I say… events overtook me 🙂 These are some of my Christmas designs.
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Jewelled xmas swatches

Xmas design over red gel with hand painted trees and glitter baubles

Xmas stamping over blue gel

Blood diamond with 3d gel

Acrylic frost with stamping and hand painted icicles

Ink London with glitter and handpainted 3d gel xmas nails

Felicity the Fairy ready for a trip to Lapland

Christmas nails in red and green glitter with stamping

One stroke presents, baubles, bells and tree on xmas nails

One stroke presents, baubles, bells and tree on Christmas nails

Frost and baubles swatches

Holly and music One stroke swatches

Blood Diamond with bling. Xmas Design

Sparkly pink nails with 3d christmas detail

Green and red festive glitter snowflake nails

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

It’s Officially Summer – Get Your Toes out!

Summer Toes

Pastel Gel Polish on toes with diamantes

We’ve had the longest day, things get shorter from here. Even with all this wet weather you can still have some bling and pretties on your toes! Mine are covered in little crystals to cheer up the cold days. I’m sat here with boots on as my feet are freezing but my toes look fab! Cat Eye Effect has been popular on toes this month but the favourite has been the pastel toes on Carley in the picture on the right. I rebuilt her big toenails as she had dropped a cast iron pan on her foot last year and it’s still growing out!

Mole End Design News

Time’s been short this month, lots of nails, lashes, brows, toes and threading. Monday is day 5 of Holly’s Gorgeous Nails UK Signature Acrylic Course. She’s doing really well and I have no doubt she will be a great Acrylic Nail Technician. More courses will be coming soon. I’m off on an Educators’ Course later in July so I hope to be bringing fresh skills back to Dorset! For more info email me.

I’ve been playing with 3d acrylic and 3d gel lacework. My favourites are the daisies. Still need lots of practice but it’s lovely to play. It’s always hard to find the time, but I love putting on Netflix and grabbing a glass of wine and having a go! More glitters and sparkly things have arrived and I have loads of ideas, just need to knuckle down and get on with it!

3d Acrylic and 3d Gel practice sheet

Ink London with Angel Magpie Glitter

Bubblegum pink with diamantés

Pigment fade over Acrylic with double stamping Design supplied by client via Pinterest

Cat Eye Effect in Emerald

Cats Eye and Stamping

Cat Eye Effect

Reverse French Acrylic Overlay turquouse and lilac with swirls – Design supplied by client via Pinterest

Nude Gel Polish over Acrylic Enhancements with Daisies and glitter

May-be Time to Treat Yourself!

May-be Treat Time!

May is coming… time to get Summer ready. I’m getting ready for a holiday and as a treat I’m having a little pamper! Exfoliating winter skin away, applying deep treatments to my face, hands, feet, elbows and knees, polishing finger and toenails, defining my brows, lifting my lashes (as I can’t get to my regular lash lady!) and waxing all necessary areas! This shouldn’t be a May Treat, I should practice what I preach and do it ALL the time!

Holiday Time

I will be away until 13th May then I will be doing extra days to catch up on my return. Join my mailing list to be the first to hear of Special Offers and new treatments and nail goodies! Click here to register Mole End Design Special Offers and receive monthly emails with discounts for you.

April Treatments

April has been a very varied month for nails and lashes. Lash Lift has been very popular as it’s a zero maintenance treatment and adds so much to your lashes. I love doing Lash Extensions but so many ladies have fabulous natural lashes that just need a little lift and tint and get amazing results for 6-8 weeks! I’ve used coloured lashes this month on some of my extensions, fabulous in the sunshine and when the light catches them! They are very subtle but look amazing.

Cashmere Lashes with a hint of blue on the outers

Lash Lift Before and After

April Nails

Nails designs have been varied this month. It started Dark and Wintry and ended all Springlike (see Spring – Have we missed it?) I’ve taken delivery of lots of new polishes, Nail Effects, Bling and Glitter, Angel Paper, tools and lots of surprises ready for May. I’ve also attended 2 Online Nail Art Courses – watch this space for the results! I’ve also had Some Ela Loszczyk Training DVDs for my birthday www.elaloszczyk.co.uk/ and these look great! I can’t wait to get started. I’ve ordered more materials to complete the new designs, now it’s just a case of waiting for delivery and finding time to do them.

Leopard Print nails for a Bengal Cat Owner

Hand Painted Gold and Black Ombré with Leopard Print to match client’s Bengal Cat

Autism Awareness Design Nails

Black with Gold Chrome Smiles

A bit of animated glitter added via an app! A little experiment.

French with One Stroke Flowers

Mono Mani – Grey, White and Silver Pigments, Rockstar and diamantés

One Stroke Butterflies

Pale Blue Ombré and chunky glitter

Black Gel Polish with Neon Pigments

Pink Sparkly with 3d detailing

Classic Red Polish over Acrylic Enhancements

Shellac bare lunulas (half moons)

Silver and Blue Diagonal Design with Glitter

Turquoise and Copper Nails with Filigree stamping

Teal and Grey with Turquoise Rockstar Nails and Diamantes

Purple base with pigments and gold flourishes

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

Nail Art, Glitter and Stamping

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

These pastel nails were a last minute design. Transparent foils over various pastel gel polish. Colours chosen by the client. The Peach nails were mine, gel polish over acrylic infil. I painted and stamped them for my London trip to finish off the cake. I knew I had a lot of gold to paint and thought this would disguise any splatters. I hated these nails, they lasted 1 week and were filed off! I don’t like peach!

Pastels with Foil hexagons

Peach gel polish with Gold stamping

This is Ink London i79. It is a stunning colour, a real inky blue with red tones to it. Really popular that week, I used it 4 times on various clients. Definitely on the re-order list.

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

Handpainted swirls on gel polish

Glitter and jigsaw stamped nails

Chameleon pigments with Sharpie Detail

Deep Purple Gel with Stamping

Neon and Sorbet Pigments for Summer!

Neon and Sorbet pigments for nails I love these Neon and Sorbet Pigments, they’re so versatile, they lend themselves to so many designs! The Neons are super bright and fluorescent and the Sorbets are a little more subtle with a sheen to them. They are used like additives so can be used for Ombré effects and fades.

On their own or teamed with stamping and a bit of glitter they are amazing. Highly recommended if you like your brights bright – definitely a good choice for the summer months! So vivid and eyecatching, perfect for holidays at home or abroad, or just to brighten up your day.

neon and sorbet swatches

Sixteen colours, 8 Neons and 8 Sorbets on colour pops. The camera does not do them justice. These are so bright and fluorescent.

The Neon and Sorbet Collection

Neon Rainbow toes with Uber Chic Stamping

These toes were destined for a wedding in Greece. Rainbow pigments blended across all 10 toes with stamped detail over the top. Perfect for Hot climates, these colours really glow in the sunshine and are perfect for summer toes.

Neon Pigment with DRK Enlaced Stamping and Gelish Waterfield for added sparkle

Hot Pink Pigment with black DRK Enlaced stamping in a random fashion over the top. Embellished with a swish of Gelish Waterfield for an added sparkle, they really catch the eye.

Spring is here – Summer is just around the corner!

The Sun is Shining!

I hope everyone had a lovely Easter and is still enjoying the warm weather. The clocks have gone forward, days are getting longer and Spring is here. Summer is just around the corner so it’s time to start thinking of your summer maintenance! Toes are soon to be in sandals, fingers will be on parade and it’s time to sort those unruly eyebrows and glam up the eyelashes.

Everyone seems to smile more when the sun is shining and it brings out everyone’s desire to start looking towards summer holidays and getting skin, hair and nails ready for warmer days and nights. It’s time for me to think of Summer offers for all treatments! Check out the newsletter for new upcoming offers – Join Here! Newsletter

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My Stamped Birthday Nails

I had a long weekend off with family here for my birthday and we had a lovely (almost nail and lash free!) time. I ran out of time so did my birthday nails with a mixture of Shellac Purple Purple stamped with silver and Gel 11 Metallic Silver stamped with a blend of purple and blue.

Daisy May having a dip in the stream

I’m still juggling my time between petsitting and nails, brows and lashes at Mole End Design. Lots of help from family and friends when it gets tight! Daisy accompanied me yesterday, she slept in her little basket throughout the nail treatments. I finished by lunchtime today so was back in Sherborne by 2pm for another stroll around Sherborne Castle and the stream in Purlieu Field. I hope this weather lasts – I must do my own toes!

Shellac with Additives and handpainted daisies

Fran was really feeling Spring has sprung so asked for yellow springlike nails this time. After looking through swatches and deciding on combinations, we decided to do daisies on a Limeade base with some blue additives. It was great fun to do them after doing a load of stamping. My stamping is improving though after the masterclass from Alex last week. She really showed me some great techniques and tips.

Gel 11 with stamping form DRK Design Plate

Uber Chic Plates are Coming!

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I’ve ordered the Uber Chic Collection Plates as these are fantastic for stamping and they have a large footprint area, great for longer nails. I’ve also just bought some stunning colours to use with them… now I just have to wait til they’re shipped from USA!

Uber Chic has this to say about them:

The designs are 17 x 21mm – the largest single designs we know of in the industry – and are built to cover edge-to-edge even the largest natural nail size. Small nails left out? Never! Our designs are crafted to not be so overwhelming or large that you can’t see what is on your nail – even if it’s tiny! The plates in this collection have coordinating single images down the center, The designs are engraved on the image plates and can be used over and over again – never wearing out. Can you say…decals and stickers stink? They do.

Mybrows – Highly Defined Eyebrows

The stunning difference the Mybrows Treatment makes on blonde brows