Holiday Cocktails Nails

Wednesday 25th June 2014

Hello all,

 

I have recently been away on holiday in Turkey. Whilst I was there I had a few non-alcoholic cocktails and was inspired by the bright colours to create this design.

 



 

I started by creating the gradient colours using a sponging technique (see youtube for examples). This worked a lot better than I was expecting and the bright colours were exactly what I wanted.

 



 

I was going to keep it as the simple gradient but then remembered some fruit cane slices I bought a few years ago and so decided to have a play with them.

 

I picked 5 types of fruit (Lime, Strawberry, Coconut, Lemon and Orange) and cut an angle out to make them look like fruit slices. I attached them using clear polish. I also tried to create the look of a straw, painting lines through each piece of fruit.

 

 



I love the final result, it reminds me of the holiday everytime I look at them.

 

What do you think? Have you ever used cane slices in your designs?

 

Rach x

Holographic Dots

Sunday 1st June 2014

 

Today I have spent the day with my family at my grandparents house. My sister has come to visit too so I decided it would be a good opportunity to do some nail art on other people. I bought a few colours to play with and asked if I could do something and she said yes, as did my Grandmother. I didn't have an idea to start off with so I just went with it on both their hands, ending up with similar designs.

 

The design I came up with is nice as a minimal design. The holographic colours looked lovely in the sunshine as well.

 

I am starting to feel more at ease painting other peoples nails, the nerves are starting to go x

Aviva Premiership Rugby Final

Sunday 1st June 2014

Congratulations to the Northampton Saints who are English Rugby Champions after winning the Aviva Premiership final yesterday!

As I've mentioned before I have become a rugby fan this year and yesterday was the final of my first premiership as a fan. After a lot of months of exciting games the Northampton Saints have won the final against Saracens. Both teams fought til the end and it was an amazing final.

As usual to show my support I painted my nails with all the teams who have competed this year. It was a big task but after some planning I managed to pull it off.

Left hand:

   Little finger - Worcester Warriors

   Ring finger - London Irish

   Middle finger - Exeter Chiefs / London Wasps

   Index finger - Harlequins

   Thumb - NorthamptonSaints

 

Right hand:

    Thumb - Saracens

    Index finger -Leicester Tigers

    Middle finger - Bath Rugby / Sale Sharks

    Ring finger - Gloucester Rugby

    Little finger - Newcastle Falcons

 

 

Let me know what you think and if you are out supporting the Saints today x