Stay Strong Sweetheart

Hey everyone, you may have noticed that I've been a bit M.I.A recently.

There's two reasons for that, the first is that I've just finished the main part of The Challenge (which I would seriously recommend to anyone if they ever get the chance to do it!) last week, and the second is that my  health isn't getting any better and I'm in quite a lot of pain right now. But that doesn't matter...

I really feel like I'm neglecting the blog, so here's a mani I did today, which has a bit of a story behind it...

The story relates back to both of the reasons why I've been a bit M.I.A.

While on The Challenge, I met some amazing people, people who I will stay friends with for a long time. And one of those people has now become one of my new best friends. And that really is something because "best friend" isn't a title I give out very easily. But the the thing is, she really is the first person I've ever met that I can relate to SO much! She's also probably the only person ever to find out so much about me in such a short space of time. And like I already said, I'm in a lot of pain right now, and for someone who one month ago didn't even know I existed, she has been so incredibly supportive, both then and now. I feel so lucky to have met her, and I doubt most people will understand why but I really do feel privileged.

You might be wondering how this remotely relates to butterfly nail art, well basically they were the reason I first really opened up to her and vice versa. So if you're reading this: Stay Strong Sweetheart <3

Oh and if you were wondering, the base polish is Claire's Speckled Nail Polish and I stamped the butterflies with Layla Ceramic Effect 30.

31 Days of Nail Art Challenge - Day 15 - Delicate Print

Delicate Print.

Something I think looks so beautiful yet something I hardly wear on my nails.

So, to make my life easier, I chose stamping!

Instead of a full nail pattern I went for black lace french tips.

This is a base of 2true Fast Dry Colour Quick in Shade 11. Its a lovely nude creme, opaque in 2/3 coats.

I LOVE these! So dainty yet modern. And my stamping skills are really improving too!

31 Days of Nail Art Challenge - Day 14 - Flowers

Flowers.

An image that can be created in so many ways. And one that I've repeatedly produced on my nails.

At first I was going to do rainbow flowers over all my nails with a dotting tool but I was short for time, so I did the same thing but stamped!

I rarely wear crazy full nail patterns, let alone a different one on each nail, so this was a refreshing change.

I think they look like old fashioned wallpaper!

31 Days of Nail Art Challenge - Day 13 - Animal print

Animal print.

Not something I often have on my nails.

But I was totally up for the challenge! So instead of one print, I went for four!

Tiger, Giraffe, Zebra and Leopard.

Although I would probably never actually wear this as a full mani, I may begin to wear animal print as an accent nail. We'll see ;)

Snowy Glitter Gradient

Like I said in my last post, I had a glitter gradient on my nails on Sunday.

This is a better picture of them.

I had MUA Shade 1 with a Color Club (don't know the name) glitter gradient over it and white snowflakes stamped on my accent nail.

I love love LOVE the gradient! It looks so magical!

Click on the photos for a MUCH better look.

The base is a lovely dark blue with bold blue glowy bits in it. They glowed so much when my nails caught the light and even showed through the glitter and stamping.

I'm DEFINITELY doing this mani again with other colours because it is truly gorgeous!

Holographic Stamping

Heey, okay this has got to be quick cos I've got loooaaaads to do and not enough time.

So basically yesterday I went to Cambridge with a few of my friends because we're part of the Cambridge GEEMA programme and so were invited to come along to a subject matters talk. It wasn't what I was expecting but anyways... On Friday we had traditional dress day at school and then straight after I went to stay over at my friends, hence the reason I'm only posting this now (and also hence the reason the photos aren't that great).

On our way to Cambridge we went through Kings Cross and guess what...? We saw Platform 9 3/4!!!

On my nails I was wearing GOSH Holographic Hero with some black fishnet stamping:

Ahh look at all that holo <3

I had to take these photo at night, thats why they are on the yellow side :/

Had to double stamp most of the nails... I really need to work on my positioning, it looks awful in these photos :s

Diwali

Happy Diwali!!!

May you have a wonderful day and prosperous new year!

One thing I wish for every time is that it was a bigger deal then it actually is... I mean today for instance, only my friends actually knew it was Diwali. I don't mean to complain because I'm the first to admit I'm not religious but... Oh I dunno... It just seems like Christmas is the only thing properly celebrated in this country. Oh well...

Anyway, we didn't even do much at home this year..

But thats not to say we did nothing.

I did a rangoli and my mum did mehndi:

My Rangoli

My mum did my mehndi (henna)

And we lit candles everyday:

Floating candles

And of course, I did my nails :)

This is Barry M Gold Foil stamped over Bourjois 1Seconde shade 9. I did this in about 5 minutes so excuse the messiness.

So whatever you did today, I hope you had a fabulous time. x

31 Days of Nail Art Challenge - Day 2 - Orange

Orange.

A colour that I once used to avoid. Mainly because I was scared of looking like I had mendi nails. I don't know... I just don't like having henna on my nails.

Buuut... I'm so over that now! I've learned that you can successfully wear orange and actually enjoy it! Haha.

So here is Rimmel Tangy Tangerine with some flakies and stamping over it:

Hmm, I dunno... To be honest I'm not a fan of them. I didn't even plan anything, just sort of started and went with it.

That said, that picture does it no justice at all. The flakies are so much more glowy and sparkly in real life. In the photo they just look dull and grey. :(

This was the best photo I could get of them:

And don't forget to check out what Stephanie and Wendy have created this week!