Nails Monday #2

Hi there! So the weekend went by far too quickly containing work and going out. At the weekend I used the velvet effect kit and it didn't work out as well as it could have done. So I took it off this morning and just put on a basic base coat to last me, until I painted the colour onto my nails. This week I used the OPI base coat, Barry M Blood Red 347 and Barry M Matt White 336. The colour on each nails alternates between Red and White. Very basic but adds a bit of colour to any outfit.

 

So first of all, I put the OPI base coat on each nail. This helps not stain the nail with whatever colour I use and protects the nail as well.

 

So then after I had put my base coat on, I put red on every other nail and then on the remaining nails, I put on white. I painted on 2 coats of nail polish so I would get a solid colour on each nail. I used Barry M because it gives great coverage and doesn't chip easily. It also dries very quickly and does not smudge easily either. I love the range of colours, there is to buy from as well. So after I had painted my nails red and white, that's all there is to do for this week.

 

Sorry that there wasn't much for this post and that the lighting wasn't very good. I promise that I will do my nails and shoot pictures during day light rather than late at night. Do you have a colour of nail polish you can't live without? Do you like my nails this week? Do you have any Barry M products? Feel free to comment down below.

 

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Nails Monday #1!

Hi there! So it's a Monday night and I hope you all had a wonderful weekend, filled with fun. I am off on Mondays if you don't already know and I decided instead of painting them one colour I decided to paint little eyes on them and if I say so myself, I think I did a damn good job! So here are all the products that I used and I will tell you how I did it.

 

 

So first I used the Bourjois Paris Nail Polish Remover to remove the nail polish on that had chipped and I had been wearing for over a week. So after all of that was taken off I decided to paint on a base coat of the OPI Natural Base Coat. Now I know that OPI is quite expensive, so if you want to recreate this nail art any clear nail polish will do, as will any cotton wool and nail polish remover will as well. After I had applied a base coat I applied two coats of a black Nails Inc. nail polish. This nail polish is called New York Noir. I'm not sure if this was a limited edition nail polish or not but I got this in a company magazine back in October/November I can't remember which.

 

 

So after I had applied two coats of that black nail polish I picked up the Barry M white nail polish. The nail polish that I am using is 66 Matt White. Now Barry M nail polish is amazing. It is long lasting and hardly ever chips. I used my nail tool to paint on two ovals as for the whites of the eyes. I did 2 coats for that as well so you don't see the black underneath.

So after I used the brush part for the whites of the eyes, I used the other end of the nail tool to dot on the pupil of the eye. To dot on the pupil I used the same black I used for the main coat of the nail. Nails Inc. nail polish is amazing and hardly ever chips either. I love it so much and I love wearing it on its own or with nail art on top as well.

So after the whole of the eyes are painted on I used the base coat I used as another top coat as well. As I said before any clear nail polish will do as a base coat and top coat. This is so easy to recreate and you can get the nail art tool from an Avon catalogue for £3, which is really cheap compared to nail art brushes in a set which cost a lot. I hope you have liked seeing what I have done to my nails for this week.

Have you done any nail art on your nails? Is there any brand of any colour that you love either on its own or with another colour? Do you like what I did with my nails this week? Feel free to comment down below.

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