Easter Nails // Pastel and Patterns

Easter Nails

L to R  //  OPI - Lucky Lucky Lavender  //  China Glaze - For Audrey  //  The Face Shop - YL202 & PK102  //  InnisFree  - 56 

I'll take any excuse to do some fun nail art and it just so happens that Easter is actually a pretty good one. It's especially good because it's the time of year for soft, pretty pastel shades. This year I chose to be a little more subtle than last year. I picked my favourite pastel polishes and did white zigzag and polka dot designs. Still couldn't resist adding a cute little chick hatching out of a shell though!

If you're looking for easter nail art inspiration, check out the chicks and bunnies I did last year -  HERE. I also did a pastel water marbled manicure which is a great option for Easter too if you're up for a challenge and want something different and very pretty.

Have you already done an Easter mani? Leave a link if you've written a blog post about yours so we can all have a peek

xxx



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Spring Nails // Pastel Glitter and Mint

Apparently it's the first day of spring today, or perhaps it was yesterday?! Either way, it's definitely feeling more spring like here. It's beginning to warm up, the sun is shining, it's a little blustery and there's a hint of green spreading across the park outside my apartment. And, when I was in my favourite Korean cosmetics store, InnisFree, earlier this week, they had this new glitter polish that just shouts spring. Well, it does to a polish addict like myself, anyway! 

It's a creamy coloured base that's packed with lots of pastel glitter - pinks, mint, lilac, and yellow. I often like to pick out one of the glitter colours to do accent nails Yep, I do it in reverse - glitter nails with plain polish accents. I like glitter. A LOT! In this case, I opted for a mint green from another Korean brand, Skinfood. Whilst I do love the mint colour of this polish, I don't find that Skin Food polishes apply as well as polishes from InnisFree. The formula of this one is very sheer and doesn't self level, making application pretty tricky if you're looking for a streak free, smooth finish in less than three coats. Still, I love the end result so I guess it was worth the extra effort!

Mint Green - Skin Food  //  Pastel Multi-glitter - InnisFree - available in my blog shop now :)

Spring Time Favourite :)

Don't you think it's so fitting for spring?! I love it, just need the warm weather to hurry up so I can pair it with my spring wardrobe.

What manicure are you wearing at the moment?

xxx

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Bunnies, Chicks and Eggs - Easter's here!

Hello Lovelies! I thought I'd say a very quick hello and wish you all a happy Easter!

I had a bit of spare time yesterday afternoon so I thought a little Easter themed nail art would be fun. A few little chicks and the easter bunny sprang to mind as a cute idea, what else could be better for Easter?!!

I used the regular nail polish brush to do the main shape of the bunny (the white part) and chicks (the yellow). I added details like the beaks and bunny's nose using toothpicks dipped in polish. The eyes were just a dot of black with a smaller dot of white on top.

One of the best things about living in Korea is that nail art like this is quite normal, whereas in England some people might think it was a bit too cutesy or childish, here I can wear it with total pride! Today at the hairdresser a few people complimented me on them and one woman asked which nail place I'd had them done. I'm not sure they look that good but I can't deny I was pretty chuffed when she said that, I gave myself a little pat on the back! Clearly it was an afternoon well spent!

As for how my hair went...

I took the plunge and had a slight ombre look done but I'm not sure about it just yet! I feel like it's not actually defined enough, which funnily, is the exact opposite problem to what I was worrying about. Typical, huh?!

I'm going to wash it and style it myself tomorrow to try and make my mind up on it. Does anyone else find that your hair can look so different once you've done it yourself?

Happy Easter everyone, I hope you have a lovely weekend!

xxx

Spring Pastel Water Marbled Nails - My 1st Video!

This morning I've been a busy bee. If you follow me on twitter I mentioned yesterday that I was thinking of trying to water marble my nails. I wasn't too sure how it'd turn out though and I was worried it could be too hard to do. Well I decided to go for it...

...and..

..I'm so happy with how it turned out!

It really wasn't as hard as I'd been thinking it would be. Yes, I'll admit it wasn't a total breeze, I re-did a couple of the first few nails but once I'd done a few I really got the hang of it! They don't look perfect but they definitely don't look like the globby mess I'd envisaged them ending up as!

I decided to make a very basic video tutorial, not because one successful attempt makes me a pro but just to help anyone else who wants to give it a try. It's my first video ever and also my very first upload to YouTube. Eeek! So...I'm really hoping you'll all watch it and that you all find it useful!

Let me know what you think! I haven't included audio because I wasn't sure if everyone would be ready for the British accent and I'm a little nervous about talking in videos, I might work up to it one day though!

Have a fantastic weekend everyone! 

 xxx

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