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This was a design that I had done for the weekend, I've just been so busy and not had time to upload yet!

This is the first time I've used the studs and I stuck them on with craft glue, probably not what it's really for, but it was definitely effective and isn't doing any damage to my nails as its stuck onto the varnish..

Again I'm still practising with the nail art brushes, and I should be getting better in time!

If you need help recreating the leopard print please click here.

Out of this World

I started thinking about this nail art at the start of the week when my sister said to me about doing this design onto a pair of her trainers.

As soon as she mentioned it I was straight online looking it up and of course it lead onto nail art!

So here is my first attempt at galaxy nail art, I'm really pleased with it but I think I would like to try it again at some point using perhaps a bright green or pink..

Hope you enjoy!

Nail Art Fan is Here!!

Yet again mum has decided to surprise me - aren't I lucky! She has bought me a nail art fan..

First attempt to follow...

Ballet Bows

So after my bows turning up in the post I was straight online looking for inspiration of what to do!

I was flicking around on the Internet when I found this idea, however I can't find the link at the moment, I will update this when I find it !!

I used:
- OPI Care to Danse?
- OPI Bubble Bath
- OPI white nail varnish (came in a set of minis so I'm not sure what its called!)
- 6 silver gems
- 2 pink bows

I painted my ring finger on both nails with two coats of the white, then alternated between pink and purple on my other nails.

Once dry I stuck the bow on using craft glue, and finished the ring finger with a polka dot design using the gems.

NB: I used about 5 coats of the pink and purple on each nail so I now know that I definitely need to invest in a darker pink an purple as these are very opaque.

I really wasn't sure how the craft glue would work and if I was going to wake up with one bow missing! But they both stayed put and looked amazing the next morning too!

You could try this design with any other colours and according bows, as I'm sure I will be doing soon!

I Heart Stripes

This is my own take on a design that I saw on 'nannasnails' on Instagram.

I used:
- OPI Big Red Apple
- OPI No Room For The Blues
- An OPI white ( I'm not sure what it's called, it came in a miniature set!)
- REVLON Calla Lily
- FANTASIA Diamonds Top Coat
- A nail art brush
- Striping Tape

I did two coats of the red OPI varnish and the OPI white colour, and three coats of Revlon Calla Lily.

Once dry I used striping tape on the white nail to prepare for the blue lines. When certain it was pressed down fully I used the blue OPI varnish to paint on the stripes - peeling off the tape as soon as I had painted them (whilst still wet), and painted two coats of the Diamonds Top Coat onto the middle finger.

After leaving this to dry, I used my nail art brush dipped in the OPI red to paint on my heart over the stripes.. I'm definitely going to need to get practising with these brushes!!

Rosy Posy

I drew this design myself when looking for inspiration so I hope you like it..

I used:
- Sally Hensen I pink I can
- OPI Big Apple Red
- OPI DS BOLD
- NYC High Line Green
- Claire's Matte Nail Polish - Blue
- Dotting Tools
- Pink Gems x2

Firstly I painted two coats of Claire's Matte Nail Polish on my thumb, Sally Hensen I Pink I Can on my index, ring and little fingers and OPI Big Apple Red on my middle finger.

To create the roses I used the dotting tool to make round shapes on the thumb with the pink and on the ring finger using the blue.

Whilst this was drying I painted a line of glitter across the tip of my little finger, using OPI DS BOLD, I am going to make a gradient using the glitter.

Once dry I used the small end of the dotting tool dipped in the red to draw curved C shapes from the centre of the flowers. I also painted a thin coat of red glitter over the whole of my little finger, making sure the glitter is thicker at the tip.

I now moved on to the last stage of the flowers, dipping the dotting tool into the green and drawing on small lines as the petals. I also have done a polka dot design on my middle finger using the pink.

For the index finger I use a small drop of clear nail varnish to stick on a pink gem. Once they were all dry I used a inal top coat of OPI Start to Finish to deal the design and finish the look!

I hope this all made sense and don't forget to post any of your own attempts!

Supplies have arrived!

YAY, mum has decided to surprise me and new supplies have arrived in the post. I'm so excited to get using the bows, keep your eyes peeled!!!

Leopard Print Luxe

For my first ever nail art I decided to go for a leopard print manicure that I found online here. I thought it was gorgeous so chose to adapt it slightly to suit me.

Things I used:

• OPI FROM A TO Z-URICH
• OPI DON'T PRETZEL MY BUTTONS
• RIMMEL BLACK CAB
• Black Nail Art Striping Brush
• Dotting Tools
• Tweezers
• 2 Red Gems

Firstly I painted my thumb and middle finger with 'OPI from a to z-urich' and my other three fingers with 'OPI don't pretzel my buttons'.



To create to leopard print on the thumb I dipped the dotting tool into 'OPI don't pretzel my buttons' and made different shaped splodges on my nail. Once these had dried I then dipped the smaller end of the dotting tool into the 'RIMMEL black cab' and drew bracket shapes ( ) and C shapes arond the splodges.

On my index finger I stuck a red gem onto my nail using a clear nail varnish. Well you've got to have one simple one!

On my middle finger I dipped the dotting tool back into the 'RIMMEL black cab' and made two rows of dots.

The leopard print on the ring finger uses the same technique as on the thumb, however using the 'OPI from a to z-urich' to create the splodges.

I used the 'OPI from a to z-urich' to paint on the tip then used the black nail art striping brush to create a neat line.

I then repeated this on the other hand and sealed it all in with an OPI top coat.





Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed my first ever attempt at nail art!

Hi Everyone!

I thought I would give you a quick introduction before going into anything else. My name is Chelsea, I'm 19 years old and I love flicking through different blogs looking for new ideas so I thought I would try one myself.

I'm going to be blogging mainly about nail art and how I do it, however be warned I am still learning myself... but hey, practice makes perfect! As a lover of all things pretty, other random posts may pop in so keep your eyes peeled.

So without further ado..
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I give you my blog...