It all started with The Big Bang... BANG!

Hi Girls!

So, I've been watching a lot of The Big Bang Theory recently. I think this is maybe my third time starting from the first episode again. I absolutely love it, & I totally feel like a genius after watching an episode. I can now explain Shrodingers Cat to anyone I meet.

I love Galaxy nails. They're so pretty, & as I've said before, as long as you've got a sponge handy & a small collection of colours, anyone can do this manicure. The 99p shop do a huge bag of make-up sponges which I cut up & they last forever.

I actually did two designs tonight.

The first I went for a more Blue and Purple theme. I wasn't too chuffed with them, though looking at the image now, I quite like the middle finger. My dotting tool wasn't in reaching distance, so being lazy, I just used cocktail sticks. 50p for 200 in Wilkinsons you can't go wrong. Before I got my brush set for Christmas I relied on them, & I still like having them in my nail area as they're so versatile.

It was still quite early, so I took these off & did my second design:

I went for an Orange & yellow theme this time, & I probably put a little bit more effort into these to make them neater. I really need to use a decent camera for my photos, as my phone does not do well in  low light. I think these look much more beautiful in person.

For both of these manicures, I used Sally Hanson - Navy Baby as my base colour. I would list the other polishes I use, but I have about twenty scattering my nail area right now, & I don't know which ones made the final cut or not.

I really need to tidy up the whole area. I'm planning on doing a blog post about my little spot in the living room. I've got the perfect girly set up, I adore it. I just don't keep it as organised as I'd like.

For a while, my photos will not be including my thumb. When I first started doing the extensions, I didn't put the thumb one on straight, underestimating the strength of the glue, I just pulled it off, splitting the nail. I redid it, but I knocked it the other day & it came off. My poor thumb is in a poor state, so I'm giving it time to heal.

I'm looking forward to this weekends challenge too. I have a couple of ideas I want to try & Megans nails will once again feature.

Catch you Laters,

x

Summer Gradient.

Hi girls!

I'm not sure what's going on with me. I seem to be sticking to a summery theme. It's so cold right now, I must  be making up for it by making my nails warm.

I will admit now, I'm not great at Gradient, hence why I'm needing all the practice I can get, It's going to come up in our year long challenge some time in the next eleven months, so need to try & master it.

I've gone with Sally Hanson - Yellow Kitty & my cheap pastel blue from New Look. Despite finding the sponge so difficult to use, I think the Gradient looks so much prettier with it.

I still need a lot of practice, but I think I'm finding my technique. I went over with the Matte Top Coat, as I haven't used it in at least a day or two.

The lighting in here is terrible & I did take a photo with flash & my Barry M topcoat:

So BRIGHT! You need sunglasses. The yellow is a hell of a lot more subtle than this, actually, this looks nothing like it does, but I thought I'd included it with the glossy finish.

I think I might try to update this tomorrow using tape. We shall see whether inspiration comes my way.

Catch you laters,

x