Jessica Cosmetics Hologram Nail Art with Boots No7 Sing The Blues

For tonight's nails, I tried something I've not done before!

Boots No7 Sing The Blues

Boots No7 Sing The Blues with Jessica Cosmetics Disco Diva

What I used:

• Sally Hansen Nailgrowth Miracle basecoat
• Boots No7 Sing The Blues (2 coats)
• Jessica Cosmetics Hologram Duo in Disco Diva (3 coats)
• Seche Vite before the holo coat
• Sticky tape to mask off the nail!

I started with the blue basecoat, and topcoat, then when it was completely dry (I mean do something else for at least 30 minutes dry) I masked off the line with sticky tape. Just clear, plain old sellotape. I painted three coats of the holo polish with not a lot of time between coats and then peeled off the tape carefully as soon as I could.

Don't use a topcoat as it will wreck the holo effect! It's also important to peel off the tape as soon as you can. That's it. I'd like to try more complicated designs once I've got the hang of this method.

What do you think?

Oh and one more thing - do these nails remind anyone else of Red Bull? No? Just me then...

Silly Konad! Nails Inc Brook St and Ikea Helmer

At first, this afternoon, I was going to do a nice, grown up, pretty Konad. But then I changed my mind...

THE CLAAAWWWW!!!

What I used:

• Sally Hansen Nailgrowth Miracle basecoat
• Nails Inc Brook St (2 coats)
• Konad M59, M79, Q1
• Konad Special Polish in White, Blue, Yellow, Black and Red
• Nails Inc Albert Bridge topcoat

I painted the rainbow using a cocktail stick, and Konad special polish. I'm pretty sure I should have at least tried to put the colours in the right order (being a dispensing optician...) but oh well. It's not perfect, but it's my first go.

Oh, and look what arrived today:

 

Ikea Helmer

Jessica Cosmetics Hologram Chic Duo l-r:Disco Diva, Retro Revival

I bought the Helmer after seeing various other people have found it useful for polish storage, and I'm glad I did! I had forgotten how much I hate flatpack furniture, but after a slight struggle with some basic instructions, I got it together.

Here's how I've used it so far:

Drawer 1 - topcoats, basecoats, stamping/Konad equipment

Drawer 2 - Blues and Greens

Drawer 3 - Pinks, Reds, Purples

Drawer 4 - Silvers, Golds, Greys

 

Drawer 5 - Files, polish remover, cotton pads etc

I'm really pleased with it. I can finally stop storing everything in a cardboard box. At this point, my collection is reasonably small so I've left the polishes laying down so I can see all my colours. Drawer 6 is still empty and you can imagine how many polishes would fit if they were all standing. I have a sneaking suspicion that all this space will just encourage me to buy more though...


What do you think?

A nail experiment! Nails Inc and Boots No7

Here are today's nails. They were a bit of an experiment - after sponging the Galaxy nails I wanted to try something similar, or at least try sponging again. So here they are!

 

Just after sponging, before topcoat

What I used:

• Sally Hansen Nailgrowth Miracle basecoat
• Nails Inc Chalk Farm (2 coats all over nail)
• Boots No7 Sing The Blues (sponged from middle of nail)
• Boots No7 Betty Blues (sponged onto tip)
• Nails Inc Electric Lane holographic topcoat (1 coat all over nail)
• Nails Inc Albert Bridge topcoat

I used Chalk Farm all over the nail, then sponged the two colours in a gradient style. I then put Electric Lane holographic top coat over the whole nail.

With Electric Lane

I'm quite pleased with the effect, you can see the way that the colours blend into one another. The effect looks a lot more dramatic in real life, but as usual, I can't get the topcoat to show very well in a photograph. I think I would like to try sponging without a topcoat, if I can get the blend smooth enough.

I'm surprised that I managed to resist Konading this though...

What do you think?