Stripy blues...

Hi lovelies! Heck, this past week and a half has been AWESOME and scaaaaary at the same time! Firstly, me and Dean got Foo Fighters tickets! WHAT?? YES! I am so damn EXCITED! They are one of my all time favorite bands and I am in the clouds! But even better than that, after being engaged to Dean for over 3 years, we have finally decided on a wedding date and a venue! And we booked it! BOOKED IT PEOPLE! It is finally happening! Happy spazzes!...and stress. Lots and lots of stress.  The date is only next year March but I am so nervous! Especially since we are going to try and make most things ourselves.  I am my own worst critic guys! AAAAAAAGH! Yeah, fun times...but I am marrying my best friend and that is awesome! Worth every single tear, drop of sweat and swear word.

I miss having a kitty...Source

Today I have a SUPER simple tape mani for you guys. It really doesn’t need any explanation so just enjoy the pictures. What I used in this mani was Avon Forget Me Not Blue, WOW Nail Polish #393 and striping tape.

Isn’t Avon Forget Me Not Blue absolutely squeal worthy?? It is probably one of my favourite blue polishes at the moment! For some reason it reminds me of Star Wars and R2D2...Hmmm...ideas!

Lots of mad love...

 

Soft Skittlette

Hi there lovelies! Heck, you know you are tired when you start a blog post with “To whom it may concern”! I don’t know if I should laugh or face palm myself. Laugh I think is the best option at the moment...I might just miss myself with the facepalm! That being said, we have a public holiday on Friday so hopefully I will catch up on the Zzzz’s that I missed out on this past weekend. But while we’re in the week, let’s enjoy the days that we have. 

Today’s mani isn’t something I do often because I’m not really the soft girly type but man, did I love the results!

I started by laying down 2 coats of Tip Top Nail Chic Meringue Surprise on my index finger and my pinky, 1 coat of Tip Top Nail Addict Aluminium  on my middle finger and 3 coats of Tip Top Nail Chic Cream Puff on my ring finger. I then stamped on my index finger and pinky with Nubar Silver Mist and Bundle Monster plate BM-423. To finish off the look, I added 1 coat of Avon Color Trend Silver Plated on my ring finger.

Can I love my own mani, even if it’s a super simple one? Because I love this! Don’t ask me why because it is completely not something I would wear every day! TOO DAMN SOFT...or pink...I'll get back to you on that one! It also made me fall in love with Tip Top Nail Addict Aluminium, which I never thought would happen since I have an immense dislike for foil finish nail polishes but heck, she took my breath away! I love it when my hobby can still surprise me!

If you would like me to swatch any of the colors you saw in today’s post, please let me know via email or drop me a comment below. More than willing to oblige! 

Lots of mad love...  

 

#MTV Challenge: 9. Rainbow & Galaxies

Are you one of those people that understands meme's but when someone asks you what a meme is, you can not explain it no matter how hard you try? Can you spend hours of your day on a site like 9GAG or Reddit and frankly not give a damn that those hours are gone...FOREVER? If I say “I used to have a life until I took an arrow to the knee”, would you respond with “Cool story bro”? Then this mani is for you!

9. Rainbow and Galaxies

So I am finally on the second last mani for the #MTVnailChallenge and when I saw this theme I almost immediately knew what I wanted do! I've been wanting to do a similar mani to this for quite a while now so this theme just helped me to finally put my head to it and take it on! I give you...Nyan Cat!

Because there are so many different steps to this mani I'm not going to lay them out step by step like I usually do but I will list the different polishes and tools that I used in the order that I did in this mani.

 

Galaxy:

• China Glaze Man Hunt
• China Glaze Grape Pop
• China Glaze Spontaneous
• Tip Top Nail Chic Cha Cha Cha
• Essence Twins Reloaded Edward
• Sinful Colors Snow Me White
•  WOW Nail Polish #393
• Small torn-off pieces of a make-up sponge

 
Nyan Cat:

• Essence Nude Glam Cafe Ole
• Avon Pastel Pink
• China Glaze Recycle
• OPI If You Moust You Moust
• Tip Top Nail Chic Grape To Meet You
• Sinful Colors Snow Me White
• WOW Nail Polish #393
• Thin nail art brush
• Thin cut down striping brush

I used the decal-method to make Nyan Cat on a plastic baggie before hand.
 

Rainbow:

• Tip Top Nail Chic We Have An Agreen Mint
• Tip Top Nail Chic Jazz Berryblue
• Tip Top Nail Chic Solar Flare
• Tip Top Nail Chic Sun Kissed
• Nubar Competition Red
• Thin nail art brush

  

I am genuinely happy with how this came out and was very proud of myself! It was hard work but the end result to me, made it worth it. Is it perfect? No! But I aint even mad! True story bro! Now if you're looking for me, I'm off to go laugh at some pointless cat videos on Youtube.

If you would like me to swatch any of the colours you saw in today’s post, please let me know via email or drop me a comment below. More than willing to oblige!

Lots of mad love...

 

 

#MTVnailChallenge: 2. Orange & Stripes

HI! *waves* I honestly think it is going to snow today! Because it's cold?? No! It's coolish here in Pretoria but in a nice way. No sign of snow though! Why then? BECAUSE I HAVE A POST UP BEFORE 11.30AM! What?? Yip, snow...or the apocalypse! Something is going down!

As you know I'm taking part in the #MTVnailChallenge with my lovely ladies, Ordinary Misfit and For The Love Of Nail Art. For more information regarding the challenge, you can check out this post.

2 .Orange & Stripes

Nail Polishes used:

• China Glaze Recycle
• Tip Top Nail Chic Solar Flare
• Avon Apricot Mystery

Tools Used:

• Dotting tool
• Thin nail art brush
• Striping tape
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

I started out by laying down 2 coats of China Glaze Recycle on all my nails, except for my thumb. On my index finger, ring and pinky I then placed a few strips of striping tape and went over it with 1 coat of Tip Top Solar Flare.

On my ring finger, I made a few “groups” of dots with Avon Apricot Mystery and my dotting tool. When this was dry, I then made a few random “C” shapes and squiggles with my nail art brush on the “group” and Tip Top Solar Flare to make vintage looking flowers. In between I placed a few dots with Avon Apricot Mystery and Tip Top Solar Flare just to fill up the space a little bit. Lastly, I just layed down 2 coats of Tip Top Solar Flare on my thumb to finish off the look.

This didn't come out to bad in my opinion! Tip Top Solar Flare made my camera completely spazz out because it is so deep and bright but in real life, the grey and orange went beautifully together!

Please go check out For The Love Of Nail Art and OrdinaryMisfit for their amazing takes on today's theme! And while you're at it, please join in and let us know! Would love to see them all!

If you would like me to swatch any of the colours you saw in today’s post, please let me know via email or drop me a comment below. More than willing to oblige!

Lots of mad love...