Color Club Poptastic 2014

Fun Brush Technic When I first set eyes on these nail varnishes, I didn't think I'd like them, but they are actually superb. Here is my first experiment, and I'm so please how they turned out - so I'm sharing them with you all. Started off with the one coat of black nail varnish as a base. Let it dry, I then randomly fan brushed the four colours one at a time. From left, Peace Love & Polish, Not So Mellow Yellow, Bell Bottom Babe and Right On. And as always, I top coated with Seche Vite to finish the look.

Fun Brush Technic

Floral Neon This one is very simple and very easy. All you need is a dotting tool and the Poptastic Collection. Nothing can be more simple than that, right?

Floral Neon Applied one coat of clear nail varnish. Then with your dotting tool create little flowers alternating the colours. When you're happy with your flowers, top coat it. Now, I sometimes like to double my top coat. And dotting design is one of them, because it gives it a more fine smooth finish.

Tropical - Individual Satmping I'm very pleased how this design turned out. It's almost three - dimensional to look at.

Tropical

Tropical After applying and allowing to dry the essie Base Coat, I applied one coat of a-england Bridal Veil. Once dry, I begun by stamping the leaves on different directions, by using the two colour together of the Color Club Poptastic - Not So Mellow Yellow and Bell Bottom Babe, with the Mother Nature - 07 plate by Moyou London and Pueen - 73 from Buffet Collection. I used the remaining two colours of the Poptastic - Peace Love & Polish and Right On, with the Mother Nature - 11 plate by Moyou London for the tropical flowers. Placing them ramdomly adjacent to the leaves. And I always finish the job with Seche Vite.

Tropical - Sponging Technic I truly enjoyed working on this one. It's so neat and so easy to create, and yet the result is surprisingly impressive. I'm a big fun of sponging. I just love the controlled effect of the colours - especially on floral designs. My base colour for this was Camelot by A-England, stamped with Alpine Snow by OPI, using Moyou-London Tropical - 03. And for the top coat I used my favourite Seche Vite. A short video tutorial will be uploaded later, or you can visit my instagram right now, if you want to see it sooner.

Psychedelic Skull I just love these nail varnishes. It's amazing how it changes colour every time I create something different. On my Instagram I put "Retro Skull" on my caption for this mani, but I googled it after posting - and realised that I should have called it "Phychedelic". Thanks to the lovely Louise (@louisenails) at Instagram, who commented on the post.

Psychedelic Skull The skull on my ring finger was done using advanced stamping technic. Black colour base was Camelot by A-England. (Click here to buy and click here if you are outside the UK.) The stamping plate, I used the new plates collection called Gothic XL - 03 by Moyou-London. Top coated with my usual Seche Vite. Below is a video tutorial I created via YouTube,

You're probably wondering why I covered the neon varnishes with a white varnish instead of just putting it on top of my black base colour after I finished painting the skull. I did this because I wanted the neon colour to remain vibrant. If you check my previous post above, you will notice that the black background tends to give this nail varnish a much more warm colour.




Psychedelic Skull Close up.  Top coated with  OPI Matte Top Coat. 
I just love it. Don't you?

I do hope you like all of these designs, as much as I do. I shall upload more nail art from this fabulous collection very soon. So please stay tuned. Also I'd like to say thank you to Adriana from Color Club for sending me these gorgeous samples. Love love them!.. Thank you! xo

A-England Burne - Jones Dream Collection

I am very excited to share with you the Burne - Jones Dream Collection by A-england. This collection has five holographic luscious rich colours, which were beautifully crafted by the very talented - artistic founder and creator Adina Bodana. She cleverly based it on the story of ‘Sleeping Beauty’, specifically an interpretation of it by a series of paintings known as The Briar Rose by one of her favourite artists, Sir Edward Burne-Jones. Each nail varnish exhibits fascinating colour particles and when direct light hits them, it manifest exquisitely. The formula is very rich, very easy to apply and self-levelling.



BRIAR ROSE/SLEEPING BEAUTY Briar Rose/Sleeping Beauty Is a pinky-red shade, that has an elusive milky hue feel to it, and when hit by a direct light, it's just beautifully complex. The formula is light, but still one coater. Shown in two light coats with no top coat.



BRIAR ROSE Macro Shot of Briar Rose



ROSE BOWER Rose Bower Is a vibrant red. Very alluring, even so in life itself. The formula is thicker than the other four, but still very easy to apply, and I find one coat is sufficient for full coverage. Shown in two light coats with no top coat.



ROSE BOWER Macro Shot of Rose Bower



BRIAR WOOD Briar Wood A very rich burgundy, that is bursting with fine holographic particles, superb when natural light hits them. And depending on which angle you look at it, the colour deepens. And as per usual with a-england, the formula is excellent. Shown in two light coats with no top coat.



BRIAR WOOD Macro Shot of Briar Wood



SLEEPING PALACE Sleeping Palace The colour is very much similar to aubergine with a hints of copper on the undertones, that impregnated with radiant fine particles, that come lucid in contact to direct sun light. The formula again is rich and very easy to work with. Shown in two light coats with no top coat.



SLEEPING PALACE Macro shot of Sleeping Palace



FATED PRINCE Fated Prince This shade is seemingly sheer with a dark grey base and olive undertone. The only varnish of the four, that I find needed another coat, but don't be despair, it's totally opaque by second coat. The striking scattered holographic in this one appears to be more intense, dazzling when hit by direct light. Shown in two light coats with no top coat.



FATED PRINCE Macro Shot of Fated Prince



A-England Burne - Jones Dream Collection

Each colour in this collection is a "must have" in my opinion. They are all luxurious and very elegant. You can easily get away applying just one coat and they also work brilliantly for stamping.

And at the moment, if you are residing in UK, Briar Wood is only £6 for the month of June. So better get your skates on! To head to their website click here

A-England Hurt No Living Thing

Hurt No Living Thing Hurt No Living Thing is a very delicate understated hue. Best to use on top of other coloured nail varnishes. Depending on the shades, it can add a different depth to the tone. Photo shown in two coats.



French Manicure with Hurt No Living Thing Using Hurt No Living Thing as a base, I used Iseult for the tips of the nails. For the stamping I used Lancelot. Stamp plate is by Pueen, number - 73, from their Buffet Collection.



Floral - A-England Iseult, Hurt No Living thing and Lady Of The Lake This design required three a-england nail varnishes. For my base I used one coat of Iseult. I then let it dry and I applied one coat of Hurt No Living Thing. Once dried completely, I stamped it with Pueen plate - 65 from buffet collection, using the colour Lady Of The Lake. And for the final touch, I coated it once more with Hurt No Living Thing. I'm sorry this shot doesn't really show the holographic effect of Lady Of The Lake. I tried, but the weather is a bit dark today. Perhaps I could try again tomorrow.

I hope you like this designs, and will inspires you to give it a try. Please visit or follow me on Instagram (@ldnailsxo) for more nail art designs. Thank you! xo



Hurt No Living Thing on Dancing With Nureyev On the Left, shown with a coat of Hurt No Living Thing on top, and the one on the right without.



Hurt No Living Thing on Dancing With Nureyev Dancing With Nureyev (Read review here.) with one coat of Hurt No Living Thing on top.

OPI Sheer Tints Various Nail Designs

OPI Sheer Tints You will say I'm a bit obsessed with OPI Sheer Tints. I will use them for nail art, day-in day-out. Despite of some negative reviews I read about these nail varnishes, I gone ahead and bought the lot. And love them. Yes, they are on a thick side, but they work brilliantly for nail art. If your intentions is to use them for art (like me.), you'll be fine, because the density of the varnish is not playable for normal application, they go very sticky, very quickly. Down below are some of the design techniques - you can do with these tints.



Buffet Tints Quick amd simple tinting technic, but look complicated. Start off with one coat of black nail varnish as a base colour, on this occasion I used a-england Camelot. I then stamped it with Pueen plate - 66 from their Buffet Collection, using OPI Alpine Snow. Picking as much pattern as I could from the plate, I stamped it on my completely dried black painted nails. I then tints each designs of the stamping with different colours. I choose to go for the colours I Can Teal You Like Me, I Never Amberrassed and Don't Violet Me Down. And as always I finished with Seche Vite top coat, after the tints are dried.



Floral Tints For this design, I used colours from the OPI Sheer Tints Collection, which comes in four great shades of colours. When used together, it will create a perfect rainbow effect. After applying 1 coat of a-england Bridal Veil (photo shown below), I let it dry and stamp it with Pueen plate - 72 (from Buffet Collection), using a white OPI Alpine Snow. I then tinted the flowers and leaves with the OPI Sheer Tints colour blue (I Can Teal You Like Me) and yellow (I'm Never Embarrassed). And finally, finish off with Seche Vitte.



Bridal Veil The stunning a-england Bridal Veil has beauty of it's own.



The close up. Love the hues of Bridal Veil gleaming through the gaps.



Sheer Tints Background With this design, I started with my usual base coat of OPI Lay Down That Base, followed by one coat of OPI Alpine Snow. I find one coat is enough for nail art. You can apply two coats if prefer. When dried, start applying the sheer tints randomly, covering all the white base. Then give it a good drying time, before start stamping. Bear in mind that OPI Sheer Tints takes a little bit longer to dry, than normal polish. And as always I top coated with Seche Vite. I used Moyou London Mother Nature - 11 for stamping.



70's Inspired Tints Colourful dyed effect was big on the 70's. So, I was inspired by that when I thought of creating this design. I used OPI Alpine Snow for my base colour, followed by randomly applying the four colours of OPI Sheer Tints on top of my dried white base. Just waited for the tints to dry completely, and stamped it with the Travellers - Back to the 70's Plate by Moyou London. And as always finishing with a coat of Seche Vite.



Zebra Print On Tints This is just one of many of my favourite designs that I done with OPI Sheer Tints. The colours of the tints are just showing off on white base, which was one coat of OPI Alpine Snow (Did I mention it's my favourite White?). I just applied the tints on vertical lines, keeping the colours in order, but starting on different shade on each nails each time - just to make it interesting to look at. Then get yourself a cup of coffee or tea, relax and let it dry completely. As I mentioned before tints takes a little bit longer than usual to dry. Once dried, I stamped it with The Pro - 04 by Moyou London stamping plate, using OPI Vant To Bite My Neck?, which in my opinion complemented the tints so very well. Don't you think?.



If by any chance you decided to recreate one of my designs, please tag me on my http://instagram.com/ldnailsxo or facebook account . I would love to see them. Follows and comments will always be appreciated. Thanks y'all! xx

A-England Harmony in Mauve

Harmonies Collection - Iseult, Princes Tears and Guinevere Today I have the a-england Harmony In Mauve in Harmonies Collection to show you, with the nail art I have made, using the stamping technique.  From the left it's called Iseult, Princess Tears and Guinevere.



I began by applying Iseult and Guinevere in vertical angles alternately. Overlapping the two colours to create a marbling effect.  I then left it to dry completely and stamped it with Moyou London - Suki - 08.  For my index and little fingers, I Applied two coats of Princes Tears.  You can add nail art studs if you prefer, but for me the nail varnish itself is stunning enough to keep it simple.  And as always I top coated with Seche Vitte.



Nails before stamping.

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Kimono Inspired Nails

This design is inspired by my best friend who said I should do a Japanese design of nail art. And then she emailed me her daughters Kimono, which immediately inspired me to do this manicure. I started with a base coat of OPI "Lay Down That Base", before putting a coat of OPI Satin "4 In The Morning". I then stamped it using Color Club "Kismet", with the Moyou London Plate - "Suki - 07". The Red is by Zoya Matte Velvet Lacquer, called "Posh/Mat". For the white stamping I used OPI "Alpine Snow", which is my favourite white nail varnish at the moment. To finish it off, I first top coated it with Seche Vitte. I then let it completely dry and then I top coated it with the OPI "Matte Base Coat". Now, why did I do this? (you may ask) It's because the matte coat could smudge off the pattern of the stamping - this way you are protecting it before you go matte finish.

Very recently I learned how to create video tutorial. The first thing that popped in my head is my Kimono inspired design. I of course waited first to get familiarized with the idea of editing, as I wanted to be able to present this design as well as I could possibly can. So, below is the recent video tutorial I created. Enjoy!!!

Photo with the kimono provided by my friend.