THROWBACK THURSDAY: Pastel Feathers // Look Fantastic September 2018 Box Nails

Alright, time for a throwback...from last month...LOL. So anyway, I've mentioned before I used to have a beauty blog but since I got into nails (and I entered the last year of my degree) I took it down as I was spending to much time on it and not spending enough time on my degree; so offline it went. I still have all the photos though and I really love some of the nail looks I did for boxes so I'm bringing them back in Throwback Thursdays. 

I adored last months LF box though and this months boring green thing pales in comparison. I think my version turned out a but to bright but I still love the result.

I started out with a white base coat and then brushed on each colour by mixing them with a bit of acetone. At some points it was almost like dry brushing as my brush ran out of colour however it kind of looks like pastel marble....perhaps I should try this technique with grey. I love me some basic marble.

I also love the white feathers. I originally wanted to do a birthday cake but I didn't have a cake stamps (yet) so I chose these feathers and now I want to use them in every pastel manicure I do.

Polishes/Tools Used:

- Avon Nailwear Pro // Orange Creamsicle
- Avon True Colour Nailwear Pro+ // Lemon Sugar
- NYColour In A New York Minute // Lincoln Square Lavender
- NYColour In A New York Minute // Raindrop
- Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine // Blueberry
- Barry M Speedy Quick Dry // Pole Position
- Ciate Paint Pots // Iced Frappe
- Essie // Blanc

Not Pictured:
- Revlon // Quick Dry Top Coat
- Born Pretty // Stamping Polish #4
- Born Pretty // Stamping Plate BP-75

Hippy Sailor // Mandala Dreamcatchers & Nautical Stuff

This design came about because I couldn't decide if I wanted to go nautical or bohemian....So I did both. Thanks to the Rose Quartz & Serenity pairing (I swear that wasn't intentional) this doesn't look to bad. It's not the best stamping skills in the world but I'm getting better every time I do it.

For the Mandala/Dreamcatcher nails I started out with one layer of Sweet Memories then followed that up with 4 sponged layers of Alanala & Breanna ombre'd together. I then stamped the design on top and hey presto!

I love the colour of those two W7 polishes however on their own they're not great, sponging solved that problem. They almost had a chrome effect by the 4th layer and the subtle colour shift looked beautiful when the light hit it in the right way:

I didn't get the best photos of this design but I'm definitely going to be doing it again, perhaps using a stamp that doesn't cover up the nail so much. 

The nautical design isn't the best and the lines are a little wonky but it's still cute and I think I'll try to improve it. Especially since I now have a stamping plate with ye olde map lines on it.

Here are the polishes I used:
- OPI // Sweet Memories (light pastel pink)
- W7 // Alanala (blue to lilac/pink colour shift)
- W7 // Breanna (pink to blue colour shift)
- Born Pretty // Stamping Polish #4 (white)
- Essie // Blanc (white)
- Born Pretty // Stamping Polish #284 (blue)
- Born Pretty // Stamping Polish #3 (black)
- Revlon // Colorstay Gel Envy Diamond Top Coat
- Born Pretty // Liquid Latex
- Born Pretty // Stamping Plate BP L051 & BP 33