Dangerous Tiles // Crimson & Gold Nail Art

A quick look that came about the other day when I was swatching my most recent Ciaté purchases. I just love the combination of dark red and gold and knew that these two would go perfectly together. Tell me this doesn't look like an amazing design for christmas parties. I might do my nails like this christmas eve.

Twinkled T polishes just make stamping so easy. I really hope they have another 30% off sale for Black Friday this year as I've been saving so I can purchase some more polishes from them. Shipping is $17 so I've been waiting for a year! I might pick up another black as I'm running low.

I also forgot to use some liquid latex when doing this and ended up with gold sparkles all round my nails which is annoying for photos but it had washed off completely by the end of the following day. This look took about 10 minutes though so it's super quick and easy. Below is a photo in some harsher lighting; it really helps to bring out the crimson in the polish, otherwise it almost looks black.

Polishes/Tools used:

- Ciaté Gelology // Dangerous Affair (red)

- Twinkled T // Liquid Gold

- MoYou London Stamping Plates // Tuttu Frutti 06

Bathroom Tiles Part 3: The Bathroom Strikes Back // White & Blue Tile Nail Art

I'm back for another addition in the Bathroom Tile series! It's been a while since the last one (August last year 😯) and I've been wanting to do the whole blue Moroccan tile art for ages but I never did because I didn't want it to turn out awful. Does that make sense? I always put off doing things I want to do just because I'm afraid I'll do it wrong. It's so weird.

Before Pinterest I always envisioned myself having a stark white clinical bathroom with black subway tiles but now all I want is blue Moroccan tiles and monstera plants everywhere. One day...one day. For now living those dreams on my nails will have to do.

Polishes/Tools Used:-
- Cuccio // Mystery In Milan (off white)
- MoYou London // Surfs Up (blue)
- Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine // Berry Sorbet (pale blue)
- MoYou London Stamping Plate // Summer Lovin' 05
- Revlon Colorstay Gel Envy // Diamond Top Coat

Bathroom Tiles Part 1
Bathroom Tiles Part 2

Summer Lovin' // Birchbox August 2019 Nails

Oh man do I love this box design. I think this is quite possibly the longest I have spent doing a nail design as well; it took me a good couple of hours trying to get the pattern just right. I love how it turned out and this is now my favourite look I've done so far. I literally can't stop staring at my nails and I kind of wish I hadn't worn a peel off basecoat so I could wear it for longer but I'm glad I get to keep the peelies. I can always do this again. I actually really liked how the pattern looked with just the gold and peach/pink shades so I think I'll do that.

I would've loved to have gotten the ombre effect in some of the patterns but that's beyond me right now. I tried and originally had a base that was a faded mix of orange and pink but it didn't look all that great so I stamped over it.

How I did it:-

I picked up the pattern off the Moyou Arabesque 06 plate using the gold polish and filled in random holes with the gold on each nail. I then took my time and filled in the rest of the stamp with the remaining colours. This was time consuming and took way longer than I thought it would as sometimes you can touch the design a little too much with the dotting tool and disturb the design. Once you've finished with the reverse stamping, I applied some liquid latex, let that dry and then applied a layer of topcoat to my nails. After letting it dry for around 30 seconds I then stamped on the design and applied a layer of matte topcoat after clean up.

Polishes/Tools Used:

- Born Pretty // #1 (gold)

- Nails Inc // Peach Tease (pale peach), Hot Fuzz (coral peach), 
- Sally Hansen Hard As Nails // Giant Peach (pink peach)
- Jessica // Bohemian Rhapsody (navy blue)
- Cuccio Colour // Water You Doing? (deep violet)
- Mavala // Coral Bay (dark pink coral)
- Barry M // Matte Top Coat

- MoYou London // Arabesque 06 Plate