Another Wednesday, another nailart! This weeks theme is geometric, and I'm keeping it simple. I shopped like a BOSS last weekend and got all my Christmas shopping done, how cool is that? Now I have to wrap it all and get it sent off, which is probably more effort than buying it. I'm not complaining though, I'll pour myself a G&T and put some music on, and it'll be soon done and dusted.
I feel like I don't have five minutes to myself recently, so I just rustled these up in a jiffy. The base is Maybelline Express Finish in Silver Speed, which is my go-to silver. This is two coats and it really is nice and fast drying.
I had better show you a picture! Here you go:
I created black triangles at my cuticles with my new Barry M Nailart Pen, which for some reason seemed to be in the mood to turn itself into a crackle effect polish. Not liking that. I don't know if it's because I hadn't waited for the base coat to fully dry, but it's something I'll have to watch to see if it does it alot.
Here's a pic in more natural light (that lifelong winter lighting problem):
Then I used my Color Club Artclub red striper to draw a line under the black block. I have to say that the quality of the Color Club stripers are fab, I got mine in a set from TK Maxx (of course) but I've seen them on Amazon for around a fiver including delivery (link)
I was going to do more to it, but I actually like the simplicity of this. It was fast and easy, and it reminds me of the 80's styles, which is all the more reason for me to like it.
I have a split on the edge of the nail on my ring finger (bah) which means I'll have to go back down to shorties soon, but I've had a super-long run without any breakages at all so I can't complain. Actually it's my own fault, as I had a week off the perfect formula strengthener, and now the split. I got a bit too lax, oh well.
One more pic. This one under the kitchen light. It really shows that crackling I was telling you about earlier:
I've actually done my first Christmas nailart design of the year too, I'll pop the photos up for you soon to have a gander at.
But until then, why not take a look at the geometric designs that the other lovely Artsy Wednesday ladies have come up with?
Catrine at Unnaked Nails (link)
Michelle at Labmuffin (link)
Maria at Maria's Nail Polish Blog (link)
Melanie at Nail and Polish (link)
Ameerah at Valiantly Varnished (link)
Anna & Haylee at Makeup and Masala (link)
Rosemarie at Every Little Polish (link)
Anna at Makeup N More (link)
Thanks for reading, and I hope you liked it!
Until next time...
MASPOOASE x x x
~Wendy~
These Wednesdays come around quick! This weeks theme is three colours. I've had these pics ready for a few days, then nearly forgot to write my post, silly me!
I won't bend your ears too much this week, a cold is hovering about, and it's doing it's best to get me. Early night and cosy jim jams for me tonight. Oh, the high life...
Without further ado, here's the nails:
I'm quite pleased with how these turned out, considering they didn't take me very long to do. I started off with a base of Nails Inc's You're a Peach, which came free with Glamour Magazine quite a while back. Then I drew a stripe down the middle of my nails with Layla's holo polish Coffee Love. I'm not in love with the full nail application of the Layla holographic polishes, they're too prone to bald spots, but for this purpose it worked just fine.
I then made a border down the sides of that with my Precis brown striper polish, and there we have it! A coat of Seche topped it off.
No sun today, but of course I can still find a place to show you that full holo goodness:
There we go, much better! I enjoyed wearing this very much, it felt just right for this late summer/early autumn time.
Here's one last pic, close up:
Don't forget to check out what the other talented ladies have to offer. It's always amazing how different our designs are with the same brief!
Catrine at Unnaked Nails (link)
Michelle at Labmuffin (link)
Maria at Maria's Nail Polish Blog (link)
Melanie at Nail and Polish (link)
Jessica at Beauty Gnome (link)
Emily at An Accent Nail (link)
Ameerah at Valiantly Varnished (link)
Anna & Haylee at Makeup and Masala (link)
Rosemarie at Every Little Polish (link)
Anna at Makeup N More (link)
Until next time...
MASPOOASE x x x
~Wendy~
