Nail Art: Pinkie Pie - Water Marble

I absolutely love my new water marble:

Barry M: Matt White (never thought I would use white nail polish quite as often)

Barry M: Limited Edition Pink

Barry M: Grey

Barry M: Glitter

Nail Art: Starry Night

Here's my first go at a gradient/fading design using a sponge to apply the various colours/coats:

Barry M: Matt White
Barry M: Marine Blue
Barry M: Silver Sea
Barry M: Racing Green
China Glaze: Side-Saddle

Nail Art: Sunshine - Water Marble

I needed something bright to cheer me up after having been in hospital:

Barry M: Matt White

Models Own: Fluro' Orange

Models Own: Tangerine Queen

Nail Art: Winter is on its Way - Water Marble

It's been rather cold and rainy here today. No wonder my second nail design has a winter feel to it:

This is my first go at water marble. The colours I used were all by Barry M: Mat White, Racing Green and Vivid Purple. The camera unfortunately distorted the colours a bit: Racing Green appears as light blue and Vivid Purple as dark blue.


Here's a very helpful tutorial on how to tape up your fingers before marbling:

Nail Art: White Flowers on Green Background

I'm normally not a make-up or fashion girl, but lately I've become addicted to nail polish. After removing acrylic extensions which I wore for a friend's wedding, my nails were in terrible condition and needed hiding.

Luckily I remembered one make-up company - Barry M - whose products and ingredients are not tested on animals and a trip to the chemists revealed just how many beautiful nail polishes they have. I have since discovered that many more nail varnish manufacturers have adopted a cruelty free policy.

With inspiration from watching numerous you tube video tutorials, I set out to create my first design:

Considering that my hands always shake which isn't the best prerequisite for any type of delicate work, I'm quite pleased with the result.

I applied Barry M's "Racing Green" on top of my clear base coat. Unfortunately it looks quite black in the picture. The flowers are made using Barry M's "Matt White" and contain on each petal a blue dot made with "Blue Glitter", also from the same manufacturer.