Blue-Green

I can't figure out what colour this nail polish is so am just going to refer to it as blue-green. Close enough, right? Anyway, a couple of months ago i learned about skin undertones and how they determine the best shades and colours for us in terms of clothes, makeup, jewelry and of course nail polish :) I found out that i have cool ' deep winter' undertones. Jewel tones, icy pastels and silver jewelry should look great on me. Here's the thing, I tend to gravitate towards silver jewelry so that was no surprise, and i get complements whenever i wear jewel toned outfits, go figure! This topic is quite interesting so i'll put up a post about it with regards to the colours i have in my nail polish collection.

Moving on, i have completely fallen in love with blue nail polish. My last post also features a different shade of blue! Right now, this blue green jewel toned nail polish colour is my favourite. I've actually had for months...probably bought it at the beginning of this year but only used it for the first time a few weeks ago. I completely forgot i had it! I need to find a way to display my nail polishes so that i can see each and every one of them.

Green & Gold

Here is another mani from the vaults...

I remember that i wanted to paint my nails gold and some other colour. I didn't know what that other colour was going to be so i went with my trusty 'Luron #86 - green'. It came out fine though i later felt that another colour combination would have been better. Anyway, what do you think? Yay or nay?

I also used B.O nail lacquer #2 - gold. I didn't use a top coat.

Gradient Polka Dot Nails

Still building up on my skittle mani.  I decided to add polka dots on top of my previous gradient mani for this look.

I really like the results. Its beautiful if i may say so myself. I used the same polish (Luron #) i used for the gradient to create the dots. Très simple.

Frosty Skittle graidient

I decided to give the gradient mani another shot after the 31 Day challenge: Day 10 gradient nails disaster. I just sponged Luron # (white) on top of my last mani. It still needs some work. I hadn't applied a top coat  which would have made a hell of a difference. Should have cleaned up too before posting but yea...i didn't. 

I love the frosty vibe it projects. I think it would be great for Winter. 

Skittle nails

HAPPY EASTER!!!

I currently don't have a camera in my possession (which is why i didn't post yesterdays' tri polish day 4 mani...but i'll post it some other time). Anyway, here is a pic i found on my desktop from last week i think. I modified it as shown in my next posts.

This is a more summery look. I thought the colours would be a little pale - pastel-like, which would be more in tune with the current season (Spring & Easter) but whatever, i'll try out the pastel mani some other time. 

Then again am in Kenya where we don't experience the four seasons. Right now we are getting into the long rains season. I should probably be rocking darker colours, the kind you would go for in Fall/Autumn.

I used B.O nail polishes purple #17, blue #04, green #12, pink #09 and from Luron yellow #110

Interlocking dots

I decided to jazz up yesterday's mani by adding polka dots. 

I always go overboard with the dots but i think this turned out okay seeing that its the first time am trying this mani - came across it some time last week and thought it looked beautiful and a little interesting.

The Tri polish challenge Day 3

Today i chose to use coral and green because i haven't used these two together before.

So...this is a horrible mani and i don't like the colour combination either.

ST. Patrick's Day nails

So tomorrow is St. Patrick's day and i will spend at least 4 hours on the road. I wish i could get my hands on a bottle of Jameson Irish Whiskey...sigh!I won't be driving. Anyway, here is what i had on my nails today.

I know, i know. Hackneyed, but what says Irish better than a Shamrock? Colours used: Luron green #86 and Luron white #FT201.

Vintage Floral Nails

Once again i have been MIA. I will not bore you with any lame excuses so lets just get into the mani. 

I used Luron French manicure #FB213 (sheer) pink as my base then used a coral colour (Luron #103) for the roses. I used red polish (Luron #10) to create the petals which gave the flowers some depth. For the leaves, i simply used green (Luron #86). 

The colours in this second mani were inspired by what i wore on that day. I had on a black and green striped top and navy blue skinny jeans. I used a sky blue colour (B.O nail lacquer #04) for the flowers and a navy blue (Charm Max) for the petals. The leaves were the same green colour (B.O nail lacquer #12) as my other finger nails. The black is Dodwell #79. The flowers on my thumb nail got smudged a little. Overall, i loved this mani.

I did these a couple of weeks ago. I did the first one sometime last month and the other on the 1st of this month (got my hair done that day too). These are my first vintage floral manis. They look cute so i'll definitely do them again.

Side note: I have decided to be doing nail art only on my accent nails because i somehow feel overwhelmed when i do it on all my nails...I feel like its over the top. I have a lot of people looking at my nails and i think i should tone it down a notch.

Polka dots!!!

Its been well over 3 weeks since i last posted anything but not to worry, i am back. Today i have more than one mani from the 'vaults' to share with you. I did not come up with these designs. 

The polka dots mani i did for the 31 day challenge was just too basic and i didn't really like it. I think i used way too many dots so this time round, this is what i did:

Obviously the first pic shows a neater manicure. I like the colours there. The second pic....i don't like. And thats all am going to say about that. 

Day 27: Inspired by Atrwork

Once again i'll put up multiple posts today. I finished doing the challenge and am so happy. It was beginning to get monotonous. After the day 31 post, i will share with you what i had on my nails yesterday so, read on...

Onto the mani. I did 'dripping paint' nail art.

 I decided not to do anything intricate because i feel that i have been churning out some horrible manis. Anyway, the wierd thing about this one is that the 'paint' seems to be dripping updwards o-O This was my first time doing this mani so next time i'll do it the other way. 

The purple colour i used on my little finger is the one i used in my previous (patchwork) mani (where it appeared blue in the pic)

Day 21: Inspired by a colour

Am back! I have been keeping up with the challenge but not posting, so today i will share with you what i had on my nails this past week. Lets get into it:

I picked the colour green as my inspiration to create an ombre effect that fades across my nails. 

For this i used 'Luron #113' which is a lime green nail polish. (Using a different camera - hence the difference in quality)

On my nails i have five different shades of green, four of which i created by mixing the green with black and  white accordingly. The colour on my middle finger is what my nail polish actually looks like. I love this manicure because it looks like some sort of transition from a milky-creamy green (which is what the colour on my thumb nail looks like) to the deep jungle green colour on my pinky finger. I had not applied a top coat here.

TIP: If you decided to do this mani, i suggest picking a light colour, that way it will still be visible after mixing it with black. If you go with a darker colour, there is a chance you'll end up with the colour black on one or two nails.

Day 19: Galaxy nails

Today's challenge is about capturing the beauty of space on your nails. Here is my outcome...

For this, i used a number of nail polish colours hoping to attain a cosmic effect. I first applied a single coat of black nail polish (Dodwell Nail enamel #79), Then sponged on the following colours: Luron #108 (green), Charm Max Blue, Luron #109 (hot pink) and finally Luron #FT201 (white) in that particular order.

After i was done with the sponging step, i drew some white stars on my accent nails (which you can't see very well here) then applied a coat of fine glitter nail polish and sealed everything with a top coat. The mani may not look like much till you add glitter (and look at it from a distance). 

NB: I went overboard with the glitter. I think it would have looked more realistic if i had not used it on the sponged areas. Also adding just one holographic nail polish to the mix is an awesome idea especially if your going to be out in the sun.

There are so many variations of this spacey-mani using other different colour combinations so you can be sure i'll do it again.

Day 17: Glitter

I did this mani yesterday but didn't have time to post it then, so am doing that today. 

For the day 17 challenge, i decided to do a jelly-glitter sandwich. 

I had initially applied a rosy pink-coral coloured nail polish thinking it would give me the jelly-like finish but it didn't (since its a creme polish) so had to take everything off. I then remembered hearing about jelly nail polishes a few days before and realized i actually own one! I had never used it before because it appears somewhat clear and the consistency is different from any of my other polishes. I thought i had wasted my money on poor quality nail polish but turns out i just didn't know how to use it!

Anyway, i also used chunky glitter nail polish. I am beginning to hate glitter nail polish. I love the results (am actually thinking of buying 2 new bottles) but hate the process of taking it off. I know about using foil and what not but those extra seconds spent taking it off....agggrrr!

Day 4: Green nails

Now we're getting somewhere! I absolutely love today's challenge because i used my favourite shade of green. I realized that i have about 7 different shades of green nail polish and this one...this one takes the cake!

"Luron #86"