Cirque Colors Rouge Rockefeller

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Today's look features some simple nail art, with focus on the beautifully vampy base colour - Rouge Rockefeller by Cirque Colors. This look took me about 15 minutes to do on both hands, it's super simple but does require a steady hand!

Negative Space All The Nails!

I'm part of a Facebook group called Paint All The Nails (which might explain the title of this post!) a group full of wonderful bloggers and once a month we have a themed nail art link up - this month's theme is negative space and it's my first time taking part. Participating in the link up is voluntary so you'll see a different mix of us each month!

Cirque Juicy Collection Nail Art

I posted a sneak peek of this manicure on Instagram yesterday, and here it is in its full glory! I created this bright and colourful nail art using colours from the Cirque Juicy Collection - ever since I got the colours I've been dying to use them in some nail art, and this is what I came up with!

Festival Floral

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Today I've got a quick post featuring some bright floral nail art despite the weather being horrible (I really want a giant Starbucks coffee, but I'm not going out in that!) and I used my shiny new stamping plates. How satisfying is it when you peel that blue backing off a new plate!?

Guest Post From One Nail To Rule Them All - Navy Floral

My second guest post comes courtesy of Alice from One Nail To Rule Them All. I'm sure you're familiar with her work already! I've met Alice a couple of times now and we've become good friends. Alice is a tutorial queen and you may have used one of her tutorials yourself - I always try to make mine as good as hers but they never quite are! ;)

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Hey everyone! I’m so happy to be doing this post, Allie is probably one of my closest friends in blogging, we speak almost everyday, along with Hannah, and we've met a few times too, so it’s nice to finally post from the inside! I’m definitely jealous of her going away on holiday, I’ve been looking at last minute holidays wishfully, so I know she’s going to have an ace time, and I’m happy to be able to fill the time for you whilst she’s gone. For my guest post I just chose to do simple floral/gem combination. I really love floral designs and with this I just decided to see where it took me, and I quite like the end result, I’ll let you decide for yourself!

For these I used Barry M – Watermelon as a base, and Graffiti Nails – Ice White then I used studs from Born Pretty Store, finished off with a coat of Seche Vite.

What do you think? Thanks again to Allie for having me! 

Alice

Edgy Floral

Happy Friday! This design is super simple but it's one of my recent favourites. The simple ones often turn out to be the best, and this literally took me ten minutes!

Leather N' Leopard

This design is inspired by one of my best friends who said I needed to do a punk sort of manicure involving leopard print, leather and studs. So, here you go! ;)

Nailvengers Assemble!: Floral

I can't believe we're on to the 4th Nailvengers post already! This month we're doing florals and I've gone for a green colour scheme (no surprises there) Don't forget to check out what the other girls have done and like us on Facebook!

Lucy's Stash | The Nailasaurus | One Nail To Rule Them All | xameliax

Leopard, Studs and Glitter

I've been trying out different styles of leopard print lately, trying to find one that works best for me. I quite like this minimalist style, but it's still not working for me too well!

Waves and Studs

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Something bright and cheerful today in an attempt to cheer myself up! Also quite a bit different to my usual style, I mostly go for understated but this definitely is not!

Hello Sailor!

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I've gone for a nautical theme with this manicure, with the help of some Born Pretty Store water decals and a MoYou London stamping plate!

Feather Water Decals

I've found that I'm a bit partial to water decals lately, they're so much better than stickers! I have these cute feather ones from Born Pretty Store to show you today.

Born Pretty Store Review - 1.5mm Round Studs

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I've used many studs from Born Pretty Store in the past, but these little round gold ones have to be my favourite. I find them to be the most versatile and you can add them to any kind of manicure. I prefer a minimalist approach to stud nail art; I usually do an accent nail or a very small amount of studs on each nail. Less is more!

I started with a base colour of W7 Black (you can't go wrong with glossy black polish and gold studs!) I applied a top coat to make my nails sticky, and placed my studs using a wax pen which I've previously reviewed here - it makes the job much easier! A good tip is to arrange the studs in the pattern you want on your desk before application, so you know exactly how you want to place them.

You can also add a top coat over the studs when you're finished, to help them last longer. I don't think I'll 

ever tire of studs! I have a huge array in my nail art stash now!

You can find these exact studs (1.5mm)  here at Born Pretty Store. I notice the site has had a bit of a makeover! As you probably know, they offer free worldwide shipping and you can get 10% off any order by entering my code: LGL91

Are you a fan of stud nail art?

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Born Pretty Store Review - Rhinestone Picker and Hexagonal Glitter

Today I have a review of Hexagonal Glitter from Born Pretty Store, along with a review of a really useful tool for placing them!

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Born Pretty Store Review - Nail Art Foil

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Today I'm going to show you some nail art foil from Born Pretty Store!

The foil comes in a set with 12 individual pots, 6 bronze and 6 gold. 

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