nail art: losing my video virginity

For this post I have put in many hours filming and editing the below video, now I am not 100% impressed by the quality of my nails, I usually am much more of a perfectionist but given the resulting video I am quite happy. I more or less just wanted to demonstrate these two techniques and simplify them for you.

What I Used:

Barry M Nail Paint in White (a current favourite)

Barry M Gelly Hi Shine Nail Pain in Key Lime (a pretty new addition to my collection)

Maybelline Super Strong Gel Nail Colour in Crystal Clear

Pointed dotting tool

Make-up sponge

Sally Hansen Moisturising Nail Polish Remover

Cotton buds & pads

Masking tape

Glass of luke warm water

Avon Quick Dry Polish Spray

10 Essential Tips:

1. Always start water marbling with a clean white base
2. Always use tape to limit clean up
3. Make sure the water is luke warm/room temperature so the polish can spread
4. Shake the glass is the polish is struggling to spread
5. Add each drop quick as you can
6. Blow on the polish once you have dipped the nail in to make removing the excess easier
7. Wait until the nail is dry before removing the tape and cleaning
8. Do a few tester nails - practice makes perfect!
9. When making the design in the polish - act fast, but not too fast (again practice!)
10. If you can - use a brush to clean up your nail also as well as a cotton bud

Inspired design of the week.

In that past few years I have experimented with all kinds of designs and i love to use my imagination. Inspiration is key to imagination.. I have to be inspired by something to create a design. So each week I am going to post a design that I have done and the thing that inspired me to see how you can get amazing designs from anywhere.

This week I have chosen my distressed denim design...

I love blue nail varnish, in fact blue is my favourite colour. So I am always looking for new blue designs I can do.. This one is a variation of a nail design I saw (that unfortunately I cannot find now) and some distressed jeans I was wearing on the day. The design is torn, distressed and simple yet different. It is very different to my normal designs and I hadn't done exposed nail before this design either. 

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Hope you like!

Abigail x