31 Day Challenge - Day 8 Metallic Nails & Valentines Nail Stamping YouTube Tutorial: Bundle Monster Holiday Plates

Hi guys

 

Just a quick plug for my latest YouTube nail stamping tutorial.  This one is another Valentines day themed nail stamping tutorial using the Bundle Monster Holiday collection plates.

 

I hope you enjoy this video, it even includes "bloopers" at the end and I really enjoyed making it and editing it for you guys.

 

You can watch it by clicking here.

I am doubling this up as my entry for my personal 31 day nail challenge for day 8, metallic nails.  This is what it was meant to be for in the first place but I got a bit carried away with the video camera, whoops!

 

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31 Day Challenge - Day 7 Black & White Nails

Hey guys

Just a quickie from me to let you all know that I am picking up where I left off on the 31 Day Nail Challenge.  I know I am not doing it correctly and that it should be carried out every day for a month but I wouldn't have time for that so I'm going it alone and just allowing it to encourage me to try new things!

I am on Day 7: Black and White Nails:

I haven't stamped for a while so I couldn't restrict myself to just one stamp design, I went for 5!  they are all from my Bundle Monster stamping plates, either the 200's or 300's.

I think I need to invest in a new top coat also.  I currently use No. 7 Stay Perfect top coat but it keeps smudging my stamp! I had seen it well spoken of but hey ho.

Can anyone out there recommend a good drug store top coat available in the UK?

Robin Sparkles

31 Day Challenge - Day 6 Violet Nails

Hey guys

Here is my entry for day 6 of the 31 day challenge for which the topic was violet nails.

I started off with a light pink to dark purple gradient and then used W7 Black to stamp Bundle Monster plate BM-320 over the top.

As my nails are quite small the effect of the stamp was kinda lost which is a shame but I was very very happy with the effect of the gradient underneath.

I hope you love them and thanks for reading.

Robin Sparkles

31 Day Challenge - Day 5 Blue Nails - Leopard Animal Print Nail Art

Hey girlies

Tonight has been a busy night on the nail art front, 3 manicures later and I am finally happy with the outcome enough to post it. I started off trying a no water marble technique, failed! I then tried the monarch butterfly technique as demonstrated my the brilliant cutepolish on YouTube, failed!

As you can imagine I was starting to lose hope when I suddenly thought I know! Ill have my first attempt at leopard animal print nail art...and heres how it turned out!

Let me know what you think in the comments section below :-)

Robin Sparkles

 

31 Day Challenge - Day 4 Green Nails - Tiffany & Co inspired

Hey guys

Here is my post for day 4 of the 31 day challenge, the task was to create green nails.

I did 2 coats of a Barry M green polish that I have (when I am back home I shall try to remember to add the colour shade) then applied a coat of Rimmel Matte finish to make a similar effect to the box. I then used my new striping brush I did the lines for the ribbon.  I also thought that the matte of the green against the shine of the white would make it look more like a silky ribbon.

I then took my new Konad white pearl special stamping polish and tried to add stamps of bows, however this was a complete fail (as you can see in the photos).  Did I do wrong getting white pearl rather than just the white?  Has anyone else used Konad white pearl and offer any advice or guidance?

Anywho, this is what I ended up with.  To be honest it was going so bad I kinda gave up on it and thought I better just take pictures to show.

Robin Sparkles

31 Day Challenge - Day 3 Yellow Nails

Hey guys

Sorry for another fly-by post but here is the manicure I have done for day 3 of the 31 day challenge.

Unfortunately after I stamped the first nail using a Barry M nail polish, the polish / bundle monster nail stamping plate I was using didnt want to stamp anymore which completely threw my plan for this mani out of the window.  (For your info I used BM-304 bundle monster nail stamping plate).

Alas, I was left with a rather boring and uninspiring yellow to white nail gradient mani.  I promise to try and make the next one a bit more interesting! :0)

Robin Sparkles

31 Day Challenge - Day 2 Orange Nails

Hey girlies

Sorry it is a day late (crazy DIY happening) but here is my second post for the 31 day challenge.

I decided to make my own orange by mixing my red and yellow Barry M polishes together and sponging it onto my nails on top of a white base coat. The  colour came out as a beautiful coral orange, i really loved it. I then used Barry M gold foil effects and Bundle Monster 2011 plate BM223 to stamp a lovely tiger print.

Let me know what you guys think! :-)

Robin Sparkles

31 Day Challenge - Day 1 Red Nails

Hey guys

 

As you have probably gathered from my previous post I was looking for people to take part in the 31 day challenge with me, doing each day of the challenge every three days (to make it a bit more managable).

 

The first day of the challenge is "Red nails" and here is the design I have created. I haven't been stamping very long so please forgive me they are far from perfect! I used a red Barry M nail polish as the base, then stamped using Barry M silver foil effects and bundle monster plate BM220 using the nautical star french tip design.

I hope you love them, I absolutely love nautical stars.

I have already done a lot of planning for what my following post designs will be and I hope you like what is to come.

Thanks for stopping by and reading.

Robin Sparkles