Bundle Monster Nail Art Stamping Plates 2011 & 2012

Hey guys

This is more of a shout out really just to tell the blogging world that I have ordered my Bundle Monster Nail Art Stamping Plates today!!

I am excited beyond belief and hope that the shipping doesn't take too long to the UK.  Has anyone ordered them to the UK that could comment below and tell me how long they took?

I have ordered the Bundle Monster Nail Stamping Plates 2012 and also the Bundle Monster Nail Stamping Plates 2011 as there were too many designs on each that I am just dying to try!

I did a lot of research into the different brands of nail stamping plates out there to purchase and althogh a lot of people do favour the Konad nail stamping plates, the general consensus was that the Bundle Monster nail stamping plates do just as good a job but for a fraction of the price.

I have attached pictures below of the designs you get on each plate.

The 2012 Bundle Monster nail stamping plate designs are:

Then the 2011 Bundle Monster stamping plate designs are:

I cannot wait to get my Bundle Monster Stamping Plates and start blogging all the different nail designs I can come up with.  All in all this nail art progress today has made me very very happy! :0)

Please note that I am now on twitter so please pop along and follower me @RobinSparkles1_ it would be great to connect with fellow nail enthusiasts not only on Blogger but also on Twitter.

Blog soon people!!

Robin Sparkles

Fishtail Nail Art - DIY nail paint

Hey guys

I have recently been introduced to Fishtail Nail Art thanks to the lovely Trying to be Beautifuls blog post and was searching for different images on Google Images when I came across a different style of fishtail nails to what I had seen on Trying to be Beautiful.

I looked into this a bit more and watched a brilliantly simple video on how to do them by Chalkboard Nails and then decided to give it a go myself.

This is what they came out like........

Fishtail Nail Art Paint

Now, I realise that they aren't the neatest, and most of the photos out there are far superior to mine but I don't think they came out at all bad...even if I do say so myself! :0)

I even managed to do it on my right hand using my left also and feel that they look just the same.

Tip:: Have your hand placed down on a steady flat surface will help you lots.

All in all I absolutely love this effect and will be sure to try it in more colour variations in the future.

If you have tried this fishtail nail effect and have blog posts about it, please feel free to comment them below, I would love to see your pictures and how you did.

Robin Sparkles

Nail Art Ombre Effect - Grandient Sponge Technique DIY

Hiya fellow bloggers!

I recently discovered a nail art technique what I would describe as creating a gradient of colours across your nail however the technical term seems to be called Ombre Nails.  If you search Ombre Nails into Google images you will get hundreds of pictures of different colour combinations come up, some really are beautiful.

Anywho, of course I decided that I must try this so I watched a couple of "How To" videos on YouTube and thought it looked fairly straight forward.  Now that I have given it a go I can confirm that my thoughts were right, anyone can do this so make sure you give it a try!

Finished outcome:

Nail Art Ombre Effect 3 colours - Gradient Sponge Technique

You will need:

• 2 or 3 different shades of nail polish / varnish / paint that you feel go well together and compliment each other.
• Make-up sponge

I decided to use the following 3 colours:  Barry M Lemon Ice Cream; OPI Pink Friday; and Rimmel Strawberry Fizz.

I began by painting my nails with 3 coats of Barry M Lemon Ice Cream as it is quite a thin nail polish and needs several coats to be the strong colour that I wished it to be.

Barry M Lemon Ice Cream Nail Polish

I then used the OPI Pink Friday (which was the next lightest shade) and painted a strip onto a make-up sponge.

You then dab the sponge onto your nail slightly above the bottom of your nail so as not to cover up the yellow (or whatever colour you used) entirely.  Do this along each of your nails adding more nail varnish to the sponge when required.

Nail art ombre effect - gradient sponge technique

I then took my third and final colour which was the Rimmel strawberry fizz shade and painted that onto the make-up sponge.  I then dabbed this onto the tip of my nails slightly higher than the start of the previous colour so that both the yellow and light pink were also showing.  The picture at the top of this post is the finished outcome.

You can use as many different shades / colour nail polishes as you wish.  I chose 3 as I had only just cut my nails short and 3 fitted quite comfortably onto my nails.

Glitter is a great effect to add to the tips of the nails.  I do not have any glitter nail polish at the moment but this is something that I would really loved to have tried.  I saw this done when I searched in images and it really finished the ombre effect off beautifully.

If you have tried this effect then please feel free to comment below with links to your blog posts or tell me about how it went.  What colours did you use and how many? I would love to hear from you.

Robin Sparkles