Paisley nail stamp design - Bundle Monster BM-315

 

Hi girls

 

This evenings nail stamping design has been created using two motifs from the Bundle Monster nail stamping plate BM-315.

 

I mostly used the paisley design but did one nail with the strip design just because I wanted to try it out. My nails are too narrow for the strip design to take effect.

 

I did a coat of OPI nail envy strengthner. I then did a coat of Barry M bright purple. I then stamped the design using Barry M foil effects nail polish in silver.

 

Let me know what you think.

 

Robin Sparkles

DIY: How to make hair or head chains (as seen on Kim Kardashian)

Hey girlies

This is a different type of post to my last few nail blogs.  This is to show you these funky head / hair chains I made myself that were inspired by the ones Kim Kardashian and Chloe Sims (TOWIE) have been seen wearing recently.

I found out how to do this from the brilliant blog Making It With Danielle and her diy how to post can be found here.

I made mine slightly shorter than the ones Kim Kardashian wears as I wanted them to fit round a bun as well as a ponytail.

 

 

To make a head / hair chain like this you will need the following:

 

- Chains of various different styles (can be gold or silver) - I got mine off eBay.

- Assorted sizes of jump rings - again, I got mine from eBay.

- 9 hole silver / gold hair combs although I cut mine down with pliers to only 4 holes.

 

 

 

You can use as many chains as you like, I went for 4.  When cutting your combs, be sure to leave enough whole holes for the amount of chains you plan on using.

 

Cut your chains to differing lengths depending on whether you want them to come up longer or shorter (I went for shorter).  The lengths I used were:

 

- 24cm

- 28cm

- 31cm

- 35cm

 

Attach the chains to the holes of the hair comb using a jump ring of the correct size and pliers.

 

Voila! You have your very own DIY make it yourself head / hair chains :0)

 

Let me know if you use this tutorial to make your own and how they turn out.

 

Thanks for reading

 

Robin Sparkles



Freehand waterfall & leopard print nails design

Hi blogettes

Todays nails are partly inspired by a fabulous waterfall nail art tutorial posted by the incredible The Nailasaurus.

I loved the look of these instantly and as they looked faiiiirrrly simple to do I gave it a go!  I followed Sam's instructions and used a 10mm brush that gets thinner at the tip.  I think I messed up a bit by using too many colours and lines, I should have just filled in the spaces and left it at that.  Still at least I have learnt for next time. 

For the other 2 nails I just really wanted to practice my leopard print as I hadnt done it for a while, hence the mis-match of designs!

Let me know what you think.  Feel free to post links to your blog posts if you have tried out either of these style nail designs.

Robin Sparkles