Wedding Nails!!!

A few of my friends have got married this year and I have had the absolute privilege to do the nails for the bride and/or their bridesmaids

It is really so special to have the opportunity to be a part of such a wonderful occasion and it just makes me so incredibly happy to be able to serve and love them in this way

Here are some shots of the weddings I have done so far!

Jacqui & Mike - July 4th 2015

For Jacqui we did a silver to white ombre and the bridesmaids had a white ombre to a different pastel to match their earrings - yellow, mint green, baby blue and lilac

Kay & Paul - September 26th 2015

For Kay with did a really subtle and classic sheer pink to white ombre french tip

Tim & Lauren - October 3rd 2015

Lauren's bridesmaids all had white with two horizontal lines or metallic gold stripping tape towards the tip

#happiness

I found Nemo!

An homage to the master of hide and seek.

Shark bait hoo ha ha

Turquoise Stone Nails

These turquoise stone style nails have been doing the rounds for a while so with some free time during the uni break I thought why not have a go!

You will need:

Turquoise polish - piCture pOlish bonbon
Black polish - Sally Hansen Black Out
Gold/Gold flake polish - O.P.I Don't Speak Pure 18K Gold
Base coat - Orly Bonder
Top coat - Seche Vite 
Spray

Start with a base coat and then 2 coats of a turquoise polish

Leave to dry and tape off the skin around the nails

In a cup of room temperature water drip a few drops of black polish into the water like you were marbling and allow to spread

Take some form of spray with a thin mist such as perfume or insect repellent. I picked Off! Insect repellent spray and it worked a treat

Spray the surface once or twice and watch the polish separate and vein. Choose a pattern you like and gently lower your nails into the water to capture the design. Leave your nails submerged in the water and clean the surface with a Q-tip. You can do one nail at a time or 2, or 3 if you please

Remove the tape and clean any polish around the nail with polish remover. 

To get the gorgeous metallic details throughout the design you can either repeat the steps done before with a gold polish or I decided to use a gold flake polish. 

Apply one coat of the gold flake polish and then follow with your favourite a top coat and your nails are now precious gemstones!

Inside Out Nails

I recently saw the movie Inside Out with my parentals and what a hoot! Seriously a great film, super funny and wonderful for helping children regulate their emotions. Love a movie with a witty script and psychological benefits!

Any the who, obviously a nail design must ensue, capturing the quirky characters Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust.

You will need:

Sunshine yellow polish - O.P.I I Just Can't Cope-A-Cabana

Moody blue polish - Essie I'm Addicted 

Very violet polish - Covergirl XLPlumped-Up Plum  

Blood red polish - O.P.I Big Apple Red

Grass green polish - O.P.I You Are So Outta Lime

Dark purple polish - Barry M Indigo 

White polish - Face of Australia Cool Cotton

Black polish - Essence Black is Back

Base coat - Revlon Quick Dry Base Coat

Fast drying top coat - Essence quick dry topcoat 

Top coat - Seche Vite

Dotting tools

Striping brushes

Start with a base coat and then paint each nail a different colour to match the 5 emotions represented in the movie

Add a layer of fast drying top coat to ensure the white we use for the eyes over the colour isn't blended

Take your white polish and use dotting tools and striping brushes with white polish to create the different shaped eyes. 

Now add details to the eyes to really show their personalities. 

Joy - oval eyes with a blue outline, blue iris and arched blue eyebrows 

Sadness - round eyes with blue iris and black glasses frames

Fear - round eyes with purple iris and concerned purple eyebrows

Anger - trapezium eyes with red iris and frowning eyebrows

Disgust  - cat-like eyes with green iris and fluttering eyelashes

Leave plenty of time for the designs to dry and add a glossy top coat taking care to glide, not drag, the brush across the nail

Inspired by Jen Goode's Inside Out nail design

Candy Hearts

Regardless of your plans or feeling towards Valentines Day it's a perfect excuse for 

some cute and sweet nails!

Cupcake Nails

Sweet enough to eat

Recently I turned 21 on the same day my gorgeous sister turned 24! Yeah, it's pretty cool, we're not twins but we get to share a birthday! It's legit the funnest, greatest, most special thing ever getting to celebrate a double birthday with my best friend every year!!!

Birthday Buddies 

As part of the birthday celebrations we had some of the cutest cupcakes from a fabulous store in Sydney called My Little Cupcake. Their cupcakes were so delicious and adorable and inspired these cupcake nails

The Matrix nails

Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. 

You have to see it for yourself.

The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work... when you go to church... when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.

Toy Story Nails

I have a confession... 

I HAVE NEVER SEEN TOY STORY.

True story peeps, I have managed to exist for nearly 21 years without seeing any of the Toy Story movies. This has not been a deliberate avoidance, we simply have not had the chance to come face to face. 

This doesn't mean that I am totally oblivious to the world of Toy Story and the blissful characters that fill it. So even though I haven't seen any of the movies I do know how to Google and have become familiar with some favourite characters and created a nail art design inspired by them.

Movember

Hello beautiful people! I'm sitting here at uni on my last day of class for my degree (can I get a whoop whoop!!!) painting my nails and contemplating asking a stranger to get my top coat out of may bag so I don't smudge my fresh new paint because why not I say! 

While pondering the important things I wanted to share some nails I did in support of Movember, the beautiful time of year when men try their gosh darn best to grow and rock a thick and lush mo to raise money and awareness for prostate and testicular cancer as well as men's mental health. Good on them! 

Some of the guys I work with are involved and they are really trying, nearly half way through the month and I'm almost certain I can see some whispy fluff on their champion faces ;)

My kitty cat Wattle and I wanted to support the cause so we donated and came up with these cute mo-tastic nails

Face of Australia - Cool Cotton || piCture pOlish - Totes || Sinful Colors - Black on Black

If you are in a position to help out this great cause please do and let's get these guys chatting about their health because they are pretty great:)

Movember Australia

Mental As

Mental Health Week

The 5th - 12th of October is Mental Health Week in Australia and this week the ABC channel has dedicated TV shows and events all in the effort to raise money and awareness for mental health. 

" To support Mental Health Week, ABC is going Mental As... Join us, show your support and donate to mental health research today."

What a fabulous effort! I am so impressed by the ABC and the incredible work so many people have contributed to the cause. Last night the variety show 'Crack Up' was screened as the finale of the week and it was a hoot and a half! Talent from a range of channels put on a fantastic and hilarious show and over $1,000,000 has been raised so far. The aim of this week has been to remove the negative stigma of mental health, to start conversations and support those who are experiencing ill-mental health. 

Surprise surprise I was inspired by the fab logo and design the ABC are using for their Mental As campaign that I wanted to create some nail art! So here we go...