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...

Pink Ribbon Nails

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Australia.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Australian women. I know amazing women who have beaten, are battling and who have sadly passed away from breast cancer. October is a special opportunity for us to focus on breast cancer and its impact on those affected by the disease in our community and continue to raise awareness.

This is a beautiful campaign and I wanted to create a piece of nail art in support.  

I water marbled with Candy by piCture pOlish and White On by Sally Hansen.

For my surprise nail I made a soft ombre with the same pink and white polishes and then used Fing'rs pink bling embellishments to create the pink ribbon which I secured with Sally Hansen Insta-Dri. 

For more info check out:

National Breast Cancer Foundation

McGrath Foundation

Ombre Rose

A rose by any other name would look this damn fine

Spring is almost here in Australia and that means flowers and who doesn't love flowers? Strap in an get ready for some simple and beautiful rose nails featuring some gorgeous piCture pOlish colours :)

Pastel Dream Catcher Nails

Seriously McDreamy nails with a splash of glitter!

Bubble Nails

Bubble Bubble Bubble BUBBLES!!!

So much love for these nails right now! Super easy to do but look incredibly impressive!!!

Pokéball Nails

Gotta catch 'em all!!!

Growing up I was more a Dragon Ball Z and Yu-Gi-Oh girl rather than Pokemon but nevertheless I enjoyed a good dual. I've seen a few pokeball nail designs on Pintrest so thought I'd give them a go. It's also a good friends birthday and his obsession with Pokemon is inspiring... he can identify them by sound!

Mean Girls Nails

On Wednesdays we wear pink

So if you didn't know today (an actual Wednesday) is the 10 year anniversary of Mean Girls!!! How insane is that! So as a tribute to this cult classic who's quotes live on in everyday conversation I have created these hot 'Burn Book" nails... seriously they are so fetch

Nail Suit Up!

Suits. Enough to make you swoon. Like damn. 

Get some jazzy tuxedos on your nails. Classic.

Pineapple Nails

Of late I have been really appreciating fruit, the sweet juicy taste of the flesh and especially how aesthetically extraordinary they are! This has sparked an insane amount of inspiration for fruit themed nail art. Earlier in the year I did these Watermelon Nails which I adored so I want to do a few more starting with the delicious pineapple!!!

Cherry Blossom Nails

How beautiful are cherry blossoms! They are too divine and I've seen some really elegant cherry blossom nail designs around, especially this one by Nails by Kayla Shevonne, so I wanted to have a go

Katy Perry Dark Horse Egyptian Nails

In Katy Perry's new Dark Horse video she is rocking a myriad of killer Egyptian nail looks

I am obsessed with the gold and blue colour palate!

 I took inspiration from the styling of the the music video, mixed together some ideas to 

create some nail art and I'm loving the result

Butterfly Nails

Butterflies are beautiful, there is no denying that and the Monarch butterfly is particularly striking so I'm going to have a go at creating them on my nails

Watermelon Nails

Get your teeth stuck into these sweet and juicy
fruity summer nails

While I find watermelon a bit too watery a fruit for my taste I do enjoy their confusing texture and think they are a very aesthetically pleasing fruit 

So why not put them on your nails! Side note when I went to Bali last year I discovered yellow watermelon! What??? Yeah true story :) here's a pretty pic

In my humble opinion it is way more exciting eating yellow watermelon, so exotic... but for the purpose of this nail design we are going with the classic pink

Summer Yin Yang Nails

To celebrate Chinese New Year coming up this Friday January 31 and the fabulous summer weather we've been having I put together this Yin Yang nail design with a neon and sparkle twist

My nails are looking at you

Look at me, look at me....

So I've been wanting to do a manEYEcure for a while. It started with this ring I bought online which I thought was the perfect combo of creepy and eye catching.

Then a few weeks ago a friend of mine who is a movie fiend, that's you Nick Gillard, got me to watch Pan's Labyrinth and what can I say... I'm glad I watched it but it is interesting in a "what did I just watch?" kind of way.

This stunner called the Pale Man caught my eye during the movie and for some reason made me want to finally do an eye design

And here is cray part, not 2 days later Lynette Cenee, a nail artist on YouTube, posted this amazing All Seeing Eye design which I have been totally digging so wanted to recreate

Blue Tiki Inspired Nails

I wanted to show you this nail design I did inspired by these 

Blue Tiki nails from Sephora

I don't know what makes these "tiki" but I really enjoy the word and I'm gonna go with it!

Uni holidays has seen me become obsessed with Pintrest and searching everything nails. 

It is a problem I am not willing to fix