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