A2Z - K is for.......Kitchen Sink

Hiya lovelies, and welcome to this weeks A2Z mani. We're up to K is for "Kitchen Sink".  As always, there are many ways you could interpret this, but the main one is "everything but the kitchen sink" So you would mix lots of different things together, whether it be patterns, colours, techniques etc.  I decided to go with techniques, and I managed to cram 8 into this mani.......

31DC - Day 20 -Rainbow

Hiya lovelies!  Just a quick post today, but the 31 day challenge prompt for today is "Rainbow", and I couldn't miss that :D  I decided to use my OPI Sheer Tints to create a rainbow gradient over Dark Metal Lacquer - Whisper, and then I stamped these awesome zig-zags from MoYou Back to the 80's 04, with Konad Black.  I actually layered the glitter over a white base for no reason other than I already had it on my nails, and it was quicker to paint over it XD  The little bits of white poking out around the cuticle are annoying, but other than that really liked this mani.  I've been meaning to try and make a glittery rainbow out of the sheer tints for ages now, and I think it turned out pretty well. :D
(more pictures after the jump)

31DC - Day 17 catch up. "Recreate a mani by your favourite blogger".

 Hiya lovelies!  So, I've missed the last couple of prompts for the 31 day challenge, but while I may be down, I'm not out just yet.  I don't have anything for today's prompt, but I did do something for yesterday's prompt - "recreate a mani by your favourite blogger".  Now, whilst I could never narrow it down to just one single blogger, I do have a few ladies who's nail art I really, really love.  One of those ladies is the lovely Sam from FingerFood Nails.  Sam's had to take a little break from actual blogging recently, but you can still find her knocking around on Instagram @fingerfoodnails

A2Z - J is for....Jewel

 Hiya lovelies, and welcome to this weeks A2Z post.  We're up to J now, and the prompt is "Jewel".  I decided to keep it fairly simple today, and kept my design mostly to an accent nail.  (Of course this has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I only painted these last night)

31DC - Day 15 - Green Base

Hello again you lovely lot!  As promised, I'm back today with my mani for today's 31 day challenge prompt.  That prompt is "Green Base", and I decided to do some more stamping decals with the foil glue method......

31DC - Day 14 - Holo

Hiya lovelies, and welcome to day 14 of the 31 day challenge.  The prompt for today is Holo, and I decided to have a go at stamping decals again, but this time, using a method I'd seen in Adventures In Stamping that involves foil glue.  I was super impressed with the results, so read on to find out why.....

31DC - Day 13 - Inspired by Pinterest

 Hiya lovelies!  So, I missed yesterday's prompt for the 31 day challenge.  I got as far as putting down 2 coats of colour, and that was it.  Instead of trying to catch up and making myself even more behind, I decided to just move on to today's prompt, which is "Inspired by Pinterest"  After about an hour or so of browsing indecisively, I finally settled on something, and even better, I could use the base I'd already painted as a starting point.  Hooray for convenience!

31DC - Day 11 - Reversed Polarities

 Hiya lovelies, and welcome to day 11 of the 31 day challenge.  Today's prompt is "reversed polarities", which is essentially just inverted colours, for example, a yellow sea with a blue sun.  I played it fairly safe with my mani, as thinking about this one too much gave me a bit of a headache...... :p

31DC - Day 10 - Glitter Base

Hello again!  So, today's prompt for the 31 day challenge is "Glitter Base".  If you've followed this blog for more than a few weeks you probably already have an idea about how much I've been looking forward to this prompt.  I do love me a good glitter base mani....

31DC - Day 9 Catch-up - Red Base

*All products purchased with my own money.

Hiya lovelies!  Unfortunately I didn't get around to posting my mani for yesterday's 31 day challenge prompt, but I did do one, so I figured I would still post it quickly, before I posted today's mani.........

A2Z - I is for....Inspired & 31DC -Day 8 - Monochromatic

 Hello again lovely people!  Today's mani is a bit of a two-for-one, as I've managed to combine the prompt for the 31 day challenge with this weeks A2Z prompt.  The 31 day prompt is "monochromatic", and in the A2Z we're up to I is for Inspired.  So, I did some all pink galaxies, inspired by this mani from Lucy's Stash. (she was inspired by Coewless for her version as well, so very appropriate for this prompt too!)

31DC - Day 7 - Pink & Aqua

Hiya lovelies, and welcome to day 7 of the 31 day challenge.  Can you believe the first week is gone already?  Today's prompt is pink and aqua, and I've done....drumroll please...................yup, another tape mani!  I can't help myself.  Not to worry though, you guys won't need to stage an intervention or anything just yet.  Tomorrow's mani will involve no tape whatsoever.  Promise :D

31DC - Day 6 - Half and Half

 Hiya lovelies!  Welcome to day 6 of the 31 day challenge.  The prompt for today is "half and half", and at first I was dealing with a bit of a mental block trying to come up with something.  I kept going back to a mani I'd already painted and posted, and I couldn't seem to think of anything else.  In the end I just decided to pick out a couple of polishes from my stash and see what happened........

31DC - Day 5 - Dotting Tools

 Hello again lovelies!  Today we've reached Day 5 of the 31 day challenge, and the prompt is "dotting tools".  For some reason, I remembered this as "dots", rather than specifically using dotting tools, and I was initially planning to post a stamped dots mani I wore at Christmas.  Luckily I realised in time, and managed to put something together that did actually involve dotting tools.

31DC - Day 4 - Happiness

Hiya lovelies, and welcome to day 4 of the 31 day challenge.  The prompt for today is Happiness, which could be interpreted in all sorts of ways.  I didn't have much time to think about this prompt, as I only decided I was going to take on this challenge 2 days before it started, so I decided to just pick out some of my favourite nail things and make a mani out of them......

31DC - Day 3 - Water Spotting

 Hiya lovelies, and welcome to day 3 of the 31 day challenge.  The prompt for today is water spotting, which is a new technique for me, so I was a little bit nervous about this mani........

31DC - Day 2 - Tape Mani

Hiya lovelies!  So today is Day 2 of the #31DC, and the prompt is Tape Mani.  I really liked today's mani, but it's a shame, because I really struggled to get my photos colour accurate............

Crumpet's Nail Tarts - 31 Day Challenge 2015

Hello lovelies, happy new year!  So, I doubt it's escaped your attention that this blog has been a little neglected recently, and I've had times where I haven't posted for over a week.  I know it's not that long really, but it is the longest I've gone in the last year and a half, so it feels like a lot.  I've wanted to get back into a better routine for a while now, so I'm jumping in with both feet, and I'll be attempting this 31 day challenge to start off the year.  (alongside my usual Thursday A2Z posts, of course)  The first prompt is "follow a tutorial", and I didn't do so well...............