CND Shellac Nail Art - Rock Royalty, Skulls and Glitter Fade

This is another one from a while back... October off the top of my head... and Gemma's friend Becky. Becky has an affinity for skulls so out came the stamping plates and the Konad polish.

She loved Rock Royalty on my swatches so we vamped it up a little with a purple glitter fade using the Gosh Nail Glitter in Amethyst Purple (I think I mixed it with CND Shellac Mother of Pearl for the glitter paste). Before adding the top coat and without removing the sticky layer, I stamped a skull and crossbones onto Becky's ring fingers and thumbs. I used the design from the M28 plate using the Konad Special Polish in White.

It's a shame that the glitter fade didn't photograph so well, it gave a really subtle purple shimmer, but I've included a flash and no flash photo above so you hopefully get the gist.

Disclaimer - All products used for this manicure were bought myself, for more info about myself and CND Shellac please check out my disclaimer page here. I might not be a professional, but I sure love me some Shellac nail art :) 

CND Shellac Nail Art - Gold Studded Granite

Remember Gemma? You met her first for her Christmas mix'n'match nail art but she's been having Shellac since September last year. You'll probably be seeing a bit more of her on here, she likes to experiment nail-wise.

She had seen my Asphalt 'granite' look I did way back here and wanted the same but with a little extra something-something. So I suggested some gold square studs from the Born Pretty Store (2mm ones from memory) which we put on the ring finger as an accent.

For details on how I made the 'granite' look (essentially Asphalt and a grey glitter swash) see my post from early 2012.

Disclaimer - All products used for this manicure were bought myself, for more info about myself and CND Shellac please check out my disclaimer page here. I might not be a professional, but I sure love me some Shellac nail art :)

CND Shellac Nail Art - Autumn Rust in Glitter

 

Ah, good ole Stacey... this was her seasonal choice for Autumn last year following her Super Chevrons.

She was feeling the rusty tones of Fall and was keen to try out some of the other new colours I'd bought that month. So in steps Masquerade and some burnt orange glequins from the Born Pretty Store.

This one was simple - base coat and two coats of colour in the normal Shellac fashion - then a glitter fade using Gosh Nail Glitter in Ruby Red (available from Superdrug stores) and some orange/rust coloured glequins. Topped off with top coat and ta-dah... Autumnal nails.

Disclaimer - All products used for this manicure were bought myself, for more info about myself and CND Shellac please check out my disclaimer page here. I might not be a professional, but I sure love me some Shellac nail art :)

CND Shellac Nail Art - Rock Royalty and a Gold Stripe

What better way to finish off a snow day absent from school, than to catch up on more nail posts? Trust me, this is only the tip of the iceberg.... I have so many to show you!

This is Amy, you've not seen her before as she's a typical French-y type of gal but for our Greek Holiday back in September she'd seen this look on instagram somewhere and wanted it replicated in Shellac. We went for Rock Royalty and tipped it off with some gold foil striping tape (I got a pack of 10 colours for like £1.99 on eBay a while back - try similar ones here).

She loved it and it lasted well - I was initially concerned that the striping foil may pick up at the edges but as a tip, I recommend you cut the striping tape about 1mm short of the edge of the nail. By doing this the top coat covers it from end to end and you avoid any lifting later on.

 Disclaimer - All products used for this manicure were bought myself, for more info about myself and CND Shellac please check out my disclaimer page here. I might not be a professional, but I sure love me some Shellac nail art :)

CND Shellac - Hot Pop Pink and Diamantés

One last one for this evening, a simple fuchsia with diamantés on an accent nail.

This was Rachel from back in October, you might remember her from here, here or here - she usually has an affinity for French Manicures but her other weakness is bright pinks, hence her choice of Hot Pop Pink...

This was a simple CND Shellac plain colour manicure of base coat, two coats of Hot Pop Pink and some pale pink and silver diamantés (that I think I got from eBay) in the top coat.. Perfectly girly don't ya think?

Disclaimer - All products used for this manicure were bought myself, for more info about myself and CND Shellac please check out my disclaimer page here. I might not be a professional, but I sure love me some Shellac nail art :)

CND Shellac Nail Art - Glitter Fade Mermaid Style

Aaahh, now this was one of my favourite manicures I've done since I started doing Shellac. This is of course Fudge, you met here back here when she had her WAH inspired nails, and she likes to test my abilities with requests for new and challenging nail designs.

She can make Shellac hold on her talons for up to 4 weeks (God knows how!) so the practicalities behind this one were that nail growth had to be less obvious. She also missed the glitter from her old acrylic days, so this incorporated both. Now, before you question me, these are her REAL nails, I promise! No tips were used in the making of this manicure...

She opted for CND Shellac in Negligee as a base colour (two coats) and a glitter fade using CND Shellac in Mother of Pearl and Gosh Nail Glitters in Blue Sapphire and Amethyst Purple (available from Superdrug in store). To add some extra sparkle I mixed into the glitter fade, some glequins from the Born Pretty Store in a pale pink, blue and turquoise. I painted the fade on in two coats to make sure I got a solid looking glitter tip and I also placed some extra glequins onto the top layer before curing it. I finished off with top coat and there you have it, nails a mermaid would be proud of.

This has inspired me to look for a navy blue glitter as Fudge would have preferred this slightly darker if we had a deeper blue. But overall she was very happy... and I was very proud :)

Disclaimer - All products used for this manicure were bought myself, for more info about myself and CND Shellac please check out my disclaimer page here. I might not be a professional, but I sure love me some Shellac nail art :)

CND Additives - Antique Bronze

So the hectic Christmas and New Year period are over and these cold winter nights mean catch up time for some of my Shellac nail art. Here's one I meant to post yonks ago (in fact a lot of the upcoming posts should have been published ages ago... I just never got round to it!).

This is Becca who you may remember from here with her ever popular green and purple glitter fade. Well before our Greek holidays back in September, Becca opted for a glitzy gold number with the Antique Bronze additive from CND.

I applied base coat and two coats of Iced Cappuccino as normal and then brushed the Antique Gold shimmer pigment into the sticky residue layer, before applying topcoat and adding some square gold studs that I got from the Born Pretty Store.

I can't wait to get playing around with some of the other pigments when I get my hands on them!

Disclaimer - All products used for this manicure were bought myself, for more info about myself and CND Shellac please check out my disclaimer page here. I might not be a professional, but I sure love me some Shellac nail art :)

New Year Eve Nails - Chanel Glitterfied

And a Happy 2013 to you all :)

Just a quick one to show you my NYE manicure.... and yes, for once it's not Shellac!

I had a real hankering to try out a free Collection polish that I got on a trip to Superdrug. It's part of their Bedazzled Nail Effects range and I opted for the shade Razzle Dazzle. It's made up of fine silver glitter and silver/gold/blue hexagonal glitters suspended in a clear polish. The best way to show off this glitzy number was to layer it over a nice dark colour and what better polish to choose than Chanel's Le Vernis in 219 Black Satin. I used my classic Seche Base then two coats of Chanel Black Satin followed by two coats of Collection Razzle Dazzle in a glitter fade, topping it all off with a generous coat of Jessica Brilliance top coat.

 Et Voila, Happy New Year Nails!

Disclaimer - I have not been compensated/sponsored in anyway by this post. I just fancied a bit of normal polish nail art. The Chanel Le Vernis was purchased on a whim at a Chanel counter and the Collection Bedazzled was a free gift with any other Collection purchase in Superdrug stores..