It's my birthday!

Hi everyone!! Glad to be back to posting :)

In my previous post, I mentioned that I had an early birthday party to celebrate my birthday and today is my actual birthday! I wasn't sure what to paint on my nails, so I settled for something simple and a little different. I used a cupcake (cause I've always wanted to try it and haven't till as of now) and some ribbon to spell out '21'.

Let's have a look at the pics!

I'm happy with them! Though I'll prob remove them tomorrow to do something else haha! After my party, I decided to chop all my nails down too, since they were pretty damn long. They're a little nubbly now, but that's okay.

My friend gave me this nail idea to try, so I'm keen on it after this one :) Next post will be a bit different - i'll be posting about my birthday party! Hope to see you all in the next post!



//Linda

Gloss Design on Matte Black Tutorial

Hi readers! I may not have any pictures to post, but I do have a tutorial for you! I made a tutorial for the matte black nails I did not too long ago. I received great feedback from it, so thought i'd do a tutorial for it :)

You can watch the tutorial below, thanks again for all your patience, I really appreciate it :D

Enjoy!


//Linda

Posting Absence

Hi everyone! Just thought I'd let you know that I haven't posted in some time, since I've been pretty busy organising things for my birthday I had on Saturday. I also got a new Macbook for my birthday (hurrah!), so I don't have the programs I use to edit my photos at the moment :(

My next post (when I get my programs) will be on my birthday! I turned 21 and had a costume party, so will blog about that and show you my nails for the night! I also have to judge my nail art contest with my friend, but she's a bit busy at the moment, so hopefully we can judge it soon!

I'd like to thank you all for your patience! I will be back shortly :)



//Linda

Gloss Design on Matte Black

Hello readers! Tonight I have an old design to show you. For early followers or those that remember the pic I put on FB last year or so, I posted a pic of matte black falsies with a gloss design/pattern on them. I thought it was time that I did them on my own nails and it turned out great! I love how they look together. It's very subtle, but classy and elegant in a way. Looks best when in a brightly lit area so you get the contrast between the gloss and matte finishes.

Enough babble, let's take a look at the pics!

What do you think of this mani? Let me know below! :)

BTW, my nail art contest ends in under a week! Don't forget to submit your entries in :)


//Linda

Stargazer Flowers & Grass

Hi lovelies! Today, I am making a quick post because I must get back to my assignment! I have some stargazer flowers to show you and I will also be entering them in Kayla's Nail Art Contest. The theme was 'April Brings May Flowers' and is open till the 25th May if any of you are interested.

I decided on stargazers since I saw it so much in Cake Boss and thought it'd be cool to do them and I haven't seen an abundance of them on google either. I thought I'd add some lines in to fill in the gaps, but they didn't turn out how I thought they would and I don't really like them that much, but I'm sure lot's of you will think it looks fine (unless you don't? haha). I didn't know what it looked like so I called them, as my Facebook page says, 'blades of grass and a truckload of fireflies' :D

Anyways, better get to the point, here's the pic of the mani

I had some major shrinkage for this mani - you might not be able to see it, but I tried damn well to try and cover it up! So, what do you think of this mani? Let me know below :)



//Linda

Elmo Inspired Nails

Hi again! almost 2 posts in one day :O I'm trying not to skip out on so much posting so gonna make an effort to write this post up!

Tonight I have some elmo inspired nails to show you all. The idea of even doing Elmo nails came from when I was watching 'Cake Boss'. He had to make a cake for Sesame Street's 70 year anniversary (I think) and he got to meet all the characters on the set and for those who don't know, I think Elmo is the cutest thing ever! After blabbering on about how cute he is to my brother and my bf, I decided to repaint my nails and when I asked my bf what I should paint, he said Elmo, so Elmo it was!

Here's how the mani turned out.

Sorry I don't have good pics! This look was inspired by this image here:

He so cute.

Well, that's all I have to say for now! I will return shortly with a product review from Born Pretty! Stay tuned :)

//Linda

Insa X Sophy Robson Competition Results

Hello my readers! This morning when I hopped onto my laptop, I saw the results from the Insa X Sophy Robson competition and I had been waiting for them forever! For those who haven't seen my entry, here's a refresher.

I saw in the tiny description on Facebook that Gracie from Deco Nails won 1st place and I thought aww damn I didn't win... BUT I opened the tumblr post to have a read and turns out, they had so many great entries that they extended it out to 3 winners! I was so happy to see that my entry got 3rd place!!! Now I'm expecting an email from them soon :) I'm really glad all my hard work paid off! Congrats to 1st and 2nd place winners, they had great entries too!

That's all I have to say for now, but keep a lookout for my next post - I do Elmo inspired nails!



//Linda