Polished Art

Thanks girls

Just posted the Hitman nails on my blog [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.].

I've got a calendar with all my posts for the rest of January planned out. I know that's only 10 days, but I'm pretty proud of myself lol.

Just posted a new tutorial! Union flag french tips

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I foolishly said I was going to attempt a stamping manicure at least once a month. Here's January's attempt:

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I like that, really pretty!

Thanks It's such a pretty image, it's the reason I bought that plate lol.

My attempt at a sugar spun manicure!

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Thats lovely.

WTF is the sugar spun technique?

Thanks Sarah

You leave some polish out to dry, and once it's almost dry you can use a cocktail stick to pull it into strands. That's a terrible explanation lol. If you google it there's probably loads of tutorials (would have been a good idea for me to look at one of those...).

That looks fantastic Sam!

That is rather nice. Is that a technique that you devised yourself Sam? It's a cracking idea, waaaaaay too advanced for me!

Very nice - when I tried it that was most certainly not what it ended up looking like. Mine was a complete Dogs Dinner! And the cleanup was horrendous;)

Sam wrote:Thanks It's such a pretty image, it's the reason I bought that plate lol.

I have that plate too. But your beautiful finish puts my efforts to shame! I love those colours, I would never have put these two colours together, I usually reach for the silvers if I want a metallic stamp but this is stunning. Will be fishing my golds out next time, thank you!

That stamping is ace Sam. I just cannot get down with the stamping, I'm so hit and miss with it

Thank you everyone!

LoolaBeanbag, it's not a technique of my creation (very few things are...imagination is something I lack lol). I first saw it on blogs a few months ago, but I generally avoid trying out new things because I'm boring like that. I've made a list of techniques that I've thus far dodged though, and I'm trying to work my way through them all! I recommend the Barry M Gold Foil for stamping (just make sure it's the foil one and not just the gold...that one's rubbish).

Hanspan, clean up was rather a nightmare... I guess it'd be sensible to tape your fingers or something like people do for water marbling. You know, people who haven't been defeated by such techniques...

I can be pretty useless at stamping as well. I did a manicure back in September using the piano and music image and OH MY WORD it was a nightmare. Whichever way I was scraping, I just seemed to scrape half the design off. It took like four attempts for each nail. It was soul destroying.

That sugar spun does look good, gonna have to give that a try myself

I tried this on a false nail once...

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I really like it but not been able to recreate it since

Ooh that's pretty!

I forgot to actually post my new manicures (doh).

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I like the silver one

Thanks Wesker I love how the black nails turned out (although things did get rather messy...)

I've just posted this skittle manicure for the Flip Flop 28 Day Challenge (I have actually lost my mind).

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And yesterday I posted a carrot manicure!

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Day 2: Accent Nail. Whipped out my DIY gold leaf top coat again!

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I love the carrot one!

It seems I haven't been to good at updating this recently...so here goes!

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Oooh, they're all lovely! I particularly love that black and gold one, it's gorgeous!

they are all so pretty - your stamping looks so well done!

Thanks both

Ninjajane...I tried some stamping again the other night and I literally couldn't get anything on the stamper lol. So it's rather hit or miss at the moment. In that heart manicure though I used a Konad stamping polish and I guess that does make a difference!

I love your pink hearts one Sam! And the dry water marble one is fab.