Thunder Bolts of Lightening - very very frightening . . .

You know you sang that in your head. . . no? well, I did. Can't beat a bit of Queen.

Here is Bex's Lightening bolt nails.

She wanted something quirky - so I gave her quirky. She is facing her fears - Bex HATES Thunderstorms - so I decided to be mean and pop some lightening bolts. Nice, I know.

I used Gellux 'Wild Mink' Bundle Monster BM-305 plate and Sally Hansen Quick dry pens (make sure they do not have pen nibs, but rather the brush ends) in Silver and Konad special polish in black.

Here's a pic of with and without the stamping so you can see the colour too.

French Stamping - Wedding guest

Wow - these went even better than expected.

I LOVE THEM!!

My client wanted a classic french look with a twist. She explained to me her dress was floral - so I already knew I would be using my old faithful Konad M65 plate on the ring finger. Everyone loves this and I never tire of doing it. It always gives fab results.

When she went on to explain her dress and brought it down to show me (a def bonus of being mobile is they always have their outfits there to compare colours) I decided to go with Konad's Gold special polish.

For the French I used O.P.I. Passion and Gellux Purely White.

Hope you like them too . . .

Race for Life - Breast Cancer Awareness

I had a couple of clients mention they were going to be doing the race for life this year, and wanted some nails to go with the theme of Breast Cancer Awareness.

How could I resist?

I set about trying to find the perfect colour to go with their t-shirts 1st and hit jackpot with  CND Shellac 'Hot Pop Pink'

I teamed it with Konad Special polish in light pink (I can't find the name on the bottle - sorry).

One client also wanted a blue nail so we went with O.P.I. 'No room for the Blues'.

I used Bundle Monster Stamping Plate BM-321.

This is the first CND Shellac i have bought. I used it on mum to test the colour, durability etc. I went on a dream and looked fab, but I found did not last as long as the Gellux or O.P.I. on her.

Here are the results for the Race for Life nails:

Gelish colour code 1350

Now this - I LOVE!

This was my first Gelish experience, and I was NOT disappointed. I was looking for a decent dark colour that wasn't too watery. My Gellux black is disappointing at times. My O.P.I. just the same. And for the price I would expect more from the market leaders in gel polish.

So, I tried a deep navy colour in Gelish which was colour code 1350. It is so dark it is as damn near black as you can get without it actually being black. I used two coats. On the first you can tell it is navy, but by the second one it was really deep.

As you can see - it gave a beautiful finish as was super shiny.

Again, being a stamping fanatic, I used Sally Hanson Chrome Green Colour Quick on the Konad stamping plate m63.

I think you'll agree - the results are fab. This is one of my favourite!

Here's the plate

Gellux Galaxy

I bought all of the Gellux Metallic range and wasn't disappointed.

Here is the Galaxy colour with the Konad 'M64' stamping plate and Konad Black polish.

I'm not normally a floral kinda gal, but I really liked this.

Here's the plate

O.P.I. Every Month Is Oktoberfest

I wanted to prove that short nails can also make use of stamping and that they can be just as effective.

Here is one of my friend's nails who is a chronic biter and picker!

I used O.P.I. Every Month Is Oktoberfest and Sally Hanson Quick Colour 'Fuchsia Chrome' as the stamping polish.

The stamping plate is Konad m64.

Here's the plate

O.P.I. Amazon, Amazoff

I've become quite a fan of O.P.I Gelcolor.

I've recently bought the Amazon, Amazoff. Green is not really a colour I would go for, but I think some of my clients will really like it. It a really nice, deep green colour.

Once I'd applied it, I thought it was a little over bearing, so popped some stamping over it to spice it up a bit.

Here I used the BundleMonster 'BM404' plate.

Here's the Plate

I've also used Stamping plate Konad 'm83' and Sally Hanson Quick Colour Chrome Green, which is a metallic/chromey effect, for this leafy, fern-type design.

Here's the plate

Toe Stamping

One of my clients wanted stamping designs on her big toes. I've yet to find a plate with a full design on it big enough for a big toe nail.

It's a shame, as it looks so effective.

Anyway, I used O.P.I. 'Pedal Faster Suzi' and 'Alpine Snow' for the French and the stamping plate BundleMonster 'BM314' teamed with konad black for the design.

I really liked the results and being a french design this lasted 2 months on her, still looking ok.

It was the top design on this plate:

Fancy French

It just goes to show, things that sound god awful, may actually be nice.

I went to a client's house and she said she wanted French. I died a little inside. Don't get me wrong, I love French, it looks lovely. But, it gets tedious after doing several sets a day.

So, when she said she wanted stamping over it, I was intrigued. Then she said she wanted Black. Hmmmm. I wasn't sure. As soon as I put it on though, jeez, I LOVED it.

Just LOOK at it! Needless to say, no sooner did I put it on my business Facebook page, everyone wanted the 'fancy french with the flowers on the ring finger - you know the one' yes, I did. I got to know it very well indeed.

It is lovely though, and a nice little modern twist to the age old classic.

I used O.P.I Pedal Faster Suzi and Alpine Snow for the French, with Konad Black on the Konad M65 plate.

Here's the plate: