Essie - Again?!

Essie - Orange it's Obvious!

Barry M - Mint

Sephora - Yellow Umbrella

Essie - Forget me nots

Nails to hit the sweet spot!!

In keeping with the easter feel, I thought I would sweet things up with a colourful, fun manicure. Giving off the perfect spring feel, this one is very bright but super easy as it only requires a one colour polish on each nail. I've even included a little chick because....well why not?!

Originally I was wanting to use all pastels, but do to the lack of pastel colours and time to mix pastel colours I went with vibrants. The colours I have chosen work really well togther and remind a little of children's bright play toys. 

Some of the colours may require you to apply more coats than others. All of the Essie colours only needed two coats but the Sephora Yellow and Barry M Green both needed three coats (most probably because of the shade).

Enjoy your Easter Sunday!

Tan xx

Essie - Thigh High 

Essie - Blanc 

Christmas seems to bring out the infectious childish cheer within me, every single year without fail. With a huge family things are anything but running smoothly or quite, something I'm really thankful for....where's the fun in a quite Christmas! Saying that, with most of the family lounging along the beautiful shorelines of Mauritius, looks like Christmas is going to be just that, quite and cosy, leaving plenty of time to paint my nails, between the mountains of edible treats and Christmas movies of course ;)

This simple, yet subtly sparkly red snowflake nail is set to top off my steam of Christmas inspired Sunday polish nail posts. I love this one and I bet you can all guess what I'm wishing for...

Snow!!

Have a absolutely Wonderful Christmas!!!

Tan xx 

Essie - Blanc

New Look - Gold 

New Look - Gold Glitter 

A special one dedicated to a (hopefully) white Christmas to come. 

I Absolutely LOVE this look. It's the perfect, pretty, wintry Christmas nail. Don't you think?!

Sorry guys I have used nail tape again, but remember if you don't have any you can always use strips of sellotape as a substitute. 

I always try any make nail art as easy as possible so you guys, or newbies can achieve it as easily as I do. This one's pips ;)

Using nail tape, or sellotape, mark off a triangle in the centre of your nails.
 If you also want the random strips in the middle of the triangle, then tape two strips randomly across the triangle and paint over in gold. 
Be very careful when removing the tape however do this when the polish is still wet as it will help give a clean edge. 
Removing when dry becomes hard, may damage the polish and leave a raised edge.

11 Days to go . . . 

Tan xx

Essie - Really Red

Essie - Tomboy No More

A very subtle start to the Sunday Polish Christmas nails, nothing too crazy....Yet!! :D

I love this look because of the overlap, and the triangle shape in the middle, which I did actually think of painting green for a Christmas tree, but the exposed nail is a bit more interesting. 

A really simple nail art design. Simply swipe on one coat of each colour over the side of the nail being careful to try and create a sharp edge for the straight edged line. Don't worry about any excess nail polish that goes on your hands because this will come off naturally when you wash your hands or do dishes etc., just make sure you do this a day before you're going out. You don't really want to be going out with nail varnish everywhere do you?!

Happy Sunday,

Don't forget to check in everyday for #streetandrail's Christmas Gift Idea Calendar 

Tan xx

Since it's a Sunday...Something for those that want fabulously themed nails, minus the faff. The House of Ho Ho Holland Nails are just small example of what's on offer this season. There is great deal of fun to be had with nails this season, Nails inc, Elegant Touch and Ciate offer a brilliant range and thats just to name a few... 

Christmas Manicures & Nail Art //

House of Ho Ho Holland Nails by Elegant Touch £8.99

xx

 Essie - Romper Room

New Look - Gold Glitter

Gold Nail Tape

Getting Glittery with this fun french manicure inspired nail.

The festive season is slowly (or not so slowly) approaching, and it's time to get ready.

A great nail for whats to come, not only pretty in pale pink but fun and flirty with a little gold and glitter.

Essie Romper Room //

 Nice enough, but doesn't quite reach the results I was expecting from this promising bottle. The creme formula is thin and streaky which I was already expecting considering the shade, but still disappointing, no?!  Unlike other Essie polishes, it is also kind of difficult to work with given that it isn't the best at self-levelling and requires an excess of about three or more coats. 

I recently reviewed Rimmel's Lose your Lingerie from Rite Ora which is very almost exactly the same shade and I must say, it was pretty damn amazing! So this is your alternative ;)

Nail Art //

This is best achieved on day old or definitely dry manicures to prevent ruining your base.

I used gold nail tape (eBay) across the nail, cutting off the excess as I went. 

On the ring finger I layered the gold glitter polish painting it on in reverse, starting from tip to base but only on the end half of the nail. 

Wait for each layer to dry before doing the next and focus on the tip to get the fade effect.

Love,

Tan xx

Barry M - Black

Essie - Really Red

With Halloween nearly upon us, I thought I would co-ordinate a relevant nail feature for this weeks #SundayPolish 

I've always wanted to try two tone faded polish, and this was my chance.

Red & Black for a 'bloody' inspired effect.

Start with a black nail base and using a cheap makeup sponge, dab on red nail varnish starting from the tips of the nails and working down till about half way. 

Simple as that, looks great and super easy.

Happy Spooking ;) 

Tan xx

Keeping things simple with my absolute favourite Essie red, I've added two lines of gold striping, inspired (you guessed it!) by my love of present wrapping!

This is pretty simple and very easily adaptable to suit everyone....you can change colours and add the design to all nails, maybe just three, or even one like mine. Just have fun with it!

Take Care 

Tan xx