Pink , rhinestone gelish nails

I have recently completed a nail course, including gelish polish - yay 💅!

I have been practicing and love my most recent attempt;

Having short damaged nails, I have been avoiding using acrylic, tips or fake nails and opting for shellac or gelish. As my nails are short I love using feminine colours and of course, gems. The attempt is a lot tidier than past gelish applications and I hope it lasts a while! 

Some of the products I used; 

Altogether I used ;

Uv lamp - eBay

Prep & shine - gelux 

Base & top coat - CCO 

Accent nail - arts clavo

Gelish - mild east

Rhinestones, pearls - eBay

To apply the gems - cuticle stick

Cute heart and glitter nails

A really cute style for short nails and really easy;

 

The heart was an afterthought (like most of my designs!). I didn't use a particular tool but the end of the polish brush! A nail art brush would have made a more accurate heart but this one works. 

Products used; 

Black polish - 2true

Nude polish - e.l.f

Glitter - eBay 

Pink shellac mani

While I am growing my nails and trying to avoid wearing damamging falsies, here is another one of my attempts at using at home Shellac products. The first layer is looking good, if not slightly transparent.

Please excuse my claw;

 

The second layer is looking a lot better and a greater colour pay off. I love the shine of shellac!

 

 

 

On the last one the colour looks great but you can still see where I haven't quite sealed the edges, 

meaning the polish didn't last as long as it could!

 

 

 Practice makes perfect so I'll keep trying!

 

Products used;

  Uv lamp - eBay 

Top coat & base coat - shellac 

Pink - shellac 

 

Nude silver glitter tip nails

A look I love and one that reminds me of parties...a really simple way of jazzing up a manicure or adding something to plain coloured nails. Nude is my favourite with this look but it can work with most colours! 

Products used;

E.l.f polish - nude 

Glitter in holographic - eBay 

Nail brush - eBay 

Summery shellac nails

Here's another attempt at creating shellac nails at home! I went for Summery colours in coral and green...

 

And (as always) added a little glitter;

I don't think they look too bad considering! It took quite a while to paint and cure all of the polishes but I was happy with the overall look. And it lasted a week :).

Below are the products and tools that I used; 

Shellac top/bottom coat - CCO

Colours - MiddleEast 

Glitter polish Bedazzle - Superdrug

Uv lamp - eBay 

Nude & pearl stiletto nails

I can't take credit for these, I had a snap from my sister and thought they looked good enough to share :)! 

Although most of the products she 'borrowed' from me...

Products used;

E.l.f polish- nude

Stiletto claws - eBay 

Mini pearls - eBay 

Nail glue - savers

Pencil 

 

Peacock feather inspired nails

I chose cute looking shades of polish to match my peacock feather inspired thumbnail as you can see below;

 

 

It was a little fiddly and took a while to build up the layers needed but Ta Da! Here's my first attempt at creating the look!

 

All together;

 

Overall I think quite successful... even if it does remind me more of a seaweed than a peacock feather!

Products used;

Avon nail brush/took

Mint nail polish

 

Navy polish

Gold polosh - Barry m 

Gold Glitter polish - saffron