Swatch : Models Own - Hot Stuff

Alright, hey there everyone ! So it's nearing midnight and I have just enough time to write a post up for you guys ! Impressed ? I would be ! I'll be showing you another Models Own Mirrorball polish that I LOVE tonight, called Hot Stuff... it really is pretty hot. Just look, admire, and stare :

So this combination is actually one I've done before, last week in fact, but didn't post because my lightbox was packed away in my car for moving to uni ! Now I'm all moved in and doing swatches, I decided that this was a necessary combo for my blog in these swatches ! Please ignore the major folding glitter on my ring finger, it just didn't want to sit flat and it's too late for me to sort it out now !

So the base for this manicure is the gorgeous OPI Every Month is Oktoberfest, so pretty ! The glitters in Hot Stuff are a mix of pink shredded glitter, gold squares, holographic diamonds and then small and micro pink hex glitters, all suspended in a clear polish. I really love how these two polishes go together, and I really think that the dark base sets off the pinks in Hot Stuff !

Okay and that's it ! I will publish this before midnight, so I'll have to say bye now ! I hope you liked this combo as much as I do, really happy to be wearing it on my first day of lectures tomorrow !

Look forward to seeing you all tomorrow !

Swatch : Models Own - Disco Inferno

Hey guys ! So toda, and for the next few days, I'm swatching the brand new Models Own Mirrorball collection ! This collection has only been released on the Models Own website and in the Bottleshop in Westfield London, and are currently sold out on the website ! So here we go for today's featured polish : Disco Inferno !

Disco Inferno is, like the whole collection, a glitter topcoat with lots of glitter suspended in a semi-matte (I think ?) clear polish. There's a mix of gold shredded glitter, square holographic glitter, and then hexes : medium copper, small forest green, and super fine copper colours ! Plus there's a rogue red medium hex on my little finger, see it ?

The nude colour I used underneath Disco Inferno is OPI Did You 'Ear About Van Gogh ?, I really like this colour combination, nude just looks good with pretty much anything ! I bet Disco Inferno would look really good over a red polish, or pretty much any polish to be honest !

So in case you haven't already seen, I'm giving away this exact Models Own polish ! Don't worry, the one I've got for the giveaway is brand new and unopened, I purchased the whole collection for myself and then decided to get another one to give away ! So if you haven't entered, head on over here to be in with your chance to win this (and a bunch of other polishes too), you've got nothing to lose !

Have a great day everyone !

NOTD : Back to School

Hi guys ! So tonight's party theme is "Back to School", and tonight is suppose to be a really great night (let's hope it lives up to expectations, at the moment, the fun part seems to be getting ready to go to these events) ! I was sad yesterday because my nails didn't actually glow in the dark like I had hoped, but the green and yellow I had used in the splatter did glow in the UV lights, which was really cool !

So I love these nails ! Skittles, but not completely because there's only three different themes... I like it ! I did the pencils using The Daily Nail's tutorial for her back to school nails, and then just did a standard apple on my ring finger and then some simplified paper with doodles ! I think I might do a plain pencil manicure soon, because I think they're super cute !

For this design, the polishes I used were (in a list):
Pencils : Barry M Yellow, P2 Hug Me !, OPI Sparrow Me the Drama and Barry M Silver Foil.
Paper : American Apparel T-Shirt, Barry M Blueberry Ice Cream, P2 Flirt With Me and Models Own Wah Nails nail art pen in black.
Apple : OPI Big Apple Red, OPI You Don't Know Jacques and Collection 2000 Ninja.

And that's it ! Only two photos today as they didn't come out as well as I'd hoped ! Now I'm off to get ready, there's limited entry tonight, so I'd better get there early to make sure I get in ! Hope you have a great evening/night everyone !

Also, don't forget to enter my giveaway ! 

NOTD : UV Neon Splatter

Hey there guys ! So today I've got another NOTD installment in tune with the theme with tonight's UV Party for Freshers' Week ! I actually purchased my first ever neon polishes a couple of weeks back especially for this manicure, I've had it in mind ever since I found out all the themes for the parties this week ! Great news is, it came out exactly as I imagined it !

Now this is only the second ever splatter mani I've done, and I'm pretty sure I've worked out a technique that works for me every time which I'm super happy about ! Basically what I do is paint the polish directly on to the straw before each splat, as opposed to making a blob of polish on a piece of paper or protective surface or whatever and then dipping the straw into the polish blob. It works way better for me, anyone else ?

For this design the polishes I used were American Apparel T-Shirt for the base, then for the different splatter colours I used Flormar N006, N013, N014 and N015 (so irritating that these polishes don't have names, I tried looking to see if they had names online but no such luck, I could only find the codes). I'm really happy about how this look turned out, I also put a quick coat of China Glaze Ghoulish Glow over the top before putting Seche Vite on, so hopefully that'll light up when I go to the party tonight !

So that's all for today ! I hope you like this design as much as I do ! I think I prefer this splatter mani to the first one I did about a month ago, what do you think ? I actually prefer the white base on this manicure as well, although I did like using the nude polish as a base for the first splatter to make for a more discreet (if that's possible) splatter mani !

Hope you have a great day everyone, also, don't forget to enter my giveaway if you haven't already !

NOTD : Tropical Luau

Hey there everybody ! Quick post today as I still have to get ready for the party  before this evening, tonight's theme being Tropical Luau ! Now it's kind of ironic that there's a huge storm over most of the UK at the moment, resulting in huge downpours and rather chilly winds, but who cares, it's Freshers' Week ! Considering I'm going to be sporting not much more than a grass skirt on my lower body, I'm starting to think that things may get a little cold, not at all tropical !

So I've already done this design before with a different base colour, but I loved it so much when I did it and it fits so perfectly with the tropical luau theme, I just had to do it again ! I'm considering getting another white nail art pen because the one I've got at the moment seemed to sort of splurge out a lot whilst I was drawing this design, it was manageable but still a pain !

The polishes I used for this nail art were OPI Strawberry Margarita (such a perfect bright holiday colour, it had to be used !) and then my Models Own Wah Nails nail art pen in white. I'm still torn as to whether I prefer the designwith the blue or the pink base, maybe I just love both equally !

And that's it for today everyone ! Now I'm off to go get ready for the party ! I hope these nails look awesome with the outfit I'm going to be wearing, just like my yellow nails from Monday night went great with my halls T-shirt !

Also, have you entered my giveaway yet ? If you haven't then head on over to the link provided to be in with a chance to win some awesome polishes !

It's giveaway time !

 THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW IS NOW CLOSED !

Hey there everybody ! No nails from me today, but that is for a very very very incredibly good reason.... MY FIRST EVER GIVEAWAY !!!!! YEAHHHH !!!! Are you excited ?! I'm excited ! Plus I've got some pretty amazing prizes for you, notably a very hard-to-find MaxFactor polish (can you guess which one it is ?) and one of the currently sold-out Models Own Mirrorball polishes with a limited edition metallic cap ! See what I mean ?!

More details after the jump guys !

NOTD : Bath Freshers

Alright ! Hey there everybody, I'm back to normal posting after my week settling in to my new life at university in the UK ! So as you all probably know, Freshers' Week is a uni tradition, and this whole week there's a huge line-up of events and parties (all themed, yay !) for all this year's freshers to go out and have a great time ! Tonight is launch night, and the idea is to represent your halls of residences' colours, so of course, as well as the free T-shirt I as given, I had to coordinate my nails and show my support through the best method I know !

So the colour I am representing for my halls is yellow (groan)... honestly, I really dislike yellow, particularly on my nails (even though I have several different yellow polishes that would suggest otherwise), but nonetheless I have stuck through it and put yellow on for tonight ! I of course couldn't just stick to one single colour, so I did some quick dots on top, hoping they would be slightly bolder than they actually turned out, but never mind !

For this super-quick design, I used P2 Summer to Go and then did the polka dots on top with my Models Own Wah Nails nail art pen in yellow. The colours looked far more different in the bottle/tube, but I actually quite like the subtle look, it reminds me of Easter eggs for some reason ! I hope these nails look good with my T-shirt, even though the colour on my T-shirt is a lot more pastel-y, a kind of yellow that actually goes remotely well with my complexion (I literally can't wear any orange, yellow or red because it just looks awful on me) !

So anyway, I'm off to get ready for the launch night party ! At least the outfit has already been decided for me, so no difficult choices to make for me ! I'll see if I can get a photo for tomorrow's post of my coordinating nails and outfit, so much fun when things coordinate !

Have a great night guys !

TMH Fashion Week : House of Holland

So hello and welcome to this week's new series : Try My Hand Fashion Week ! I have a full seven days, from Monday to Sunday (whilst I'm preparing my move to uni in the UK), of nail art inspired by fashion designers either fresh from the runway at New York fashion week, or way back from Spring 2012 ! So prepare yourselves for a week of funky prints and bright patterns, it's TMH Fashion Week !

Hey there guys ! So today marks the last day of this TMH Fashion Week of scheduled posts, and I'll be back tomorrow with a brand new NOTD for you all ! I've chosen a British designer I really love for this last post in the series, and I hope you all like it !

So as you've probably seen, this is a design by House of Holland from Fall 2012 ! Okay so my zigzags are a bit wonky, but I loved how this turned out ! I really need to practice my nail art brush skills some more, but I'm happy with how this looks all the same ! I had a hard time choosing which design I was going to recreate, because all the House of Holland Fall 2012 collection was full of bold patterns that would look great on nails, by I ended up choosing this one, as it's simple yet stunning !

For this design, I started off with a base of Butter London Royal Navy, this is my first ever Butter London nail polish, and I can tell you, I'm in love ! It practically painted itself, the formula was amazing (best ever) and this is the first navy polish I've had that hasn't stained my nails to death ! LOVE ! For the zigzags, I started off with a big chunk of which zigzags so that all the colours on top would show up well, and for the colours I used P2 Flirt With Me, Kiko Electric Blue, OPI Big Apple Red, Barry M Blueberry Ice Cream and P2 Summer to Go !. I could have done with slightly more opaque colours, so they could have all shown up, but I still like how it looks.

And that's it everyone ! Can you believe it, the end of another series ! I'll be back tomorrow with some brand new nails, no doubt in tune with the theme for the Freshers Week event for that evening, so make sure you tune in for that !

See you tomorrow everybody !

TMH Fashion Week : Marc Jacobs (again)

So hello and welcome to this week's new series : Try My Hand Fashion Week ! I have a full seven days, from Monday to Sunday (whilst I'm preparing my move to uni in the UK), of nail art inspired by fashion designers either fresh from the runway at New York fashion week, or way back from Spring 2012 ! So prepare yourselves for a week of funky prints and bright patterns, it's TMH Fashion Week !

Hey everyone ! So today is moving day on towards Bath to start my course at university (after Freshers' Week, that is), so today and tomorrow I expect to be pretty busy, but never worry, I have today and tomorrow still at the ready with scheduled posts ! And without further ado, today's nails !

So I know I've already done a Marc Jacobs design in this fashion week series, but I couldn't resist this one after seeing it showcased at the New York Fashion Week ! This design is for Spring 2012, and although it seems kind of gloomy for Spring/Summer, I really love the pattern on this dress ! I concentrated on the bottom part of the dress, mainly because I was too lazy to do plain black and white checks on one nail !

Creating this design was very simple : all I used was American Apparel T-Shirt for the white base, then using my Models Own Wah Nails nail art pen in black, I drew on the pattern on each nail. I started by doing triangular shapes coming up from the tip of each nail, then alternated stripes and checks between each section of triangle. I must admit, my hand was pretty achy at the end but it was totally worth it !

So what do you think ? Do you like this design as much as I do ? I actually kept this design on my nails for quite a while (over 12 hours, which is pretty good, considering I didn't keep on any of the designs I featured in this series), which just goes to show how much I love it !

So just one day left in my TMH Fashion Week series, I hope you're enjoying it ! Tune in for more tomorrow, and enjoy the rest of your day !

TMH Fashion Week : Comme des Garçons

So hello and welcome to this week's new series : Try My Hand Fashion Week ! I have a full seven days, from Monday to Sunday (whilst I'm preparing my move to uni in the UK), of nail art inspired by fashion designers either fresh from the runway at New York fashion week, or way back from Spring 2012 ! So prepare yourselves for a week of funky prints and bright patterns, it's TMH Fashion Week !

Okay so we're nearing the end of this fashion series, but I still have a couple more posts for you all, so not to worry ! Today's featured design is Comme des Garçons, a Japanese label which is showcased at Paris fashion week ! The designs I've seen by them are pretty outlandish, with loads of great designs that are totally redo-able in nail art, which is always something I love !

I think the end result is pretty similar ! As you can see, this is from the Fall 2012 release, and I think the design is really easy to transfer to nails ! I didn't bother going into detail on the edges of the flowers, but I like how it turned out so that's fine in my book ! I could maybe have done with using a slightly brighter pink that the one I used, but oh well !

So the polishes I used in today's design were P2 Glory, a great dark grey creme I've been looking for for a while now, for the base colour, then I made a grid with my Models Own Wah Nails nail art pen in white before filling in the squares in a checkered pattern with Konad Special Polish in White. I then used a dotting tool and dotting on five dots to form a flower/circle shape with OPI Sparrow Me the Drama. I really need to work on my "check" skills, drawing the grid was a good idea originally, but the grey blocks turned out far smaller than the white ones because of the lines, my OCD self cannot cope !

And once again, that's all for today ! Only two more days left, but I promise they'll be good ! Also, I hope you enjoy your day !

TMH Fashion Week : Betsey Johnson

So hello and welcome to this week's new series : Try My Hand Fashion Week ! I have a full seven days, from Monday to Sunday (whilst I'm preparing my move to uni in the UK), of nail art inspired by fashion designers either fresh from the runway at New York fashion week, or way back from Spring 2012 ! So prepare yourselves for a week of funky prints and bright patterns, it's TMH Fashion Week !

Hey there everyone ! I've got a great design for you all today, as you've probably seen in the title, inspired by Betsey Johnson ! Now although I don't own anything by Betsey, I have been a fan of her designs for quite a while now, they're so bright and fun, and super cute when you recreate them on your nails !

Awesome, right ? This design is from Betsey Johnson's Fall 2012 range, which was full of bright (well, for fall awyway) and bold prints, and I had a hard time choosing which design I was going to recreate in nail art, seeing as I knew from the beginning that I was going to do a Betsey design ! I thought this look was good because I was able to keep it simple on each nail, and not just do the same (plus it had some leopard print in it, always choose the leopard print) !

So to recreate this Betsey design, the polishes I used were American Apparel Hassid for the black, 17 Baked Cherry for the red on my middle finger, P2 Elegant for the nude colour on my thumb and little finger, then I (obviously) used my Models Own Wah Nails nail art pens in black and white for the detail on each nail. I tried a new style of leopard print on the middle finger to represent the shoes, and I was expecting it to turn out slightly bigger than it did, but I think it looks fine how it does, if a little bit small !

I hope you like this Betsey design, I have a feeling I'll be doing more nail art inspired by her designs in the future, I now have a stock in my "inspiration folder" from when I was trying to decide which outfit I would recreate for this series !

Have a great day everybody !

TMH Fashion Week : Matthew Williamson

So hello and welcome to this week's new series : Try My Hand Fashion Week ! I have a full seven days, from Monday to Sunday (whilst I'm preparing my move to uni in the UK), of nail art inspired by fashion designers either fresh from the runway at New York fashion week, or way back from Spring 2012 ! So prepare yourselves for a week of funky prints and bright patterns, it's TMH Fashion Week !

Yeah ! Hey everyone, it's day three of the series ! I hope you're enjoyed seeing all my different interpretations of looks on the runways, old and new ! Today's featured designer is a British designer, so one who will be appearing this week at London Fashion Week (but I obviously did these designs during New York Fashion Week, so I couldn't put any of his new collection in), it's Matthew Williamson !

So you may be able to tell from the long nails in this photo that this was the first design I decided to recreate ! It's a pretty rough interpretation of the original look, but I think it's pretty close, given the tools I have and the polishes I own (can you believe I don't own any orangey-red polishes ?) ! This design is from Fall 2012 by the way, just in case you didn't see it in the corner of the image !

The polishes I used for this design were Barry M Bright Purple for the base, I would have been better off with a more reddish-purple, or even with more stripes on top of the base colour, but oh well ! For the stripes I used OPI Big Apple Red, P2 Hug Me ! and OPI Skull and Glossbones. All I basically did was paint the different coloured stripes in different directions to eachother, and I do really like how it turned out, even though it's really quite different to the original design.

And that's it for today guys ! I hope you liked my loose interpretation of this design ! I can tell you it took forever to do (partly because I was watching a marathon session of Desperate Housewives on TV, but that's beside the point) but I think it was definitely worth it ! Come back tomorrow for more fashion nail art !

Enjoy your day !

TMH Fashion Week : Marc Jacobs

So hello and welcome to this week's new series : Try My Hand Fashion Week ! I have a full seven days, from Monday to Sunday (whilst I'm preparing my move to uni in the UK), of nail art inspired by fashion designers either fresh from the runway at New York fashion week, or way back from Spring 2012 ! So prepare yourselves for a week of funky prints and bright patterns, it's TMH Fashion Week !

Okay so here goes for day two of my fashion series ! I was originally only going to feature designs I had seen for Fall 2012 and Spring 2013, but when I saw this design from Spring 2012, I knew I had to include it ! I've done a pretty abstract interpretation of the design, but I still think it turned out pretty well !

So as you can see from the photo, title and what I said previously, today's nail art is inspired by a print from Marc Jacob's Spring 2012 line, released a whole year ago ! I only realised after finishing this design on my nails that the print is supposed to represent bird-like shapes, as opposed to what I thought was an abstract floral print ! It must be my floral obsessed nail art mind that persuaded me to turn it into a floral, oh well !

For this nail art, the polishes I used were American Apparel Hassid for the base (seriously, this polish is a-mazing, words can't describe how happy I am to have purchased it), then for the bird/flower things, I used OPI Strawberry Margarita, P2 Artful and then 17 Baked Cherry. Considering I messed up on what the design was supposed to represent, I'm really happy with how it turned out !

So I hope you all liked this second post in the fashion series, I certainly enjoyed making all the nail designs, even though it's been hectic trying to fit in writing all the posts this week !

Have a great day everyone !

TMH Fashion Week : Kate Spade

So hello and welcome to this week's new series : Try My Hand Fashion Week ! I have a full seven days, from Monday to Sunday (whilst I'm preparing my move to uni in the UK), of nail art inspired by fashion designers either fresh from the runway at New York fashion week, or way back from Spring 2012 ! So prepare yourselves for a week of funky prints and bright patterns, it's TMH Fashion Week !

Hey there everyone, it's kickoff day for my new series of fashion-inspired nail art, and to start it off off it's Kate Spade ! I love the bright patterns and great inspiration you can get for nails from her clothing and handbag range ! So without futher ado, the nails !

So this design is, as I said before, by Kate Spade and was recently featured for the Spring 2013 release in New York. I love this type of gingham design and I can't believe I haven't done anything similar before ! I haven't concentrated on getting slightly darker colours where the lines of a same colour cross, but I think it looks fine as it does !

For these nails, the polishes I used were American Apparel T-Shirt for the white base, then for the plaid/gingham colours I used P2 Flirt With Me for the pink, Barry M Blueberry Ice Cream for the blue and 17 Baked Cherry for the red lines. I love the way these colours work together. I did contemplate doing the really faint tiny lines between the big pink stripes, but decided against it as I think it would have looked far too busy on my nails !

And that's it for today's first installment in this new series ! I hope you enjoyed this post, and look forward to plenty more during this week ! Enjoy the rest of your day !

NOTD : Pink Watercolour

Hey there everyone ! So these are today's nails, my official moving-back-to-the-UK nails ! As I've mentioned in previous posts, I'm moving back to England to study at the University of Bath, so I've got a huge relocation of all my stuff to do ! Don't worry though, all my nail polish is coming with me, I'm not leaving anything behind ! So I wanted something fun and bright for today's nails, as I don't know when my next opportunity to change them will be, and I'm really happy with how they turned out !

I've tried a similar design to this before, my first ever watercolour nails in fact (which I haven't posted on this blog) with a similar colour scheme, but the brush I used to achieve the watercolour effect was far too small and fine, and the result didn't end up as I would have wanted it to ! I think that this watercolour design looks a lot more as though I'd used saran wrap, even though I didn't, I think it's because the colours don't really contrast at all, but I love it like this !

For this design I used OPI Steady As She Rose for the base, I put a coat of Seche Vite over that and then for the watercolour effect I used OPI Sparrow Me the Drama, OPI Dim Sum Plum and OPI Strawberry Margarita. All I did was blob down each colour, one at a time, and then dab them with a large brush dipped in acetone. You have to make sure you wait for the topcoat over your base colour to dry completely though, because otherwise the acetone just works straight down onto the nail and gets rid of any polish you have on your nail !

So that's it for now everyone ! No more NOTDs for another week, but... I can now reveal what the theme for this week's series is going to be : TMH Fashion Week ! I have a whole week of fashion-inspired nail art for you all, so make sure you stay tuned, as they'll be scheduled to post in the evenings !

Also, I forgot to mention yesterday, I hit over 100 followers ! I'm so happy, I can't believe it's only been 2 months since I first started posting on here, and I can't believe how quickly it's all going ! I also have a giveaway for you to all look forward to, which I'll post once I get back to regular posting after I move in at Bath, so keep a lookout for that !

Oh, and I haven't shown you the outcome of the Essence Peel-Off base coat ! I'm kinda on the wall for this one, as much as I hate taking gitter off with the foil method, taking the glitter off this way didn't save much time ! For some reason the glitter didn't just peel off in one big sheet, I had real trouble trying to lift it, and in fact the nail which lifted off easiest was the nail I didn't leave to dry completely ! Who knows ! Any tips/advice you can give me from your experience ? Here's a photo of the carnage after I finished taking off all the glitter !

Have a great week everyone ! See you a week on Monday !

El Salonsito Spray Paint

Heya everyone ! So once again I've had a super jam-packed day, and I've been busy writing all the posts for next week ! It's amazing how time-consuming writing posts is, but I'm not complaining, don't worry ! I've had loads of fun sorting out this new series, and I hope you're going to enjoy it (I won't reveal the theme for it until tomorrow) ! And due to all this busy-ness, I haven't had time to do my nails today, I will however give you the outcome of my Essence peel-off base coat tomorrow, so you can all see how it worked out for me ! Anyway, on to the nails !

So these nails (as you may have seen in the title) are inspired by El Salonsito ! I did these nails a while ago, back near around the hommage month in May, but didn't decide to include this design in my "As Seen On.." series seeing as I haven't been reading El Salonsito as long as I have the others. This is however one of my favourite designs I've done on my nails, and I'm pretty sure it was the first time I tried out the index and middle fingers as accent nails !

So for this design I used OPI Did You 'Ear About Van Gogh ? for the base, then I used Accessorize Gold Dust, OPI Alpine Snow, Barry M Black and my Models Own Wah Nails nail art pen in black to do the spray paints on the accents nails. I really need to try doing this design again, with different colours, maybe big bright colours, because I seriously love this look !

And that's it for today guys ! I've got two more posts to write for next week and then I'll be done ! And tomorrow's post will be the nails I'll be going to England with, so make sure you stay tuned for that !

Enjoy the rest of your day everyone ! And please excuse the late post !

Swatch : Barry M - Aqua Glitter

Hey there guys ! So for the first time ever on this blog, I have a swatch for you ! Now this is mainly because I finally got my hands on some Essence peel-off base coat when I was in Cologne (mind you, it was my Mum who found it, I couldn't see it for looking on the shelf !), and I'm only now getting round to trying it out !

I haven't worn any glitter (apart from yesterday when I foolishly didn't use the peel-off base coat on my thumbs) since the 15 day nail art challenge, and I must admit, I have deeply missed the sparkle of wearing glitter polish on my nails ! This particular polish is Aqua Glitter by Barry M, which contains super fine teal/aqua micro-glitter as well as small hex glitters of the same colour in a tinted teal base.. so pretty ! I think I may have to invest in some more glitters from this release when I leave for England next week, maybe the fushia one ? It looks reaaaally pretty !

I always used to dread wearing glitter polishes (as much as I love them) because I couldn't stand the removal process, and also because I didn't always have pure acetone around the house, which makes the tin foil method seriously annoying ! I would just expect it to slide off, but no, glitter would always remain !

And that's it for my first swatch post ! I have to admit, I don't often wear a plain nail polish by itself, but I couldn't possibly cover up this beauty ! Oh I forgot to say, I used three coats for this swatch, and the formula was pretty great (as is to be expected from Barry M) ! There's a tiny bit of VNL, but only really close up, so that doesn't matter too much, nothing a base colour can't sort out !

Have a great day everyone !

NOTD : Waheeeeey it's my BIRTHDAY !

Yaaaaaaaay ! Hi everyone ! Guess what ? Did you guess already ? Okay, I'll tell you.... it's my birthday today ! I bet none of you would have guessed that from the title, so I figured I ought to just come out and say it here ! And I have super special birthday nails for you all today, super festive and super fun.. nothing beats some good old birthday nails !

I LOVE it ! I obviously had to have a pink thing going on for these nails today, and then I couldn't just have one colour theme, so I had to throw in some nude, and I am perfectly convinced that this combination is just as good as my trusty red and nude ! The cupcake was compulsory, as was the leopard print, and then the glitter I used for my thumb gradient is pretty reminiscent of Deborah Lippmann Happy Birthday (even though it isn't) so I thought it would be a good addition to the "birthday" theme !

Okay so the colours I used for this design were OPI Did You 'Ear About Van Gogh ?, P2 Flirt With Me, OPI Dim Sum Plum and then Essence Circus Confetti for the DL-esque glitter gradient. The design on my middle finger is my attempt at the 'basket case" design that Wah Nails is famous for.. oh yeah, I also used my Models Own Wah Nails nail art pen in black to detail the leopard print, and Nicole by OPI Step 2 the Beat of My ♥ for the little heart cherry thing on my cupcake on my ring finger ! Totally forgot about those... that's not like me, forgetting to mention my nail art pen ! Blasphemy !

So yeah, that's it for ye olde birthday post, and I hope you enjoyed it ! What's your favourite thing to do on your nails for your birthday ? Do you tend to try out new polishes or do you go full out major cupcake mani ?

Hope you have a GREAT DAY on my BIRTHDAAAAAY ! :D ... by the way, the 13th is totally a lucky day !