Tribal pink and white

Here's a design I did weeks ago on my mum. She said she wanted a simple yet effective pattern with these specific colours.

 I used Barry M 'Strawberry Ice-Cream' and just any ordinary white acrylic paint. To start I painted a base coat with Barry M's Clear then proceed with 2 coats of the pink. The first pink coat is always sheer and slightly streaky but don't worry the 2nd will even it up and make it opaque.

 After that I used a thin paint brush to paint the lines. Personally I found it easier to paint the straight ones first then make the zig-zag pattern joining them up, but it's up to you :)

 Painting lines is something I need to work on so constructive criticism is very welcome!
Hope you all enjoyed this look! :D

One ring to rule them all

Ok not the best picture...
  I did this design a while ago when The Hobbit was just being released and thought I'd share it with you. For this design I only used Barry M's 'Gold' and black acrylic paint for the inscription. The gold colour on its own is not one that i like to wear on its own, especially on my own nails, simply because I'm not a huge fan of gold anyway. The formula like most Barry m nail paints are smooth and are opaque within a few coats, making them one of my favourite brands along with the fact that they are affordable.
 
  The picture I used for reference:

To create the inscription I found that acrylic paint worked best for me and used a small paint brush to draw the fine lines and flicks.
  I'm happy with the way it turned out but it could be neater, constructive criticism welcome :)

Vintage effect roses and pinstripes

For my latest nail art manicure, I used Barry M's Strawberry Ice-cream and their Blue Moon on my ring finger. The colours themselves I think are great, the formula is smooth and leaves no brush marks when applied and are very opaque after just 2 coats.

For the flowers I used the same pink colour and regular acrylic paint and a thin nail art brush. Also the lines were painted with the white acrylic paint. The technique is great as I always found it difficult to remove the nail polish from the brushes and ended up replacing the brushes more often then I should. The paint, as a bonus, is inexpensive and the brushes come clean almost instantly.

  Lastly, for the leaves I used two different shades of green of standard nail art pens/brushes that I purchased as a set from eBay awhile ago. The glitter was just from a pot of loose silver glitter from a craft store. I find this for me works well and use a fan brush to apply it and manipulate it, although like any pure glitter polish i can be difficult to remove when large amounts are used.

This is no where near perfect and constructive criticism is welcome.

Next goal: Practice straight lines.

You've no idea how much the wonky lines irritated me when I wore it haha, MAJOR OCD!

If anyone was wondering the bottle I'm holding is Nubar - Indigo Ocean :)

First Post!

 Somewhere between watching Big Brother and pining over wanting the new Animal Crossing game, I decided to create a new blog to upload my manicures, new colours and a few other things.

 I'm looking to put together a wish list in the next few weeks and any suggestions will be appreciated :)

E-mail me suggestions, nail art ideas ect: kim_williams@hotmail.co.uk