Sweeties inspired nail art (Skittles)

I was in work one day and while packing out sweets, i was thinking of what nail art i could do next. At this point i happened to be packing out Skittles and so the idea of creating nail art based on the sweets came to mind. This is how my nails turned out:

And this is me holding a packet of the skittles:



To create this nail art i used the following nail polishes, and drew the 'S' on using a white nail art pen:

• Collection 2000 number 218
• Stargazer number 103
• Rimmel number 055
• Stargazer number 101
• Collection 2000 number 144

What do you think of these?

Final of the Collection Nail Art Competition

I was recently contacted by the Collection team, to say i had made it into the final of their Olympics nail art competition :)

There are five finalists in total and a photo of each of our nail art has been uploaded to the Collection facebook page. Until mon, anyone on facebook, can look at the finalists nail art and vote for who they like the best, by simply liking the photo they want to vote for.

This is a photo of my nail art:

So, now i would like to ask, that if you like my Olympics nail art and wish to vote for me, click here to vote for me.

Thank you

Nic x

UPDATE:

I would just like to thank everyone who voted for me in the Olympics Nail Art competition. I came in 3rd place, so im really happy. The Collection Cosmetics team have emailed me asking for my address to send me a prize :)

Collection blogger nail art competition

Collection recently tweeted that they wanted to recruit beauty / nail bloggers. If you want to take part, all you have to do is email your blog name, with a link to: collection@mosquitodigital.co.uk

You will then receive an email giving the following details:

To enter, you simply need to create Olympic themed nail art/nails (your design MUST use at least two Collection Nail Polish shades) and send it to the above email address.

All entries must be received by 3rd July at 12:00PM and include a list of product names and shades you have used to create your nails. And the best bit is, you can enter more than once. So, if you are feeling creative, feel free to send them as many designs as you want.

Once the Collection team have received all the entries, they will pick their favourite 5 nail designs. These 5 designs will then be uploaded to the Collection Facebook page, along with your name, the name of your blog and a link. The Collection Facebook fans will then vote on their favourite design to win the competition.The winner will receive the full Hot Looks Nail Polish range, whilst the runners-up will receive a selection of Hot Looks Nail Polishes.

So, i picked out all the Collection nail polish shades that i owned and sat down to do some nail art. I had completed 4 of the 5 nails on my left hand and couldn't think what else to do. Given that im from Northern Ireland, I was relucant to draw a flag, but i had run out of ideas. So, if your from N.I, please do not take offence, i simply drew the flag as the olympics are taking place in London.

Here is a picture of my nail art:

I used the following Collection shades:

Thumb nail - Collection Hot Looks number 5 - Siren.
Pinty finger nail - Collection Vernis a Ongles - number 185.
Middle finger nail - Collection Hot Looks number 13 - Vogue.
Ring finger nail - Collection Vernis a Ongles - number 230.
Wee finger nail - Collection Vernis a Ongles - number 144.

So, what do you think of my nails? Is anyone else taing part in this competition?

Nail Art Stamping Plates…the good and the not so good….

Last week, i posted about the different nail art stamping plates i had recently purchased.

Transformers

I decided to give them a go yesterday before work. For my first attempt, i used the QA4 plate which had transformers on it:

For the nail on my ring finger i used Collection 2000’s Black, number 87, Ebony and to do the stamp i used Rimmel’s Silver, number 239 called ‘Your Majesty.’ For the rest of the nails, i used the Silver by Rimmel and to do the design on the thumb nail i used the black by Collection 2000.

When the nails are painted, the next step was to put the nail polish onto the plate. You don’t need a lot of nail polish to do this, just enough to cover the design:

Once that is done, you scrape off the excess nail polish using your scraper:

Once you have scraped off the excess nail polish, you lift the stamper and press it gently onto the plate and this lifts the design:

Now comes the part that needs to be done fairly quickly. Once the design is on the stamper, you need to quickly put the design onto your nail before it dries. To put it onto your nail, it is best to hold the stamper at one side of the nail and gently roll it across the nail. The design will now be on your nail. Remember to clean the stamper, scraper and plate with nail polish remover, every time you use it.

This is how it turned out:

I have to admit, it seemed really complicated and i wasn’t sure if i would be able to do it, but it turned out to be easier than i thought it would be. When the nails were dry, I then put a top coat over the two transformers nail art, using Collection 200’s clear nail polish, number 2, called ice cube.

The only thing about the nail art is they aren’t overly straight, though i think it turned out ok, for a first attempt. So overall im really pleased with my Transformers Nail Art.

Care Bears

So having done the Transformers on the nails on my left hand, i thought i would give the Care Bears plate, SdP 3, a go, on my right hand:

I painted my nails using the same black and silver colours as i mentioned above.

However, i was not as pleased with the results of this plate as i was with the previous plate. After putting the polish onto the plate and scrapping away the excess, i used the stamper to lift the design. Only, the design wouldn’t lift properly, so i tried again:

It still didn’t lift the design. I then tried several different colours on several of the designs on that plate and still the stamper wouldn’t lift the design. I cleaned the stamper again and still it wouldn’t work. So, I went back to the transformer plate and used the stamper again and it worked fine with it.

So i have now contacted the administration of the website where i purchased the plate to ask if there is a special nail polish i should be using or what the problem could be.

Using sellotape

Sellotape comes in real handy when trying to do some nail art. I found the following 2 pics on my phone, of nail art, where i have used sellotape to do some quick nd easy designs:

This first picture i used Collection number 218 and Collection's Black nail polish:

In this second nail art, i cant remember what nail polishes i used, but again, the use of sellotape came in handy:



Lady Bug

One of my favourite and i think its by far the easiest nail art to do, is the lady bug! Was shown how to do this by my good friend Claire (Check out her blog, its awesome!).  Ive done my nails in Lady bug, so many times now, as its so quick and easy to do. For my first attempt, i used Collection number 218.

I love this colour, however, i have to admit that it stains the nails! i stupidly forgot to paint my nails with a clear base coat before using this red nail varnish and was left with yellow nails after removing the nail polish :(