Black and gold

I was streaming with cold when I did this (well, still am) and just wanted to do something simple.  So I did 2 coats of Barry M (a really nice glossy black) and instead of sponging the tips, I sponged the base of my nails with OPI Goldeneye.

Of course, this backfired, as I now had fingers COVERED in gold glitter which was a complete pain in the arse to get off!  Nevertheless, I do like the combination of black and gold, and may still do my original idea soon, which was a black and gold skittle mani.  Just need to get rid of this damn cold first!

Base coat Orly Bonder
2 coats Barry M Black
Sponged OPI Goldeneye
Top coat Seche Vite

 

 

Peacock Feather nails

 

I picked up some silver peacock feather water decals from Hail the Nails ages ago, so decided to try them out today.

The decals are all silver, so wanted a way to bring all the peacocky colours in, so I started with a base of OPI Yoga-ta Get This Blue, and sponged on randomly patches of OPI Catch Me In Your Net (a very awesome polish of turquoise glitter) and OPI Goldeneye, much like you would with a galaxy manicure I believe (I haven't tried one yet).

I then added the water decals and put a tiny little bright blue rhinestone in the centre of each feather "eye", which I got from Born Pretty Store.  They could have done with being a bit bigger,  but I only have 1.5mm rhinestones....at the moment.  I fully intend on ordering a rainbow set of 2mm ones soon! 

Finished off with lots of Seche Vite.   Having had a disaster with designs earlier in the week, which I removed without a hint of a camera in a strop, I'm fairly pleased with how these turned out!