31DC Blue

This mani is a little more complex than it looks, the base is Barry M Guava with some OPI I have a herring problem and Barry M Blue Grape sponged on top and then stamped with Emily de Molly Where boys fear to tread in a fish pattern and Lilypad Lacquer Nature Calling in a seaweed pattern and then with Butter London Frilly Knickers on top.

I thought the holos would stamp well but the green doesn't really show up at all.

Not my favourite, but I think tomorrow's mani will more than make up for that! Check back in for purple.

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Day 8: Matte OMD Challenge

When I was thinking about what to do for the matte challenge I decided that what looks best matte is a glitter polish with patterns drawn over the top. I recently got a Zentangle book after seeing CraftyNail using one of their patterns for a manicure and decided to use a different pattern on each finger.

The base polish is Butter London's The Black Night and I drew on the patterns with my silver Barry M nail art pen then mattified with Mavala's Matt top coat.

I love this :) the patterns translated really well to nail art and my polishing is getting noticeably better (no cleanup required on this whatsoever). The Black Knight is an amazing polish and when it's matte you just see all of the colours of glitter that are present, if you are only going to buy one Butter London polish I would seriously consider this one.

Remember to check out everyone else's manis for Matte here.

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The most amazing geometric french tip-Manicurator design

So I saw this post from the Manicurator and immediately knew I would copy this look. It's so classy yet stand out and could work with so many colour combinations and I just know I will return to this over and over again. At the time I already had the amazing Butter London the dark knight on my nails- the multi coloured glitter really lifts the black and you'll see in the photos it looks incredible. I used striping tape off ebay and Nail Girls gold to do the tips.

Butter London the dark knight in all it's glory. The gold tips only make it look better

 I will definitely be recreating this exact look when I go to May balls at the end of next term. I'd also love to do the style in pastels for a more subtle spring version.

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