Hidden Eye Nail Art with Crows Toes One Trick Pony

Everyone and his dog has done this nail art but I really like it and thought it would work very well on the base of Crows Toes One Trick Pony.

One Trick Pony is a purple-teal colour changing holo. Battling the english weather I managed to get a little of the holo to show in the above photo but under artificial light this one really sparkles. It applied very easily and this is three coats although two would probably have been sufficient if you're not taking macro photos.

I drew on the black spaces with my Barry M nail art pen. These dry really fast so I didn't have to wait long before I could draw on the eyes with my white nail art pen. I made them all look in different directions and I do think my hidden monsters in the dark look a little afraid themselves.

I loved this, I wore it for three days with no tip wear and I didn't stop liking it, I was very sad to eventually have to take it off. Happy Halloween!

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Crows Toes Tiki Torch Swatch and Nail Art

When the latest Crows Toes collection came out there were a few I fancied (One Trick Pony, Storms Never Last, Boat Drinks) but the only one I had to have come hell or high water was Tiki Torch. Tiki Torch is a purple jelly with tiny glitters which flash up holographic in the colours of fire.

I mean who could look at that and not be enchanted! It looks very much like you have the embers of a fire on your nails. I didn't want to cover up much of the base with nail art so I decided to apply some rose water decals I was sent along with some indie nail polish.

These decals were very easy to use and look very effective considering how little effort they take to apply. I did all of my nails on both hands and had matching nail art for a few days which was really nice :).

Also the pictures were actually taken on the third day of wear with no visible tip damage which is impressive for me as I'm quite hard on my nails.

I love Tiki Torch so much and I'm really glad I managed to get hold of it.

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31DC Metallic Nails

I was a little stuck for things to do for metallic nails so I pulled out one of my untried glitters. This is Pocket Money Polishes Heart of Glass which has shards of pink and silver glitter in it. I decided to pair this with another one of my untrieds- Crows Toes Minion and some heart nail art. I am absolutely in love with this nail art.

I started with a base of Crows Toes Minion, which is epic by the way! It's a purple to deep teal shifting duochrome with flakies in it. This is two coats:

I then used the polish brush of A England Rose Bower to create two intersecting curves on the nail then did the same slightly further up with Nails Inc Motcomb Street before sponging on Pocket Money Polishes Heart of Glass.

I love that the red frames the top of the heart, Rose Bower is the perfect colour, opaque in a single coat and with a slight holographic flash. Heart of Glass is amazing, the shards are flat on the nail and big enough for it to be obvious that the glitter pieces are irregular. Let me know if you like this as much as I do :). For a bit of whimsy here's a tower I made with all of my Pocket Money Polishes

Tomorrow is Rainbow themed  :)

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Emily de Molly Oceanic Forces and Crows Toes Absolum Swatch

So the OMD Challenge is over, it's been a long month but I have enjoyed it all. Today I have two beautiful glitter polishes to show you, Emily de Molly's Oceanic Forces and Crows Toes Absolum your potions master.

Oceanic Forces is a gorgeous deep teal jelly polish with aqua glitter and large blue glitter circles. This polish comes with a warning that you will have to fish for the large circles to get them out and this is true you definitely do have to but the polish finish is worth it. It is completely opaque in two medium coats and with a little placement it's easy to get the circles exactly where you want on the nail. My nails are fairly curved so I had to use a very thick layer of top coat to make the circles lie flat to my nail.

Deliberately blurry photo to show off the holo in this glitter.

I decided to pair Absolum with the shimmery copper tones of Nails Inc Horse Guards Parade. Absolum  has blue, green, copper and silver glitter with black bar glitter. I think I prefer this polish when it's sparse on the nail but there's so much glitter in the bottle that it's hard to achieve this sparse look while also getting all of the glitter types onto the nails.

This polish has been on my wish list for ages and I managed to get it in a blog sale last week so I love it, and it is definitely all the better for the wait :)

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