Disney: Up! Nails

So it's one week until we're off to Florida! Here's another Disney mani for you. I love the film UP! It's such a lovely story. That's the film that has been the inspiration for this mani.

Up Nails

For this mani I used:

• small nail art brushes
• dotting tools
• blue, white and black nail polish
• a make up sponge
• a selection of bright polishes for the balloons

I started by painting all of my nails white so that I had a solid base for my gradient. To do a gradient with nail polish it's easiest to use a make up sponge. To make it look like it's really high in the sky I wanted the tip of my nails to be white and the part near the cuticles to be blue. To do this, I painted a stripe of blue polish and a stripe of white polish onto a make up sponge.

I then dabbed the sponge onto my nail a few times until I got a colour I was happy with.

Using my brightly coloured polishes and my dotting tool I placed random dots on all my nails except my ring finger.

For my ring finger nail. I starting by dotting random balloons in a triangle shape, with the widest part of the triangle starting at the cuticle end of my nail and the point being about a third of the way down my nail.

For the house, I used black polish. I started by painting a black rectangle, I then added the roof.

I then painted a few thin black lines from the roof of the house up to the balloons to make it look like the strings.

There we have it, my Up mani. I'm so excited for Florida now!

The polishes I used in this mani were:

• Miss Sporty - Blue
• Miss Sporty - Black
• Boots Seventeen Colour Carnival - White
• Boots Seventeen Colour Carnival - Light Blue
• Kiko - Green
• Barry M - Shocking Pink
• Barry M - Passion Fruit
• Make Up Time - Bright Yellow

Rachel x

Rainbow and Cloud Nails

I bought a blue Miss Sporty polish the other day that made me think of blue skies and made me want to create a mani which included clouds and blue skies. So here is my rainbow mani with blue skies.

Rainbow Nails

For this mani you will need:

• blue nail polish
• white nail polish
• selection of coloured polishes
• dotting tool
• small nail art brush

Start by painting your nails with the blue polish. I left the ring finger for the rainbow.

I got a little too into this mani and forgot to take photos for the next few steps.
Next paint your designated rainbow nail with white polish.
I started my rainbow with the middle colour so it would be easier to work out how thick each line needed to be.

Keep adding more colours to your rainbow nail, if you want a neater edge to each colour use nail art tape as a guide but as a mentioned before, I got a little too into this mani and didn't have time to find my tape so I painted each colour freehand.

For the clouds on the blue nails you'll need your white polish and a dotting tool. Using your dotting tool place a white dot on your nail.

To turn the dots into clouds, add smaller dots to the side of the first dots. Make some clouds with 2 dots and some with 3 so it doesn't look too uniformed.

There we have it! Rainbow and sky nails! There's no rainbows without rain and there's no rain without clouds.

I love the sky nails, I think they look great, it's a really nice blue!

The polishes I used in this mani are:

• Red - Barry M - Passion Fruit
• Orange - Boots 17 Lasting Fix - Tropical Island
• Yellow - Boots 17 Fast Finish - Go Go
• Green - Barry M - Neon Green
• Blue - Boots Colour Carnival by Seventeen - Light Blue
• Indigo - Models Own Artstix - Betty Blue
• Violet - Sinful Colours - Let's Talk
• Blue sky - Miss Sporty Clubbing Colours
• Clouds - Boots Natural Collection - Nail Tip Whitener

Rachel x

Disney: Minnie Mouse Nails

3 weeks from today I'll be in Florida!!! I'm so excited, I really can't wait. Today I've created a Disney themed mani using Minnie Mouse as my inspiration.

Minnie Mouse Nails

For this mani you will need:

• red, white black and pink polish
• a dotting tool
• a small nail art brush

Start by painting all of your nails with your red polish. Use two coats so that it's a bright and solid base.

Now, use your dotting tool and your white polish to put dots on 4 of your nails. Don't put any on your ring finger, this is going to be saved for our little Minnie mouse. Try to space your dots out evenly to replicate the Minnie mouse look.

It's time to create our little friend now, to do this you will need your small nail art brush and your black, white and pink polishes. Start by drawing a black circle on your ring finger nail with two either side for ears.






















The next part is really fiddly so if you don't think you'll be able to do it without messing it up then just leave the ring finger as Mickey Mouse! If you're feeling brave it's time to paint on the bow. Get your pink polish and start with a little dot between the ears, then on either side of the dot paint a triangle to create the bow. When the pink has dried, paint tiny white dots onto it.

The last step is to paint round the edges of the pink with the black. This will make the pink stand out on the red and will neaten the edges of the bow.

There you have it, Minnie Mouse nails. I'm really happy with how this turned out, especially the little bow on Minnie's head. It is really fiddly but the results are worth it. Now get me on that plane to Florida!!! 3 weeks to go!

The polishes I used in this mani were:

• Nails Inc. - Luminous Red
• Boots Natural Collection - Nail Tip Whitener
• W7 - Matte Black
• Max Factor Glossfinity - Marshmallow

Have fun with this mani!

Rachel x

Rainbow Dots

I love all things brightly coloured and one of my favourite brightly coloured things is rainbows! I love them, they're so pretty and colourful! So, with that in mind, I set out on todays nail art, rainbow dots.

Rainbow Dots

For this nail art you will need:

•  white nail polish
• at least 5 brightly coloured nail polishes (I used 6)
• something to make small dots
• top coat (optional, mine smudged my dots)

 First off, you need to prep your nails, remove any old nail polish and make sure they're clean. When your nails are ready apply the white nail polish, this is going to be our base, this mani looks really good with a black base too!

 Then, line up your polishes in rainbow order, mine was: yellow green blue purple pink orange. I then decided to ignore that and start with the blue!
I find it easier to start this mani with the middle dots first, then I work the rest of the dots from there.

Grab your dotting tool and dip it into your first colour of polish, then place dots diagonally across the middle of your nail.

Clean off your dotting tool and start dotting your next colour next to your first line of dots.

Keep going until you have a line of dots in each of the polishes you chose, remember to clean off your dotting tool between each different colour.

I found I still had white space left either side after I'd used each colour once, so I just carried on the pattern following my rainbow order.

 

 Repeat the dotting on the rest of your nails, unless of course you only want the dots on the one nail. If you have any excess polish on your fingers when you have finished, use a small brush or a cotton bud dipped in nail polish remover to get rid of it without ruining your nails.

When you have dotted all your nails you'll be amazed at how amazing they look for such a simple mani. If you are going to apply a top coat to your nails I'd advise that you leave it at least 30 mins before you do apply it to make sure all the dots have completely dried. I didn't wait and unfortunately my dots smudged.

 So there you have it, a fairly simpl mani that looks pretty impressive once complete. I'm so in love with it, I'll be so sad to see it go.

The polishes I used in this mani were:

• Boots Natural Collection - Nail Tip Whitener
• Boots Seventeen - Light Blue
• Barry M - Neon Green
• Barry M - Bright Purple
• Barry M -Shocking Pink

The yellow and orange I used were from a Boots Strictly Come Dancing nail set, I'm not sure if they are available to purchace separately.

I hope you enjoy trying out this mani.

Rachel x