31 Day Challenge - Day 5 - Blue

Hey!

I'm on a roll today - this is blog post number two and there are more to come! Here are my blue nails for day five of the 31 Day Challenge on Instagram.

I chose a design inspired by HannahRoxNails tutorial on her YouTube channel. I love the colour block ombre look! And it's much less messy to achieve than a traditional sponged ombre, too :D

I used four of my favourite blue shades for this mani - Models Own 'Blueberry Muffin' (thumb), Rimmel 'Mind The Gap, Victoria' (index), China Glaze 'I Sea The Point' (middle), and Barry M 'Drive Me Navy' (pinkie). On my ring finger I started with a base of Blueberry Muffin, then used a small brush to add blocks of the other shades. 

I love how this turned out, and it only took a few minutes to do! Win-win!

Thanks for reading!

Helen x

PS Check out all of the other submissions for the 31 Day Challenge on Instagram by searching the hashtag #31dc2015 :D

31 Day Challenge - Day 4 - Green

Hi guys!

I have been trying to keep up with the 31 Day Challenge over on Instagram, and so here are my nails for prompt number four - green. I chose a cherry blossom design as it's something I've been meaning to do for a while and it seemed quite straightforward. I'm not 100% happy with them, but it's not bad for a first attempt!

My base here is Make Up Gallery (Poundland) 'Spearmint', topped with China Glaze 'Fairy Dust'. I then used a striping brush and Barry M 'Cocoa' to draw the branches, and finished with Barry M 'Kiss Me Quick' and Seche 'Audacious' for the blossoms. On my pinkie I reverse stamped an image from Bundle Monster CYO 2014 plate #617. I topped the whole design off with Posche Topcoat, which left loads of bubbles in the design :( I definitely need to get myself some more HK Girl, as I'm just not getting on well with any other topcoats!

Thanks for reading!

Helen x

PS Check out all of the other submissions for the 31 Day Challenge on Instagram - just search the hashtag #31dc2015

31 Day Challenge - Day 3 - Yellow

Hello!

Today I have my third set of nails created for the 31 Day Challenge. The prompt for this one is 'yellow', which is a colour I don't often wear on my nails, but surprisingly I actually own quite a few yellow polishes (or not, when you consider the size of my stash!)

For this mani I used the gorgeous Butter London 'Jasper', which is such a beautiful pastel yellow creme polish. I teamed it with Hello Kitty 'Whatcha', a bargain that I picked up in Poundland! The little flower studs are also from Poundland - they don't look like a good match in these pictures, but I promise they are in real life!

I'm loving the 31 Day Challenge, it's giving me a great opportunity to try out some more of my unused polishes, such as 'Jasper' in this mani. Being ill this week has given me the time to plan out what I'm going to do each day on my nails, so I have no excuses not to finish the challenge!

Thanks for reading!

Helen x

P.S. Check out all of the other submissions for the 31 Day Challenge over on Instagram - just search the hashtag #31DC2015 :)