Monday 7 October 2013

Then and Now #1: Elephantastic

Hello all!

Firstly, sorry for all the seemingly random post on the weekend.  I was tidying up my 'Reviews' tab, and it totally didn't occur to me that if you follow via Bloglovin' you'd have got an email with all those posts in!  However, the Reviews tab is all finished and tidy now, so do take a look and let me know what you think of the new layout.

You'll also notice something new at the bottom of my posts!  I've added some pretty buttons to allow you to easily share my posts.  Please also let me know what you think about these, both in terms of how they look and functionality.

Anyhoo, on to the nails!  Aaaages ago I said I was going to do a series of Then & Now posts.  I've seen these on a few blogs, and I liked the idea of revisiting some of my old manicures and seeing if I could do any better now.  However, due to being of the procrastinating nature that I am, I never got round to doing it.  Until now!  So, I present you my first then manicure...


I thought this was like proper awesome at the time.  And to be fair, it did have googley eyes.  This was actually the first ever manicure I posted on this blog!  Aww...  You can take a look at the original post here.

To be honest, I was a bit worried about doing this, because I was worried it would prove what I've suspected for a while...that my nail art is getting worse rather than better.  Here goes...

elephant-nail-art

I went for a slightly different approach this time, but still with the googley eyes of course!  I stuck with Barry M Blueberry Ice Cream for the base, but this time I used Barry M Grey, OPI Skull & Glossbones and a touch of OPI Sparrow Me The Drama for the elephant.

So what do you prefer, then or now?

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7 comments:

  1. Oh I love this post! While I liked the first manicure this one is a thousand times better, the first one looks like a heffa but the second really shows it and the detail on the ears and trunk show just how far your skills have come :) I hope I see this much improvement in a years time!

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    1. Aw thank you :) I do prefer the second one, funny thing is it was much quicker as well!

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  2. I like him better the second time around now his ears are a little bigger. Fab! And you can't go wrong with googly eyes =D

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    1. If only every manicure could have googly eyes :p And thank you.

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  3. Both are super cute, but I love the second one -- love the ears :) And the googly eyes are a great addition!

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    1. Aw thank you :) I ummed and ahhed over doing the ears like that, going onto the next nails. I'm glad I did now!

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