Flip Flop #6: Fan Brush

I saw this technique a little while ago on the Crumpet's Nail Tarts groups, and it looked fantastic!  So it'd been on my to do list for a while, and this challenge was the kick up the bum I needed to get on with actually doing it!

Other versions of this technique I've seen have the polish swept across the nail, either side to side or diagonally.  I thought it'd look quite cool going up the nail from the cuticle instead.  I was mostly wrong, but here's what I ended up with.

They're super pretty...but that's just because there's three different holo polishes, not because of anything I did lol.

I used a base of A-England Saint George - a beautiful teal-y holographic.  Then I used the fan brush to add Nubar Reclaim and Layla Gold Idol.  As for the rhinestones...pretend they're not there.  They looked good IRL but in the photo they just look awful lol - they're too small and the colours look wrong!

I have rather a lot of links for you today as well.  Firstly, there are of course all the other ladies taking part in this challenge.  The other option for today was Glitter Bomb, so there are definitely going to be a lot of drool-worthy manicures!

Also, there's been a bit of a change to the British Bloggers group on Facebook.  Instead of posting a weekly round up, we'll be linking up via InLinkz once a week - hopefully you'll find this a better way to discover new blogs and see more pretty nails :)  Feedback on this would be appreciated!

Lady Flowers

Teehee.

A little while ago I won a giveaway hosted by Rebecca at Polish Etc.  The prize was two A-England polishes  of my choice - I hadn't tried any before but I had been lusting after some, so I was very excited!  After much deliberation, I chose Lady of the Lake and Saint George.  Today I'm showing you Lady of the Lake, and I shall show you Saint George in another post.

A-England Lady of the Lake is a beautiful purple holographic polish.  It applied beautifully, and was so pretty it distracted me in all my lectures while I was wearing it (although I'll be honest, that's not a difficult task...).  I added some flowers using Barry M Matt White and Lemon Ice Cream.  I was a bit lazy with my flowers - I just painted a star and added a dot, so they're not as good as they could've been.  But the purple's pretty, so I don't care.

Here's a picture in artificial light (my boyfriend told me off for standing on the sofa to get closer to the light...) so you can see the holographic goodness a little better.  Pretty...

So thank you again Rebecca!  Do check out her blog Polish Etc - she's got some beautiful swatches that she's posted recently!

Untried: A-England Lady of the Lake