The Digit-al Dozen Does Skittles: Skull Nets

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Afternoon friends!

Today we have yet another post in the Digit-al Dozen's Skittle Week! I was trolling around the internet last night looking for some inspiration when I saw this picture that Rie of Nails and Noms posted of some awesome Black Milk Clothing Skull Net Tights! The design was really interesting and I decided to take that as my inspiration and went from there!

I again stuck with my almost all butter LONDON theme when selecting what polishes to use! I started out with Cult Nails Tempest on my index, ring and pinky nail and used butter LONDON Come To Bed Red from the upcoming Illusionist Holiday Collection (swatches will be up soon), on my thumb and middle nail. From there I started out by recreating the pattern on the Black Milk Clothing Leggings on my ring nail with my smallest cut down nail art brush and butter LONDON Union Black Jack.

On my thumb I added a coat of butter LONDON Stardust, which is also from the upcoming Illusionist Holiday Collection, over Come To Bed Red. On my index nail I added large dots with a dotting tool in Union Jack Black and then painted a gradient with Come to Bed Red and sprinkled some loose red glitter on top. On my middle nail I used an assortment of black and clear rhinestones to create the pattern. On my pinky nail I did a line of black rhinestones up the middle of my nail and then painted a line using Come To Bed Red on either side and again sprinkled glitter over that! That was a lot of explaining!

I love black, white and red together and the subtle skulls make me feel slightly rocker, while still keeping it girly. What do you think about these nails?

Make sure you check out the rest of The Digit-al Dozen to see what skittles they are rocking today!

The Digit-al Dozen Does Skittles: Purple, Green and Glitter

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Afternoon loves!

I only just posted this morning, but this is my effort to catch back up in the Digit-al Dozen's Skittle week! This week was my pick so I am really excited to be posting this week! I just received an amazing package with a plethora of butter LONDON products so decided that one of my skittles needed to use some of these just stunning lacquers!

I picked out two of my favourites from the Rock Your Colour Line which are, butter LONDON Indigo Punk (the purple glitter) and butter LONDON Jaded Jack (the chartreuse green). I felt like these colours were really graphic so I decided to pair them with black and white, using butter LONDON Union Black Jack and Cult Nails Tempest. I was close to using entirely butter LONDON products, but unfortunately I don't own Cotton Buds!

For all the nail art I used the aformentioned polishes and my favourite small cut down nail art brush. I just drew random patterns until I was happy with the result. Also I left my middle nail just as butter LONDON Indigo Punk as that glitter is too pretty to not have a nail on it's own!

I love skittles so much because it allows me to play with combining patterns, which is something that I really wish I could do in fashion! Since I play it safer fashionwise I let it all go nuts on my nails!

What are your thoughts on these nails? Be sure to check out the rest of the Digit-al Dozen below!

31DC2013: Day 10 Gradient

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Goood Morning loves!

Today's theme in the 31 Day Challenge is gradients! I really enjoy gradient nails and don't find myself doing them enough. For today's nails I wanted to try and add something a little extra to the gradient. I was stumbling around the internet and found this image of shadows jumping over a lake at night. I decided to try and recreate this image!

I started off with a white creme base using Cult Nails Tempest just to give a good base for the gradient. Then I painted directly onto a makeup sponge using Sephora by OPI Never Enough Shoes, butter LONDON Giddy Kipper and Pure Ice Bikini on top.

I sponged the polish onto my nails until I had a gradient I was happy with. It's not the most perfectly blended gradient, but I still really like it! Then using Sephora by OPI Never Enough Shoes I freehanded the figures jumping in the air! I tried to make them all a little different in shape and size to give the effect of how it would look if a real group of people were jumping!

These were really fun to do and I'm glad I went a little bit of a different route for the gradient theme! I can't believe we are already a third of the way through this challenge. It is flying by and I'm really proud of some of the manicures that I've come up with already :)

Make sure you are checking out Emily over at The Lacquerologist! She has been coming up with some absolutely killer manicures! Also be sure to enter our giveaway :)

Check out last years gradient nails here!

butter LONDON Colour Clash Giveaway & Nail Art Contest!

Hey friends!

I hope you are all having a wonderful Friday! Today I have something very special to share with all of you. I've partnered with butter LONDON Canada and few other wonderful bloggers to bring you a fabulous giveaway and nail art contest!

The Colour Clash Collection is butter LONDON's new Fall 2013 collection and includes 6 bright fun shades that are very atypical for fall. You can gain entries to win one of the Color Clash shades of your choosing by liking any or all of the Facebook pages listed. If you would like to win the whole collection, you can create your own butter LONDON nail art look and share it on the butter LONDON Canada Facebook page.

NOTE: Since this contest is hosted by butter LONDON Canada, it is limited to residents of Canada.

I have created some looks in the past using butter LONDON products, and here is one example!

I'm really excited because I am going to be one of the judges who chooses the winning nail art look! There are also two other extremely talented bloggers/judges that I'm honoured to be working with to choose a winner, they are Kayla of Nails by Kayla Shevonne and Winnie from The Rawr Shop.

Feel free to enter as many ways as possible to win one or all of these fabulous butter LONDON polishes!

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Good luck and I can't wait to see your nail art looks!!

I'm Off to ALASKA!

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Afternoon folks!

Today I have some very exciting news to share with you all!! This evening I am getting on a plane and headed to ALASKA for a cruise!! I am ridicuously excited and I have to admit I have been neglecting my blog because I've been getting ready for this once in a lifetime trip :) So I decided to show you my nails that I'll be wearing hopefully for the next 10 days as I cruise by glaciers and see some amazing wildlife!

I know these are almost identical to the Bright Neon Flowers that I posted a few days back, but I actually wore those almost a month and a half ago and was craving some more floral nails for my trip, and well I just really loved those! I decided to change up the colour scheme as most of the dresses I have for the cruise are blue, so a blue scheme I went with!

I started off with OPI My Vampire Is Buff because it is the most perfect nude eveeerrrrr. Then I drew on the flowers using butter LONDON Giddy Kipper, the dark blue, China Glaze Sunday Funday, the bright blue, and Pure Ice Bikini, the pale blue. All the outlines and detailing was done with Black Creme and my smallest detailing brush!

I'm loving these flowers and they will go most most all my evening outfits! Score! Since many of you have been asking what I do on my right hand I've included a picture of both my hands so you can get an idea of the kind of detail work I usually do :)

Well! I am going to sign off folks! I have a fabulous line up of guest posters while I'm away and I have prescheduled my Digit-al Dozen posts for next week so I will still be participating in that! I won't be back in Canada until next Monday, but I'll be spending a few days in Vancouver because we have never been out to British Columbia! Eeeeeeeek! I'm sooo excited! Hopefully I have have some amazing pictures to share with all of you when I return.

Hope you guys have a great week and I'll see you all when I return! :D

butter LONDON Color Clash Fall Collection Swatches

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Evening Friends!

I thought I had scheduled this post for 7:30AM this morning, but apparently I didn't, so you're getting todays post a little later than usual. I have half of the butter LONDON Color Clash Fall Collection to share with you today. This Collection is not typical to fall in any way, which I love. The colours are fun and bright, reminding us we can wear neons and bright colours year round! Let's jump into the swatches.

butter LONDON Cake-Hole is a reproduction, meaning this is not a new shade BUT it fits with the rest of the collection so well! The description from the press release is, Opaque, nearly-neon pink cream which is pretty much spot on! This does dry to a plastic finish so I have shown it here without topcoat.

My swatch is 3 coats for complete opacity. You could probably get away with 2, but I still had a little visible nail line so I did 3 coats for good measure. Also included in the press release is what the name means and since these are such fun names, here is what Cake-Hole means, 1960s Brit slang referring to one's mouth...and the desire for it to remain closed.

butter LONDON Pimms is my new favourite yellow. Seriously this is amazing. The press release description is, Opaque, sunflower yellow cream which is exactly what this is! Shown with topcoat.

What makes Pimms so amazing is that it is this perfect in 2 easy coats! Most yellows are streaky and require at least 3 to get the perfect look. This is very opaque only needing 2 coats. L O V E! The definiion of Pimms from the press release is, Gin-based tradition at its finest...this refreshing beverage is almost as popular as English tea.

butter LONDON Giddy Kipper is the star of the show for this half of the collection. The press release description is, an Opaque, indigo shimmer. Spot on. I am dying over the shimmer in this one. It really is so pretty. The shimmer is brought out by topcoat so you want to make sure you have a coat of top coat on to really bring out the shine.

Again this had beautiful formula only needing 2 quick coats. You might be able to get away with one if you do thick coats, but I have used 2 for good measure. I wore Lac Attack Endless Summer over this which was an awesome combination and can be seen here. The definition of Giddy Kipper from the press release is, Refers to someone who is overly excited...like anyone who buys this lacquer will be! haha so true. Blue lovers will need this one.

I'm loving this half of the collection. The colours are bright and fun and I will most certainly be wearing these as we get into cooler weather. What are your thoughts on these?!

The butter LONDON Color Clash Fall Collection is available starting today! Some places have already been spotted carrying the collection so you should be able to get your hands on it. Canadians can purchase HERE for $17 CAD a bottle or get a discount for buying the whole collection. Remember to keep up with butter LONDON on Facebook here!

The Digit-al Dozen Does Tape: Cool Gradient

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Morning!

We're gearing up to the end of the week and I have to say I am almost at my tape limit. I'm liking the manicures I'm creating, but the amount of time that they take is insanity! I admire all you ladies that do these on a regular basis, you have a crazy amount of patience!

For these nails I started off with Cult Nails Tempest, I feel like I'm using this all the time, I may need a new bottle soon! After applying topcoat and waiting for it to dry I went back at it with my striping tape. This time I cut pieces in advance to attempt to make it easier on myself. I went one nail at a time and laid down my striping tape on a diagonal.

Starting at the bottom I used a small nail art brush and butter LONDON Fiver for the first space. Then for the second one I mixed two drops of Sweet Color 009 and one drop of Fiver together. For the third one I added one drop of Bondi New York Tavern On The to the previous mixture. For the fourth stripe I used Tavern On The on its own and for the last section I used Pure Ice French Kiss. That was a lot of mixing and explaining! I hope you all understand :) I removed the tape quickly once all the colours had been painted to keep my lines clean.

I think these cool gradient nails are pretty fun! This is my favourite colour combination so it made using the tape slightly more bearable :)

What do you think of these? Remember to check out the rest of the Digit-al Dozen below!

The Digit-al Dozen Does Tape: Pink and Glitter!

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Goooooooood Morning loves!

We're back at it this week with another rendition of The Digit-al Dozen! The theme this week is tape. Bleh, I do not like tape manicures. I generally end up getting annoyed with the tape and it sticks everywhere and I get frustrated. SO this week is going to be a challenge. I'm not entirely pleased with todays nails, but its a start!

I started out with China Glaze Bottoms Up from the new Sunsational Neons Collection on my first 3 nails and Cult Nails Tempest on my ring and pinky nails. On my thumb and index nail I tried to just get some stripes down with striping tape. I put the stripes down and then painted butter LONDON Fairy Cake over the tape then removed it. I forgot one of the cardinal rules of using tape to only do one nail at a time! So my index nail looks all wonky thick.

I was sick of tape by the middle nail, so I resorted to a glitter gradient. On my last 2 nails I attempted the watercolour technique with Bottoms Up to give those nails a softer look. Then I added some square silver studs from Born Pretty Store.

I think I liked these nails more in my mind than in reality, but it's a start to tape week! Hopefully I can pull out something a little better as the week goes on LOL!

What are your thoughts on these pink and glitter nails!? Check out the rest of the Digit-al Dozen below!