It's about time, I posted some nail art, right?

I've found some unpublished manicures I did before I had my boy so I'll share them with you..

Unfortunately it's been few years and I don't remember the products I've used....yikes!

So let's play the guessing game haha...

This is the nail art with some cute tulips I've had around...

Hmm...

It's definitely nail polish. I'm not holding a bottle so can't tell which brand it is with certainty...it could be a mix of brands. 

If I was to recreate it, I'd reach into my Zoya collection or OPI because I definitely have these colours in there. 

As for the marbling method, I'm pretty sure it's done like this:

Step 1: Paint your nails with base coat and first coat of white/off white nail polish (optional: you can apply latex barrier around the nail to minimise mess)

Step 2: Paint on the second coat of white/off white and while it's still wet, put small drops of purple and blue nail polish on the wet withe layer

Step 3: Gently press a piece of soft plastic (like a sandwich bag) on the nail polish and lift straight up. This will create the marble effect

Step 4: Apply a bit of top coat where you want to put the gold flakes 

Step 5: Seal the whole manicure with one or two coats of top coat

Well that was fun, let's do that again sometimes! 

Have a lovely day!

Lucie x

Hey girls!

How are you all? I can't believe how fast the Summer is flying past..not that it's much of a Summer here in England. So I'm left to cheer myself up with pretty colours on my nails ;)

The manicure I'm going to show you in the post was inspired by Maria over at So Nailicious so if you don't already know her fabulous blog, you simply must check it out!

I wore this this easy-to-create dry brush & gold leaf nail art for this year's Scratch Stars Awards held in Tropicana Beach Club in London. I've written a whole post about the evening and who won the Best UK Nail Blogger, read the post here. 

Let's check out the nails...

As I've said, this manicure was very easy to do, Maria actually created a video tutorial, watch it here. 

For my version I've used two coats of Color Club Je T'aime, a lovely creme candy floss pink. Then I've used the dry brush technique and added blue, fuchsia and orange brushstrokes. The polishes I've used were:

• OPI Can't Find My Czechbook (I looove this one for its name!) - turquoise blue creme
• OPI Kiss Me On My Tulips - medium fuchsia creme
• OPI A Roll In The Hague - reddish orange creme

Once I was happy with the brushstrokes, I've added gold leaf pieces. Sometimes the polish underneath was still tacky so the gold leaf would stick just fine but if it wasn't sticking I just lightly brushed a bit of base coat where i wanted the gold leaf to go. Lastly, I've finished off with couple of coats of Morgan Taylor REACT Top Coat. I've also used the Morgan Taylor REACT Base Coat for longer lasting wear and as always, my manicure lasted about 10 days with this superb duo! If you haven't tried it yet, it worked great for me!

Some of you might also be wondering where i got those cute gold & turquoise stone rings. I bought them at Luna Pyxis and this is my favourite site for beautiful and affordable rings. 

What did you think of this manicure? Have you tried the dry brush technique yet? If not, I've previously created a video tutorial for this technique, give it a try, it's super easy!

Have a lovely weekend!

Lucie x