Hello lovelies,

Have a happy Easter!!! I'm back with nail art post after few days of break. When it's weekend or I have holiday I usually get into whole day of swatching or editing so I don't write any blog posts...

Well today it's another patterned manicure which I absolutely loved! I've started with a subtle gradient (published here) using Nicole By OPI My Jay Or The Highway and Am I Making Myself Claire?

Then I've used small brush and black acrylic paint to do the pattern. I've also done a tutorial for you guys ;)

Let me know if you re-create this manicure, I'd love to see it!

Hello lovelies,

I had an idea of how to do DIY Speckled Nails in case you don't want to buy Illamasqua Speckled nail varnish or you just want different colours than they offer. You can create this look with any nail polish but I would recommend you to choose less pigmented ones.

For this look I have used Models Own Fruit Pastel Collection shades (all five), Nubar Black Polka Dot and Seche Vite topcat.

If you recreate this manicure please credit back to me. Thank you lovelies!

This is the original Illamasqua Speckled nail varnish in Mottle, picture is by AllYouDesire. I am showing it to you so you can compare the final finish because I don't own any Illamasqua Speckled polish yet. If you want the black glitter less visible as it is in the Illamasqua polish you can just add more nail polish over the glitter.

I've prepared a video tutorial for you as well, hope you like it!