First day of 3 Nail Challenge

Today being the 1st of September (ALREADY?!?) marks the first challenge of the 3 Nail Challenge with the theme of antique.

When I read the themes I had a little idea of what I would want to do for today 

This brooch is usually found on the collar of my blazer. As much as I'd like to call it antique it isn't really.

Click to find out how I did

Sunday star Nails

A quickie tonight. Why I added the tips I still don't know :/ My free handing is so shaky! My poor thumb suffered a mishap today too.

The stars are from my bargain from poundworld, ELF black and Wet n Wild xplode orange

Galaxy nails.....nothing to do with chocolate!

This trend has caught my eye over the last few weeks and I never thought I'd be brave enough to try it.

But today I am.

There are so many layers to this style. I started with a lick of base coat topped with 2 layers of ELF's Black. Once dry I added in a coat of Twinkle, also by ELF, to represent the distant stars.

Now the fun part! Taking a make up wedge (a tip for sponging I got from Sammy) I sponged some ELF White polish on. Once dry I used NYC 'S Water Street Blue to sponge some accent colour. Some more drying time before sponging Yashali's holograpic blue (more details can be found in my post about light in the box) across all my nail giving a other worldly feel (the photo doesnt do it justice).

Some more drying time and a slick of top coat brought it all together before some strategic layering of Technic's Carnival to finish off as planets and stars. Another layer of top coat makes the whole mani feel smooth.

*phew*

I can't wait to show this off tonight.

Saturday night nails

We're off to see my cousin singing at our local later.

For this I used ELF's red velvet and black. The rhinestones are from a wheel I got on ebay.

I can't complain because the products are good but it seems that ELF have put their prices up. A bottle of polish is now £2.50