Upcoming review!!

So, as you may have noticed, I've recently gone through a slight (6 month) dry spell in the blogging world. But today I'm determined to blow the cobwebs away by sharing some exciting news!!

A few days ago I was a lucky runner up of a Facebook giveaway run by Models Own, and my prize was an amazing box set of their Velvet Goth collection. Never having one any sort of giveaway before, this was ridiculously exciting for me…

So. Plan. In the next few days or so I'll be swatching and reviewing each of the 5 polishes in the collection, and will put a post up about it for you all to read!

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Fly away nails!

The sun is starting to shine here in the south of France and the skies are clearing up, so I decided to do a manicure to celebrate! Yay!

This cute little summery design was inspired by a manicure by 'Ontothenextpolish' that I saw and fell in love with immediately/

A more challenging design that requires a bit of patience. But if you put the effort in, the result is great!

Read the 'how to' after the jump!

Banana crazy!

Today I felt a bit crazy...and as a result, have ended up with bananas on my nails. Perfect logic!

This bright and fun design is great for sunny days and has that lovely tropical feel to it.

It's relatively simple to do, although the black outline does require a steady hand! Is it a challenge you're willing to accept?

Pictorial and 'how to' after the jump

Doodle nails!

A quirky little design with a 'back to school' kind of feel to it. This manicure was done for day 12 of the  Californails May nail art challenge. (see previous posts for more information)

A simple looking design that is great for beginner nail artists who want to step it up a bit!

One of the first designs where I used my Barry M nail art pen as well!

Pictorial and 'how to' after the jump

Newspaper nails

A very popular manicure that is all over the internet. Here is my take on newspaper nails!

A relatively simple manicure to do. All you will need is a white polish, newspaper cuttings, rubbing alcohol (or vodka) and a top coat.

Optional extras include the letter detail on the thumb. For this you will need a black polish, a nail art brush/striper and a pink polish.

All it takes is 4 simple steps!

Read the 'how to' after the jump.

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Neon nails!

Day 7 of the May nail art challenge! (shh...we'll pretend that this post isn't late!)

The theme for this was 'neon', and with not having many neon colours in my polish collection, I decided to set a few of the colours again black to make them look as bright as possible. And then I came up with this striping tape mani!

All you will need to achieve this manicure is striping tape, a black polish, and two or 3 bright colours of your choice (white polish is an optional extra).

Pictorial and more on 'how to' after the jump!