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Hello there everyone!

I am finally back after such a long time, I know I know... Today is the 4th year since I started out on Instagram, so I thought it would be nice to at least post a manicure on this special day 😛

Today's manicure is inspired by Zoella's new range of beauty products, in particular, the Gelat'eau Body Mist! How timely that when this range was launched, my parents were in the UK😱 So I'm lucky to have this in my hands so quickly!

I love the packaging of the bottle and thought that I would recreate the designs onto my nails. Everything was done freehand!

I used Essie "Bikini So Teeny", Rimmel London "Reggae Splash", Revlon "Apricot Nectar" and OPI "My Boyfriend Scales Walls".

This manicure was super easy and fun to do! Let me know what you think!

items were sent for review Hello there!! Today I have a fun mani AND a tutorial for you! I picked out these triangle patterned nail vinyls stencils from BornPrettyStore.com to review for you guys. I have not tried stencils before and was anticipating on what I can do with them. I decided to go for a soft back ground and a strong color for the triangles. So this was what I came up with!

The tutorial is below so you may take a look!

I used Sinful Colors "Snow Me White" as the white base color. For all top coats, I used none other than Glisten & Glow "HK Girl Top Coat".

For the saran/cling wrap technique, I used all China Glaze polishes in "Something Sweet", "Light As Air", "Lemon Fizz" and "For Audrey". I chose the pastel colors that I had to create the paddle pop effect. The white base below helps to bring out the colors better.

As for the sponging over the small triangle stencils, I used a cosmetic sponge and Sinful Colors "Black On Black". I also used black acrylic paint and a liner brush that I got from BPS to outline the big triangle on my accent nail.

I really am loving how these turned out and I am pretty sure you can easily get this look by using the stencils! They were really sticky so there will be minimal bleeding of polish on the smaller triangles. Also, I found that you can reuse the stencils so that you won't be wasting your money! But do take note that after a few uses it may lose the stickiness and polishes may bleed under the vinyls.

Overall, I really feel that stencils are fun and easy to use! Have you tried them? Tell me your experiences with them in the comments :)

Have a great day!!

Hello there! It's SUNDAY! Happy day :)

Today we're going for the soft pastel look! I basically picked out three pastel shades, All are Barry M in Strawberry I/C, Berry I/C and Blue Moon.

I also wanted a negative space element and also didn't want to show any VNL, so I did a simple cloud tips and single chevron tip on the accent nail.

I didn't use any vinyls, I used the body of the brush that came with the polish itself. As Barry M's brush is slightly thinner it gives more control over the designs.

I also added a bling to the pastel look using China Glaze - Fairy Dust over my negative space. I think I am starting to really love the combination of negative space and CG Fairy Dust :P
Tell me what you guys think in the comments below :D

Well hi there reader!

I am back with a mani that I think is one of my top faves!

I have been pondering what design I should do. Something that can be done on both hands and is fast and easy, I thought for a really long time.

I finally settled on a pastel candy coloured water marble design. I used my Barry Ms that Mom got from London! Here are the polishes that I used:

L-R; Strawberry I/C, Blue Moon, Berry I/C

Out of the three, I liked Berry I/C the most as it is rather pigmented for a psatel and it has a hint of dark tone to it. Blue moon is a pale baby blue with very subtle shimmers but not so subtle under the artificial lighting seen above! Lastly, Strawberry I/C has a rather difficult formula however the pink is so sweeeeet!

And now for the whole look~

I didn't want to do water marble on all my nails so I did on my thumb and my ring fingers. And the other nails I just pained plain colors used in the marble design.

I absolutely love this look because it is so so soft and really cute too! What do you guys think?

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Hello friends!

Gradient is up on the list and I have it for you here! I realised that the purple and the pink blended so well it looked like one color in the picture. To top it off, I used CG Fairy Dust which I have seen many other nail artist who do the same.

I am also very happy how I improved on my cuticle clean-up (especially gradient manis). Well, practice makes perfect right?