Butterfly Wing nails

Good evening lovelies

Tonight is my girly birthday meal.. see what I mean about extended birthdays in my family :-)?

We are going to a Japanese grill called Shiki and I cannot wait. Some of us have been before and the food was amazing, all freshly cooked in front of us by our own chef for the evening. There are 9 of us dining tonight and I just know that we will all love our meals.

I did something a little special to my nails for the occasion...

I started with two quick coats of Barry M Papaya which is a lovely rich peach to orange colour. Then using a small piece of make up sponge I added Barry M Grapefruit to half of each nail.

I then topped each nail off with Northern Lights top coat in Silver. Once that was dry I opened my shiny new stamping plates that had arrived from Israel recently. I had been lemming after these plates for months so once I saw they were back in stock I purchased them quickly. You can read more about how to do that here... Nail Craze.

Using Konad Black I stamped the monarch style butterfly wing onto each nail. I love that you get two different sizes and I love it that the design is flipped so your right and left hands are mirror images.

Finally using a dotting tool and a little white nail polish I added some dots to make my nails look more like authentic monarch butterfly wings.

I am loving how detailed these nails look. I think Natalie from Nail Craze is brilliant for designing this beautiful plate and I look forward to using the others I also purchased from her.

I am off to eat at the grill - have a great evening everyone :-)

Louise xx
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Magnetic Nails - Grey

More magnetic nails... :-)

I know I said I didnt really like magnetic polish but after the success of the new Barry M Green Magnetic polish recently I just could not resist this lovely sparkly grey version.

Again this is part of the second collection of Barry M Magentics and the quality of this polish is so much better than the first four released earlier this year.

This polish is Barry M Magnetic Multi Sparkle. The name really could not say it better... just look at how striking the magnetic effect is with these polishes! The amount of sparkle added to each little bottle is fantastic and really comes to life under artificial light.

I added this cute little butterfly accents using Konad White and a small design found on plate M78.

I was so pleased with this design that I kept waving my nails under colleagues noses at work in order to get them to pay special attention to the magnetic design and all that pretty sparkle. I will wear this polish again and again. I am so pleased I gave Magnetics a second chance.

Louise xx