tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71899811885533907862024-03-08T22:34:13.717+11:00thatleanneLeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03339571156428031740noreply@blogger.comBlogger230125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189981188553390786.post-27584522369046370762013-06-01T14:35:00.000+10:002013-06-01T14:35:15.581+10:00Owl love you forever - cute owl nail art!This is a bit of a belated post because the day after I finished these nails and posted them on <a href="http://instagram.com/thatleanne" target="_blank">instagram</a>, I copped a mega chest infection and have been knocked out ALL week! These were inspired by looking at wedding cake toppers last weekend as the fiance and I are trying to plan our wedding, yay!<br />
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I was looking at Etsy and found <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/PerlillaPets" target="_blank">these</a> super cute wedding cake toppers and thought these would make cute nails. I'm so tempted! They would make great keepsakes too.<br />
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The base nail colour is butter London's Fruit Machine from their spring 2013 collection and it took maybe 2-3 coats to get a nice opaque colour. The darker pink is also butter London Primrose Hill Picnic, a gorgeous hot pink. I wish I did white on the outside so the owls would be a bit more contrasted but they're still super cute. The tree branch is Essie Very Structured which is a chocolate brown (I've been looking for such a colour!) and the orange is Essie Fear or Desire. Can't say that I needed another orange but <a href="http://www.adorebeauty.com.au/" target="_blank">adorebeauty</a> had a buy 2 get 1 free GWP promo and I'm a sucker for promos :-(<br />
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I wanted to do owls and a matte top coat on all nails but dinner took priority ;-) Maybe next time! Anyway I'm still sniffly and cold so I'm going to go back to bed and relax. It's a cold rainy day and those are meant to be spent warm in bed. Until next time...<br />
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Leannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03339571156428031740noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189981188553390786.post-68176351189817066862013-05-19T12:34:00.000+10:002013-05-19T12:34:48.286+10:00Yoshi Nail Art with Essie Mojito MadnessSo this was a bit of a mistake, I was aiming for an Animal Crossing themed design (namely the trees) but it turned into Yoshi! I'm happy with it though, Animal Crossing shall be another day (or probably not as I will be too busy playing the New Leaf that's coming out June 15 :-D) I ended up with just one thumb accent and a spotty design (representing the eggs) on the rest of the nails:<br />
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I believe the eggs are white and green but this looks nicer. It is also the first time I got to try out my new Essie Mojito Madness! I dotted Mojito Madness with the large end of a dotting tool over Essie's Pretty Edgy:<br />
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Ah so much gloss! I'm a little late to the matte party (I've tried matte polishes but I really wanted to try the top coat). I purchased Essie's Matte About You top coat and you can see the difference it makes here:<br />
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Despite the fact that it says to apply a thin layer, if you haven't waited long enough for your polish to dry it'll drag your colour :-( So I opted for the big fat layer dabbed on carefully method instead! I'm in love with this matte look now, so cool! Of course, despite waiting 3 hours for my yoshi to dry, I completely forgot about the 'dab method' and destroyed poor yoshi:<br />
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Yuck! And this is the 'fixed' version! I tried to repaint some of the green and white and re-apply the top coat but the black still shows through. Ah well lesson learnt... until I forget again ;)<br />
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Leannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03339571156428031740noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189981188553390786.post-6398300100120724942013-04-16T21:16:00.000+10:002013-04-16T21:16:30.872+10:00Simple star nail art with butter London HRH, ShambolicHi everyone, this is a short post to show you the gorgeousness of two purple butter London's - HRH with Shambolic. I also painted a few stars because I just can't stop after painting my nails ;-)<br />
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HRH is a metallic purple with micro blue flecks. Shambolic is a glitter polish very similar to HRH with blue and purple glitter with also bigger pink glitter chunks. Gorgeous!<br />
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These colours were made to be paired together @_@ Or I just like purple, it's a bit of both I think...<br />
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I received Shambolic for Christmas from the lovely bf, it was a part of a holiday set with other glitter polishes (yet to be worn, for shame!) HRH I think I purchased from a beauty salon that unfortunately closed down. I only did about one coat of Shambolic over 2-3 coats of HRH (some fingers were 3 coats where the polish applied a bit thinly). The glitter polish does appear to run clear so it should be paired with a base polish.<br />
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And just because I wanted to paint *something* I figured stars would be appropriate, with a shooting star on the thumb. I had no design intentions, just painted and dotted wherever :-) I used OPI Alpine Snow as usual. Little bit messy but hey I was watching Kourtney and Kim take Miami! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed and I'll see you next time!<br />
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Leannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03339571156428031740noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189981188553390786.post-20572424797701435732013-04-05T11:07:00.000+11:002013-04-05T11:07:27.576+11:00Fireflies inspired nail Tutorial feat. Orly GlowstickRecently I purchased 3 very neon Orly polishes from the 2012 <a href="http://www.orlybeauty.com.au/orly-platinum-18ml-p-19.html" target="_blank">Feel The Vibe</a> collection. I did not know about this collection, I was picking up some medicine from the pharmacy and low and behold there was a new mini Orly polish stand at the check out. Convenient location. I spent more on Orly polishes than I did on medicine of course ;-) I picked up 3 from the collection, one being a bright fluoro yellow called Glowstick. And still in the butter London mood, I paired it with Slapper from the 2012 spring collection (we will not discuss how I managed to purchase Slapper twice accidentally):<br />
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In my mind I was picturing a beautiful field of glowing fireflies but on nails I can't decide if it looks like the fireflies I had in mind.... or a bubbling pit of doom :-D And if you think this looks familiar, you'd be right, it is a neon recreation of my loved <a href="http://thatleanne.blogspot.com.au/2011/07/purple-starry-nights-nail-art-tutorial.html" target="_blank">Purple Starry Nights</a> Tutorial. That fan brush had to get some use again :-)<br />
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So to recreate this firefly/bubbling pit look we need a neon yellow, and a variety of mint polishes. And for someone who really doesn't fancy mint colours, I seem to own quite a few:<br />
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Left to right we have butter London Fiver, OPI Mermaid's Tears, Essie Absolutely Shore, MAC Ocean Dip, Orly Glowstick, butter London Slapper and Orly Alpine Snow. You probably don't need this many, I just grabbed all I could locate. Mermaid's Tears and Ocean Dip are probably interchangeable. Probably don't even need Absolutely Shore but use as many as you like! The effect is discreet in the end.<br />
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Let's begin the tutorial! All steps were shot in the iPhone app Hipstamatic, check it out, it's a fab app for lazy "photographers" like myself.<br />
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Step 1: Paint your base coat. I chose butter London Slapper from the 2012 Spring Collection. Honestly photos do not do this polish justice. I took photos with a variety of lights with both my phone and SLR and none could show its true beauty. All I can say is to buy it if you like Teal colours. It also applied beautifully. It's dark and not really a Tiffany comparison but it's pretty. Enough said.<br />
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Step 2: Take a fan brush and paint a little on the edges and create downward strokes on the nail. The MAC colour is really subtle against Slapper hence the large arrow above. It's also only on one nail.<br />
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Step 3: Continue the fan gradient with another lighter colour. Clean and re-fan your brush regularly otherwise it'll stick together.<br />
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Step 4: Repeat step 3 with a lighter colour! Here we have Fiver from the Spring 2013 collection.</div>
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Step 4 continued - keep going with as many colours as you like! I clearly have too much time on my hands.<br />
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Step 5: Finish with a white fan brush coat. This is important as it enables the neon shade to look opaque and bright.<br />
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Step 6: Using a dotting tool (I use the Orly brand) to create different sized dots across the nails. They too will be a base for the neon yellow. Use both sides of the dotter and apply more/less polish for different sizes.<br />
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Step 7: Go over the dots again with the neon colour.<br />
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Step 8: Final fan brush over the white base and fill more at the tips so it's nice and opaque. Use the nail polish brush for the tips if necessary.<br />
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Step 9: Clean up around the nails with nail polish remover and add a top coat! I use Sally Hansen Double Duty Base & Top Coat.<br />
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And that's what it looks like in sunlight, bright as can be! We went out for a late lunch on the lake and it was such nice weather. Although you can feel winter coming...<br />
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Well that is it for the fireflies slash bubbly pit tutorial! I hope you enjoyed the look and I'll see you next time...<br />
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Leannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03339571156428031740noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189981188553390786.post-48936412639080026182013-03-31T16:32:00.000+11:002013-03-31T16:58:17.654+11:00Chicken and egg nail art for Easter!Happy Easter! I felt like getting one more Easter mani in before I have to pack away my colourful pastels. I wanted to do another look with the new butter London spring polishes and this is what I came up with:<br />
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Fiver is a gorgeous mint green and although it's looking a little bluer above, I can assure you it's minty goodness.<br />
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I really felt like I needed 3 coats of Fiver because it was a little streaky. Oh how I wish it was spring here, but alas we are heading into autumn and winter.<br />
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Obligatory over filtered and prettied up instagram shot above. Today was one of those 'start painting and see where it takes you' days. I didn't think chickens would quite fit on all nails so I decided to finish with eggies. The brown used was actually another button London polish fave of mine - Yummy Mummy.</div>
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Well that wraps up Easter nail art, I hope you enjoyed them! Now time for CHOCOLATE! Until next time...</div>
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<br />Leannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03339571156428031740noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189981188553390786.post-79600697330795085862013-03-27T23:39:00.000+11:002013-03-27T23:39:33.769+11:00Easy Easter Egg Nail Art How To!Hi everyone, it's time for the 2013 Easter Egg mani. For this look I wanted beautiful pastels and what better collection to use than the butter London 2013 Spring collection (despite the fact it's autumn/fall here :-) 4 of the colours made for a simple yet beautiful Easter egg nail art:<br />
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Butter London have 6 spring shades out and while I originally bought the purple, pink and yellow, I just had to have the mint green and some others... but here we have the four used in the look above, all prettied up with my new Easter decor from Bed Bath and Table:<br />
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No filters have been applied in the first nail art image at the top of this post so use that as your guide. I would swatch but I have eggs on my nails ;-) The pink is called Fruit Machine. Hmm is that related to the Neopets Fruit Machine I wonder (which I WON this week after 10 years of playing, hmph I mean yay?) The yellow is called Jasper, the purple Molly-Coddled and the mint green is called Fiver. Beautiful opaque cremes but I would say that the yellow needs a white base if being painted over another colour.<br />
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Step 1: Paint your base colour. I chose Molly-Coddled, the purple because I love purple, no other reason! It applied beautifully opaque in two coats. Cleaned up really nicely too. Can't say that about all polishes.<br />
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Step 2: Draw a white base in a half egg shape. Ideally use a small nail art brush (or even a mini polish brush) to draw the outline and fill with your regular paint brush.<br />
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Step 3: Repeat step 2 but leaving a small white border to make the yellow pop a bit more. Also, the yellow wasn't as opaque as the other colours and needed a white base to really bring out the yellow. But you could choose any colour as your egg colour.<br />
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Step 4: Take a small nail art brush and draw short zigzags or continuous Ms from one side of the egg to the other. Somewhere in the middle ideally, mine were a bit too high up I think. I chose The pink for the top zigzag. Fruit Machine is beautiful, I really need to wear it on its own.<br />
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Step 5: Repeat step 4 just under the first zigzag with another colour. I choose the mint green Fiver.<br />
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Step 6: Use the large end of the dotting tool to dot below and above the zigzags. The last step is to switch to the smaller end of the dotting tool and fill with your desired colours. I went pink on top and mint green on bottom, ties it all together nicely. And that is it!<br />
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And lastly we have my Easter haul. Please someone hide my credit card, Bed Bath and Table had 50% off their Easter range and I got a few things :-) They are actually for my wedding next year! The eggs were the only real Eastery thing I bought, the rest were just pretty and pink. Of course there are some new OPIs (I needed a new Alpine Snow and I bought a full size of <a href="http://thatleanne.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/opi-oz-great-and-powerful-collection.html" target="_blank">Don't Burst My Bubble</a> as I plan to use it for my wedding day). Aaaand I bought two new season Pandora charms, sigh.<br />
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Well I hope you enjoyed the post and hope you have a wonderful Easter long weekend! Until next time...<br />
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I wasn't originally planning on painting bunnies, I quite liked the half carrot look I finished with late last night:</div>
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But I have some spare time this week so I decided to continue on with bunnies!</div>
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Then I just drew the outline/silhouette of bunnies and I really liked THAT look but I have this incessant need to draw eyes on things ;-)</div>
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Leannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03339571156428031740noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189981188553390786.post-48997809352343748782013-03-24T14:45:00.000+11:002013-03-24T14:45:53.718+11:00OPI Oz The Great and Powerful Collection SwatchesIt's not often I buy entire OPI collections and half of these are really these are minis but I thought I'd swatch them since they are so pretty! Excuse the broken nail on the middle finger, I love it how I can go a whole week with perfect nails then break one an hour before I plan to do swatches.<br />
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All swatches are two coats except for the skittle mani bottom left above which simply had one coat of Lights of Emerald City.<br />
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First we have I Theodora You, a light cream pink that is somewhat streaky to apply and needs a little extra care when painting.<br />
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Next we have Don't Burst My Bubble, a pale cream pink that is beautiful to apply and wear. I'm getting married this time next year and I'm seriously considering a full size of Don't Burst My Bubble as my wedding mani. Serious contender here. It's like having a subtle french mani without having tried hard.<br />
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Last of the minis we have What Wizardry Is This? This is a liquid sand polish in a blackened gold. It's not as bumpy and annoying as I imagined it would be and it applies wonderfully.<br />
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The first glitter polish I'm showing is When Monkeys Fly! over What Wizardry is This? Huge gold glitter chunks with two smaller sized glitter pieces. It's gorgeousness speaks for itself.<br />
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Second glitter polish is Which is Witch? Small holographic silver glitter chunks with little shards of the same. Very pretty over the creams. This is shown over I Theodora You.<br />
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The last glitter polish is Lights of Emerald City which I bought last as it was sold out originally. Unique white chunks of glitter which will obviously be a royal pain to remove like all glitters but lovely over the other polishes:<br />
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My personal faves are Lights of Emerald City over I Theodora You and Don't Burst My Bubble. One mani from last week (from instagram):<br />
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Well I'm all swatched out. Hope you enjoyed the swatches and I'll see you next time :-)<br />
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Leannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03339571156428031740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189981188553390786.post-24141719151234263732013-03-17T12:35:00.000+11:002013-03-17T12:35:34.764+11:00St Patrick's Day Nail Art - Pot of GoldHi everyone, long time no post :-) Happy St Patrick's Day! I wasn't planning on doing any nail art, I was just painting my nails with OPI Mermaid's Tears. Later I felt like getting into the St Patty's spirit...<br />
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I don't own a lot of greens that I'm prepared to wear on my nails for fear of staining but I know OPI is a pretty safe brand to use. I chose Mermaid's Tears from the <a href="http://thatleanne.blogspot.com.au/2011/05/opi-pirates-collection-swatches-with.html" target="_blank">Pirates of the Caribbean</a> collection to wear this weekend.<br />
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I also wanted a chance to use When Monkeys Fly from the latest Oz collection and although the glitter chunks were a bit too big for my lil pots of gold, they were still good when mixed with Sephora By OPI's Only Gold For Me top coat:<br />
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I really wanted to do shamrocks this year as well but I decided to go with all pots of gold. Anyway, hope you enjoyed the nail art and I'll see you next time :-)<br />
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Leannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03339571156428031740noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189981188553390786.post-7548686400810978002012-12-24T23:29:00.000+11:002012-12-24T23:29:50.659+11:00Christmas Eve Candy Cane Nail ArtHi everyone, I've been away but I couldn't let Christmas pass by without a Christmas nail art mani :-)<br />
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I've not worn nail polish in a very long time. My nails grew to unsightly lengths with rugged edges and I just said 'Enough! I need to be pretty!', and this was the result.<br />
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I started with butter London <a href="http://thatleanne.blogspot.com.au/2011_11_01_archive.html" target="_blank">Knees Up</a> which a beautiful metallic red. I don't have many reds so it was an easy choice. I then sparklified it with OPI <a href="http://thatleanne.blogspot.com.au/2011/11/opi-muppets-glitters-and-kermit-take.html" target="_blank">Gettin' Miss Piggy With It</a> from the OPI Muppets collection of 2011. I originally stopped there, then the bf smudged my thumb nail so after I repainted it, I decided it needed more...<br />
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So armed with my $3 colour changing Christmas tree and Marshmallow Fireside from Bath & Body Works (which I ordered from eBay, I wanted a full size of the mini sampler I picked up overseas last year) I got to work. It didn't take me that long actually, I have done candy canes twice before (<a href="http://thatleanne.blogspot.com.au/2010/12/day-7-of-nail-polish-advent-calendar.html" target="_blank">Advent 2010</a> and China Glaze <a href="http://thatleanne.blogspot.com.au/2010/11/china-glaze-holiday-2010-glitter.html" target="_blank">Holiday 2010</a>)! I just love the look.</div>
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No progress shots as I was motoring speedy gonzales style (so much cooking to do Christmas morning tomorrow!) but I have a couple of left/right hand shots:</div>
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My ambidexterity is a work in progress.<br />
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No SLR shots either but I tried to make them pretty in a few iPhone apps: picframe, picfx, bokehful and snapseed if you're interested. Loving my new iPhone 5 and you can really do a lot with those apps. So much fun to use too!<br />
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That's the Christmas table setup I've been working on. Most courtesy of Target except the place mats, candle holders and the Christmas coasters! How I'm going to fit the food on there tomorrow, I have no idea. Anyway hope you enjoyed the post, and have a wonderful Christmas. Happy Holidays everyone!<br />
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<br />Leannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03339571156428031740noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189981188553390786.post-87131380232552119062012-09-16T20:16:00.000+10:002012-09-16T20:16:53.845+10:00Easy Lady Beetle Nail Art!Hi everyone! I have a cute little design that's super easy to do - lady beetles!<br />
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So in Australia at the moment InStyle magazine is giving away two different butter London polishes with their latest issue and I picked up a gorgeous red called 'Pillar Box Red':<br />
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*Lady beetle not included :-) I found that little lady beetle when I was clearing out a box the other day and I thought it would make a super cute nail design. Anyway, we pay at least $20 to buy butter London polishes from authorised retailers! And for $8.95 to get a butter London polish included is an awesome deal. I don't own many reds so this makes a nice addition to my collection:<br />
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This polish is simply gorgeous. It's a little runny to apply so be careful around the edges but I only needed one coat!<br />
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As usual not much is needed - I prep with Sally Hansen Vitamin E Nail & Cuticle oil and use the Double Duty Base & Top Coat. I used three nail art tools - a hard wide brush to clean around the edges of my nails with Acetone, a small nail art brush to paint the lines and face, a dotting tool and two more colours, an opaque black and white polish.<br />
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So this design doesn't take that long to do I promise! The hardest part is probably trying to get a straight line down the nail in step 2 shown above. The curved head in step 3 is simply outlined with the nail art brush then filled with the polish brush (a mini bottle helps with smaller areas). Step 4 alternated between the large and small ends of the dotting tool. You can also apply less polish or gently dot to get a variety of sizes.<br />
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The last two steps are super easy - step 5 is a little tricky if you use a nail art brush to get that oval shape but I think you could also use the dotting tool and drag the colour around to make a bigger circle. Step 6 simply uses the dotting tool to dot the two eyes on each nail and hey presto you're done!<br />
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Kudos to the bf for taking this last picture and patiently listening to my Hipstamatic app instructions ;-) I have been running around the house like a crazy girl with my hands extended going 'lady beetle power raaaaaaaaaaaah!' Too much nail polish fumes perhaps :-P I really like this design but since I was copying my little beetle decoration I thought of different things I could have done afterwards - perhaps there needs to be a lady beetles part 2 down the track here! Anyway I hope you enjoyed this look and try it out for yourself. See you next time!<br />
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<br />Leannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03339571156428031740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189981188553390786.post-36125224083017323032012-09-02T20:39:00.000+10:002012-09-02T20:39:25.024+10:00Minnie Mouse Bow Nail Art!Hello everyone! *insert face of shame*. Well. Apparently I needed a break and perhaps I'm still on one but I couldn't resist sharing today's efforts. I picked up the OPI Vintage Minnie Minis from David Jones a few weeks ago and while I've made a few posts on <a href="http://web.stagram.com/n/thatleanne/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> (my latest obsession) I did my first nail art in months today.<br />
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Left to right we have The Color of Minnie (a shimmery red used in the bows for this nail art), If You Moust You Moust (opaque bubblegum pink also used as a base for my nails), I'm All Ears (a pink/red shimmer) and a RapiDry. I have full sized If You Moust You Moust and Nothin' Mousie 'Bout It (pale pink glitter with heart confetti). While I'm on the subject of the heart confetti, I *knew* it would be a pain to work with from my experience with the <a href="http://thatleanne.blogspot.com.au/2010/12/nicole-by-opi-have-heart-and-virtuous.html" target="_blank">Nicole by OPI version</a>, but it was pink and pretty so I had to have it.</div>
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So today I felt like sponging and this is what I was working with. A dotting tool, two nail art brushes (the bigger one for cleaning up the nails and fingers), a makeup sponge, 3 OPI colours (The Color Of Minnie, Alpine Snow and If You Moust You Moust), acetone and a make up remover pad.</div>
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I started with the thumb before I changed my design - originally I sponged The Colour of Minnie at the bottom of my nail but I decided I liked the white contrast better. I always draw the outlines of my bows first. Even though it takes so long I always do them the same - outline then fill, then fill again! I'm not very good at sponging but I'm determined to practise!</div>
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I couldn't resist a creepy Minnie shot ;-) I picked her up in Disneyland last year and had no idea she would be so useful for nail art! Anyway I hope you enjoyed the nail art, and I hope you all have a lovely week!</div>
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<br />Leannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03339571156428031740noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189981188553390786.post-699421896495778672012-04-08T13:15:00.000+10:002012-04-08T13:15:19.058+10:00Easter Bunny Nail Art 2012!Happy Easter everyone! I realised I did this post <a href="http://thatleanne.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/easter-bunny-nail-art.html">last year</a> but I really wanted to try my Chanel May polish. So I did bunnies again :-)<br />
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I fell in love with Chanel May as soon as I saw it. Maybe the April polish would have been more appropriate but this pink was too gorgeous to pass up. Here it is more true to colour:<br />
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It's a warmer pink which suits me better and I believe that is about 3 coats.<br />
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So to do the bunnies I used a few of my minis - Essie Splash of Grenadine for the nose, OPI Pink Friday for the ears and an OPI black and white (from the Halloween mini sets).<br />
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</div>Our choccy stash this year! Ahh hopefully I can give some of it away otherwise I will be getting VERY big :-S<br />
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Anyway this morning we decided to make heart shaped pancakes with our heart shaped egg rings! They turned out pretty well!<br />
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Anyway that's all I have for today! I hope you are all having a fantastic long weekend and are enjoying a choccy egg or ten :-D See you next time!<br />
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That's the hipstamatic version :-) The green base used was Sally Hansen Green With Envy and the four leaf clovers were Illamasqua Smash. I painted Green With Envy over a white base to make it a bit brighter but it was pretty opaque already. A version a bit more true to colour:<br />
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I used two gold polishes for the pot of gold: OPI Glizterland and Sephora by OPI Only Gold For Me top coat (has big glitter chunks).<br />
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Anyway I hope you enjoyed the look and I am loving all the other St Patty's posts I have been seeing today! Check out <a href="http://www.paintthatnail.com/2012/03/happy-st-patricks-day.html">paint that nail</a>, <a href="http://alyloveslacquer.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/happy-st-patricks-day.html">aly loves lacquer</a> and <a href="http://nevorpurify.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/st-patricks-day-unusual-holiday-post.html">nevorpurify's</a> to see their awesomeness! That is all I have today, better get back to cleaning! See you next time :-)<br />
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Now of course if you have seen butter London Primrose Hill Picnic, you'll know it's very much pink and not red, I just took that picture using Hipstamatic on my iPhone. The actual colour is more like this:<br />
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And it's beautiful! I love it. Unfortunately when I ordered this polish online (with two other lovelies from the new collection) I was actually sent Queen Vic instead. Yuck! Well, it's not yuck, it's just not my colour, I had my heart set on this colour so I quickly returned it and got the correct one sent. Whew!<br />
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So if you are interested in doing this popular look, I did a quick how to:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Firstly I came to the quick realisation that I didn't have a nice light green to use for the inner part of the watermelon so I went with pink :-D Well I could have used the same one from my last watermelon nail art post but I wanted a nice light colour. I ended up using Pink Friday from the Nicki Minaj collection. Secondly I did another shorter tip with Essie Pretty Edgy. Thirdly I used another polish from the Nicki Minaj collection for the watermelon skin detail - Did It On 'Em. I originally chose another colour but it didn't contrast well with the Essie colour and you can probably see if you look closely. Lastly, I used a black polish to draw little seeds on the nails.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And that is it! I realised after I did the thumb nail that the other nail tips needed to be more rounded. Otherwise a pretty simple look to recreate! I wish I had asked the nice girl at Lush what colours she used.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway I hope you enjoyed the post and are having an awesome long weekend if you're lucky enough to be having one :-D I think Canberra and Vic have holidays tomorrow. I'm off to have dinner and play some online games. See you next time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div>Zoya Ali is a hot hot pink that looks red on the nails but over white comes out very fluro pink as you can see on the bow:</div><div><br />
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</div><div>Can you believe it's the same colour!? It's much more pink in real life, the flash makes it a lot warmer and I couldn't adjust the white balance enough to make true to colour. Fluro pink is hard to pick up on camera. It makes me wonder if this is the 'Ali' used in the Pretty Little Liars intro where they paint the dead girl's nails since her name was Ali. I should google it. Oh there is a whole site dedicated to the <a href="http://nailpolishofpll.tumblr.com/">nail polish of PLL</a>! Wow! Hmm I don't know, the base nails in the picture sort of look white enough to bring out the fluro-ness but the formula isn't that thick. This polish came out Summer 2009 and the show started in 2010. But I digress, this was three coats of Zoya Ali. I got a little distracted haha ;-)</div><div><br />
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</div><div>Firstly I dotted the centre of the bow with OPI Alpine Snow. I used a dotter on the other nails but I drew it on the thumb as it needed to be a bit bigger.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>Then with my trusty nail art brush I drew the two sides of the bow, outlines first.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>Then I filled the bows.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>This 'last' step is probably the most time consuming part. I shaped my brush to a very fine tip with nail polish remover and carefully dipped the brush in the polish and lightly drew the bow detail. I started with the dots in the middle then worked on the little ovals down the bottom and finally worked around the outline set by the white. Added some strokes in the middle to make it look 'creased' then that was it! It looks a lot harder than it was, it was just drawing fine lines.<br />
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I also decided against adding the ribbon hanging down on the nails because I thought I didn't have enough room. If I started my bows higher up I might have been able to make it work. Instead I'll keep the thumb as the 'feature nail'.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Anyway I hope you enjoyed the look and have a fabulous Valentines day if you celebrate it :-) We will probably go for a picnic next weekend since the weather this weekend has been too rainy. I plan to consume a lot of cheese, weeeee. See you next time!</div><div><br />
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I don't normally do white nails but I felt like something different for "summer". What summer you might say if you live in the southern hemisphere. Indeed, we've been ripped off!<br />
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So this is about three coats of OPI Alpine Snow. I spent so much time cleaning up my nails and treating them with lotions and cuticle oil that I almost stopped at this point because it was so much effort!<br />
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The first colour used to draw the outline of the ice creams is a Sephora mini. I believe it is <a href="http://thatleanne.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/sephora-by-opi-safari-luxe-mini.html">don't feed the hand models</a> as shown from last year's post. I stuffed up one of the outlines and had to go over with alpine snow. A top coat will fix all mistakes, so it's all good.<br />
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Next I filled the bottom ice cream layer with OPI What's With The Cattitude. It took a few coats, it wasn't quite as opaque as I would have liked over that Sephora.<br />
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The middle layer consisted of the same Sephora colour as the outline. I kept a white line in between and went over it with more white where I made mistakes. I went for a beige instead of pastel yellow here. I thought yellow might not contrast with the white enough. And quite frankly chocolate is MUCH better than banana :-D<br />
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The top layer is Essie French Affair and it's a lovely light bubble gum pink.<br />
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I filled the ice cream "sticks" with Essie Mink Muffs but I didn't like it at first and covered the thumb with the Sephora to make it less brown. I think the Essie is fine by itself but I would have used a lighter colour if I had one. After the sticks add a final top coat and that is it!<br />
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Anyway I hope you enjoyed the post and had a fabulous new year. I'm going to go play more Tiny Tower (I cannot believe how addictive that game is). Have a wonderful week everyone and I'll see you next time!<br />
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My little snowman came as part of a set:<br />
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I got this toy box full of mini holiday toys and they all play tunes or sounds. The snowman plays frosty the snowman, too cute. There was also an elf, reindeer and a Santa. I decided to do snowman nails. Onto the nail art!<br />
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The base for this look is Essie Lapis of Luxury.<br />
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To start with, I drew semi circles with a small nail art brush and OPI Alpine Snow.<br />
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Then on top of the snowman base, I drew circles for heads. I kind of stuffed the middle finger but not to worry, it will look fine later!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then with the same nail art brush, I carefully drew a rounded square on top the head for a top hat, then some feet sticking out to make it look more hat shaped.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Then with an Orly dotting tool (the smaller end) I used black to dot the eyes. I believe the black I am using is one of the minis from one of those OPI Halloween mini sets.<br />
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Then using the closest orange I could find lying around I painted small triangles for the nose with the same nail art brush. This happens to be Yes, Your Lioness from the <a href="http://thatleanne.blogspot.com/2011/06/sephora-by-opi-safari-luxe-mini.html">Sarfari Luxe</a> mini set.<br />
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Then using the dotter again, did the mouth as dots (even though my snowman plush had a solid line, I think dots are cute).<br />
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More dots again on his body with the same small end of the dotting tool.<br />
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I personally thought my snowman looked cold so I gave him a scarf using Essie Pretty Edgy.<br />
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And lastly added some snowy dots in the background, and we're all done!<br />
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I finally jumped on the Instagram bandwagon and posted a piccy! I will be posting more throughout my holidays, so if you're into Instagram checkout <a href="http://instagr.am/p/Znvdc/">thatleanne</a> :-)<br />
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Now I mentioned I got a Pandora charm and this is it! I think they look similar, I just couldn't resist going in and having a looksy at some charms. I was going to get the tree but ended up deciding on the snowman instead.<br />
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The last time I shared my Pandora bracelet was back in <a href="http://thatleanne.blogspot.com/2011/06/mac-surf-baby-nail-swatches-hibiscus.html">June</a> so I have a few more additions to share! Hmm let's see, I have acquired the snowman, a kitty cat from my mum for my birthday, a snowflake and a cameo butterfly. LOVE the cameo charms, they are so lovely. I picked that butterfly up in the shopping center in Santa Monica - the one near 3rd street promenade. I saw it and had to have it! I was short on suitcase space but still had cash to spend on my last day. Jewelry seemed to be the way to go!<br />
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I actually have the Pandora app on my iPhone and I spend a LOT of time there perusing charms. One day I will have a gold bracelet... one day!<br />
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Anyway I hope you enjoyed the post and are either on holidays or close to being on your holiday break! I am going to go finish packing now and wrap a few last minute gifts. I hope you all have a FANTASTIC Christmas/holiday and I will see you in the near future!<br />
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I actually started painting my nails with <a href="http://thatleanne.blogspot.com/2011/06/mac-surf-baby-nail-swatches-hibiscus.html">MAC Hangin' Loose</a> with the intention of drawing holly but I don't know what happened, I just wasn't feeling it. I must have been hungry instead!<br />
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Anyway, to do these gingerbread men I started with a smart nail art brush and a drew the outline in OPI Alpine Snow.<br />
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Then I filled with Essie Mink Muffs with the same brush.<br />
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Then using an Orly dotting tool (the small dotting end) I dotted the eyes.<br />
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Then with the same nail art brush as earlier, I drew the mouth and the little bow tie outline.<br />
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Then I dotted the eyes lightly with the brush in black, filled the bow ties with green (Essie Pretty Edgy) and dotted two buttons. And for some reason drew a gingerbread house on my thumb :-P Some days I feel like drawing random things.<br />
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These were my inspiration! Well not exactly, <a href="http://www.gloriajeanscoffees.com/au/Home.aspx">Gloria Jeans</a> ran out of the actual gingerbread men shaped gingerbread treats so I got choccy gingerbread trees instead. SO DELICIOUS.<br />
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I parted with the orange one to give to the bf and consumed this within seconds ;-D Yummy!<br />
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And completely off topic, I was watching Thanksgiving YouTube videos and I kept hearing about candied yams. And I was just sitting there thinking what are yams?! I googled and discovered some candied yam recipes (i.e. sweet potatoes). I must admit, the recipe sounded very strange to me. Sweet potato covered in butter, sugar and marshmallows? Then again I cannot judge, I come from Australia - the land of Vegemite :-D So I was willing to give it a try! I can't say we get ours 'yams' in a can so I boiled and mashed some sweet potatoes.<br />
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I have no idea how they are meant to look, taste or anything but this is how mine turned out. I had to google whether or not you eat them hot or cold. Google said either but after trying both I prefer cold. Either I grew accustomed to the taste and that's why cold seemed nicer or it really WAS nicer, I don't know. But something about marshmallows on a vegetable had me completely intrigued. So there you go. I added cinnamon but I don't know how much I should have added.<br />
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And lastly a random shot of what I was listening to today. I do not get sick of this song for some reason. I do not understand it or follow the lyrics but it's cool.<br />
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Well that's it for now :-) I am going on holidays shortly so I will be taking a little break over Xmas but I haven't figured out when exactly. I hope you all had an awesome weekend and I will see you next time!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcYxqQFkD0QL4mJsPFJ_K-R5zWcJKGa8PuMUJq3pdlRo2VKVKkIcok5bRmhqacazLGOzZgydoGCbb6Pn_ELLcmNRJ7mEe8hx937zJ0ZwsS1t040u_m1eofboj-y_0l4jb8VNfq1YkAdwL8/s1600/that+leanne+nail+swatches.gif" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;" /></div>Leannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03339571156428031740noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189981188553390786.post-29963101663672284392011-12-04T19:19:00.000+11:002011-12-04T19:19:31.560+11:00Holiday nail art: Stockings!Today I have a very pretty polish to show you - butter London Henley Regatta! I picked this up in Nordstrom (whilst on holidays earlier this year) but hadn't gotten around to wearing it until this week. I layered it over <a href="http://thatleanne.blogspot.com/2010/10/illamasqua-art-of-darkness-scarab.html">Illamasqua Viridian</a> and drew some stockings to get into the Christmas spirit:<br />
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Henley Regatta is a glitter polish with a clear base but it's oh so pretty:<br />
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I only needed one coat to get this effect:<br />
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Viridian is gorgeous on its own but combined with this polish, it's downright gorgeous!<br />
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So as usual I started with the thumb nail and I wasn't really sure where I was going but I decided to draw my name on the stocking :-) I was slightly inspired by the coke name thing:<br />
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So to start, I outlined the stockings with a small nail art brush and OPI Alpine Snow:<br />
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Next I filled the tops of the stockings:<br />
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Then with Illamasqua Throb filled the rest of the stockings:<br />
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Then I wrote names for the rest of the stockings and all done!<br />
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And while I was in the festive spirit, I decided to dress up the dining table a little since we aren't having a Christmas tree this year (we're spending Christmas with the in-laws). I started with things I had lying around the house then I wanted to get some plates and cups so I went shopping. And Target was having a sale so I ended up redoing it like this:<br />
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I wanted to get a few more things but I am poor this Christmas haha. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the post and the stockings! I'm growing a nice collection of butter London polishes and no doubt I will expand the collection! Hope you all had a fantastic weekend and I'll see you next time!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcYxqQFkD0QL4mJsPFJ_K-R5zWcJKGa8PuMUJq3pdlRo2VKVKkIcok5bRmhqacazLGOzZgydoGCbb6Pn_ELLcmNRJ7mEe8hx937zJ0ZwsS1t040u_m1eofboj-y_0l4jb8VNfq1YkAdwL8/s1600/that+leanne+nail+swatches.gif" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;" /></div>Leannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03339571156428031740noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189981188553390786.post-27742528088654215742011-11-27T21:39:00.000+11:002011-11-27T21:39:29.819+11:00Simple Holiday Nail Art Ideas feat. Butter London Holiday 2011I was a bit naughty this week. I made an order online because I wanted a GWP. I initially justified it by buying a Christmas present for family, then I discovered the butter London Holiday 2011 polishes. Oh dear. I ended up buying two of the three and drawing these designs on my nails when I was swatching:<br />
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So I thought I'd share with you these two simple nail art ideas for the holidays! On the left we have Christmas trees and on the right snowflakes. These are using the two gorgeous glitters from the 2011 <a href="http://www.butterlondon.com/catalog/50/holiday-2011-collection">holiday collection</a>:<br />
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On the left we have The Black Knight and on the right Tart With A Heart.<br />
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The Black Knight is a black base glitter polish (but needs 3 coats to get opaque otherwise it's a bit of a dark grey). It has magenta and blue glitter with micro silver flecks. So pretty. You could layer this over black to avoid the nastiness of trying to remove a glitter polish.<br />
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Tart With A Heart has a rosey champagne base colour with gold and slightly holographic glitter (larger particles than in Black Knight). Three coats are shown above but this is clearly meant for layering. So that is what I did for the Christmas trees:<br />
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I layered about two coats of Tart With A Heart over another of my button London polishes (from Nordstrom whilst overseas actually, not this week!) called Knees Up. Knees Up is a beautiful red that is very opaque (1-2 coats max).<br />
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So to start with I drew a little star with OPI Alpine Snow at the top of each nail with my usual nail art brush.<br />
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Then I drew the outline of the tree (messily as it's going to be filled) with the same brush. I did it in sections working my way down the nail.<br />
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Then I filled in with white. I originally planned to leave the design there (to keep it simple) but I wanted to add a bit more colour.<br />
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I drew another smaller tree inside the white with Essie Pretty Edgy to give it some colour.<br />
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Then added some brown for the tree base (Sephora by OPI, cannot recall the colour as it's not written on the mini!) and Sally Hansen Yellow Kitty for the star.<br />
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For the snowflakes I must apologise, I did not take progress shots (I didn't think I would post it!) but I did draw on a piece of paper how I was going to paint them:<br />
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Basically you start with a vertical line (1), then draw a wide X over it (2). Next the centre of the snowflake needs to have little half diamonds between each two lines (3). To finish, simply add two sets of short lines on each line (4). Done!<br />
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I thought I'd share my purchases this week! The L'Occitane gift set was ordered so I could get the Clarins GWP (the white bauble) which also came in red with white spots. I wanted that one :-( Then I went shopping after I got my package and picked up some herbal tea from <a href="http://t2tea.com/">T2</a>. I plan to go back next week and pick up more presents from there, such an awesome shop. I also got a purple tin for the loose tea.<br />
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... and while I was in Portmans I spotted <a href="http://www.portmans.com.au/tops/knitwear/348502">this</a> on the $20 off rack. I saw it and had to have it. It was purple, I couldn't help myself. Now I need to stop spending and save!<br />
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Anyways I hope you enjoyed the post and are having a lovely weekend. See you next time!<br />
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Which was of course based on the Muppets mini box!<br />
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I am still looking for a good Kermit green :-/ This time I used OPI Who The Shrek Are You? I need something a little greener! Anyways, onto the swatches!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Muppets collection has 6 glitters. Left right we have Gone Gonzo! Fresh Frog of Bel Air, Gettin' Miss Piggy With It, Rainbow Connection, Excuise Moi! and Divine Swine.</div><br />
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All the flash swatches are at three coats so you can see how sheer they are - the glitters (with the exception of Excuse Moi!) are all clear polishes with glitter. Above we have Divine Swine.<br />
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Above we have Divine Swine again, no flash and a couple more coats to get a good coverage. This polish has small magenta coloured glitter with big silver glitter particles (hexagon shaped, not round).<br />
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Above is another swatch of Excuse Moi! I know I swatched the mini version last weekend but I love this polish so much I had to show it twice! This is the flash shot with two coats. The formula is great - no running, opaque at two coats. Love. If you buy anything from this collection (and you like glitters) it would have to be this one. The others have nothing on this polish.<br />
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Non flash shot of Excuse Moi! This goes on the favourites list.<br />
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Above we have three coats of Fresh Frog of Bel Air. It is a little sheer and the yellowness is possibly the green from the glitter running into the clear base coat. Similar to Divine Swine this has small green glitter with larger silver glitter particles.<br />
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Non flash shot of Fresh Frog of Bel Air with a couple more coats (approx 5 for all). Looks better now but these glitters are only practical for layering unless you are patient enough to apply all 5 coats and then remove them at a later date!<br />
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Above is a flash swatch of Gettin' Miss Piggy With It. Three coats but this polish is actually a little different in that while there are bigger silver chucks of glitter with the smaller red glitter, there's also big red chunks of glitter. This is the only polish of the 5 sheer clear base glitters that has bigger glitter in another colour.<br />
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Non flash shot of Gettin' Miss Piggy With It and more coats.<br />
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Above is a three coat flash swatch of Gone Gonzo! A blue clear based glitter polish with bigger silver chunks.<br />
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More coats and a non flash swatch of Gone Gonzo!<br />
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Lastly we have three coats of Rainbow Connection. This consists of small rainbow glitter particles with two bigger hexagon shaped glitter particles - rainbow and silver I should say. Lots of orange but I don't notice any red glitter.<br />
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More coats and no flash of Rainbow Connection.<br />
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Well that is it for now! I hope you enjoyed the swatches are having a fabulous weekend! I was going to do gardening but it's been raining all morning. Boo. Better do some chores then ;-) Until next time my lovelies...<br />
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Left to right we have Wocka Wocka!, Excuse Moi!, Designer... de Better! and Warm & Fozzie. Excuse Moi is one of the glitters.<br />
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Wocka Wocka! shown above. This colour is very opaque and it'll glide on in one coat (I did two as my first coat showed a streaky squiggle going down my nails :-)<br />
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Above we have Excuse Moi! This is one of the six glitters of the collection but unlike the others, this has a slightly opaque base - a pink similar to that of <a href="http://thatleanne.blogspot.com/2011/01/katy-perry-opi-swatches-and-happy-new.html">Teenage Dream</a> but with maybe 500% intensity! The glitter and the pink is full on and I believe this can be achieved in two coats I might have tipped the ends with a third layer to get more consistent glitter coverage. This is a little pinker than the flash shot shows so I took one without:<br />
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Pretty! The polish has small rainbow and silver glitter - with no large silver chunks like the other 5 glitters.<br />
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Here we have Designer... de Better! It's a champagne foil with micro flecks of orange. In other lighting the specks can look a bit pink. I believe this was about three coats, it was a little sheer.<br />
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Finally we have Warm & Fozzie - a little micro glitter bomb of pink, orange and yellow gold that appears to have a slight duochrome effect. I went for this one first as it looked the most interesting of the lot but it took a few coats to get a good coverage - about 3-4.<br />
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That is it for the swatches! And inspired by the box of the minis I *attempted* some Kermit the Frog nail art:<br />
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Not quite happy with it - I can never find the right greens when I need them! This has been on my to do list for a while but at least I finally had a go! Well that's all I have for now. Hope you enjoyed the swatches and let me know what colours you are interested in or have bought! Have a fantastic weekend everyone and until next time...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcYxqQFkD0QL4mJsPFJ_K-R5zWcJKGa8PuMUJq3pdlRo2VKVKkIcok5bRmhqacazLGOzZgydoGCbb6Pn_ELLcmNRJ7mEe8hx937zJ0ZwsS1t040u_m1eofboj-y_0l4jb8VNfq1YkAdwL8/s1600/that+leanne+nail+swatches.gif" style="border: none;" /></div>Leannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03339571156428031740noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189981188553390786.post-51839819887614125922011-11-05T00:04:00.000+11:002011-11-05T00:04:39.756+11:00Tare panda nail artHey everyone! I thought I'd add some cuteness after the Halloween posts and do a San-x nail art. You might have heard of <a href="http://www.san-x.jp/characters/tarepanda.html">tare panda</a>, if not here is some panda nail art :-D<br />
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Now here's the sad part. I took the photo above the day after I did these nails - after I realised I had my camera settings not quite right. I had the ISO pumped up (from when I was doing those glow in the dark shots in my last post) so the pictures below are horrible. I went from 0 to rage in about 2 seconds as soon as I saw these photos :-P Probably shouldn't do nail art at midnight when sleep deprived... Anyway, I hope you can still see what I was trying to do here!<br />
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So for the base I used <a href="http://thatleanne.blogspot.com/2011/05/mac-quite-cute-nail-polish-swatches-and.html">MAC Ice Cream Cake</a>, it's a lovely bright pink and I love painting my nails with this colour. Despite the crappy brush. I persist due to it's awesomeness.<br />
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Now for the thumb I went for the traditional lazy tare panda look where he's all flat and on the ground. I didn't have the space for the other nails so I decided to draw him standing up. He doesn't come out as 'tare panda' looking on the nails standing up like he does lying flat on the thumb nail, so I'm a little sad about that. But to start off with I figured out how I was going to paint them by drawing outlines on paper, which happened to also be a shopping list:<br />
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So with that top design in mind I started with an outline and filled:<br />
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Didn't fill the feet in totally as it was going to get filled in with black but I wanted an outline to 'colour in'. The white I used was OPI Alpine Snow.<br />
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Then I used a black polish to colour in the paws and ears (OPI I Only Date Werewolves).<br />
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Followed by the eyes and black around the neck.<br />
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Then instead of doing faint outlines of white for the eyes I dotted with white, and dotted smaller inside the white with black. I cleaned up the black a little and fixed some of the neck lines and voila! All done!<br />
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Weee my panda on the top of the panda pile! I have a few tare panda things, mostly letter sets and paper but I also have this plushie:<br />
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Cute! Well I hope you enjoyed the look and like tare panda as much as I do! I'm off to Brisbane *again* this weekend, so have an awesome weekend everyone and I'll see you next time!<br />
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If you're interested in seeing how I created this look, keep reading!<br />
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The materials used for this look were pretty simple. Left to right we have OPI Zom-body to Love, I Only Date Werewolves and Alpine Snow. I also use the same small nail art brush as usual. Let's get started!<br />
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To start off I painted my nails with two coats of OPI I Only Date Werewolves and cleaned the edges a little.<br />
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Next I just googled ghosts and tried to find some cute cartoons of ghosts. I tried a few designs before I was happy with this one. At this stage I simply took the nail art brush and did a rough outline of the ghost in OPI Alpine Snow. It does not need to be super neat as the white will be filled and you can always tidy the outer edges with more black.<br />
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After the outline was done I filled with the same brush.<br />
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When the white was dry I used the same nail art brush to draw the eyes of the ghost on each nail. The left eye was slightly smaller and rounder than the right eye. And they were kind of jelly bean shaped on the right.<br />
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After the eyes I drew a larger sort of jelly bean shape for the mouth. And you could stop there! The white against black is simple and effective. But if you want glowy nails, continue on...<br />
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Next I tested one nail with the glow in the dark polish to make sure a light layer was effective for the glow. You only need a thin layer of glow in the dark polish, you don't need full on green (or whatever colour glow in the dark polish you are using).<br />
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This is what it looks like with a thin layer of Zom-Body To Love. I used the same nail art brush to lightly go over the white parts of the ghost (being careful going around the eyes and mouth!) It would be great if I used a clear glow in the dark polish as the green doesn't look as good as white. I don't know if that exists!<br />
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And that is it! Looks a little scream-ish now that I'm staring at the glow in the dark version. Simple ghost nails for halloween that glow in the dark! I spent a lot of time playing with the manual settings on my camera and have a variety of shots but I liked the full dark shot the best.<br />
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Anyway I hope you enjoyed this look and try it out. I'm off to Brisbane for the weekend so I will see you on my return! Have a lovely week and weekend everyone :-)<br />
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