Four season nailart! Nicole diary tattoo plate 002

Hello,
the Autumn nail art inspired me for a four season nailart.  I love the changing of seasons, it's so beautiful seeing nature change, I thought it would be nice to have a nail art with a design for each season.

The idea came from this stamping plate from Nicole Diary

Don't forget to use my coupon code for 10% off LAPI10 on www.nicolediary.com
There is a wide range of water decals and designs, I am sure you will find the right one for you.

The plate comes in a cardboard packaging, it is very nice and minimal. The plates are glued into a beautiful white plastic cover. The whole presentation looks beautiful!

This plate is part of the tattoo collection. In the previous post I have already explained how I find the collection incredible for identity and aesthetic. 

I think this plate is a tribute to the the powerful feminine beauty of mother nature, each design is so dreamy and powerful that will look amazing even in a simple black white, even better in full colours.
The quality is very high, all lines are well engraved and so far I haven’t come across a single design which hasn’t transferred perfectly on to the stamper and then on to my nail. 

 It has various design with a female figure or face mixed with some nature elements. It thought this was the perfect plate to show or give the ideas of different types of weather and changes that occur in their environments at different times of the year.


I took inspiration from Sara Coleridge's poem:

January brings the snow,
makes our feet and fingers glow.

February brings the rain,
Thaws the frozen lake again.

(For Winter I choose this image of girl immersed in water with her head in a cloud, as base I used a light blue mixed with white with a fan brush)

March brings breezes loud and shrill,
stirs the dancing daffodil.

April brings the primrose sweet,
Scatters daises at our feet.

For Spring I picked the image of the face of a girl with a flowers crown. The base is mix of bright pink and peach).

May brings flocks of pretty lambs,
Skipping by their fleecy damns.

June brings tulips, lilies, roses,
Fills the children's hand with posies.

Hot july brings cooling showers,
Apricots and gillyflowers.

For summer I stamped an image with a girl in a black bathing suit surrounded by palms and tropical flowers. As base I used a mix of green and blue.

August brings the sheaves of corn,
Then the harvest home is borne.

Warm september brings the fruit,
Sportsmen then begin to shoot.

Fresh October brings the pheasents,
Then to gather nuts is pleasent.

For Autums I picked the picture with the face of a girl and some bare branches; for the base colour I painted a gradient burn orange.


Dull November brings the blast,
Then the leaves are whirling fast.

Chill December brings the sleet,
Blazing fire, and Christmas treat. 

Now there is one finger left, the pinky,and all seasons have been used! I mixed all the colours used in the previous fingers, the image represent two hands holding, I think it is a good image to represent the mid-season time! LOL

Warm toned leaves! Water decals from Nicole Diary

Hello!
 I was excited to receive an email from Nicole Diary a few weeks ago asking if I would be interested in reviewing products for them. I gladly accepted their invitation and selected  some products from their site  www.nicolediary.com.
NICOLE DIARY is a fashion-based nail art brand founded in 2011 by "NICOLE", she believes that"creativity is the key note of all perfect nail arts". They offer free shipping worldwide and prices and products quality seems to be excellent.

It takes 2 or 4 weeks but the shipping time depends on your country.

The first item I would love to show you is this sheet of water decals.
I was really surprised by designs and the unsual colour palette. The decals show some flying leaves in all warm tones such as orange, brown, caramel, mustard yellow, green.

The design print is perfect, printed in hight resolution, lines are very sharp and colour are vivid. I am a huge fan of water decals in general! They are super easy to use and you can spice up your nails instantly with intricate looking designs. They are also a great alternative to stamping when you want a professional look in a few minutes.

The size of the sheet is approx. 6.5cm x 8cm.
 One sheet always comes with 10 designs on it. There are four different sizes, so you can choose the one that fits your nail best or use different ones on different sized nails.
The decals come with some instruction on the backs, which is great when you are using them for the first time.

You can find this set of water decals here:
http://www.nicolediary.com/nicole-diary-nail-water-decal-colorful-leaf-sticker-nail-tips-decoration-lilae-p-121.html

Don't forget to use my coupon code for 10% off LAPI10 on www.nicolediary.com
There is a wide range of water decals and designs, I am sure you will find the right one for you.

 The coloured decals work best over white so I started with a base of a white plain nail polish.
The application is very easy.
The waterdecals are protected by a transparent sheet. You can select the size and the design you want, cut it with a scissor. Don't forget to remove the plastic sheet. Cut out the section of decals, and let it soak in room temperature water for about 15-30 seconds, slide the decals off the paper backing with tweezers and place on the nails with the white or nude base coat
The instructions suggest to place it on  the nail and dry with a tissue. The last step is to secure it with clear nail polish. In my case with a matte top coat.

You could use all 10 at once on all of your finger nails, or use them on accent nails as I did and make them last over a few manicures. I decided to pair the design with a warm tones red with some sparkling gold wire. This product is from Nicole Diary too, it will be reviewed soon in a a blog spot.

Pop art nail art!

This the coloured version of a nail art that I have done using a beautiful Born Pretty Store comics plate.

Click here to read the post and the review for this plate!

http://lauraspills.blogspot.it/2017/05/comics-pop-art-nail-art.html

If you want to achieve a supre colourful and pop art looking nail art you can a reverse stamping technique and add some eccentric and saturated colours.
This nail art was clearly inspired by Pop Art an art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and the late 1950s in the USA. The movement wanted to challenge the tradition of fine art by promoting images from mass culture including advertising and comics books.

The artist Roy Lichtenstein selected old-fashioned comic-strip and he reproduced them in a larger scale.
I took inspiration from his paintings that feature heavy black outlines and primary colours.

I made a small stop motion video to show you how versatile this plate is:

I hope you liked it!

with love

Laura

New York Nightscape graffiti nail art!

Hi again!

as you know a few days ago i received a nail mail from Born Pretty Store. They sent me some items for a review and I always get inspired by their products.
The company let me choose amog a large range of nail decals and I was struck by the beauty of these nightscape decals.
Whithin one sheet you have four city landascapes (Barcelona, Tokyo, New York and Paris) and each has 3 different versions: one in black, one minimalistic with a black line and a colourful one.
They work well on light colours as well as dark ones.

You can use my coupon code at check out to get 10% off RASX31 on www.bornprettystore.com

I tried the coloured skyline of New York over a white polish and the result is stunning, I did a small and easy nail art on the index finger: with a small brush I applied a small amount of acrylic paint, i used the same shades of the decals and I applied the little "NY" written. 

I have cut some stripes horizontally and placed them on the nails.
 Once you have cut the design you have to remove the plastic top.
This step is very important because if you don't remove the plastic film you will have an unusable water decal.
Soak the piece of the pattern in water for few seconds and then remove the decal off the backing.
Place it on the nail, smooth the surface and be careful, you might create some air bubbles. It's a good tip to dab the eccess of water with a tissue (or you can blow dry).
Seal the design with a clear top coat.
You can cut the eccess of the decal with some scissors or remove it carefully with a small brush and some nail polish remover.

I hope you like this nail look!

Have a nice day


Laura