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How to paint your nails
How to paint your nails to create a beautiful manicured look. Painting your nails can be a fun and unique way to show your personality and add a splash of colour to your look. How to paint your nails-prep The first step to painting your nails is to have healthy nails. A nail care routine is important for both nail health and nail growth. Next, immediately before painting your nails, you need to prep them. Remove any previously applied nail polish (details below) Wash your hands well and clean your nails. Use a scrub to tackle dry skin. Dry hands carefully and apply moisturiser. Next use a nail file to…
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How to take great selfies
How to take great selfies is important to show off your amazing makeup! How to take great photos of your makeup When you have spent hours creating a fun, beautiful and creative makeup look you want to be able to capture it the best you can. Following these tips on how to take great selfies will help you create the best shots of your makeup to really show off your skills. Look your best When creating don’t be afraid to go bold with your makeup as the camera can wash you out. Check out this article for the best makeup for photography. If it works with the makeup look, smile!…
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How to create Christmas Nail Art
Christmas Nail Art DIY The festive holiday season is the best excuse to grab some glitter and create so beautiful Christmas Nail Art. Whether you prefer traditional or fun there are so many options to adorn your fingers this December! Polishes used for the Christmas Nail Art You can use any polishes you like to create Christmas Nail Art but here are some of my favourites Christmas Pudding Nail Art Polishes needed To create the nails Christmas Nail Art-Alternative French Tips Polishes needed To create the nails Bauble Nails Polishes needed To create the nails Christmas Lights Polishes needed To create the nails Nightmare Before Christmas Nail Art Polishes needed…
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Coco Inspired Day of the Dead Makeup
Coco inspired Day of the Dead makeup and nails are the perfect way to pay homage to those we have lost. What is the Day of the Dead? Coco is a Pixar film centred around the Mexican celebration The Day of the Dead. Generally celebrated at the beginning of November it is not to be confused with the pagan holiday of Halloween. It is a time for the living to remember their friends and family who have departed and celebrate them. In our multicultural society, it is important that as we pick up pieces of other cultures we do not appropriate them. But a different way to experience and share…
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How to create 5 Disney Halloween Makeup Looks
Disney Inspired Halloween Looks Disney Halloween Makeup has a wealth of inspiration to draw from. Whether you are lucky enough to be celebrating in the parks, watching Halloween movies at home or want to dress up as a Disney character on Halloween Night. If you caught my post last week I explained some step by steps of how to create 5 different Halloween Character looks. This week I’m back with 5 more! 1. Mickey Mouse Zombie Mickey Mouse is the ultimate Disney Icon so why not create a spin on this with a Halloween x Mickey Mouse look. I used mostly eye shadow for the shading. I followed the dips…
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Top tips for Halloween Nail Art
It’s the season for spooky nails! Halloween nail art can be fun and easy to do. Just check out my top tips! Perhaps you’ve checked out my previous post on Halloween nail art ideas and are now wondering how to create your own? Well look no further as I compile some of my top tips on how to create Halloween designs with these step by steps. How to create simple Halloween Nail Art designs Let’s start easy! Decals, stickers, transfers and polymer clay slices can be your best friend to create some 3D nail art simply. Start with a base colour or simple stamping and then apply as many or…
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Nail Art Basics
Nail the basics of nail care, nail art and nail tools with these Nail Art Basics. Nail Care Just like with makeup application when it comes to nail art basics nail care is key. First off I have a great post here all about how to get your nails to grow healthily. The first step to nail care is hydration. Making sure you are hydrated inside, by drinking enough water, and out, by using cuticle oil and moisturiser. Nail care top tips Be sure to clean off any nail varnish with remover. Not by picking or peeling (unless a peely base coat is used) Choose a nail shape and gently…
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Fruit Nail Art
Summer and fruit go together, so summer is the perfect time for some fruit nail art! What fruit is your favourite? Have I covered it here? If not be sure to let me know in the comments so I can create some nail art based on it! Fruit is the fruiting body of a plant but in general vernacular tends to lean towards the sweeter. Many arguments can be had over what counts as fruit-tomatos and cucumber anyone?-and what doesn’t-sorry strawberries but I’m looking at you. Fruit Nail Art Pineapple Pineapple is the king of tropical fruit, it literally wears a crown. This makes it the perfect base for summer…
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Fluid Nail Art-How not to do it?!
I had a go at fluid nail art and its fair to say it didn’t work how I wanted it to! What is fluid nail art? What fluid nail art should be is the reaction of nail polish with silicone to create ‘cells’ in the polish. Taking 2-3 colours and a silicone creating product and you should be able to create beautiful nail decals like these from xoxo, Jen. I mean, how cute are they?! How to do fluid nail art? I couldn’t find too much sensible/helpful information online as I don’t own a ‘Spot it’ top coat (or it seems, any beauty products with silicone in-which is good for…
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The Lion King Makeup and Nail Art
Movie-inspired makeup and nails This is a look I created a while ago to celebrate the release of The Lion King in cinemas-what feels like a lifetime ago! To check out my movie review hop on over here! This was originally published in 2019, edited in April 2024 The Lion King Inspired Makeup To create the makeup for this week’s look I focused on the eyes of the lion as this is what I found most striking watching the film in the cinema. The Makeup First I applied concealer and base for a blank look. Using a peachy blend of face paint I traced around my eyes and created a…
