Wednesday's Weekly Manicure by Michelle Roberts

MICHELLE ROBERTS

FROM

ORDINARY MISFIT

Hi lovelies,

I hope you are having a good week.  It is so chilly here that all I want to do is curl up under a blanket with a movie.  If only right?

 

I am having a hectic week so I knew I wanted something cute but quick and easy to do on my nails.  I love polka dots and it is such a cute way to spice up a stunning polish.  Let me show you what I cam up with.

I used 2 coats of China Glaze – Purr-fect plum on my pinky, index and thumb and 2 coats of OPI – Love.Angel.Music.Baby (L.A.M.B) on my middle finger.  I adore L.A.M.B, it is a beautiful matte gold.  I then painted 2 coats of Sincul Colors – Snow me white on my ring finger and left that to dry.  I then used dotting tool in various sizes and Purr-fect plum and L.A.M.B to make dots of different sizes on top of the white.  I started with the biggest dots and filled in spaces with the smaller dots. 

I think the plum and the gold go together quite well and it is suitable for the weather as well.  What do you think? 

 

Thanks for reading,

Michelle

Wednesday's Weekly Manicure by Michelle Roberts

Michelle Roberts

from

Ordinary Misfit

 

Hi lovelies,

 

When I chatted to Priya at a recent launch she mentioned she would love to have some Hello Kitty nails.  Who am I to disappoint right? 

I have done a few Hello Kitty looks on my blog and I didn’t want to copy one of those because Purple Sparkle deserves something original.  This was tricky though, so I cheated a little bit.  I do have an idea so if I manage to pull it off, you can count on another Hello Kitty look ;)  So let me show you.

 

I started with 2 coats of Sinful Colors – Forever pink on my pinky, ring and thumb and 2 coats of Sinful Colors – Snow me white on my middle and index.  When that was completely dry I used some Hello Kitty stickers I got from Born Pretty Store and used the head on my ring finger with a few clouds and the sitting kitty on my middle.  I then used my dotting tool and the same colours to make polka dots on my pinky, index and thumb. 

What do you think?  Am I the only one that thinks Hello Kitty needs polka dots?  And of course pink! 

 

Thanks for reading,

Xoxo

Wednesday Weekly Manicure by Michelle Roberts

Michelle Roberts from

ORDINARY MISFIT

 

Hi lovelies,

I am back again!  I hope you have had a wonderful week! 

Last week I told you a bit about how I like wearing neon colour in the cooler months just by pairing it with the typical ‘autumn / winter’ shades of polish.  I am showing you one more variance today and it’s one of my favourites. 

I did a traditional french manicure using China Glaze – Recycle and China Glaze – Too yacht to handle.  Recycle is a rich grey colour that is perfect for the colder seasons.  I started with 2 coats of Recycle on all my nails and when that was completely dry I used Essence french manicure tip guides.  I then used Too yacht to handle on my tips and removed the tape after each nail was done.  Topcoat and you’re done.

Depending on how much of a pop you want with the bright colour you could always do it the other way around.  Start with the Too yacht to handle and do the tips in Recycle.  Or you could leave it as is and just reverse one nail for an accent.  You could also do this with a great variety of colours. 

Is this something you would wear?  I would love to see if you do.

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Let me know if you would like me to do anything specific or a theme or even if you have a picture you would like me to use as inspiration.  Maybe a dress or an outfit?

Have a lovely week and I will see you next week with something super cute!

Thanks for reading.

xoxo

Wednesday Weekly Manicure by Michelle Roberts

Hi lovelies,

I always love the cooler seasons and I am loving that it is getting cooler every day.  I also love neon polish and most think that neon polish is for summer only.  I love wearing neon polish all year round as a pop of colour, especially on the grey and dreary days.

 I have something really simple and easy to show you but it is one of my favourite combinations to wear on my nails.  It is quick to do and you can do quite a few variations as well.   Let me show you what I did and then I will give you a few varieties.

I painted 2 coats of Sinful Colors – Black on black on my middle, index and thumb.  While that was drying I painted 2 coats of Tip Top – As the beat grows on over one coat of Sinful Colors – Snow me white on my pinky and ring fingers.  I used small, round neon studs from Born Pretty store on the black nails by painting a coat of topcoat and applying the studs onto the wet topcoat. 

If you don’t have the studs, don’t worry.  You can get the same effect by making dots with a dotting tool, hair pin, toothpick or any object you have lying around that can make dots.  Just make a dot with white polish on the black and then go over the white with the neon green.  Viola!

 

You can also change this up in a few ways.  You can obviously choose different colour neon polishes but you can also do black dots or studs on the green.  Or you can use striping tape or thinly cut regular tape and make random straight lines (or in a specific pattern if you prefer) and then painting over with black polish and pulling the tape off immediately.  This will give you neon stripes peeking out from under the black.  You can do as many or as few as you like. 

Next time I will show you another really great way to wear neon during the colder months to get a pop of colour.  It is fun and keeps you going till summer time.   Till then, what do you think of this?  Would you wear neon with black during winter?

 

Thanks again so much to Priya for having me.  This is so much fun.  If you would like me to show you something specific or if you have a theme or image or dress or outfit you would like to see me use as inspiration pop a comment below and I will make sure to work my way through them all. 

 

Thanks for reading!

xoxo

 

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Wednesday Weekly Manicure by Michelle Roberts

Hi lovelies,

It is always such an honour to be asked to feature on someone’s blog, especially when that someone is one of my favourite bloggers.  So a very big thank you to Priya for having me. 

 

When I sat down to do these I had no idea at first.  I then visited Purple Sparkle blog to see if I could draw my inspiration from there.  I knew I had to have something sparkly, but when I opened the blog in my browser and saw the beautiful background, I knew I had to incorporate that.   This is what I came up with.

 

·         I started off with 2 coats of Zoya – Godiva on my pinky and thumb.  This is really beautiful and sparkly and I thought the gold would compliment the purple really well. 

·         On my ring finger I started with 2 coats of Sinful Colors – Verbena and when that was dry I added 1 coat of Essence – Julia for a bit of added purple sparkle. 

·         On my middle and index I also started with 2 coats of Sinful Colors – Verbena.  When that was completely dry I stamped using Tip Top – Purple reign and pueen01.  I thought the hearts went really well with the hearts on the background. 

·         I topcoated everything except the Godiva textures and that’s that.

 

Do you think it worked?  I really tried to capture the sparkles, the purple and the little hearts.  Let me know what you think?

 

Thank you again so much Priya and all the Purple Sparkle readers, for having me.  Have a lovely day!

 

Xoxo

M

 

Wednesday's Weekly Manicure HD Glowing Nail Polish : Lilac

So at first when I entered the local store I didn't really believe that these nail polishes were glow in the dark, but because the colour was a cute purple colour and the polish was only R35, I purchased it immediately. The polish is called HD Glowing Nail Polish.

The polish sounded so exciting, as soon as I painted my nails, I allowed drying time and then kept cupping my fingers over the polish to see if it's glow in the dark, but of course there was nothing. I feel embarrassed to say this, but my mother caught me holding my fingers near her lampshade because I thought the nail polish could "charge".

And just to kill the suspense, when I was going to bed and I sleep in the DARK, I saw a light glow on my nails, I switched on the light and "charged" my nails for a few seconds and guess what ladies? GLOWING NAIL POLISH! I was super excited, I really can't explain.

I find this polish so absolutely amazing, because it's glow in the dark and it's been lasting on my nails for over three days with no chips *miracle*. The polish colour is quite sheer, but it's buildable, I noticed the more you layer the polish, the more glow in the dark it becomes.