Beauty and the Beast Nail Art

Hello! It's Rara! It's been rather a long time since my last post, I am still doing nails but Jenni is doing such beautiful manis that I don't want to tread on her toes (or fingernails!!).]

However, she has asked me to do a post for her about my current mani which is a Beauty and the Beast inspired mani. I used A LOT of nail varnishes and I'm not entirely convinced I've remembered them all!!
Avon-Garden Green, Barry M-Bright Red, Matt White, Guava, Red Glitter, Pearl, NYC-Skin Tight Denim, Sidewalkers,  Nails Inc-Uptown Glamour, Belsize Park, Essie-Cascade Cool, Sinful Colors-Pistache, Black on Black, Easy Going, Tara'sTalons-Three Wise Men, Orly-Naughty, Andrea Fulerton-Rain Fall and Barry M-topcoat and basecoat!!

I decided I wanted to do Beauty and the Beast because I had seen so many people drawing faces and characters and I wanted to see if I was able to do it too. I only used a long thin brush. I realise that most people use Acrylic paint when they are doing such intricate details but A) I didn't have any acrylic paint and B) I kind of think it's cheating not to paint using nail varnish!

The characters I decided to paint were (left hand) Mrs Potts, a rose, Belle, Beast and Lumiere, (right hand) Cogsworth, Chip, Gaston, Fifi and another rose! I am a bit sad that I've got two roses but I did my left hand about three hours before my right and then I got to my little finger on my right hand and it is so tiny that I could only do another rose!

I am really pleased with Mrs Potts, Gaston and Belle especially, they turned out SO much better than I thought that they would and I can't stop looking at them. I will be super sad when I have to change my nails or when they inevitably chip or I break a nail!!So I hope you all enjoy my nails as much as I do and I hope to blog with a bit less of a gap than this one!!

Until next time,
Rara!

I'm Moving, Moving, Moving, Moving House!

You may remember way back at the start of January I had a lovely guest post done for me because I was supposed to be moving house that week but it had all fallen through. Well now I really am moving! I've got a lovely little flat in Sheffield with my boyfriend and I get the keys tomorrow! Both scared and excited in equal measure. Because of this, I won't be blogging for at least the next week, but never fear! I have a week of guest posts lined up for you, from lots of lovely ladies so be sure to keep reading to see all of their awesome posts.


Today I've also got some fab Disney nails from Rara that she did last time she came to visit me at my house. She used far too many polishes for me to remember what they were but if you want to know something specific just ask and I will try to find out. The base was Barry M-Matt White.

She did these simply because she'd never done Disney nails and just wanted to! On her right hand she's got Flounder (The Little Mermaid), Mufasa (or Simba, can't remember) (The Lion King), Mickey Mouse, Tigger (Winnie the Pooh) and Chip (Beauty and the Beast) and on her left there's Dumbo, a green alien (Toy Story), Dopey (Snow White), Jasmine (Aladdin) and The Cheshire Cat (Alice in Wonderland)...although she does admit he looks more like a monster from Monsters Inc! I think she just googled pictures of the random characters she wanted to do and then recreated them on her nails, cos she's clever like that!

Don'tcha think these are really fun? Gotta love Disney! I think my favourite would have to be Tigger, he's fab!

That's all from me for the next week or so, but keep an eye out for all my lovely guest posters!

~Nail Art Novice~

In case you were wondering, the title is from this song =D