Wednesday 13 May 2015

Gone dotty.

I need a daylight bulb.

GOSH HOLO BARRY M STAMPING NAILS NOTD - BGPOLISHWelcome back all! I wanted to show you this look, but the photo's really don't do it justice. The silver In the backing to this design is actually a holographic polish and was glittering madly all the time I was wearing it, but then when I attempted to capture it in photos, well - it hates me. I apparently need a new light which should make the holographic pigments react more.
For this look I used GOSH Holographic Hero and then stamped Barry M Matte Black on top with the Pueen 36 Plate. After all of this I gave it one nice coating of Seche Vite to seal everything together. In this photo you can almost see the holo trying to show itself. 

I wouldn't really say I have much else to talk about to do with this design, it is lovely in person but the photos really don't do it justice. Do you have any looks you would like me to try out? If you do then get in touch and I will see what I can do! 

I am hoping you are all having a lovely week!


BGPolish. 



Monday 11 May 2015

Missing what you have in daily life.

Normally when my daughter Sophie goes to one of her grand parents for the night or for the weekend I am in desperate need of respite. She is an amazing little person and she knows her own mind, which of course only makes for a more frustrating day when she starts asking things like 'why?' Or telling you things like 'no want'.  Could she be any cuter? Like butter wouldn't melt...

However this all changed last week because my mum was up visiting from London, and Sophie went for a sleepover on the Sunday night and didn't want to come home again till they left on the Friday! But I did manage to get her home on Thursday - she was not pleased. 

She was having so much fun in the caravan with Granny, Grandad and the dogs. Her cousin Cara stayed for a couple nights too, even though it was torrential rain most of the time and there was a puddle the size of a pond outside. Though this didn't stop the girls from feeding the ducks from the window.
Adorable right? By the second day I was feeling relaxed, but wouldn't mind her staying over again so I could catch up on more sleep and TV programmes, by day four I was thinking 'what's so bad about coming home?' But of course, she wanted to be in the caravan because it's fun, beside her grandad who she adores, and basically nothing is wrong with coming home, but she gets to do most of what she wantwd when she wanted in the caravan, as well as raiding the fridge. 
Most mornings they would wake to find her like this... 
I guess what I am saying is now that she's home, I doubt she will be staying away for a while, since that was plenty long enough - and now all o heard is that she wants to go to caravan!

Have a great day! 

BGPolish

Sunday 10 May 2015

My absence.

I will begin by saying I am sorry. I have been absent quite a while and so most will have thought this blog has gone down hill, you would probably be right. I have been thinking about blogging a lot the past few days, although I have been stuck for what to say to you guys. I feel that whilst I was running a nails blog I was almost making things feel forced a lot of the time, and since have decided to return with more of myself put into each post, some days I won't post, some days I may post talking about stupid things suck as what was for dinner, but I am going to be around more often - that's for sure.

I am going to look for guest posters for this blog once a week, so there is always something for you to read about, some weeks this may be nails and others it may be something completely bizarre, but that's what I want to bring to the table. Some place funky to call my own. 

If you would like to be a guest poster for this blog then please email me at askbgpolish@hotmail.com and I will email you back with a questionnaire. 


Normally I have posted from my laptop, which is one of the reasons that it takes me so long to get things read yo r posting, because I rarely have an hour to get on the thing these days - but today I am writing this post from the comfort and warmth of a bubble bath! Warning - hazardous material incoming.

I am hoping that you all understand this, and will follow me on my blogging journey. Thanks for reading and I hope to speak to you all soon. 

BGPolish. 

Thursday 23 April 2015

Who needs Chevrons?

Waves are just as cool!

MOYOU LONDON, NAILS NOTD, WAVES, SAILOR - BGPOLISHWelcome back everyone! I am back to show you yet another of my stamping designs, and this one I actually really enjoyed painting! I know this is just squiggles really, but they remind me of waves for some reason, wouldn't they if they were light/dark blue? I should test that theory..  I was recently told that I suit this nail shape, and whilst I am still getting used to it, I do think that they were right in saying that there is less to catch my nails on and less breaking, but I have only had them a couple of weeks so I wouldn't really know yet, think I should keep em like this? I dunno, I will decide shortly!
MOYOU LONDON, NAILS NOTD, WAVES, SAILOR - BGPOLISHFor this look I used Moyra 604 which is a blue toned lilac polish and on the top of this I stamped using Barry M Matte Black with the MoYou Sailor 06 (perhaps that's why it reminds me of waves!?) I actually like how the image looks rather grainy on the nails, is that weird or is it just me? I think it gives it more of a distinguished look to the design!
MOYOU LONDON, NAILS NOTD, WAVES, SAILOR - BGPOLISHSo, I have something else to show you. Whilst I really liked this design, I screwed up. I had to double stamp on the thumb because it must be longer than all of the others and my design never reaches the end, and, well, this happened. I like it though, it gives the manicure a quirkier edge to it I feel, and by telling myself this I guess I feel better about it not being perfect, although - who needs perfection?
So I am hoping you are all having a lovely day! I will be back shortly!



Monday 20 April 2015

Celtic Floral?

It's what it reminds me of..

BARRYM, PUEEN, STAMPING - BGPOLISHWelcome baaaack! Okay so for this design I guess I didn't know what to call it, but it reminds me of those celtic designs which weave in behind itself etc, and the cute little flowers in the middles. And although it looks red on the nail I was really surprised because the polish looks a lot more pink in the bottle.
BARRYM, PUEEN, STAMPING - BGPOLISHFor this design I painted one coat of Barry M Pomegranate, yes, I said one coat. Those Gelly's are absolutely amazing. And on top of this I used Barry M Matte Black to stamp my image with Pueen 49. One thing that did happen here though is that the black isn't as opaque, whether that is down to the plate not being as deep as the others I have used this polish with, or because it wasn't as pigmented as the base colour, I am unsure, but this kind of gives it more of a greying look, and I think it actually helps the design.
And here is the thumb shot! I absolutely adore this shot, not only because it gives you a look at the thumb without it being off side or awkward, but also because in this photo you can totally see the shine you get from using a decent top coat, which in this case I used Seche Vite.
Well, that seems to be all I have to say for today, but if you keep checking back on here and on my facebook page, twitter and IG I am bound to be back real soon! Hope you have a brilliant day!

Friday 17 April 2015

Living life with a toddler.

Two year's in.

Living life with a toddler is a blessing and a curse all at the same time. 

Everything you have heard is completely true, the good, the bad and the down right ugly - it is all real with toddlers, but there is a million other things that no one seemed to tell me either. No one told me that no matter how downright ungrateful and horrendous her behaviour would be, that I would love her completely unconditionally, that she could be acting like a terror and all she has to do is say "Mummy" and I am falling in love with her all over again. No one told me that although she is small she can be the single most infuriating person on this earth, but this is one of the things that I love most about her.

Reasons to which my days are long :- 
  1. When said toddler decides that they will shout things like "Mummy, Comere!", and of course this is always when you are in the middle of something like the washing, after you run to where the toddler is, they proceed to wave and say "Buh-Bye" as they laugh at you. This is totally the "Ever walked a long way for nothing" joke, which isn't actually funny.
  2. When Sophie pumps and blames it on me, especially embarrassing when we are in public.
  3. When you are tired enough as it is, and trying to get through the housework as fast as you can so you can go to the pre-arranged play date with one of Sophie's friends only to get everything done and realise she has come right behind you turning off the washing machine, dishwasher and dryer all in turn so you have to begin all over again.
  4. Toddlers enjoy watching the same film/programme over and over again, to the point where you could recite each and every word throughout the whole show.
However there are the counter side to this : -

  1. Although she cant really sing, her singing songs has to be the most adorable sound ever.
  2. She is a mummies girl, and she is always up for a sleepover in my bed watching films and having cuddles.
  3. She has her own little personality, and she knows exactly what she wants.
  4. She totally wants to be like Mummy, whether its painting nails or how my hair is styled, she wants it.
  5. Everything new is amazing, and everything amazing is a game.
  6. She likes to help with my housework, by putting her rubbish in the bin and clothes in the wash (See Section 1, No 3.)
Bottom line is, she is amazing, and although she drives me to the edge some days, she is the glue that holds me together at the same time. These are the reasons to which I haven't been blogging as much recently as well, everything has stepped up around here, playdates all over the place, soft play centres, visiting family, doing shopping and somehow I seem to have more cleaning to do as well.




Tuesday 14 April 2015

Magical Monday's (Wait, It's Tuesday!?)

I know, I'm late ):

Is it just me or do I seem to be late more than normal at the moment?! Yep, yep I do. First of all, I have lost another 2lb on top of the stone I already lost, so I am well on my way to becoming slimmer, boom. However I am unsure over how much this is down to the fact that I have barely been in the house the last two weeks.

Anywayyy.. on the this months design, so this time is it a character from Chamber of Secrets, and who else to do but Aragog! I thought about doing other characters, but I feel that because there isnt any mention of Aragog apart from when he dies in Half Blood Prince, I thought this would be my only chance to show off these nails with a character set. Remember this is a collaboration with FixintoFaff, and so you can check Ali's post over on her blog!

Ok, so I used Barry M Emerald Green as well as Moyra 601 to create the background of these nails, which I wanted to resemble the thick forest that Aragog lives in with all of his sons and daughters. I used the brush from the bottle and wiped off the majority of the polish before I dabbed and dragged it across the nails and built up the coverage with both colours to make my forest look. 

After this I used Seche Vite to secure some stones on my pinky and thumb nails. And then I wrote ARAGOG on my thumb nail as well with black Acrylic Paint, all of the art in this look was done with black paint, no polish involved. I really like how the backing to these nails turned out, it does remind me of the forest kind of look but at the same time it reminds me alot of moss, which again I normally think about spiders with moss aswell, whether that is because theyre in the damp areas of paths/walls etc or something? I dunno.


I thought I would give you all a little macro of Aragog, or in the words of Sophie, Mr Skinny Legs (Blame Peppa Pig!). I thought about painting his eyes and pincers, but then I thought I would give him shiny eyes, and I actually really like it! He's so cuuuuuttte.

Anyways, that is all I have for you today! I am hoping you like this and I am sure I will have another post for you very shortly! Remember and check out Alicia's Ron nails over on FixintoFaff, and I hope you all are having an absoutely amazing week - I shall try not to be late for next months edition!



Wednesday 8 April 2015

General Life.

Hello.

I know I have been absent, and this has been noticed for some time, however, this has been partly due to me being unable to get onto my blogging site, as well as having just passed my driving test and so I have been out and about making the absolute most of each and every day.

Sophie and I have gone on great adventures, to play areas, parks, lochs (lakes), the woods, the shops and more places to add to that, including the North Queensferry Deep Sea World! We have been having so much fun! And whilst we have been enjoying all of this I have completely forgotten my camera along the way - this is something I should change?

Let us take this week for an example. On Monday we spent the day in a friends garden, where we got the swimming pool out and the girls had so much fun! I think it is absolutely amazing that a friend which I have had since I was four, (18 years?? Holy crap we are old.) has a daughter who is only 11 months older than Sophie, and they are amazing together! They run around singing that song from frozen.. Let it go, let it go.. not to mention I have watched that film twice today, so safe to say I have Olaf on the brain. Yesterday we did much the same, went to said friends house, and for her anonymity we shall call her Bertha - that will give her a kick, so we went to Bertha's house, and our kids had a play together, and another friend came over as well with her son, I absolutely love that Sophie is making friends and preparing for her school life, where I am hoping she will gain friendships which last as long as Bertha and I. After this play date we took a run through to Kevin's parents house where Sophie had a play in their garden, and then we came home to cuddle in for the night. Today was much the same, we have been having fantastic weather and so we went back to Bertha's house again, where she was spending the day in the garden with her Son and Daughter, her son being 6 months younger than Soph as well, which is also really good for her, but she was babysitting her niece as well who is a year younger than Sophie, so we had plenty fun with all four kids today! After this I came home to find Kevin has been sorting out most of the bushes in the garden I want removed, and he was doing it with a chainsaw! We played in our garden for a bit and then went through to see his parents again to discuss his dad renting a van to help with getting rid of said bushes..
Are you asleep yet? As mundane as all of this sounds, I have been having an amazing few days, with friends and family. They mean everything to me, and  wish that there were more hours in the day where we could spend time with one another.

For the rest of the week I have some small things planned, like doing the shopping, taking Kevin to get some special oil for his moped( I pretend I know what on earth he is talking about), and we have a Barbecue planned at Bertha's house with other friends attending, and then we have the great job of getting rid of all of the things in the garden which will need to be taken to the skip on friday, then this weekend, I am planning on finding a nice park or somewhere where me and Sophie can take some time out, and simply play. All of this will most likely be done whilst listening to a chorus of Sophie singing "Et I Goo, Et I Goo", but this, has to be the single most beautiful sound in my life.

I am absent, and my nails have yet to be seen, but I thought I would let you know where I have been, and what is likely to be shown on here. I am likely to upload pictures of days out, places we have found on our adventures and anything else on top of this, however, for those who have followed because of my nails, I will still be doing this. This coming monday I will have another of the Magical Monday's to show you, and I have another couple of posts in the pipelines. I am slowly getting there, and I hope that you will all be here to see in another year with this blog. 

Monday 9 March 2015

Magical Monday's

Hermione Granger.

HERMIONE GRANGER NAILS HARRY POTTER NOTD - BGPOLISHWelcome back everyone! I am back today to talk to you about the latest in the Magical Monday's collection, and this time Alicia from FixintoFaff and I have decided to showcase Hermione. This one I took a lot longer to finish the complete look because I honestly had no idea how to portray this character over five nails.
HERMIONE GRANGER NAILS HARRY POTTER NOTD - BGPOLISHI began with my base coats. On the thumb, pointer and pinky I painted two coats of Barry M Grey, on the middle I painted one coat of Manhattan 69R and on the ring finger I did two coats of Barry M Matte Black. I chose to use the grey because it was a reminder to the walls of Hogwarts, which were a stone grey. I then used the brown for the middle so I had a dark base I could pull through on her hair, and the black was just to tie everything together with another shade.
HERMIONE GRANGER NAILS HARRY POTTER NOTD - BGPOLISHNow lets talk about the art on the nails. I used another two brown shades on the middle finger, to try and recreate Hermione's Hair, these colours were Laval Mud and p2 Well Dressed. To do this design I didn't really let any of my layers dry, and using a detailing brush I painted on squiggly lines with Mud and then I painted Well dressed in between and pressed harder to mix them on the nails, after this was complete I used Out the Door topcoat to mix it all together a little more. My pointer finger I used Barry M Gold Foil to hand paint my G, this was supposed to symbolise Hermione being in the house Gryffindor. The ring finger is supposed to be a time turner from when she had to use one throughout Prisoner of Azkaban, and I deliberately smeared this design so it looked almost like it was in motion, although I am unconvinced it looked good enough.
HERMIONE GRANGER NAILS HARRY POTTER NOTD - BGPOLISHMy pinky was painted with Manhattan 69R and Barry M Gold Foil with a detailing brush to create Hermione's Wand. And lastly is the thumb, on this one I used Manhattan 69R and Barry M Gold Foil to create her wand as well as write the word Mudblood, which she is regularly referred to within the films and the books, which is all to do with her blood status within the wizarding community.
PHEW! That was a long description! So yeah, if you liked this one then you can jump over to Ali's post about Hermione here. If you like this collab then we will return with another segment next month!


Tuesday 3 March 2015

Shatter polish - big NO NO.

Get the look.


Welcome back! So for a while I was doing research into what people like and what they don't. So the most unliked fad was Crackle/Shatter Polish. It seems a lot of you liked the idea behind it, but hated the polish itself. I myself was one of these people that when I first found this type of polish I was so excited, but then I got highly disappointed with the polish. In my opinion it was either thick and gloopy and was just a horrible mess, or it was too thin and barely shattered at all.

So what would you say if I told you that you could achieve the same look with normal polishes and minimal effort? Well, you can. I looked into it some, thinking of how I could do it without having to use the horrible polish, I thought about dragging tools across my nails but then quickly rethought this idea.

SHATTER CRACKLE NAILS, NOTD, NAILART - BGPOLISHEventually I came up with this. I know you can achieve the same sort of thing with inks which react to alcohol, and you can use that in a spray bottle, but I wanted something a little more simple which used normal nail polish. And then I found it, when I wasn't even thinking about this look anymore, I found it in my stamping plates! It was there all along in my Pueen Love Elements stamping set! Awesome right?
SHATTER CRACKLE NAILS, NOTD, NAILART - BGPOLISHI painted my nails with two coats of Essie The Lace is On, and then using my Pueen plate 45 and Sally Hansen Platinum Star I managed to create this look. I remembered to use my Seche Vite for a lovely thick top coat, and that was it complete! I absolutely love how this design looks like shatter/crackle polish without it actually having to come from those polishes, and it also kind of reminds me of foil manicures now I think about it! Not to mention the amazing stamping coverage by Platinum Star! I cant fault that at all, especially considering it is a very thin silver polish. I have absolutely no other dupes like it in my collection. The closest polish to it I have I would think has to be Barry M Silver Foil, but it is thicker than this one is.
What do you think about this look? Were you a fan of those crackle polishes? Is this a look you would wear? Also if you have any thoughts on what I should try and recreate then leave your idea's/link's in the comment section and I will attempt to find an easy way to Get The Look! - Oh, and did you think we were leaving without a thumb shot? No!
SHATTER CRACKLE NAILS, NOTD, NAILART - BGPOLISH
Okay, so that is really all there is to it, I know I haven't posted all that much, but this is due to my daughter having a hectic week last week! I am thinking I should be able to post on a Tuesday, Thursday and A weekend (Not including the weeks where I have Magical Mondays and Collabs with Pretty Quirky on Wednesdays). Oh, and I still cant wrap my head around the fact that I turn 22 tomorrow. Sigh, but I hope you're having a fantastic day - see you next time!


Friday 20 February 2015

Watermarble.

There's art in dropping polish.

Design One.

Welcome back everyone! Ok, so I know I said I might be up a couple times a week and then I am a no show for a few days, but there is reasoning for this! I have been preparing the next FOUR - yes, I said Four designs. Two of which you will get in this one post! Are you excited?! I love it. Before you can see it I am letting you know how I love it. So, other than designing four of my newest designs, I have been spending time with Sophie and taking her to the park and for play dates etc, and I have also been learning to drive.
I had my test booked for March 12th and my instructor seems to think I could pass it then, so fingers crossed right?! (OMG - I totally just crossed my fingers for the first time in around 10 years or so, and it feels weird..)

WATERMARBLE SALLY HANSEN - BGPOLISH
Alright, so lets begin with the first design which I did on my left hand. This one was done with Sally Hansen Platinum Star (silver) and Fushia Bling Bling (pink) on top of a base of Barry M Matte White. Although you can't really see that it is silver instead of a pearlescent white, it was evident as I was on my driving lesson. I think the best thing about water marble nails is that whilst they all hold the same colours and theme throughout the manicure they are all individual at the same time.
WATERMARBLE SALLY HANSEN - BGPOLISH
I did these designs on glue on false nails, which I have fallen in love with, they are a lot more hard wearing than normal nails and don't seem to do the same damage to my natural nail either. I absolutely LOVE this thumb nail, I think it was definitely one of my favourite throughout both of the designs. It is harder to see than I thought but there is very intricate lines throughout this nail, and if I had thought about it I should have done a macro! That reminds me! Now that I have my new macro lens for my Iphone I will be able to take these shots for you too so you can really inspect my art, would that be something you want? Lemme know.

Design Two.

WATERMARBLE CHINA GLAZE - BGPOLISHAlright, so here is design number two. I did this design the same way as the first, but instead of the pink polish I swapped it out for China Glaze Cranberry Splash. I think I liked the colouring better on this design, but it was a close match of my feelings for both of the looks - perhaps this was down to me thinking that the red was more my kind of style rather than the very feminine look of the pink.
WATERMARBLE CHINA GLAZE - BGPOLISHI also did one of the thumb shots on this design as well - which I have to say was a very awkward angle to take the photos with my left hand of this look on my righties. And you can see that I damaged my thumb nail a little on this hand during the top coating. I don't know what it is about these kind of shots, but I just love it, having the thumb nail in focus and having everything behind blurred and out of focus - love it. I think this might be one of my new poses for when I have art on my thumb!

Ok, so looking down you can find a picture of both the designs I did, and I would really appreciate you telling me which one is your favourite! My favourite answer will receive a FREE shoutout on my IG ACCOUNT which will be cross posted throughout my Facebook Page, Twitter and Tumblr accounts! I will pick my favourite answer in the next day or two!

WATERMARBLE SALLY HANSEN - BGPOLISH

WATERMARBLE CHINA GLAZE - BGPOLISH
So what do you think, which would be your favourite, and WHY?!















Thursday 12 February 2015

In collaboration with..

Pretty Quirky

Valentine's Day.

Valentines Nails Pretty Quirky Collab - BGPOLISHWelcome back! Today I am coming back for my first collaboration post with Pretty Quirky of this year. And this time we have decided to do Valentine's Day, this being because the holiday is fast approaching! And guess what!? Sophie decided she wanted her nails like mummies too.. so I had to paint hers as well whilst I was painting this design! Little madam! You can see her modelling her nails on the photo to the right hand side! Also, I will warn you now, I took a lot of photo's on this design, and so it will be a pic heavy post. And it is the first design I am back with my natural nails, so I will also warn you now they are short and snapped, the cuticles are dry and under deep moisturising therapy over the next few weeks - but I thought I would be a strong soldier and show off my nubbins.

Valentines Nails Pretty Quirky Collab - BGPOLISHFirstly I would like to say how amazing Morven's design was, but to see this you will have to follow this link here. I absolutely loved the way it looked! And now I will get onto my design. I didn't use any hard method's in order to create this design, just my base coat, three polishes and a topcoat - I painted my designs with one of my nail art brushes. I didn't plan this manicure at all, I knew I was going to be doing valentine's day and so I went to my nail supplies and picked out three colours. These are as follows, Sally Hansen Fushia Bling Bling(Pink), China Glaze White on White(White) and Gel Pro Poppy Red (Red). I topped everything with a nice coat of Seche Vite.
Valentines Nails Pretty Quirky Collab - BGPOLISHLet us begin with my thumb nail. I didn't really have any kind of inspiration for this, I knew I wanted to do some lettering within my design and it kind of just fit considering my thumb was the largest surface I had. Now that it is complete it reminds me of the 'Love Hearts' sweets - who remembers these from being a kid? I know that especially in this photo you will see that my skin surrounding my thumb nail is in special need of tender loving care. It is because of this that I am using my Body Shop Hemp Hand Oil around 6 times a day. I am hoping you will be able to see a massive difference in the weeks to come. I have also been filming my nail care routine and I will be filming 6 weeks of nail regrowth videos - which will be posted here and on Youtube in time. I am going to be filming it all and then posting at a later date I feel.
Valentines Nails Pretty Quirky Collab - BGPOLISHThroughout the other nails I stuck to the love heart design for most of it, which I know is typical for Valentine's Day. I did small hearts on my pointer finger because I have always loved the way this looks. I did toy with dry marbling it in there, but I thought against it, because it was so fiddly with my tiny little nail - perhaps we can keep this idea on standby for a later date?! Moving onto my middle nail, now I look at it I am not exactly over the moon with how it came out, but it was meant to appear like hearts were in a vertical line, although I am unsure if I did this in the right way. I am now thinking it would have looked better with smaller hearts.
Valentines Nails Pretty Quirky Collab - BGPOLISHMy ring finger was a reverse idea from my thumb, which was white with red accenting, and so I thought an empty heart was fitting because I liked that area of my thumb nail the best. And lastly was my Pinkie. I wanted something which wasn't heart related but at the same time still wanted it to stick within the cute aspect of Valentine's Day, and so I opted for some simple vertical lines.
So after that there isn't really much else to say on this design. I am hoping you are all well and having a good week. Let me know what you thought of this look by popping by into the comments and I will see you all soon!


Monday 9 February 2015

Magical Monday

Ron and the Flying Car

Hey there everyone! Okay, so I know I have taken an obscene amount of time off from my blog, but I now feel refreshed and ready to get back into it.

There are going to be some changes, I am not setting a goal to get a post out each and every day since I feel that I compromised the quality of my work in order to get one out each day. I am aiming to put a post out to you guys maybe twice a week, and if I do more then that will be an added bonus - but how about we aim for Monday & Friday for now. Recently I have been using Instagram instead of blogging, and by following this link here, you can get straight to my IG account and follow me on there. There may be things appearing on there which don't make it to the blog like small tutorials and nail designs etc.

Harry Potter Ron Car Nails Magic Monday - BGPOLISHSo how about we talk about the reason for this post other than just me?! Sounds good. So on the right you can see that I have been painting nails to do with Ronald Weasley and his dad's Flying Car. I am doing these nails in collaboration with Alicia over at FixinToFaff and you can find her post about her Ron&Car nails Here. And she has also launched a Giveaway which you can find here, because she has reached a certain amount of followers on Facebook and IG. Congrats Ali!

Right, back on point. How did I do these nails?! Well, lemme tell you - they took some time! I painted all of my nails with 2 coats of Baby Blue by Claire's Accessories, for being one of those cheap polishes, I actually really like this one! I used this polish because I wanted to have a running theme between all of my nails to do with the car, considering I tried painting a car.. and well.. it was horrendous. Couldn't do it, so I thought I would try and make something work without having to paint one of those Ford Anglia's (got to be the hardest thing I have tried since blogging!).

Harry Potter Ron Car Nails Magic Monday - BGPOLISHSo with these nails I did a running theme of things that happen to Ron throughout the whole movie, he really doesn't have great luck in this movie - poor guy. On my pointer I have painted the moment where his wand snaps during the attack of the Whomping Willow on their rush to attempt to make it to the school on time, to paint this design I used Acrylic paint before top coating. After this nail I then moved on to the middle nail - and this is where things began to go wrong. I attempted to paint Harry and Ron inside the Car, but let's just say that it didn't work. Big Blobs of orange and Blue everywhere. Not. Pretty. So I went with the idea that I would paint the bonnet and the headlights instead. For this I used Barry M Silver Foil and Orly Melodious Utopia. Moving on to my ring finger is where I painted Ron. I tried to get his comical scared look - but again, my mind was better than my painting skills, and so I painted the top of his head and surprisingly he reminds me of something out of South Park. I used Acrylic Paint and Barry M Satsuma to get his hair on there. And lastly was the pinky finger, which was relatively simple. I used CICI&SISI Plate 01 to stamp on my spider web in Barry M Matte Black, because of Ron's intense fear of spiders, which also features the Car as it saves him and Harry from the incoming horde of spiders which fully intend on eating them.
Harry Potter Ron Car Nails Magic Monday - BGPOLISHI top coated all of these nails with a nice coat of Seche Vite and hey presto - finito. I will say that these were painted on False nails and then attached for the photo's. This is because my nails are in the process of re growing, and also I find it a lot easier to paint designs like this where I am able to take breaks and come back to it, especially with having a toddler running around.
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