tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3074549851846025712024-02-19T03:40:08.428-08:00DIY NailsD.I.Y Nailshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09206389801939442240noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307454985184602571.post-48430668725225795722012-11-02T11:55:00.002-07:002012-11-02T12:08:27.670-07:00The Vintage Fashion Journal: My Obsession with Niki Pilkington Continues<a href="http://nikipilkington.com/">Niki Pilkington</a> is my favourite. I've always been a huge fan of her beautiful illustrations (pretty girls, vintage clothes, animals and painted nails are pretty much <i>right</i> up my street). I'm lucky enough to have limited edition prints adorning the walls of my office and have even done her nails before! You can read her <a href="http://nikipilkington.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/diynails.html">blog about it here</a>.<br />
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I love writing lists and drawing pictures and jotting down any inspiration that zooms into my head because it zooms out just as quickly. Now, I have a million notebooks, but they're never really that pretty and I'm always ashamed to whap out my dog-eared Tesco's Own on the train!<br />
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When I heard that <a href="http://nikipilkington.com/">Niki</a> was illustrating <a href="http://www.laurenceking.com/en/the-vintage-fashion-journal/">The Vintage Fashion Journal</a>, published by <a href="http://www.laurenceking.com/">Laurence King</a> (the publishing house behind a lot of my favourite fashion books), I couldn't get my hands on a copy quick enough! Every page is different which makes my sporadic page choices (does anyone else do that?) much more fun. Some are ruled, some are blank and some remind me of my primary school jotters. Obviously, the best part is that <a href="http://nikipilkington.com/">Niki's lovely illustrations</a> are interspersed throughout the pages, with pictures of vintage fashion trends and retro accessories dotted between pretty girls drinking tea and putting on lipstick.<br />
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<a href="http://www.laurenceking.com/en/the-vintage-fashion-journal/">The Vintage Fashion Journal</a> really is a beautiful little companion, it fits into my handbag perfectly and goes with me everywhere. I love having Niki's pretty illustrations next to my boring "Buy more nail varnish remover" type lists. I almost kind of wish I had two copies, one to write in and one to keep nice. I'll be buying one for all my friend's Christmas presents (shhh...) so I'll maybe nab myself another one then!<br />
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<a href="http://www.laurenceking.com/en/the-vintage-fashion-journal/">The Vintage Fashion Journal </a>is £12.95 and can be bought from <a href="http://www.laurenceking.com/en/the-vintage-fashion-journal/">Laurence King Publishing here</a>. Here's what they have to say about this little treasure:<br />
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"The Vintage Fashion Journal illustrated by Niki Pilkington and published by <a href="http://www.laurenceking.com/">Laurence King</a> is an attractive gift for fashionistas, stationary addicts and fans of all things vintage.<br />
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The perfect companion for trawling vintage boutiques, galleries, old-school tearooms and flea markets for inspiration, <a href="http://www.laurenceking.com/en/the-vintage-fashion-journal/">The Vintage Fashion Journal</a> is beautifully presented with a cloth cover and ribbon fastening.<br />
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Featuring specially commissioned pictures from fashion illustrator Niki Pilkington, this is a thoughtful gift for lovers of vintage style."<br />
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Niki Pilkington - www.nikipilkington.com<br />
Laurence King Publishing - www.laurenceking.com<br />
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Buy the journal:<br />
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PSSST! I'm hosting a give-away featuring The Vintage Fashion Journal on my Facebook page! You should totally go and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/DIYnails">enter it</a><br />
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On the left is Flo in the amazing Pam Hogg's bodysuit (nails by me), and on the right is Pam adjusting a mannequin at her exhibition at Summerhall. I painted her nails!</div>
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D.I.Y Nailshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09206389801939442240noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307454985184602571.post-11468100699892509692012-08-24T15:30:00.000-07:002012-08-24T15:30:45.274-07:00Edinburgh International Fashion FestivalA few weeks ago, the wonderful <a href="http://www.anacruzalegui.com/">Ana Cruzalegui</a>, MUA extaordinaire and owner of <a href="http://www.wearefaux.com/">We Are Faux</a> lashes (an Official Sponsor of EIFF), got in contact and asked if I would be interested in overseeing the nails at the <a href="http://edinburghinternationalfashionfestival.com/">Edinburgh International Fashion Festival</a>. I'd already heard about the event at <a href="http://www.summerhall.co.uk/">Summerhall</a> and knew it was going to be amazing so I was really honoured to be involved and be part of such a great team. With my fashion background, love for long-limbed other-worldy creatures (models) and 12 year old fan-girl tendancies, it was pretty much the perfect environment for me to be in. Once I stopped swooning over everything at Bebaroque, Pam Hogg's collection and a pile of Prada bags that is!<br />
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Just when I didn't think it could get any better, Ana informed me that the event was sponsored by <a href="http://www.zoya.com/">Zoya</a>! <a href="http://www.zoya.com/">Zoya </a>polishes are long-lasting natural polishes that are free from nasties such as toulene, formaldehyde, DBP (phthalates) and camphor. This was great for me as I'd be painting nails for four days solid and great for the models as they'd have their nails painted seven times by the end of the week! I'd never tried any polishes from the brand before, only because I never knew I could pick their polishes up in the UK, but I can definitely say that I am a massive fan and will definitely be purchasing some polishes from <a href="http://www.zoyapolish.co.uk/">zoyapolish.co.uk</a> . Thanks Zoya!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The polishes I picked from Zoya: (Top, L-R) Jane, Dulcinea, Portia, Jana, Codie (Bottom, L-R) Arizona, Paz, Tamsen, Rekha, Kym, Colbie (Not Pictured - Richelle) </td></tr>
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I met and worked with some amazing people over the four days and I'd like to say a huge thank-you to the amazing <a href="http://twitter.com/alisoncuthbert">Alison Cuthbert</a> for coming to help me out, check out her <a href="http://www.facebook.com/BeautyByAlison">beauty page on Facebook</a> and follow her on <a href="https://twitter.com/alisoncuthbert">twitter</a>! Also, Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/JadeKoemans">Jade Koemans</a> for stepping in until Alison could make it!<br />
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I don't know much about make-up, but Sarah Tolan from <a href="http://scottishbeautyblog.co.uk/">Scottish Beauty Blog</a> was covering the event. You can find her post <a href="http://scottishbeautyblog.co.uk/blog/sarah-tolan/edinburgh-international-fashion-festival-makeup-shows">here</a>. You can also find all the links to everyone involved at the bottom of the page!<br />
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For the Bebaroque show, Ana and Gary worked together to transform the models into beautiful mermaids who looked like they had just emerged from the sea. A lovely bronze shadow was used on the girl's eyes and I thought Richelle complimented it perfectly. (Bottom left image pinched from Ana's instagram!)</div>
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Well. I'm in love. Portia is my new favourite polish! The MUA's slicked some violet lip gloss on to the models and dusted their eyes with a lovely pink eye shadow. I picked out Portia because it was a nice, cool and creamy nude with violet undertones but I totally underestimated it. No-one wanted to take it off! (Bottom centre image pinched from Ana;s instagram!)</div>
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For the Aimee McWillaims show, the girls were to look like ghostly dolls. Ana kept the colour palette nude and pressed different colours of eye shadow on to the models' lips to create the ghostly effect, it looked amazing! Aimee and the make-up artists worked together to assign each model a shade within these colours: Green, Blue, Yellow, Orange and Violet. We didn't have polishes in bright colours and they wouldn't have created that matte, powdery look anyway so I decided to press a colour corresponding to each model's lips on top of two coats of nearly-dry Zoya's beautiful nude polish, Dulcinea (if it was dry the powder would slide off and if it was too wet the colour would be far too intense). We finished the nails off with a matte topcoat to eliminate any shine and compliment the matte make-up. I absolutely loved this look and will definitely try it again!</div>
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Zoya Polishes: <a href="http://www.zoya.com/content/38/item/Zoya/Zoya_Nail_Polish_Jana_ZP564.html">Jana</a> & <a href="http://www.zoya.com/content/38/item/Zoya/Zoya-Nail-Polish-Codie-ZP566.html">Codie</a></div>
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I still can't believe I did nails for a Pam Hogg show! I also can't believe I did Pam Hogg's nails - waaahhh! I picked out a Jana, a beautiful taupe, and the cool, dark, chocolatey Codie after seeing the make-up for the show, which consisted of beautiful cool hades of brown on the eyes and the lips (can you tell I'm not a make-up artist?). I always think dark brown is such a classy and expensive looking colour for nails and the taupe was such a nice, fresh compliment.</div>
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Zoya Polishes: <a href="http://www.zoya.com/content/38/item/Zoya/Zoya-Nail-Polish-Arizona-ZP617.html">Arizona</a> & <a href="http://www.zoya.com/content/38/item/Zoya/Zoya-Nail-Polish-Paz.html">Paz</a></div>
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Well who doesn't love an orange polish! The look for this show was a bright pop of colour on the eyes in Blues, Oranges, Yellows, Greens and Violets. We painted up a storm with the lovely, creamy, tangerine Arizona shade and the awesome, neon orange Paz.</div>
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Mel Wright - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/mel171106">www.youtube.com/user/mel171106</a><br />
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I love <a href="http://www.isolated-heroes.com/">Isolated Heroes</a> and <a href="http://altarjewellery.bigcartel.com/">ALTAR Jewellery</a>, as well as the girls behind both brands. When I heard they were collaborating I imagined a multicoloured 90's ghetto goth dream and I was not disappointed! I could write paragraph after paragraph about all their designs and how amazing the launch night at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/RARA.vintage.dundee">RARA and The Pretty Vacant Showrooms</a> was but I'll just leave you with some pictures to save the rambling/fangirling! Check the Press Release below and all the girl's links are at the bottom of the page (thanks to Lisa's PR whizz sister Kristy!) </div>
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Some special decals I made for the event, you can buy the <a href="http://diynails.bigcartel.com/product/isolated-heroes-x-altar-jewellery-collaboration-aliens">Aliens</a> and <a href="http://diynails.bigcartel.com/product/isolated-heroes-x-altarjewellery-collaboration-ankh">Ankhs</a> from my <a href="http://diynails.bigcartel.com/">online shop</a>!</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17px;">Its 1996, the Spice Girls dominate the airwaves with “Say You’ll Be There”, Grunge is the new mainstream and the world is transformed into a cyber wonderland where only Ghetto Goths and Cyber Barbie’s survive. On the 11<sup style="line-height: 14px;">th</sup> August, Dundee’s premier vintage shop, RARA and the Pretty Vacant Showrooms, will be re-born as a 90s cyber ghetto wonderland for the official opening of a unique exhibition and sale from ready-to-wear Unisex label Isolated Heroes and Altar Jewelry.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17px;">Runner-up for Young Designer of the Year at the 2012 Scottish Fashion Awards, Isolated Heroes creator Samantha McEwen, has gone from strength to strength with her optimistic ready-to-wear streetwear. A recent feature in Grazia magazine, collaborations with some of the best stylists in the business, including Leeann Soki Mak, was a personal high point for the designer. The future is looking very bright for this unique designer.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17px;">This isn’t the first collaboration for the pair; earlier this year Altar Jewelry featured in Isolated Heroes show for Brighten Fashion Week. Speaking about the collaboration event, Samantha talked about how Altar creator, Lisa Maclean, shares a common creative vision and how her own journey inspires her to support creatives starting out on their own:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17px;">“Its so hard for anyone starting out on their own. We’re both Dundee-born creatives trying to establish our own mark on the industry. Altar’s 90s inspired revival of spiritual iconography and early Goth subculture relate well to the considered nature of my collection and were both obsessed with the 90s, so it was a natural fit.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17px;">Get your blow-up bag, glitter eyeshadow and head down to RARA to spice up your life and be immersed in a 90s wonderland. Altar’s 90s Goth-inspired collection is available at <a href="http://altarjewellery.bigcartel.com/" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: default; line-height: 17px;" target="_blank">altarjewellery.bigcartel.com</a>. Isolated heroes current collection including the much anticipated eyeball dress is available from ASOS Marketplace, visit <a href="http://www.isolated-heroes.com/?utm_source=utm_source%3DPressReleaseCollabEvent&utm_medium=utm_medium%3Demail&utm_campaign=utm_campaign%3DAltar%2BRARA" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: default; line-height: 17px;" target="_blank">isolated-heroes.com</a> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17px;">for all the latest news and updates for the event. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17px;">Don’t miss out on a once of chance to revisit girl power.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Erin who owns <a href="http://www.facebook.com/RARA.vintage.dundee">RARA</a> made these AMAZING Lisa and Sam dolls! Wow!!</td></tr>
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<li style="line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 3px;">Graduated 2011 Heriot- Watt University, Gradute show “voodoo Zombies” featured collaboration with Mark Eley of Eley Kishimoto. </li>
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<li style="line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 3px;">1 of 20 students picked to go down to London to sell collection at Camden Market.</li>
<li style="line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 3px;">Based at Dundee’s Tin Roof Art Collective</li>
<li style="line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 3px;">Worked with Hair for Heroes and Photographer Ross Fraser Mclean</li>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; line-height: 17px;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 11px;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17px;">Grazia June 2012</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; line-height: 17px;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 11px;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17px;">Leeann Soki Mak (Fronted “Don’t Walk” campaign for St Andrews University)</span></div>
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<b style="line-height: 17px;"><u style="line-height: 17px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24px;">Altar +</span></u></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17px;">Founder/creator: Lisa Maclean</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17px;">Eulogy to the 90s revival of spiritual iconography from Christianity to witchcraft, we celebrate symbols of the supernatural and the occult. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; line-height: 17px;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 11px;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17px;">RARA and the Pretty Vacant Showrooms Dundee</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 11px;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Big Cartel <a href="http://altarjewellery.bigcartel.com/" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: default; line-height: 17px;" target="_blank">http://altarjewellery.bigcartel.com/</a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17px;">T. <a href="https://twitter.com/ALTARjewellery" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: default; line-height: 17px;" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ALTARjewellery</a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17px;">Address: 29 Exchnage Street Dundee, DD1 3DJ (Venue Location)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; line-height: 17px;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 11px;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17px;">Recently celebrated her 4<sup style="line-height: 14px;">th</sup> year in business in the city.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; line-height: 17px;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 11px;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17px;">Co Fonder Jude Magazine</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17px;">T. <a href="https://twitter.com/RARAshowrooms" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: default; line-height: 17px;" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/RARAshowrooms</a></span></div>
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<br />D.I.Y Nailshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09206389801939442240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307454985184602571.post-84098254708854903122012-08-20T14:57:00.000-07:002012-08-20T14:57:42.544-07:00DIY Nails does a Hen Party!A friend of a friend, Kate Pickering of <a href="http://vanillainkstudios.co.uk/">Vanilla Ink</a> (pictured below in the beer goggles), hired me for her friend's hen party a few weeks ago and it was the best wee Saturday afternoon I've had in a long time! I made a special menu for the day and even made some themed decals for the beautiful hens. There was a beautiful spread laid out and a cocktail fountain! Gillian's big day is in two weeks time and she will be wearing some super cute DIY Nails along with her bridesmaids- have a fabulous day girls!<br />
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D.I.Y Nailshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09206389801939442240noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307454985184602571.post-38830533609808546492012-08-20T13:01:00.000-07:002012-08-20T13:01:07.836-07:00Tortoiseshell Decals!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I saw <a href="http://deconails.tumblr.com/post/27697052911/tortoise-shell-nails">these</a> amazing hand-painted tortoiseshell nails by the ridiculously talented Grace over at <a href="http://deconails.tumblr.com/">Deco Nails</a> - winner of the<a href="http://thisisnailporn.tumblr.com/post/22860691805/the-insaland-x-sophynails-competition-winners"> Sophy Robson x Insa x Nail Porn Competition</a> don'tchaknow!</div>
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I toyed with the idea of trying to recreate these beauties on my own nails by mixing every brown and gold shade I could get my hands on but I could never do them any justice so I decided to create a kaleidoscope tortoishell image for my own set of decals. They've been such a hit with my friends (and mum!) that I added them to my <a href="http://diynails.bigcartel.com/">online shop</a>, you can also <a href="http://diynails.bigcartel.com/product/tortoiseshell-pattern-decals">create the look here</a>! Don't forget to follow Deco Nails on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/GracieDecoNails">@GracieDecoNails</a></div>
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<br /><br />D.I.Y Nailshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09206389801939442240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307454985184602571.post-92021820295077832942012-07-29T04:34:00.001-07:002012-07-29T04:42:33.244-07:00Khaki Nail PolishI had to post a photo of my new favourite nail polish, "Sew Psyched" by Essie. My local Boots has finally got an Essie stand and I can't tear myself away from the brightly lit rows of polish! The brush makes application so easy and the colour is beautifully creamy and really opaque so two coats were perfect.<br />
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I teamed it up with "Nice 'n' Neutral" by Topshop, some holographic confetti pieces and a coat of Seche Vite. Are you into Khaki polish? I saw one in Topshop too, have you seen any others worth trying?<br />
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I am terrible at promoting myself and have somehow managed to run my business for a year without ever organising my very own photoshoot. I'd like to say a million thank you's to <a href="http://shaunmurawski.com/">Shaun Murawski</a>, a good friend of mine and someone who's work I admire very much, for agreeing to shoot a DIY Nails video.<br />
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I knew whatever ideas Shaun would come up with would be great so I gave him full control of the day and just invited a couple of my friends to pop on some nails and enjoy a wee picnic with me in one of my favourite places in my home town. I'll go on a bit more when I can show you the actual video but I just thought I'd show you a couple of pictures from yesterday and obviously big-up Shaun a bit. Not that he needs it, he was commissioned to take an official portrait of the Queen dont'cha know!<br />
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It's been raining for around 2 months solid up here and I think we've all decided that instead of mourning the loss of summer (did it ever arrive?!) we're going to fully embrace Autumn, and that can only mean one thing...CAMO ARMY JACKETS! I don't care that everyone who's anyone will be wearing one of these babies, they're great. So if you want to look that little bit different from the crowd I'd definitely recommend <a href="https://marketplace.asos.com/boutique/onceuponatime/jackets">clicking this link</a> and picking yourself up a sweet little £30 number from my favourite vintage duo. Mine just arrived this morning and I couldn't be happier. The girls even included some sweets in my order, I told you they were cute.<br />
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Have you seen the <a href="http://www.lazyoaf.co.uk/Batman/c201/index.html">Lazy Oaf x Batman</a> Collection?? The <a href="http://www.lazyoaf.co.uk/womens-Batman/c22_199/p2479/womens-shirts/product_info.html">Bat Icon Mono Cropped Shirt</a> is sold out and I want to cry</div>
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<span id="goog_1941153813"></span><span id="goog_1941153814"></span>D.I.Y Nailshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09206389801939442240noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307454985184602571.post-51628452194042732092012-04-03T05:32:00.000-07:002012-04-03T05:32:49.215-07:00My First Ever Set of Acrylic Nails<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ever since I started my wee business people have asked if I could do acrylics. I always thought I would just be happy painting people's natural nails or selling them false ones but now that NAILS NAILS NAILS have pretty much taken over my life and are becoming much more of a full time thing, I thought it would be a really good idea to learn how to do acrylics.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I signed up for a <a href="http://www.nailzone.co.uk/beauty-school/glasgow-beauty-training-courses/beginners-acrylic-training-course.html">Beginners Acrylic</a> course with <a href="http://www.nailzone.co.uk/beauty-school.html">Nailzone Beauty Schoo</a>l in Glasgow. I'd heard really good things about them and although the course seemed expensive at £350, I was able to apply for £200 funding from<a href="http://www.ilascotland.org.uk/ILA+Homepage.htm"> ILA Scotland</a> (I don't know if England have something similar?). The price also covers a full kit to take home and it's packed into two, 6hour days rather than 10 weeks of two hour classes 40 miles away from where I am. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was really nervous on the day and didn't have a model until last minute (thank you Rhanna you wee star) but when I turned up the girl taking the class made us all feel really comfortable. The class was nice and small with six people and everyone was really nice. After a really informative Health and Safety lesson, we were given a demonstration and introduced to our kits. I was pretty glad to see that everything was pink!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Our first lesson was applying natural tips and the first step was preparing the nail by pushing the cuticles back and filing the nails short. I had a bit of a hard time pushing back the true cuticles but after realising I wasn't hurting my model and changing from an orange stick to a metal pusher I got the hang of it! After buffing and dehydrating the nails, we measured up the nail tips and glued them on. I was quite proud of myself because I only had one that was a bit too small but the rest were spot on. Next we prepared the tips, glued them on and blended the smile lines a bit more. Cutting the tips down to size sounded easy but I kept forgetting to hold the tips so they were pinging about everywhere and I kept touching the nail, which is pretty much a SIN when you're applying acrylics because you're transferring the natural oils from your fingers back on to theirs after you just spent all that time getting rid of it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">After a quick lunch to pizza hut we came back and watched a demonstration on acrylic application, our tutor made it look so easy but I knew I would find it hard! By the time I was on my model's second hand I thought I was doing pretty well but I wasn't applying enough acrylic so they were pretty thin and looked flat from the side instead of having a natural curve. This was fixed by just applying more to the middle of the nail (the apex) and the tip (the free edge) and they looked much better! After the nails were dry we were shown how to buff them up nice and shiny. WELL I WAS TERRIBLE! I was honestly buffing for like an hour. There's a knack to it and I just couldn't get the hang of it, thankfully, on my last nail I finally got it so I went back and re-did the nails, shined them up, popped a bit of cuticle oil on and there they were. My first ever set of acrylic nails! The shaping is a bit off but I'll get there in the end.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>D.I.Y Nailshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09206389801939442240noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307454985184602571.post-35743055052992878852012-03-30T03:04:00.000-07:002012-03-30T03:04:47.964-07:00DIY x gh0stparties nails are now on sale!Head over to my wee website <a href="http://nailmail.com/">nailmail.com</a> and check them out! <a href="http://www.gh0stparties.com/">Kate</a> will be announcing the winners of her <a href="http://www.gh0stparties.com/search/label/Giveaway">giveaway</a> today too!<div><br />
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I've been thinking about doing a set of nails to raise money for charity for a while, I know they may not raise a groundbreaking amount and I should probably run a marathon or something but I can't even make it up two flights of stairs, so this is my way of doing my bit.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I've decided to raise money for <a href="http://www.nacc.org.uk/">Crohns and Colitis UK </a>(NACC). <span style="background-color: ivory;">Inflammatory Bowel Disease (not to be confused with IBS) affects 1 in 250 people in the UK, with the two main types of being Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease. Both are chronic conditions and between 9,000 and 18,000 new cases are diagnosed every year. Most sufferers will trial endless medications, treatments and sometimes surgeries just to try and maintain a normal standard of living. With many experiencing unpleasant side effects. Symptoms can be debilitating and due to the nature of the disease, some keep quiet about their illness. There is no cure at the moment but charities like the NACC work to raise awareness and provide information about IBD, work to improve health services and provide support for sufferer's, their families and health professionals.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My boyfriend, Robbie, was diagnosed with Crohn's disease almost 8 years ago (long before I met him) and has had an ongoing battle with the illness since then. He's had some horrible times but through all the hospital visits/operations, periods of sickness and endless medications he's always stayed positive, which is really inspiring on days when most people would just give up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Last year, Robbie raised money for the NACC by getting his thigh tattooed with a cartoon of his friend and fellow "crohnsie", Shaun, high-fiving the Queen. Shaun (an amazing photographer) had been chosen to take the first official photo of the Queen to go on display at the Scottish Parliament. <a href="http://www.bluebloodtattoos.com/shaun-bailey.htm">Shaun Bailey</a> (different guy) at <a href="http://www.bluebloodtattoos.com/">Blue Blood</a> in Manchester tattooed him for charity on the same day as the unveiling of the portrait and loads of people donated money.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Later in the year, our friends over at <a href="http://www.abandonshipapparel.com/">Abandon Ship Apparel</a>, brought out a t-shirt to raise money for the NACC too. They used the phrase TRUE GUTS, which is the name of a really insightful Documentary made <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">by Josh Golder</span> (<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Guts">True Guts: Struggle and Triumph over Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis</a>) to raise awareness about IBD. The t-shirts were really successful and Richard even got TRUE GUTS tattooed on his fingers! You can read a lovely article about it all here:</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">So in-keeping with the tattoo theme, I decided to make a simple set of cute, wearable nails on baby pink with TRUE GUTS written on them in a traditional font. The thumbs have a subtle, silver glitter gradient on them and if the sets are well received then I'd love to do a whole colour range! I will be selling them on my online shop for £10 (+£2 p&p) and pledge to donate the whole £10 from each set sold - I'll keep you updated on my progress.</span></div>
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Your ready to wear, hand painted false nails come from a lovely little Scottish town called Stirling. It's roughly half-way between Glasgow and Edinburgh and is where the film Braveheart was set! William Wallace is from here don't y'know? We have a castle, a bridge, a monument and a Mcdonalds and a Topshop. I wish I was joking but I can genuinely hear bagpipes outside right now, the perks of living in the town centre on a Saturday! Here are some touristy pictures:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the future I would definitely love a little office or a studio, but for the time being I'm working from my bedroom! With the magical art of furniture placement and my resourcing skills, I have managed to create a mini studio flat in one room, complete with living room, wardrobe/dressing area, DIY Nails HQ and sleeping area. Here is a photo of my wee work area:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I'm not working elsewhere, I'm sitting here either trawling the internet for nail supplies and inspiration, writing my blog, fiddling about on my websites, replying to e-mails, buying things from eBay and reblogging like crazy on tumblr. I also like to spend a lot of time on Facebook talking to my BFF Emma.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I get Custom Nail Orders or make nails for photo shoots and fashion shows I just sit at my desk and paint them when needs be. But when it's time to stock up the shop, get started with some new styles or paint up wholesale orders for stockists - I make sure I have one whole day off to start with. I usually have my lovely nail-fairy/assistant Becki booked in for the day. She is the only person I really trust to paint your nails as is as much of a perfectionist as I am.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Becki and a horse. I actually stole this off her Facebook.</td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We tend to sit from 12pm-9pm with a wee break where we take the dog for a walk (I mix up Becki and Betty's names on a regular basis) and eat spaghetti hoops and waffles and later on we eat pizza. If I'm by myself, I'll start at 8am and keep working until 10pm. So obviously I love the days when I have company! I usually aim for around 50-60 sets in that day. We sit on my couch and use every flat surface available to perch something on, the TV is just out of shot but it usually has Keeping Up With the Kardashians or Harry Potter on repeat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next day I usually have work so I get up early to topcoat each set and check all the nails. When I come home I pop them off their wee sticks one-by-one. file the tips and count them into their plastic packaging! I then print off all the inserts, cut them up (badly) and whack them in. I take photos, pop them all in a big box and update my shop. PHEWWWW! This bit of the process usually take around 4 hours. After that, I print off orders as they come, package up the styles and pop them off to my local Post Office in WH Smith. But not until I've stuck a cute sticker on the front of the packet so you know it's coming from me!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So that's it. I hope I haven't ruined the image you had in your head (Hello Kitty and friends painting nails in a magical pink garden that smells of sweets, duh). xxx</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>D.I.Y Nailshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09206389801939442240noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307454985184602571.post-30553263577485259442012-03-24T08:01:00.002-07:002012-03-24T08:02:18.663-07:00New additions to my wee shop!<div style="text-align: left;">I've been a busy bee in my nail cave this week! After all the lovely comments I received about the <a href="http://diynailsuk.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/pug-lifethug-lifewu-tang.html">THUG LIFE and PUG LIFE</a> nails I had painted for customers I decided they would make great wee additions to my online shop. After getting carried away with lettering I also decided to re-create the <a href="http://diynailsuk.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/i-love-doing-lynsays-nails.html">LOVE/HATE</a> design you saw on <a href="http://diynailsuk.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/i-love-doing-lynsays-nails.html">Lynsay's super-talons</a>!</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can buy these <a href="http://www.nailmailme.com/product/thug-life">here</a>!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can buy these <a href="http://www.nailmailme.com/product/love-hate">here</a>! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can buy these <a href="http://www.nailmailme.com/product/pug-life">here</a>! </td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also painted up some Baby Pink Glitter Gradients with Crosses (a twist on an old favourite) and some glitter gradients with fangs! I sold a lot of the fang nails around Halloween but I didn't even think to stock them all the time until people started asking for them in the New Year!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can buy these <a href="http://www.nailmailme.com/product/baby-pink-glitter-fades-and-crosses">here</a>! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can buy these <a href="http://www.nailmailme.com/product/glitter-fades-with-fangs">here</a>! </td></tr>
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</div>As well as all these nails, I also painted up some more <a href="http://www.gh0stparties.com/">gh0stparties</a> sets for the 30th of March. Remember the <a href="http://www.gh0stparties.com/2012/03/giveaway-diy-nails-gh0stparties.html">giveaway</a> is still running for a few more days too! And lastly (phew!) some special nails for a charity that is very close to my heart, which you can read about here.<br />
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Any feedback would be amazing! It's always nice to know what you guys think about my nails and if you have any ideas then fire them at me!xxxD.I.Y Nailshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09206389801939442240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307454985184602571.post-37688235915487414112012-03-11T05:50:00.000-07:002012-03-11T05:50:51.926-07:00I love doing Lynsay's nails<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So she get's a blog post all of her own</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>D.I.Y Nailshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09206389801939442240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307454985184602571.post-65362135805885559382012-03-11T05:44:00.001-07:002012-03-11T05:51:47.421-07:00PUG LIFE/THUG LIFE/WU-TANG<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT126LQlm4DskirfKhr4BB48TZmPnSQcukEoWo4ueZNJOyAn_Ks-IjebXsdduIP4HOmXHxw6Reuv2yfvg08Rx5DPN6HaROelUSyVZaK9F4A8qEluhxPamC8nggpMwGJ_WZ9Iwp2Hms-RE/s1600/IMG_1814.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT126LQlm4DskirfKhr4BB48TZmPnSQcukEoWo4ueZNJOyAn_Ks-IjebXsdduIP4HOmXHxw6Reuv2yfvg08Rx5DPN6HaROelUSyVZaK9F4A8qEluhxPamC8nggpMwGJ_WZ9Iwp2Hms-RE/s400/IMG_1814.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Was pretty happy when Natalie said she wanted pug life nails yesterday! There are the perfect opposite to the THUG LIFE nails I painted on Emma a few weeks ago!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Or are you more of a WU-TANG kinda girl?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I loved doing these nails because they were a nice change from my usual girly bows and polka dots. Not that I don't love girly bows and polka dots.</div><div style="text-align: center;">xxx</div>D.I.Y Nailshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09206389801939442240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307454985184602571.post-68064444286979176052012-03-11T05:32:00.003-07:002012-03-11T05:53:12.777-07:00Versace Style Nails!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am actually so proud of myself for doing these!! Lynsay is one of my favourite clients, she always has the funniest stories from the time between getting her nails done and I love seeing what she's been buying every Saturday! I also love her because she has some SERIOUS talons and always has a clear idea of what she wants done. Yesterday she wanted Versace nails, it took me two hours. Mainly because I had to keep looking at pictures for inspiration. I'm always really weary of doing nails that are very "on trend" because I don't want to be too heavily influenced by all the other nail artists doing similar sets. I think I did ok though, what do you think?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/scratchdollface"> Scratch Dollface</a> but actually hadn't come across her Versace designs until we were looking for some inspo, they are ridiculously amazing! Just ook at these bad boys!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>D.I.Y Nailshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09206389801939442240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307454985184602571.post-70667676945407534132012-03-11T05:00:00.003-07:002012-03-11T05:54:04.360-07:00Isolated Heroes, Kirstin Kerr and Lou Clavé<div style="text-align: center;">Last weekend I had the absolute pleasure of working with these lovely ladies on a shoot. The whole day was filled with colour, stickers, pom poms, chains, hair, wigs, braids, henna, PILES of gold jewellery and gems everywhere! But what else would you expect when you're working with <a href="http://isolatedheroes.blogspot.com/">Isolated Heroes?!</a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">I love working with Sam because I can really just do ANYTHING I want, it really was amazing to see everyone come together with the same vision and step into her "magic pony land brain" (as she so perfectly called it in <a href="http://isolatedheroes.blogspot.com/2012/03/where-my-gurrrls-at.html#comment-form">her blog post about the shoot</a>). And we just had so much fun! I created two nail sets for the day and wanted them to be really over the top. The first set were black with big, glittery, gold letters, IH for ISOLATED HEROES! I Stuck a big ying-yang button I found on one thumb and a big gold peace sign from a necklace on the other. The right hand had all the fingers connected by a chain and the left just had a chain running from the ring finger to the pinky (attached by a safety pin!). The second set was white and I used party confetti (smiley faces and baby bottles) and lovely iridescent gems to create a more feminine set. I connected the ring and pinkie fingers with a chain and attached some smiley faces to it. I really just wanted the sets to look thrown together, the whole theme of the shoot was so over the top that I just wanted it to look like Ruta and Stevie had done it themselves and stuck on anything they could find.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">There was no make-up artist so like 8 of us pitched in and decorated Ruta ans Stevie with Henna (I'm sure Sam's AWA faces will replace traditional designs from now on), while Sam decorated their eyebrows with pom poms and Lou stuck smiley face stickers to Stevie's face as well as working her magic with some colourful wigs and hair pieces!</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Kirstin shot the most ridiculously beautiful photos I've ever seen. I can't wait to show you them but for now, here's a wee teaser!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div><a href="http://isolatedheroes.blogspot.com/">Isolated Heroes</a> - Insane, genderless designs by Samantha McEwen<br />
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</div><div><a href="http://kirstinkerr.com/">Kirstin Kerr</a> - Photographer, designer, illustrator and artist. An all-round, amazing and inspiring creative talent</div><div><a href="http://kirstinkerr.com/">http://kirstinkerr.com/</a> <br />
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</div><div><a href="http://hairforheroes.wordpress.com/">Hair for Heroes</a> by Lou Clavé - Queen of hair, wigs and colour, colour, COLOUR! Seriously the most amazing hairdresser around!<br />
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/LouClaveHairStylist">http://www.facebook.com/LouClaveHairStylist</a> </div>D.I.Y Nailshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09206389801939442240noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307454985184602571.post-20643701667699329722012-03-09T15:41:00.004-08:002012-03-11T05:54:31.945-07:00Emz Eyeballs!I did my friend Emma's nails tonight, the eyeball design isn't my own but she'd seen it before and really wanted it. I'll credit the original source when I find it again! The E was my wee idea though, just to mix it up a wee bit, and I love drippy lettering. Have any of you tried eyeball nails before? If so then let me see!<br />
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</div><div>So you've all seen the <a href="http://www.gh0stparties.com/2012/03/giveaway-diy-nails-gh0stparties.html#comment-form">giveaway</a> over on the lovely <a href="http://www.gh0stparties.com/">Kate's blog</a>. I have been a die hard<a href="http://www.gh0stparties.com/"> gh0stparties</a> fan/stalker since day one, so when the opportunity to collaborate came up I jumped at the chance. We both love simple, pink, floral, sparkly things so it took approximately 5 minutes to come up with a few sets we both loved. Once the <a href="http://www.gh0stparties.com/2012/03/giveaway-diy-nails-gh0stparties.html#comment-form">giveaway</a> is over on the 30th of March, all three sets will be <b>available to buy</b> on my wee <a href="http://www.nailamailme.com/">online shop</a>, exciting huh!</div><div><br />
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</tbody></table><div>All the details are in <a href="http://www.gh0stparties.com/2012/03/giveaway-diy-nails-gh0stparties.html#comment-form">this post</a> on <a href="http://www.gh0stparties.com/">Kate's blog</a> but I thought I would just re-post the T&C's for you below. And here is a picture of me and my dog Betty, just so you can get to know us better!</div><div style="text-align: center;">xxx</div><div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Prohibition Glamour was set up by <span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Silvia Pellegrino</span>, the amazing woman behind the beautiful <a href="http://www.chouchoucouture.com/">Chouchou</a> Couture, to bring some Fashion Week fun to <a href="http://www.rainbowroominternational.com/">Rainbow Room International</a> in Glasgow and showcase some<span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"> of Scotland’s best emerging fashion and jewellery designers. The designers included were </span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.chouchoucouture.com/">Chouchou</a></span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.lillywiggler.com/">Lilly Wiggler Couture</a></span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.renewalrus.co.uk/">Rene Walrus</a></span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://nadineschloen.com/index.php?id=3">Nadine Schloen</a></span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"> and </span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ursulas-designs/246766222042968">Ursula’s Designs</a>! The evening was a roaring success, with all proceeds going to <a href="http://www.aicr.org.uk/">AICR</a></span><strong style="background-color: white; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"> </strong><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">(</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 19px;">Association for International Cancer Research). What really made this fashion show unique was that people had the opportunity to buy the designer's goods right after the show - what a dream!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I created a special Art Deco inspired nail set just for the event and painted it on all 8 of the models.</span></span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> I wanted to keep the design quite simple so I just painted the thumbs and ring fingers with a gold and black Deco design (inspired by a lampshade) and the rest of the fingers gold or black with a gold or black stud!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">The nails and the girls all looked awesome and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Daniela-Flores-Photography/190533377624533">Daniela Flores</a> captured some amazing pictures (below)! There's a whole album from the event <a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.379080085436527.96605.190533377624533&type=1">here</a>.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also, big huge thanks to my always amazing assistant Becki! You'll hear me talking about her a lot, she helps me paint/package/photograph false nails for my shop and was such a help on the day. Ya wee star!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Becki, by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Daniela-Flores-Photography/190533377624533">Daniela Flores</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">August 2010 - My first ever attempt at nail art! These are still two of my favourite colours but I did use a liquid eyeliner instead of a nail pen. Resourceful huh!<br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">How my <a href="http://diynails.tumblr.com/">tumblr</a> starte</span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">d</span></b></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I spent a lot of time on tumblr looking at nails on <a href="http://wah-nails.com/">WAH Nails</a>, <a href="http://sosoflynails.tumblr.com/">Sosoflynails</a> and <a href="http://prettynailswag.tumblr.com/">Pretty Nail Swag</a> and loads of other sites but I wanted my own little platform to share amazing designs I found as well as my own nail art. I wanted to create a little place where people could go to find inspiration, learn how to do simple designs and have an opportunity to <a href="http://diynails.tumblr.com/tagged/submission">share their own nails</a> and learn from <a href="http://diynails.tumblr.com/tagged/tutorial">tutorials</a>, and in Febuary 2011 I did just that!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kerri from <a href="http://wearetherobotsdesigns.bigcartel.com/">We Are the Robots</a> - My first ever customer! She got moustaches and it still a customer today!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moustaches for Tasha! One of the 5 sets for Ibiza.</td></tr>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>My Etsy Shop</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I sold false nails on my stalls at vintage fairs while doing nails but then decided to set up a wee Etsy shop! The shop did quite well but I was only painting to order AND making handmade packaging - it was taking up all my time and I was working two other jobs so I had to shut the shop due to the demand!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>NAIL MAIL!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nailmailme.com/">www.nailmailme.com</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I re-branded, re-opened and just recently got myself a .com! I made 18 orders in the first 3 hours of being open, absolutely mental. My Nail Mail site offers nails from £8 to £12 with custom nails ranging from £15-£20! I'm always adding new styles to my shop and now even sell phone covers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't know what's in store for the future really, I have one wee exciting project up my sleeve which should hopefully be released in the next few weeks and I'm working on a few shoots/shows but other than that I just want to keep painting nails an working with amazing people! And if you made it all the way to the end of this "brief" history then treat yourself to a little free p&p (That's like £2+ off every order!) at my <a href="http://www.nailmailme.com/">online shop</a> with this code: ILOVEDIY</div>D.I.Y Nailshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09206389801939442240noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307454985184602571.post-55768525717827504132012-02-27T10:55:00.001-08:002012-03-07T11:25:46.790-08:00More DIY Nails!So this has been a lonnng time coming! I decided to start a blog to accompany my tumblr/instagram just so I could spend more time sharing nailspiration, tutorials and what's been going on in the world of DIY Nails in more than just pictures and reblogs. Spread the word!D.I.Y Nailshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09206389801939442240noreply@blogger.com0