Showing posts with label purple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label purple. Show all posts
artistique-meg Wednesday, March 30, 2011

I know, it's been far too long. I've been procrastinating and trying to get a-hold of life again. Things are good once more which is pretty awesome. I don't want to fill up your time with a lot of my personal rubbish so I'm just going to get straight on with it. I've got a bunch of designs to share with you over my absence, unfortunately I don't really remember what I used for each design so if there is something you really want to know just ask and I'll do my best to remember/figure it out.

Without further ado I share the random designs;

Kawaii Skulls 


Follow the jump for the rest!

artistique-meg Wednesday, December 1, 2010

It was suggested to me to do some Batman nails but I've already done that quite a few times...instead I decided to do little cute bats, including a lovely albino one! :)


I really like them! I think they're quite cute <3
What I used: Sportsgirl in Lace and Supernatural for the base. Then a coat of Mode in Diamonte because I haven't used glitter in so long! And just a basic white and black nail art striper/pen :D

Now I think my second favourite brand of nailpolish, at least affordable is the Sportsgirl Nail It...they're freaking awesome and come out with great colours that apply amazingly all the time. I went a little overboard and bought five because I was so far behind on their latest releases. So from left to right; Lace, Supernatural, Oasis, Sublime and Sunrise.



Okay and last but not least, I've been thinking. I love doing complicated and unconventional nail art but perhaps I could try to do a post a week of simple and easy nail art...for beginners or people that want to learn. I could maybe do picture tutorials for them too. Hmm..well, it's just a thought, let me know!

Thanks for looking!

artistique-meg Saturday, August 21, 2010

My boyfriend, David, took me to the Tim Burton Exhibition as a surprise and of course it was incredibly inspiring. I mean, seeing all his artwork was amazing. The shapes he creates in his drawings and sculptures are intriguing and sometimes disturbing. Still buzzing from the inspiration days later I tried to use the famous Burton swirl in my design...it changed from where I thought I was going with it but I still love it nonetheless and got a lot of compliments! :)


Here's a better photo, you can see the details;


What I used: Sportsgirl Nail It in Strike A Posie, Ultra3 in Wild Berry, Inglot in 540 (the sparkle black/grey), Hawley Nail Art Pen and simple rhinestones.

I'm only just starting to use rhinestones and whatnot on myself (got some from ebay) and I'm loving it-- I want more!
Thanks for looking!

artistique-meg Saturday, July 24, 2010

For the graduation of my Cert II in Make-Up and Nails (which was a while ago now lol) I had to do a full look, I chose to do GaGa because I adore her. I did a pink and purple circa 2008 GaGa look and these are the nails I "designed" to go with the lightning bolt make-up.



What I used: ChiChi (the name has worn off) as a base, white, pink and black acrylic paint, Ultra3 in Purple Passion as well as a lovely Roseburn unnamed shimmer pink. Various rhinestones in all shapes and sizes were thrown on too!

I hope you like it, thanks for looking!

artistique-meg Monday, July 5, 2010

Another quick design, I didn't want to do too much to it with this holographic polish as a base. It would just look too much!




What I used: Unnumbered Sirray Holographic polish and acrylic paints.

Wow this was a lazy/super quick update!

artistique-meg Monday, May 31, 2010

Just a quick update tonight. I'm suffering lady cramps today. They hurts :(
Anyhoot, I wanted purple nails today and I love orange with purple so I ended up with little monsters on my nails (hehe GaGa reference) I think they're cute...though I got a little impatient so they're a bit messed up now >.>


And because I can, a better shot of the thumb! Grrr! hehe


What I used: Sirray in 111 as my base. Rimmel London in Tangerine Queen for the monsters. Hawley Manicure pen in black for all of the black and white acrylic paint.

artistique-meg Friday, May 28, 2010

Wow, so much to say in this here post. First, I'm now a member of the Gumleaf Mafia which is so darn awesome! Those are the girls that inspired me to record and share what I like to do with my nails and now I'm listed with them. Ohh yeah. Also, it's introduced some new followers/subscribers to my blog so thank you so much! I think that's super awesome and all that jazz!

Second, I cut mah nails, the length was driving me crazy! However, I cut too much than I intended but hey, they'll grow. Lately I've been throwing on a really thin layer of acrylic to help keep my nails strong, they're so soft usually and it also stops polish from chipping so that's awesome.

Anyway, to the nail art! I messed around trying to find something to do with this length so I tried that "on nail marbling" where you blend with a top coat. Worked out quite cool if you ask me ;)


What I used; Again, that unamed lavender that I'm in love with! Blending with Ultra3 in Bo Peep. Lastly CoverGirl in White Night for the peace signs and finally a coat of Out The Door.

What I want to ask is if anyone has advice for nail art for shorter nails? What do you think would look good on my nails? haha

artistique-meg Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Hello, hello there! I've tried out something different and gone with a "pretty" design. Kawaii Strawberries. I personally really like it, however shoddy my strawberries look. It all comes with practice, as they say. 
The colours are close to true in the photograph however I could only take the photo early this morning so it's a bit lighter than it is in person. Still a good representations though.


What I used: Again the nameless lavender! Ultra3's Baby Pink and Bo Peep mixed for the strawberries. Ultra3 in honolulu, ChiChi in Jitterbug and Sportsgirl in Duchess mixed for the green. And CoverGirl in White Night for the background. 

So, what do you think?

artistique-meg Saturday, May 22, 2010

I was quite bored this evening and had a hankering for doing some nail art but alas, I like my Tiny Pandas too much and think they should last more than a day, at least! So I borrowed my brother's lovely girlfriend Renee and had some fun. Plus she gave me the divine lavender colour I used for the base coat! I've been looking for a purple in that shade for quite a while. I love how this mani turned out, it's quite lovely! 


What I used: Rossburn Cosmetics, which has no name! The lavender colour. Sally Hansen Hard as Nails in Platinum, Ultra3 in Baby Pink, Ultra3 in Bo Peep and Hawley Manicure Pen/Brush in Black.