Tiger print nail wraps

I rarely use wraps, but I had these lying around so I thought I'd use them. They're these glitter textured tiger print nail wraps which are really easy to apply. 

First, you select a suitable size and stick it on your nail. Then, you get a hairdryer and blow heat over the nail to melt the glue onto your nail. Let it cool and file off the excess. You can also apply a bit of top coat on the tip of your nail to secure them and so they don't chip. I wouldn't advise putting a top coat over the whole nail as that will ruin the textured effect. 

This is what they look like:

 

These lasted me a little longer than a whole week which i think is pretty good. There's loads of different designs you can try and they're great if you don't have time to do your nails yourself.

Thanks for reading ♥

Galaxy Nails!

I have really wanted to try out the ombre technique on my nails for ages which is basically when you blend two or more colours to get a gradation effect. So, I thought I'd do this to achieve a galaxy/cosmic style look.

The nail varnishes I used ranged from a really dark green to a royal blue to a deep purple. I blended them together in a vertical manner but I guess you could even do this in a swirly style to make it seem more like galaxy.

The products I used were:

-Collection Hot Looks in '24 Shameless'

-Sally Hansen HD in '18 DVD'
-Collection Lasting Colour in '6 Purple Rain'




Although I used shimmery nail varnishes, I added on a thin coat of gold glitter just to make it extra sparkly. The nails will be quite rough from the blending so you have to put on a good layer of clear top coat. It can also get quite messy so I found it helpful to clean up the edges of my nails with a cotton bud stick dipped in nail polish remover.
This is what it looked like at the end....

Noshin ♥

More henna....

I thought I might as well upload some of the other henna designs I have done in the past for fun, so here they are...

Twirling floral arm design

I did all of these myself and these are all my own photographs that I took.

Noshin ♥

Henna Hands

This isn't directly nail art related, but I just thought I'd share some of the henna/mehndi designs I did for last Eid. This was a month ago, but there is another Eid coming up in a few weeks so this feels like the right time to upload these so you can take a look at some of the styles and get practicing if you want to have a go! Remember that henna isn't just for Eid, but it is commonly used in other festivals and celebrations like wedding, Diwali or just for fun :)

So, the first one is quite a complex design. because it has very intricate details and needs to be drawn exact to get it to look right. It is very bold, traditional Arabian design and these mandala styles look best featured in the palm of your hands. I did this on my own hand so I could only do it on my left hand.

This is what it looked like immediately after I washed it off. I looks bright red but this was down to the artificial lighting. It was in fact a deep brown colour and it darkened as the days went by.

The next design is one I did on the back of my left hand. It is a really elegant design with paisleys running up the middle finger from the wrist and it's slightly simpler to do too. 

 

\The last design I'm going to share is one that I did on my little sister and this was a design that I actually made up myself by sketching it out on paper first. I included things she likes in henna like lots of swirls and flowers and I even drew on a bow on the wrist.

I have seen lots of nail art designs inspired by henna and henna itself can even be used on nails. It is a really fun thing to do so i really recommend giving it a go!

Noshin ♥

Cutex Moisture Guard Nail Polish Remover

So this isn't a nail design, but I thought I'd mention this nail polish remover that I've been using recently. Its the Cutex Moisture Guard and it is really good for brittle, dry nails. My nails tend to snap quite easily but after using this, I'd found a slight difference in how healthier and moisturised they were.
This also has a nail whitening formula as well which I couldn't really notice on my nails as they are quite white anyway but I'd really recommend this anyway.
The pricing isn't too bad either - I bought the small 100ml bottle for £1.82 from my local pharmacy but I'm pretty sure you can get the 200ml for cheaper.

 

There are also different ones worth a try in their range for different nail types like specifically 'Strengthening' for weak nails, 'Ultra Cleansing' for natural nails and more.

Noshin ♥

Show Off

I bought this nail polish by Collection a while ago and I forgot how much I loved this colour. It's from their Hot Looks range and it's in the colour 23 Show Off. This is a really gorgeous metallic blue. I love these nail polished because they have a nicely sized brush, they're always really pigmented so one coat is enough, they're really cheap and they dry in 60 seconds!

The nail art I did with this, is kind of aztec-style. As you can see below, I added different kinds of black and gold detail:

Try it yourself and let me know what you think,

Noshin ♥

Notebook Nails

So this can basically be done by painting a white base coat and then adding blue horizontal stripes to be the lined paper and a red vertical stripe for the margin. You can then add some doodling as you would on a notebook. I did mine in black, but you can use any colour. 

You could just leave is like this for a 'sailor' style

As you can see, on each nail I wrote my name, a question mark, a star, a heart and a smiley face :)

Its a bit late now but these nails would also be good for back to school. 

Thanks for reading,

Noshin ♥