Fingertips Friday

This is my first post after a busy week working and running errands, I do apologize! But I promise I will post regular after I settle into the routine and shifts at my new job.

 

Every Friday I am going to be dedicating a post to my fingertips and what colours/style I have been creating for them this week. Living in Tenerife and constantly having my toes out in sandals and flip fops I feel that I have to have them painted at all times and preferably matching my fingers. Being the girly girl that I am I love having my nails painted in cute and different shades and normally change the colour within a few days as soon as I spot any slight chipping (which drives me crazy).

I think that nails are a great way at reflecting a person’s personality in a clever and simple way. Bright and bold colours reflect an outgoing and confident personality that is daring and prepared to take risks. Softer shades of blues and greens reflect a relaxed and chilled our personality, that’s shows a calm and more reserved person. The current pastel and 'ice cream' colours that seem to be everywhere at the minute are great! I am in love with these, they are so fresh and dainty. I think they reflect an easy going and girly personality that likes to be subtle in style without being in your face, they tend to be up to date with the current fashion trends.

My nails this week have been all about the polka dots, as I said in a previous post I am crazy about anything spotty and this week I decided to take it into my own hands and create my own polka dot nails. I’m going to share with you how I did it, however I am no professional so it’s not perfect so be nice guys!

 

As mentioned earlier I constantly have my nails painted and rarely go a day without, I know how messy and frustrating it is to try and get a darker varnish off completely before applying a lighter coat. My advice is to remove the varnish best you can with nail varnish remover, then soak them in warm soapy water and repeat with varnish remover. This just softens the skin and makes the colour easier to remover and the double dose of nail varnish remover helps to completely free the nails of excess colour.

Then once they are nice and clean file them so they are all straight and neat and ready to paint. For this one I am going to how you I opted for simple black on white spots, this is a cute style. I kept it black and white to keep neutral and so that it would go with my bright summer wardrobe. So with the black varnish apply a base coat, with the dark shade you probably will only need one coat depending on the make. If it looks a little weak then apply another coat once dry for a fuller and good thick layer.

Next step in creating the polka dots I advise anyone who is keen on this style to invest in a decent nail are pen as they create a full and perfect circle. However me being the clutz that I am have left mine back in England, as I wanted to get this post up and haven't had a chance to look around the local shops to hunt one down i had to opt for the next best thing...a cocktail stick. Nothing like improvising is there. But on a serious note if you can a nail art pen is the best option.

 Gather a good amount of white varnish on the stick and carefully create small dots on each nail, the best thing about this style is polka dots can be dotted around the nail anyhow they do not need to be in a straight line, although I do suggest you keep them in a pattern to avoid it looking mismatched.

Continue this through the whole of your nails and the end product is a lovely polka dot finish that looks professional and unique; who needs falsies when you can be creative in your own way. Be careful when creating your spots, start off with small spots to avoid them smudging/turning into big blobs, you can always add to them to make them bigger afterwards.

If you like the neutural look but prefer some brighter and more bolder colours then do not be scare to experiment you will find that almost any colours work with this. I would say tho keep the dots black or white just to keep them simple but appealing.

Swap the black and white for red and white and transform your nails into a cute ladybird theme. I love this look and think the eye catching style is bright and attention grabbing. I got lots of compliments when wearing this and many people asked if I was wearing the stick on strips, which is a bonus because it must of look half professional.

Or swap the black for white polka dots, this instantly screams I am girly at me, it is very cute and an extremely light, bright and fresh feeling look. Are you bold enough to create this style? Let me know.

 Ryanne ♥