Guest Post - Batmomo from Pokénailart

ATTEMPT 2! I am so sorry, especially to all my guest posters as I b*ggared up royally when I thought I could 'quickly' upload my guest posts before my holiday. Lesson learned, it doesnt work! Again, really really sorry.. so here is the first guest post from last week, this time with all the beautiful pictures!

Rachael xxx

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Hey everyone! 

I am so excited to say that one of my favourite bloggers is here with us today with a guest post!

Continue reading to see the amazing nail art of Batmomo from Pokénailart <3

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Hello everyone! I am very pleased and honoured that Rachael was willing to put one of my manicure on her blog, and I hope you will appreciate it ^^. So, pokémon nail art is my big speciality and with halloween coming soon, I really wanted to draw gengar! This pokémon is super funny and scary at the same time, so I really love it! For the background colour, I used a franken that I just created and that I called "gengar's puke". It is a teal/purple duochrome that I applied on a black base. Since the colours matched the ozotic 528, I decided to apply a layer of my ozotic, to give a more "sparkly" look. I drew gengars on my thumb and ring finger, and scary faces on the other nails. 

 

Wait, you can't see the scary faces? I'll switch the light off...

Boo! 

I hope you were not too scared :p

I really hope you liked this manicure, and most importantly: Happy Halloween everyone!!

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Thank you again my lovely for your beautiful guest post for while I am away! I am over the moon, especially with a 2 in 1 Halloween and my favourite pokémon ever all in one manicure! Look at his grin glowing in the dark!! Yay! <3

Rachael xxx

Guest Post from Jade at Life in Lacquer

ATTEMPT 2! I am so sorry, especially to all my guest posters as I b*ggared up royally when I thought I could 'quickly' upload my guest posts before my holiday. Lesson learned, it doesnt work! Again, really really sorry.. so here is the second guest post from last week, this time with all the beautiful pictures!

Rachael xxx

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Good morning everyone!

I have another beautiful guest post today - this time from the wonderful Jade from Life in Lacquer. I have read Jade's blog for a long time and I am sure you will agree on just how beautiful her nails are!

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Hello there nail lovers!

I’m Jade popping over from Life in Lacquer to write a guest post for you whilst Rach is off on her holidays, the lucky girl!

I have a simple hand painted nail art today. I used a tiny brush and three different colours. I love pastels and now it’s getting darker and colder outside I wanted to crack these out one last time!

I used China Glaze Aquadelic, Color Club Wicker Park and BarryM Gelly Blueberry.

I just have to say that the BarryM Blueberry smelt funky and not the James Brown good kind of funky either. I have no idea why but I can’t remember the other Gelly polishes smelling like this? Has anyone else noticed?

Thanks for having me today and I hope you liked my design!

Jade

Lifeinlacquer.blogspot.co.uk

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Thank you again Jade for sharing your gorgeous nails on my blog! I hope everyone else loves them as much as I do!

Rachael xxx

Guest Post from Rachel at Monkey Nails

ATTEMPT 2! I am so sorry, especially to all my guest posters as I b*ggared up royally when I thought I could 'quickly' upload my guest posts before my holiday. Lesson learned, it doesnt work! Again, really really sorry.. so here is the first guest post from last week, this time with all the beautiful pictures!

Rachael xxx

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Good morning all!

After a good few years of having no holidays, I am finally getting myself a way for a week. So while I am away, I am leaving you in the very capable hands of some guest bloggers who have offered to entertain you!

First up is a fantastic blogger, another Rachel (Best name ever. Fact.) from Monkey Nails <3 After seeing her photos, I just had to leave you with her post first as its getting me excited for the beautiful blue waters of Majorca!

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Hi there! When I said I'd do a guest post for Racho's Nail Love there was no contest what it was going to be about - my name is also Rachel, and one of the meanings of the name is ewe - that is, a female sheep. I got started on my sheep nails and there was going to be green glitter and googly eyes... then I left all my nail gear at my partner's house when I came home and I found myself with a problem. No googly eyes, no paintbrushes and no nail polish, not even a base coat. So I got inventive! What I did have was a whole bunch of new polishes that had just arrived in the posts from Nails Inc and Tara's Talons. I also found some PVA glue, a blunted pencil and some cotton buds. So here's what I came up with:

I used the PVA glue as a base coat. I applied it just before a long drive so by the time I got home it was totally dry! Then I applied three coats of Reef by Tara's Talons. I'm loving this dreamy blue polish - it reminds me of looking into a pond - there are bits of gold and green glitter in it and the slightly sheer finish means you feel like you're looking right the way to the bottom. I added dots of Tara's Talons Champagne and Nails Inc Mornington Crescent with the tip of the blunt pencil. (The more blunt the pencil is, the bigger the dots will be!) This look reminds me of paintings of water lilies by Monet. Did you know that Water Lilies is actually a series of about 250 paintings, and not just one? I did not.

I removed a bit of the cotton from the tip of my cotton bud and dipped it in nail varnish remover. Using just a little bit of cotton and the blunt end of the cotton bud made it much easier to clean up around my cuticles. And the marvellous thing about PVA glue is that it all just peels off afterwards!

Of course, this means that when I get all my nail art stuff back I'm going to have to finish off my Rachael/Rachel inspired nails. But this is not exactly much of a chore!

Thanks to Rachael for having me and I hope to see some of you over at Monkey Nails!

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Thank you again Rachel for your fantastic post, your nails are so beautiful and I am sure everyone else will think so too!

Rachael xxx

Pokémon NAC - Week 10 Psychic

Good morning!

Another installment of my favourite ever challenge - Pokémon! This week is Psychic!

And here are my nails - inspired by the original opening scene of all Pokémon episodes :)

What do you think? I did them from memory, hence after watching the opening realising that Mew doesn't show up in space in the same colours as I painted him.. or look half as goofy, but overall I'm still pretty pleased with them!

Let me know what you think :)

Rachael xxx

Pokemon NAC Week 9 - Ground Pokémon

Hey all!

I am never on time for these things, but I've been trying to catch up. 

Sometimes I try and overcomplicate things and its really disappointing when things don't work out. So today's mani is super simple.. I just hope you can guess who it's based on - I took inspiration from some cool wallpapers that Becca used to use as her monitor backgrounds.

I did however forget that the Sally Hansen (The Sky's The Limit) that I used is a terrible stainer!

What do you think?? Can you guess who it is? 

Rachael xxx

Review - Revlon Chalkboards

Good morning everyone! I have an amazing polish to show you today - something I have been hounding Revlon on facebook for for ages. Revlon Chalkboards! 

 If you are a true 'nailie' you will have seen the sets that Ciaté released a while back. A little out of some peoples price range though - including me. So I've waited and waited, and luckily Becca spotted them and picked me one up when she was out shopping. She picked me up Straight A's on request - as this is something I think I will use the most. 

 If you don't know the general concept of chalkboard nails, then its that you use a black matte nail polish as the base, and your colour over the top to act as your 'chalk'. The great thing about the Revlon's Chalkboard nail sets are that you always get black - the polish you will use the most of, and that the brushes are designed for the use - a nice easy to use brush to apply the base, and a thin striper style brush to apply your other colour - in this case, my white. 

Now I won't lie - I usually hate matte nail paint. I quite like this though as it still has an almost satiny finish. It reminds me of the rubber style polishes from Illamasqua. The word vinyl comes to mind. The only problem now is that I didn't have any ideas for designs! So I just doodled! 

The retail price on these is £8. You will be able to find them at all big stores, such as Boots and Superdrug. I will definitely be picking up some more colours! They are still quite expensive, but still a cheaper option than Ciaté.

Have you seen these in your shops yet? Have you bought / tried any? Have you tried the Ciaté ones? What do you think? 

 Rachael xxx

The Witch's Salvation - Giveaway!

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Rachael xxx

 

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Halloween Nail Art Challenge - Day 3 Things That Go Bump in the Night

Hey all!

Day 3 - Things that go BUMP in the night!

When Becca and I worked on these themes, we wanted them to be as open as possible - so I'm pleased with today's theme as I went for what scares me most - the thought of things coming back to life! I hate zombies, I can't watch The Walking Dead or any other program / film with zombies in.. and yet I love all other things supernatural. Zombies are obviously just too close to reality for me!

My first Nerd Lacquer's arrived this morning, and the Quantum Bluniverse was just begging to be used! In my excitement I forgot to photo it on its own, so its another excuse to wear it again!

I then freehanded my design over the top, then outlined it all with glow in the dark top coat, but my camera (both my DSLR and my iPhone) refuse to pick it up. I see it though, I will just need to appreciate this element on my own! I think QB was a bit dark, so if you can't see, I have a black cat on my little finger, a tree on my ring finger, gravestones on the middle and a zombie hand coming out of the earth on my index.

Don't forget to check everyone else's out and let me know what you think of mine!

Rachael xxx

Halloween Challenge - Day 2 Pumpkins and Jack O Lanterns

Hey all!

Day 2 today - Pumpkins and Jack O Lanterns!

I love Halloween, especially pumpkin carving! I am disappointed that this year I am missing Halloween due to being on holiday - so I decided to show my pumpkin carving on my nails!

I have done all of these pumpkin designs in the past, so I thought why not put them on my nails this year? :)

I used an orange Essie as the base and sponged some Nails Inc - Notting Hill Carnival over the top before freehanding the black designs with Sinful Colors Black to Black.

What do you think? Don't forget, if you would like to join in, please do! Post links to your pictures on our facebooks / instagrams / in our post comments, wherever you need to - we'd love to see your nails! 

Rachael xxx

A little hallowe'en stamping

Hey all!

Last week may be a bit quiet as I have one of my other loves in my life. Pokémon! Yes, it was released last weekend, so I have devoted a fair amount of my life to it!

So I sat down yesterday and decided to have a go at some designs and get making my blog a bit more lively. No matter what, they just weren't working out.. apart from this one.

A nice simple design, but I love it none the less - the polishes and the plate are just perfect together! I wanted something I could wear for work and I got so many compliments, nobody believed I had done myself - I got accused of having salon nails and also of having used foils - compliments indeed!

I used the MoYou London Pro Collection 05 XL plate and used the cobweb design from the top row. The polishes I used are Zoya - Raven for the base and Mentality - Scalawag (my favourite stamping polish) for stamping over.

I am so pleased with how these stamped - the Mentality polish is perfect opacity and in light has a beautiful holo rainbow to it. Beautiful! And the stamp, I am so in love with these MoYou London plates so far - they are just perfectly engraved, pick up beautifully.. I just can't fault them at all!

What do you think? Do you like the simple finish or would you have gone more detailed and added something else? 

Dont forget to check out what other British Bloggers are doing!

Rachael xxx

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