New year Party Nails

Hello there!!! hope you all had a very merry Christmas and got lots of lovely gifts.

This is just a quick post on my nails which I done last night, I was so impressed with them I thought I would share with you how I done it.

Very sparkly!!!!

Firstly I used OPI's nail envy for my base coat - applying a thin layer - there are so many places you can get this from but I recommend getting it from www.qvcuk.com as they do a great value duo set for under £20.

Then once it had dried I applied my colour.
I went for a black colour from collection 2000, now I did buy it around 2 years ago from the Maxiflex range. I'm not sure if they still do this range or how much it is, if they still do it the colour is 87 in ebony.

This is where it gets fun, once you have applied the second coat of colour you squeeze the glitter tube and it puffs some glitter on to your nail, to get in to the tricky bits at the nail edge you just hold the tube at an angle and squeeze.

The gold glitter i used came from this little set by i found in superdrug just before Christmas.

It's the Gold finger red hot glitz set by Andrea Fulerton nail boutique.
I got it for £2.99 down from £5.99 but don't quote me on that, as I was full of flu when I brought it!!
You can get the Andrea Fulerton range from superdrug and you can find out information on all of Andrea Fulerton's nail boutique range at www.andreafulerton.com 

Once you have applied the desired amount of glitter, gently tap your nail on a hard surface to get rid of any excess glitter, then proceed straight away with applying the top coat.
For this I used models own 3 in 1 base coat / top coat & gloss.

Apply a thick layer from the tip down to the base, dragging the glitter as you go, make sure you wipe off the brush before putting it back in the bottle or you will end up with bits of glitter floating about in the bottle and possibly ruining a future manicure!!
You can get this top coat from either boots in store or at www.boots.com or from www.modelsownit.com for £5.

Once it has dried apply a cuticle oil. and there you have it!!! super sparkly new year party nails!!

Now as a little experiment I decided to make a short video showing how I did it (no words, just music, just showing each product)
It was  done on a whim so please be kind, and if enough people like it we will do more videos in the new year.

I hope you all have a great new year whatever you get up to, bring on 2012!!!

M x