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Beauty and the Beach two!

I know guys... it's been ages since I've posted...

but boy am I excited!!!

Jessie showed me this great competition

For the competition it asks you to create a "Holiday look" with nails, make-up and hair...

now, I don't know about you, but when I think holiday, I think sun, surf and cocktails!

so my manicure reflects this... check it out:

It's supposed to represent a setting sun over the ocean...

with delicious cocktails...

Doesn't this just scream paradise!

And in order to enjoy the heat, and not be overloaded with make-up, I would opt for something light and flirty..

I would start with a base of BB cream (to give an overall finish without weight my skin down) - I used Maybelline: Dream Fresh BB in "Fair"

I then used Australis: Highlights in "Gold" to give my cheek-bones a sheen, that will catch the sunlight and give me a natural sun kissed glow.

I then used a nude shimmer eye shadow from BYS, and lined my eye with a shimmer green eye-shadow from BYS to give my eyes a slight, flirty, colour pop.

I finished my eyes with some australis: Multi MEGA lash mascara in "Blackest Black" (I love this mascara because it's not too thick and clumpy and a lot of mascaras look this way on my thin short lashes)

and to finish off the look I used a matte, Revlon lipstick in "Rosegold". (I opted for lipstick not gloss as I didn't want sand stuck to my lips on days spent at the beach...)

and to jazz my make-up up for cocktails at the end of the day add some red lipgloss and a touch of black eye-liner....

As many of you, like me, might find sun, surf and sand do not do wonders for my already frizzy hair...

so to keep it tame on my dream sunny holiday, what better than a cute French plait

To do this, I started by parting my hair and doing a freach plait along my hair line... (I have rather un-ruley and curly hair along my hair line - for some reason it seems to be the worst here)

I then followed the base of my neck to plait around the side.

I held this plait in place at the nape of my neck with a hair tie, while I French plaited down the other side of my part.

I then plaited the two pieces of hair together and secured with a hair tie.

This is the overall look:

Perfect for keeping my hair out of the sea water when going for a dip, and it keeps it from flying around if it gets windy on the beach.

And, for later on, when I'm having my cocktails I can take it down and have beautiful wavy hair...

I'd love to see pictures if you recreate any of these looks!

Here's some old photos I found, from the day I received my gold nail art foil from Born Pretty Store...

The nail polish I used is China Glaze Ruby Pumps and the gold foil, like I said above is from Born Pretty Store. and a top coat of Seche Vite (my Favourite!)

So this Money Smart Nail art competition got me thinking...

and the majority of my nail art I do is by using things around the home...

It has only been in the more recent times that I have learnt about, and bought different nail art tools and supplies...

so on that note, here's another nail art trick that I had been wanting to try for sometime...

It's making "nail art stickers" or transfers... (You know, like Sally Hansen does)

This is a great way to make a really details precise design without having to try and paint directly onto your nails and smudging it everywhere!

This is what your end result may look something like...
For this I used,

Revlon White on White Nail polish

Revlon Revlon Red Nail Polish

OPI A Roll in the Hague Nail Polish

3-4 Toothpicks

Seche Vite Top Coat

Tweezers and cotton buds with nail polish remover for clean up.

Here's an over view of the tutorial (for those who want to avoid the photo bomb!)

a more detailed tutorial as follows....

And here's a little bit of detail!

I hope you found this useful!

So I heard about this cool nail art competition "Money Smart Nail Art"

It's all about using house hold items and doing cool nail art on a cheap, low, low budget...

And boy, do I love doing that!!!

I have been wanting to try making "nail art stickers" for a while... these are small shapes that are stuck onto the nail. This technique provides really crisp lines, and means you can do cool overlap/overlay designs (like my awesome Thumb Nail!)

Plus, I'd just received some new China Glaze nail polishes I wanted to try...

For this I used: Revlon White on White

China Glaze Solar Power (Yellow)

China Glaze Tree Huger (Green)

China Glaze Code Orange (Orange)

And my household items were:
- Toothpick
- Plastic sheet (I used a clear file page)
- Nail polish (you can use as many or as little colours as you want)
-Scissors
and Nail Polish Top Coat

Well I hope you enjoy the tutorial... sorry it's so very long, I didn't want you to miss out any important details...

And the overall result should look something like....

You saw my pink and purple gradient nails... This is the outfit I wore them with...

A bit plain and grey but the nails spice it up!

Dress: Max
Cardigan: Glassons
Leggings: Glassons
Bag: Australian Market
Shoes: Briarwood

Hope you like ;)

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