Challenge Week 48: Inspired by a tutorial

So I was really stuck on how to do my nails at the start of the week. As per normal, things have gone crazy. I was in London Monday to Wednesday with work (yes, I was made to work over my birthday so I didn't get chance to do a birthday manicure :( ).

Luckily, I had Monday off work to travel so I was able to stay up later Sunday night to do my nails.

I was a bit stuck on what to do, I've really been struggling for inspiration recently so I returned back to the year long Nail Art Challenge me and some friends came up with.

This week it was inspired by a tutorial.

If you don't already know, I am a huge fan of the Nailasaurus and last month she posted a tutorial on how to recreate her fab Nimbus Nails. I thought these nails looked really effective and thought I'd give it a go.

I can't remember what polishes I used and as I'm writing this blog post on the coach from London to home, I can't really check. I struggled matching the right colors and found that using darker colors were easier and showed up a lot better.

I'll definitely be looking to incorporate this style into more of my manicures.

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Inspired by: Nailasaurus

Sammy over at Nailasaurus is probably one of the reasons I got into nailart.  I came across her blog while googling nail art one night and I was hooked by her fresh, neat manicures and her original ideas.

I love her new "waterfall" manicures and it inspired me to have a go myself.

Obviously she does these amazingly better than me.  But I used Lychee as a base then Guava, Key Lime and Mango.  I used the last three colours and made flicks with my striping brush.  I was really impressed with these.  They looked nice and fresh for the summer.

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