Rockabilly nails - better pictures

I promised you guys some better pictures and here they are! 

As you can see I was a little impatient with the top coat and smudged the black a little bit on Love and cherries but overall I am very happy with them. I included a couple of pictures of my left hand too as you rarely get to see it XD

For details on the polishes I used see the original post

Nail Blog Round Up

Stacie went Rockabilly http://kawaiinailart.blogspot.com/2011/04/rockabilly-nails.html over at Kawaii Nail Art

The Nail Addict created some beautiful butterfly nails which look like damask silk http://thenailaddict.blogspot.com/2011/04/you-give-me-butterflies.html

Claire at Top Twenty Nails road tested some CDN Shellac http://toptwentynails.blogspot.com/2011/04/shellacs-rock-royalty-great-purple-long.html

Sharon mixed 2 blues to create a gorgeous effect http://polishinfatuated.blogspot.com/2011/04/beautiful-squishy-jelly.html

Linda was inspired by tokidoki and Sanrio http://wuliaonails.blogspot.com/2011/04/tokidoki-for-sanrio.html

Emily decorated her nails perfectly for Easter http://emilysnailfiles.blogspot.com/2011/04/easter-manicure.html

Grace showed her patriotic side with these cool Britannia nails http://ooooohpretty.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-royal-wedding-nails.html

Gradient or Holo? Jen went for both http://moondancerjen.blogspot.com/2011/04/purple-holo-gradient.html

Lena stamped with bundle monster on Essie Bermuda shorts http://thestudentsguidetonailpolish.blogspot.com/2011/04/essie-bermuda-shorts-preview.html

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Rockabilly Nails

I saw Imelda May on Something for the Weekend on Sunday and she inspired me! She has a really cool way about her without being stuck up. She used to have a crow called Dave and she sings rockabilly.

I started out with a base coat of Nails Inc (Diet Coke Promo) Caramel with Models Own Becca Brown and black nail art pen for the leopard print on all the nails. I then drew on the designs using black and white nail art pens and No & quick Dry polish in Siren. I don't particularly like No 7 Polishes I might if the bottle was different and would never spend £7 on them but more often than not they give £5 off No 7 vouchers at boots so I have several in my collection.
Sorry the pics are a bit pants! I'm going to take some in the sunshine tomorrow :D
So what do you think? Let me know! If you feel inspired to do a rockabilly design let me know I would love to see it XD

Stacie xoxox

Edited to added: Better pictures are HERE

Happy Easter!

Hi Everyone
I hope you had a lovely Easter Sunday and are looking forward to a good Easter Monday. Sorry I haven't been around that much... I have had to spend a lot of time polishing up my CV and looking for new jobs. I have 2 interviews lined up which is good, one with a recruitment consultant and one with an employer. I hope know the right opportunity is just round the corner. 
As minor compensation for lack of nail art I will distract you with pictures an adorable baby bunny

I am working on some nail art designs and will try to get them posted soon. Taking my Nieces to Woburn Safari park tomorrow which is going to be great fun XD

Hope everyone has a lovely day too

Stacie xoxox

Kate Middleton Engagement Ring inspired Manicure

There is so much rubbish in the shops to do with the Royal Wedding that it's inspired me to do a manicure. Weird really because the only thing that interests me about the wedding is the day off!
Anyway picture is on my new tumblr account http://kawaiinailart.tumblr.com/
I used a blue that was in a hello kitty nail art set from Claires Accessories it's the blue and red french looking one and some massive rhinestones I had from my card making days. I've already taken it off but thought it was a good laugh for my tumblr XD
Stacie xoxox

Nail Blog Round Up

Grace is staying on trend rocking the colour block  http://ooooohpretty.blogspot.com/2011/04/rock-colour-block.html

TheNailAddict used China Glaze for this cute spring manicure  http://thenailaddict.blogspot.com/2011/04/china-glaze-starboard-and-china-glaze.html

Here is LingLing's classy twist on an old favourite http://wuliaonails.blogspot.com/2011/04/elegant-and-classy-twist-on-old.html

Stacie went wild http://kawaiinailart.blogspot.com and got a tumblr account and posted a Kate Middleton Engagement Ring inspired manicure! http://kawaiinailart.tumblr.com/

Sharon was feeling beautiful in blue http://polishinfatuated.blogspot.com/2011/04/who-blue-this-pretty-over.html

Trisha broke a heart or 2 http://ibeatpolish.blogspot.com/2011/04/broken-hearted-stripes.html

Nicole shredded it http://nicnacksnails.blogspot.com/2011/04/shredded-tape-mani.html

Jen played with her new bundle monster plates to make this Spring dream manicure http://moondancerjen.blogspot.com/2011/04/spring-dream-manicure.html

Check out Claire’s paw print French tutorial http://toptwentynails.blogspot.com/2011/04/paw-print-tutorial-using-opi-lacquers.html

Leopard Print and Roses

I'm sure by now you all know how much I love roses and leopard print. So I have put them both together.
Products used:
Models Own - White - under pink to stop leopard showing through
                       Sophies Pink - main colour of roses
                       Champagne - main nail colour
                       Purple ash - centre dots for leopard print
                       Pink fever - dark lines on roses
                       Nude Beige - Under the champagne to hide nail line
Collection 2000 dynasty as the highlights on the rose
Black nail art pen

I hope you like it. I really love it so I probably won't post for a while now. I'm going to be piling on the top coat to try and make it last the week XD
Thanks for stopping by and thank you to everyone who takes the time to read and comment I really love reading your feedback
Stacie xoxox

Blog round up

Grace made a great tutorial video on how to use a konad and have these fantastic nails  

Emily watched put a twist on the usual nautical manicure. Watch out for the sharks! 

Stacie went all a flutter

Sharon dragged her way to a perfect manicure  

Jen played with fimo this week and came up with this awesome design 

Nicole is pretty in pink with this Fauxnad design

Dawn kept the doctor away with this fantastic apple design  

Lovin Nails used China Glaze Four Leaf Clover for a gorgeous accent nail manicure  

Claire was rocking with this cool shellac tutorial  

And as a little bonus we love this tutorial by the lovely Leanne at do not refreeze

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Butterfly Manicure

Hi guys
I painted the base colour Models Own Utopia and then painted different butterflies using Models Own Mushroom for the body of the butterfly and then lots of different colours for the wings. On top of the colours I painted China Glaze White Cap to give it some shimmer.

I like the manicure but wonder if I should have used a more contrasting background. Always another day eh
Thanks for looking
Stacie xoxox

Stylish Blogger Award

Sorry I haven't been posting too much recently. Nothing major has happened just haven't had as much time to do my nails. I actually wore plain polish for most of this week. I hope to rectify this today but it's midnight so things don't look too promising! Thank you to everyone for commenting on my blog I truly appreciate it.


The lovely BeautifulYou has given me this award. I was already given this award in January so will refer anyone who would like to see it to that post. A massive thank you to BeautifulYou I am very flattered to receive the award again XD

Stacie xoxox

Weekly Nail Blog Round Up

Emily let her chocoholic tendencies get the better for her with this Cadburys manicure

Julie was inspired by the spring and showed us this beautiful butterfly design

Jen showed us how to use our Konad plates in a more inventive way with this manicure

Stacie was in an angelic mood this week with her angel wing manicure

To celebrate her starting a blog Claire is having an OPI Giveaway

Shella was inspired by furry creatures and this lovely little bear manicure was the result

Linda had fluffy bunnies and baby chicks on her fingers this week

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Dark angel wings and red roses

I massed up a few ideas and came up with this

 Excuse the shady clean up. My cuticles are really dry so I'm trying not to use acetone on them too much. So I used Barry M in black for the base, the roses were Boots No7 in Siren and Collection 2000 Hot Looks in green for the leaves. The wings were white nail art pen with Barry M in 288 and I used OPI not like the movies for the detail on the wings. The details on the roses was black and white polish.

Do you think the photos are a bit better than normal? The seem more true to life in colour... yes I am *that* pale XD

Thanks for stopping by. Also today is the last day to be added to the nail blog weekly round up for this friday so if you haven't emailed me yet with your post do it before 6pm GMT on Thursday.

Thanks for all your amazing comments on my posts. I didn't realise how much comments meant to people before I started blogging but it really does make my day and make me want to post as much as possible :D

Stacie xoxox

Angel Wings

Hi Everyone

Not much to say with these nails. Background colour is Models Own Blooboo and white is a nail art pen and the fine detail is Not Like The Movies. I used NLTM because it is dark but has a shimmer so I thought it would look more angelic.

I hope you guys like it 

Love Stacie xoxox

Who wants to join a nail blog round up?

I was thinking about organizing a Nail blog round up. Basically I would put together a post with all the links you would send me of your favourite post from that week and we would all post it on our blogs.
Anybody interested? Email me stacie.fields@gmail.com
Stacie xoxox

Roses and Bows Tutorial using Essie French Affair Cube

I thought the colours in the Essie French Affair Cube were perfect for a little bit of vintage roses and bows. I also had a twitter request from @JPC_ for a tutorial so I decided to start with this one. 

 So on to the tutorial.

A few things to bear in mind. You need some fine brushes. If you haven't got any then you can cut down a normal one as shown here (This woman has mad skillz I want to be like her when I grow up XD)

You can use Gouache or Acrylic paint for the details if you prefer. I prefer to use polish but lots of people use paint because you can make it more fluid and easier to move around.

Think about the object your trying to make as shapes and then high and low lights. For example the rose is basically a circle with dark and light areas to give the impression of petals. 

Polishes used: Essie french affair, coat azure, topless & barefoot and Nice is nice. See this post for more details. I also used Models Own in True Blue and Blooboo for the high and low lights and New 17 Supreme Shine in Wave (will swatch soon but basically an aqua)

Ok first things first get your nails ready for business and apply the main colours. I used Nice is Nice on the index and ring finger, and Topless and Barefoot on the others. 

As you can see I have smudged it on the ring finger but before I added the blue for the rose base I smoothed it out with a little acetone on a normal size brush. Worked well I didn't need to redo the finger.

Next you need to apply 'blobs' of blue which are the base shape for the roses on the beige fingers and then use the fine brush and darker polish to paint lines to show the petals. These shapes can be vague.

Then add the highlights.

You then add little triangle shapes for the leaves

Now the true magic happens when you add the topcoat! A good coating of Seche Vite. 

It blends the polishes for you gives you the full rose effect. 

I didn't take pictures of the bow as it's past midnight and I have to be up very early tomorrow. Basically same principle bow shape in main colour add some low lights in your dark colour and high lights in light. Top coat and off you go! 

Ta da!

I hope you enjoyed that! I saw the original rose design in a Nail Up or Nail Venus magazine from Japan. I don't know who actually did the design there are a few versions.

Thanks for reading

Stacie xoxox