Thursday 27 September 2012

notd | battenburg nails

Apologises for the awful title, my mind has drawn a blank and the only thing I can think of when I look at my nails is CAKES so it'll have to do.
Rimmel Lemon Drop, 17 Pink Lemonade
The nail art brushes that I bought off eBay really came in handy for this look (you can buy them here), I just covered my whole nail in three coats of the pastel yellow colour, then drew a cross with a nail art brush and coloured it in.
As for the "fruity scent" of the Rimmel polish, it's a bit of a faff - my nails smelt faintly of lemon scented washing up liquid for five minutes after my nails had dried, and there was no trace of the scent after I washed my hands.
This was my first time using the pink colour, and it was a lot sheerer than I expected, it took a good few coats to get it opaque. I'm in love with the colour though, it's a lot more orange-toned than any of my other pinks and is just lovely in general.
I didn't fully wait for the look to dry before adding a top coat to make the edges softer and blend everything together nicely - I thought the design looked a bit too harsh otherwise.

I also did another variation of these, and I ended up not liking them and deciding they weren't worthy of a post of their own, but I thought I might chuck 'em into this post in case anyone's looking for some nail inspiration.

13 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh! I love cake so this is right up my street haha! :) Lovely!

    Becky
    http://beckyleight.blogspot.co.uk
    xxx

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  2. So cute and I'm in love with the pastel colours. x

    http://catsandclothing.blogspot.com

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  3. I love the first image of the 'battenburg' nails in pastel colours, they're really cute. x

    onelittlevice.blogspot.co.uk

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  4. Love the first image! Amazing color combination! soo girly and pretty! I will try this design for my nails too :) Thanks for the inspiration! :)
    http://learningtobefree.blogspot.ie/

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  5. The first pic is so cute! Reminds me of strawberry lemonade.

    http://shinyragsandcheapriches.blogspot.com

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  6. Now I'm going to have to pick up some battenburg! Very cute!

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  7. Love these! Think I'll have to give it a go, my pastel polishes rarely get used.

    srslylou.blogspot.co.uk

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  8. Hey lovely...thanks so much for popping over to my blog...have returned the favour and followed xx
    http://toxylicious.blogspot.com

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  9. I think the title fits the nail art perfectly! They are so cool, makes me wanna go crazy with different kinds of nail designs hahaa

    www.apieceof-me.blogspot.com

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  10. Loving the nails, I'd probably end up licking them off haha!!

    Jo xo
    paintedglitter.blogspot.co.uk

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