Barry M - Black Cats

Happy Halloween! Whilst I said yesterday it felt like Halloween was over, I got back into the spirit today. We bought soooo many sweets for trick or treaters because we live right near a school, and we didn't get a single one! I'm guessing the creepy ghouls we've got stuck to our windows were too much, who knows? Anyway, my final Halloween design is hopefully a bit less spooky, but still on theme: black cats! 

To the horror of my boyfriend (he definitely prefers dogs), cats are my favourite animal and would be my pet of choice, so it seemed fitting to paint them on my nails this halloween. This isn't the first time I've done black cat nails (see here), but it is the first time I've done them this way, and I love the combination of pastel and black. This was my last design in collaboration with Barry M, I hope you've enjoyed them! 

I used Barry M - Rose Hip* as my base, and then I used Barry M - Black Forest* and Barry M - Cotton*, finished with Barry M - Matte Topcoat*. 

What do you think? Let me know in the comments!

Alice

Grumpy Cats

Hey everyone! It's been a while since I did any non-floral nails so I decided to mix things up a bit with these grumpy cat nails. They weren't supposed to look so moody, but once I'd painted a couple of the cats and they started to look sullen I decided to just go with it. After all, cats are pretty moody right? At least mine is anyway! I've always considered myself a cat person but I'm definitely becoming a dog person too now, and I can't wait to get my own place so I can actually get pets! These were pretty straight forward to create, but full details are after the jump.

Polka Dot Cats

Hey everyone! Last week I mentioned that I keep delaying posting because I really don't like a lot of the stuff I have prepared and I keep wanting to wait until I have something better to show you. Someone in the comments argued that this blog is supposed to be a documentation of designs, good or bad, so I'm stepping outside my comfort zone and posting these. These definitely looked better in my head, as tends to be the case whenever I try and do cats. I think if the cats had turned out more realistic then I would like this a lot more, the polka dots and the blue work well, but the cats just went terribly wrong! I don't want to just sound like I'm moaning, they're not THAT bad, and cats are always cute (even when they don't look like cats), but the perfectionist within me is unhappy with these, for whatever reason that may be!

Kitty Kats

Hey everyone! I’m away in Brighton at the moment and I’m writing this from my hotel room, but apparently I only have half an hour worth of internet so I best be quick. Today’s post is some cute little cats very loosely based on this design by At Your Fingertips. I did intend to copy it directly, but as always happens with me, I overcomplicated it a bit, although I’m glad I did because I really like how they turned out!

The base for these nails was Deborah Lippmann – On The Beach*, which I’ll be doing a review for along with a few other polishes later in the week, and then I used acrylic paint for the details, topped off with a coat of Seche Vite

What do you think? Let me know in the comments!

Alice

Day 2: Orange (ginger) nails

Hello! As promised I am posting today. I'm meant to be at my friend's house right now but I stayed to post this for you lovely people APPRECIATE IT PLEASE. I can't write much because I'm obviously in a hurry because I'm a bad friend but look: ginger cats :D I based these off MrCandiipants' cats design and aw man I love them. Seems like such a waste to take them off tomorrow, BOO! Anyway I must must must go, goodbye and enjoy!

 (I'll edit in the colours I used later!)
Alice