Gung How Fat Choy (Happy New Year)

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I know I usually post on the weekend but I couldn't miss the opportunity to do a manicure for the Chinese New Year.

Here is a very interesting fact: On the Chinese New Year everybody gets 1 year older no matter what date you were born.

So I started with my usual base coat Sally Hansen Advanced Hard as Nails, followed by 2 coats of Golden Rose number 48 a beautiful red colour (there is no name on it and i received it free with some nail varnish that I bought online) and as we all know red is a lucky colour in China.

I then painted my little finger with a gold glittery polish from OPI called My Favourite Ornament

Then I stamped using Bundle Monster BM-H15 which has some lovely Chinese designs on it 

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 I used the dragon design (I know it is the year of the horse but I couldn't resist he's gorgeous) and used Nails inc Chelsea Bridge Road to stamp with which is a gold foil effect varnish

What do you think

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Thank you for reading
Yorkshire Rose 

Stars and Hearts Stamping

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Today I have done a stamping manicure using a Mo You London Plate.
I started my manicure with a base coat of Sally Hansen Advanced Hard as Nails.

I then put 2 coats of W7's Suede effect Night Suede on all of my fingers

(I look like I have giant fingers on this image lol)
I then used MoYou London stamping plate Princess Collection-09

I used the bottom middle image and stamped this on all my nails using Claire's Accessories stamping polish in white. ( I wanted to do this in pink but even the Konad Special polish wouldn't show up on the black background so this manicure doesn't look like I wanted it to)
This is the finished design

What do you think

Don't forget to leave a comment if you like this and let me know if you have any ideas that you want to see me do

Thank you for reading
Yorkshire Rose 

Swirly Pattern Manicure

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Today I have done a really easy manicure

I have used my usual base coat Sally Hansen Advanced Hard as Nails and have then put on the top of that Essie Sable Collar a purpley red colour from their winter collection

I have stamped with Cheeky plate N 

And Color Clubs Worth the Risque a beautiful silver holographic polish which I love.

I have used a swirly pattern to stamp with 

 this is the finished manicure

What do you think

Please leave any feedback in the comments box along with anything you would like to see me try in future postings

Thank you for reading

Yorkshire Rose

Gradient Manicure with Stamping

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Today I have done a purple gradient manicure 

I have used my usual base coat Sally Hansen Advanced Hard as Nails and on top that Barry M Chameleon Lilac

 I did the gradient by using a bit of makeup sponge and painting the varnish onto it and then dabbing it onto my nails the colours I used were again Barry M Chameleon Lilac and Essie Bangle Jangle

I then stamped using Cheeky plate N

And the swirly image

I stamped using Colour Club Worth the Risque which is a gorgeous holographic silver

This is the finished manicure

What do you think

Don't forget to leave a comment if you like this and let me know if you have any ideas that you want to see me do

Thank you for reading

Yorkshire Rose


 

Lace Stamping Manicure

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Today I thought that I would try a French Manicure with a lace effect

I have used Essie Mademoiselle (a really pale pink) and Konad stamping plate M71 and for stamping I am using Claire's accessories white stamping polish

 I am using the stamp shown below

So to start I have used Sally Hansen Hard as Nails base coat followed by 2 coats of Essie Mademoiselle

As you can see from the image it is a very pale pink, it just gives your nails a hint of colour. Next I stamped my index finger, middle finger and little finger with the zig zag on the plate shown above. I stamped my thumb and ring finger with the whole nail design above the zig zag and this is what the finished design looks like

I love this design it looks alot better that what I thought it would when I started.

What do you think

Don't forget to leave a comment if you like this and let me know if you have any ideas that you want to see me do

Thank you for reading 

Yorkshire Rose

Stripes and Stamping

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Today I have done a manicure with stripes. I started off with my usual base coat Sally Hansen Advanced Hard as Nails. On top of that I put 2 coats of Nicole by OPI in Alex By The Books a baby blue colour.

I then used Suede effect W7 polish in Night Suede and masking tape to create stripes on my nails. On my thumb and ring finger the stripes go down the middle of my nail, and on the rest of my nails the stripe goes diagonally.

 I then stamped my nails with Bundle Monster plate 406 from the new CYO collection 

Sorry about the messy background lol.
I then stamped the flowery image onto the blue stripe on my nails using Konad black (I tried to use the suede nail varnish again but the image wasn't picking up properly with the stamper so I gave in and used Konad instead)

This is the finished design

What do you think

Don't forget to leave a comment if you like this and let me know if you have any ideas that you want to see me do

Thank you for reading
Yorkshire Rose 
 

 

Green Metallic Stamping Manicure

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Today I have done a green manicure with metallic stamping mainly because green is my favourite colour

I have used for this manicure Essie in mint apple candy 

I have used a metallic green nail varnish for stamping it is by a brand called me me me and is in emerald it was really cheap I picked it up from a Superdrug store. I also used cheeky stamping plate N

 I thought the vine pattern was nice for this manicure

Sorry for the photo of my phone cover aswell as the design.

Here is a picture of the finished design

As I am unable to stop messing sometimes I added a glitter topcoat over my thumb and middle fingers in exposed OMG! just to add a bit of sparkle

What do you think

 If you have anything you would like to see me try out please leave a comment.

Thank you for reading 

Yorkshire Rose  
 

 

 

Water Marbling

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I hope you have all had a lovely weekend.

Today I am having a go at water marbling. I haven't done this before so I don't know how it is going to look in the end.

I have used my usual base coat which is Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails and then I have applied 2 coats of W7 powder grey on all my fingers except my ring finger on which I have put 1 coat as I am water marbling it. Wait until the polish is completely dry.

I am using 3 colours to marble with Essie Cocktail Bling, Essie Blue Rhapsody and Essie Aruba Blue. I have tested these to make sure that they will spread out in the water to make a design.

Well as you can see from the image I think water marbling turned out quite well for my first ever attempt. I have done a top coat of Maybelline express finish 40 in Flash Cosmic just to give my nails a bit of sparkle (although you can't see it very well on this picture).

If you would like to have a go at water marbling but don't know where to start (a bit like me) then I can suggest You tube as there are some excellent tutorials on there.

What do you think of this design please leave comments below if you like this and if you have any ideas you want me to try

Thanks for reading 

Yorkshire Rose

Stampimg Review

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Whilst on a shopping trip I popped into Claire's Accessories and noticed that they have started to do Konad style stamping plates. The set I purchased was £10 (GBP) and in the set I got a stamper, scraper, white polish and 3 nail plates. 

All three plates have nice designs and all are covered on the back with card. They feel a bit sharp around the edges and the protective plastic covering was hard to get off. Lets test them

I am using my Sally Hansen Advanced hard as nails for my base coat as always. For the main colour on my nails I am using Revlon Moon Candy in Galactic and I am stamping with the bird plate (sorry doesn't have a name) I have put the picture below of all the things I have used 

a closeup of the design I am using

 So I painted my nails with my base coat and let that dry. I then applied 2 coats of the Revlon Moon Candy Galactic nail varnish which is at one end

 I then added a coat of the glitter poish on the other end on my middle an ring fingers

And lastly I stamped my thumb, first and little finger with the white birds from Claire's

Overall I was impressed with the opacity of the white polish provided as it covers the dark blue nicely, but the scraper wasn't as good as my Konad as it seemed to smudge the pattern when I scraped off the excess polish. I will use the plates again though as they have nice designs and I definitely like the bird patterns
What do you think

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If you have any requests or ideas that you would like to see me do please leave a comment.
 
 

Ombre With Stamping

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Hope you are enjoying your weekend

Today I have decided to do a grey ombre but I also wanted to do some stamping so I have done both

I used my usual base coat Sally Hansen Advanced Hard as Nails and the colours I have used are Nails Inc The Southbank, Hyde Park Place, The Thames, Paddington and W7 black each colour has 2 coats for even coverage

 I then stamped on each nail using stamp PUEEN46

Here is the final result I stamped using the colours backwards e.g white stamp on the black little nail then getting darker as the base coat gets lighter ending with black on the thumb with the lightest grey base coat

I really love this look, what do you think

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Red And Black French Manicure

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Today I have done a red and black French manicure with a matte and gloss finish

To start I used Sally Hansen Advanced hard as Nails followed by 2 coats of Nails inc Edith Terrace a beautiful blood red colour

I then used Rimmel Matte Finish top coat and used french tip stickers (because I seriously can't draw) to create a V shape to my French manicure using W7 Black and topped this with a clear top coat making it glossy

What do you think

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Pastel Manicure

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Happy new year to you all, hope you all enjoyed the celebrations last night.

For this post I have done a pastel manicure

I started with Sally Hansen Advanced Hard as Nails base coat and  I have used W7 UV polish in 16 (lilac used on my thumb, index and little fingers) and 10 (pastel blue on my middle and ring fingers) (for some reason the UV colours don't have names). For the stamping I used Nails Inc Baker Street (blue) and Nails Inc Belvedere Road (purple) ,I used stamping plate 02 from the Mo-You Pro Collection

I used Baker Street on the pastel blue nails and Belvedere Road on the lilac nails

What do you think

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