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OPI My Paprika Is Hotter Than Yours

OPI My Paprika Is Hotter Than Yours

OPI My Paprika Is Hotter Than Yours

This is another polish from OPI’s Euro Centrale collection (I will link my other reviews at the bottom of this post so you can see the other beauties in this range).

OPI My Paprika Is Hotter Than Yours is a bright, orangey-red creme with a subtle light shimmer that I didn’t notice in the bottle. This is two coats of polish topped with Seche Vite. It was quite a thick formula but Seche Vite helped it to dry in no time.

You purchase this gorgeous polish HERE.

You can see my other swatches of the Euro Centrale collection here: Polka.com, Vant To Bite My Neck, I Saw…U Saw…We Saw…Warsaw, Euro Euro, and You’re Such A Budapest.

Lex

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A Modern French Manicure

A Modern French Manicure

A Modern French Manicure

I haven’t done a French manicure in years. This look was really big for a while and I ‘wore’ them quite a lot back then but – and this is probably nail art sacrilege – I’m not a big fan. I occasionally like them on other people if they are done well – but so many that are see are painted on badly-made, shovel-like acrylics and it has kind of ruined them for me. STRONG FEELINGS, GUYS.

So I decided to try to change it up, to make it a bit different, a bit more ‘me’… and I love it! It has a kind of 80s vibe to it, probably because of the shape of the nails. It’s a classic reimagined into something unusual and fun.

The nail polishes I used for this manicure are pretty generic, but the Kiko white I used is great as it’s designed for French manicures, so has a really thin brush that’s almost like a striping brush. It made doing the cleans lines on this really easy. I highly recommend if you’re a French mani fan (and if you are, I hope I haven’t offended you!)

What are your thoughts on this updated French manicure?

Lex

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Galaxy Nail Art Tutorial

Galaxy nail art tutorial

I made this Galaxy nail art tutorial aaages ago and forgot about it, but here it is finally: a super simple tutorial for a galaxy manicure.

Galaxy Nail Art Tutorial

 

You will need: A few nail varnishes (you can choose your favourites after playing around a bit but for this particular look I chose black, navy, light blue, pale yellow, green, orange and white), a sponge, and a top coat.

1. Paint your nails with the black nail varnish and, using a small section of sponge (cosmetic sponges are perfect), lightly dab on some dark blue polish

2. Then dab a lighter blue onto the nail in swirls, covering about 75% of the darker blue patches.

3. Add highlights in whatever colour you like: I used green and orange.

4. Add further highlights in the centre of the lighter colours: I used a baby yellow

5. Use a dotting tool to add some stars in white polish. Finish with a generous layer of top coat to smooth it all out.

There you go! Galaxies in 5 easy steps. The best thing about galaxies is trying it out for yourself with any colours you like. Each time I do these, they turn out completely different.

Let me know if you try out this tutorial, I’d love to see your galaxy manicures!

Lex

Galaxy Nail Art Tutorial

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Ice Cream Nail Art Manicure

What has been cheering me up this week? This Ice Cream Nail Art Manicure. LOVE LOVE LOVE.

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Ice Cream Nail Art Manicure

When I was thinking about what nail art to do, I decided on pretty, pastel ice creams to match the lovely weather we’ve been having in London. I have wanted to do these for ages, but they don’t really work on squoval nails. These rounded nails are so much fun, I wish I’d changed them up ages ago!

I used a few different Seventeen nail varnishes in this manicure for the pastels, and used a Barry M shade for the brown cone colour.

What do you think to this super sweet manicure?

Lex

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