MoYou London Rainbow Challenge - Saturday: Purple

AHHHH!! Was the feeling that I woke up to inside my head!!  Some seriously large accounts on Instagram caught onto my Blue Manicure and it seems like everyone went crazy for them.  I couldn't be more grateful!! Its all very exciting!! 

Onto today's nail art though... I was working this morning, and admittedly was thinking about it all day.  I don't know about you, but the only thing I can think of when you say purple is rain.  But how naff is that, really.  Great song - but not such a great manicure I think!

I did my usual, skim through the plates for inspiration, when I hit Sailor Plate 04's Octopus tentacles stamp and then SHE hit me...  URSULA!!

I have done Ursula from The Little Mermaid on my nails before - you can read that post here - but I have to say I much prefer this version of the purple sea witch! 

Polishes Used:

Revlon Parfumerie - Moonlit Woods (Pictured)

Sinful Colors - Black On Black

Sinful Colors - Amethyst

Sinful Colors - Snow Me White

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Lively Lilac

OPI - You're Such A Budapest 

China Glaze - Adventure Red-y

Rimmel - Purple Reign

Color Club - Unnamed Light Purple

Color Club - Unnamed Light Blue

MoYou Plate(s) Used:

Sailor Plate 04

MoYou London Rainbow Challenge - Friday: Blue & Video Tutorial

I want to start off by saying, my favourite colour is blue.  If there was any day of the week of this challenge that I should be looking froward to it would be today, right?  Wrong!  I have been sitting doing my nails since 9pm and NOTHING has gone to plan with this colour - at all! :-(  

I was very near quitting - I said to my boyfriend, I'm not doing today.  He thought that meant I was fore-fitting the whole thing, when in fact  think you can pick what days you want to do, I just think if you do all 7 it increases your chances of winning.

But then suddenly it hit me slap bang in the face!! When-ever I'm struggling with things, I strip them right back to the bare minimum - this helps me understand things and ultimately "get it."  I know everyone works differently but this works for me - this is how I have done my "Roses are Red" nails and my "Follow the Yellow Brick Road Nails," by stripping the colour back and thinking about what it really means to me.

Every single human being on this earth (I'll bet) has owned, does own and/or will own a piece of clothing made from the material: Denim.  What colour is denim I hear you ask?  Yup, thats right - BLUE!  I suddenly remembered my George @ Asda Denim effect nail polish that I've used like twice... Come here my pretty... ;-)

Polishes Used:

George @ Asda - Denim Effect (Pictured)

Konad - White

Sinful Colors - Snow Me White

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MoYou Plate(s) Used:

Princess Plate 09

MoYou London Rainbow Challenge - Thursday: Green

That's it - over half way through, only 3 more manicures to go, whose excited! I'm going to plan ahead for my last 3 manicures, as I am terrible for not knowing what I'm going to do until I sit at my nail station.

I looked through everyone's designs under the #MoYou20K hashtag and there is some beautiful green designs.  I went back to my plates and had a look when something on Fairytale 02 caught my eye.  Green to me means Irish I suppose, so I have done this classy irish fuelled manicure, that, if I'm honest, would be great for St.Patricks day. 

Polishes Used:

Sinful Colors - Pistache (Pictured)

Sinful Colors - Last Chance

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Lickety-Split Lime

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - In Record Lime
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MoYou Plate(s) Used:

Fairytale Plate 02

MoYou London Rainbow Challenge - Wednesday: Yellow

This challenge is now almost half way through - how exciting.  After I post today's that will be 3 out of 7 done & dusted.  It will be very exciting to complete this short, but fun challenge.  

Admittedly, I lie in bed at night thinking of what I can do for my next manicure and can never come up with something on the top of my head.  What works for me is, sitting down with the plates and visualising the designs on my nails.  Today's theme was Yellow and  it wasn't until I was browsing my plates this afternoon, I came up with this idea.  I am a very literal thinker - can be a good or a bad thing, you decide!   So when it was red, I used "roses are red" as my inspiration..  Today's idea ended up a bit like that..  What is long, famous, iconic and yellow?!  No, not Homer Simpsons head!! The Yellow Brick Road of course!! :-)

Polishes Used:

Rimmel - Sunshine (Pictured)

Sinful Colors - Snow Me White

Sinful Colors - Black On Black

Sinful Colors - Unicorn

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Butter-Fly Stroke

Konad - White

Revlon - Gold Coast

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MoYou Plate(s) Used:

Fairytale Plate 12 

Mother Nature Plate 01

MoYou London Rainbow Challenge - Tuesday: Orange

Hi everyone (again!)  Cracking on with MoYou London's Rainbow challenge, Tuesdays colour was Orange.  I struggled coming up with an idea for this one actually.  I have one of their Easter plates which has carrots on, but because you can only use the daily colour, black and/or white, my carrots wouldn't have had any green at the top, so I had to 100% think of something else.  

My boyfriend decided to Google it for me, and was shouting random things at me like Doritos and Garfield, its so easy to say yes, okay, I'll do that - but how to encorporate the MoYou plates?!  Finally, he shouted an idea, I just simply went with it, and I'm really happy with the outcome - GOLDFISH!

Goldfish are gold by name but are Orange by nature, so here is what I came up with...

Polishes Used:

Sinful Colors - UFO

Sinful Colors - Snow Me White

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Heat Flash

Rimmel - Tangy Tangerine

Konad - White

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MoYou Plate(s) Used:

Fairytale Plate 02

Sailor Plate 04

MoYou London Rainbow Challenge - Monday: Red

Hi everybody!  Welcome back to Spangley Nails.  I am sorry I have not been posting as regularly as I would've normally...  Its not because I didn't feel like it, its because I have really bad eczema that has totally flared up on my left hand/4 fingers - the ones I paint, like, all the time.  It looks very unsightly and is making me very sad.  Does anyone else out there have this problem?  How do you control it? 

Anyway, I have decided that I am no longer going to allow dry skin to ruin my polishing party so have decided to come back with a vengeance and participate in the MoYou London Rainbow Challenge on Instagram.

Basically, this challenge will run for a week - much more realistic than the last one, AND all you have to do is post a manicure with the corresponding colour of that day - I will post said itinerary at the end.  I am posting Monday's Manicure (as MoYou annouced it quite late, they said it was A-OK to post yesterday's, today) and todays.  The only real rule, as such, with this challenge is that you can only use the colour of the day, black and/or white on your nails (as well as MoYou Stamps) - oh boy, have I underestimated this bad boy?!

As you can see by the title of this blog, Monday was Red day.  I remembered the green roses I done for depression awareness last Sunday (if you missed it, read it here) and kept chanting "roses are red..." SO I done a spin off of my #FightForLightAndLive manicure for Day One.

Polishes Used:

Sinful Colors - Snow Me White (Pictured)

Color Club - Unnamed Red

w7 - Red Dazzle

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MoYou Plate(s) Used:

Pro Plate 04

#NailArtJul Day 28 - Frozen Treat

Hi Everyone! Today's post marks the second last posting of #NailArtJul and I'm really happy to say I've nearly completed it.  I had a look at #NailArtAug but I wasn't so much in love with any of the prompts so I don't think I will be participating in it this time!  

This is my first time using my new Models Own polishes that I won in a give-away held by Antonia over at @nailsandpolkadots.  They were actually really easy to work with and I'm super happy with the way they look on my nails.  I cant wait to use them some more!

Todays prompt was "Frozen Treat" and the only nail art that felt fitting for today was ice cream! 

Polishes Used:

Models Own Speckled Eggs - Dove (Pictured)

Models Own Speckled Eggs - Magpie Green

Models Own Speckled Eggs - Duck Blue

Models Own Speckled Eggs - Goose Yellow

Sinful Colors - Snow Me White

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure - Bandage

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure - Bocha Mocha

Models Own - Black Magic

#NailArtJul Day 22 - Dragon Fly

Hi everyone.  Happy Sunday.  Back today with Day 22 of the "Totally Doable I Have A Life Challenge" and the theme is Dragon Fly.  I actually initially had no idea what to do for this date.  I started looking through my stamping plates for inspiration and had no such luck.  I hit Pinterest and had just as great luck with that as I did with my stamping plates BUT alas, I headed to Instsgram and seen a cracking idea by @angiellovesnails and knew I just had to give it a go.  Its actually super simple, and I love that about this design.

Polishes Used:

Sinful Colors - Mauve (Pictured)

Sally Hansen HD - DVD

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#NailArtJul Day 19 - Pop Art

Hi all :) I hope you all had a chance to read my earlier "Great Budget Nail Polish Brands" article - if not you can catch up here.  I've been told its well worth a read, so please do check it out when you can! Back today with Pop Art Nail Art which makes me officially caught up with #NailArtJul.  Nails Inc recently brought out a collection of polishes they named "Pop Art," so without knowing what sort of nail art I wanted to depict on my nails, I knew I wanted to include my bottle of Pop Art in the manicure/finished article- I am sorry if it makes the picture look a bit busy. :-(

Polishes Used:

nails inc - Bloomsbury Street (Pictured)

Rimmel - Sorbet So Good

Sinful Colors - Snow Me White

Revlon (TopSpeed) - Royal

Sinful Colors - Black On Black

Color Club - Almost Famous

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure - Bandage

Color Club - Unnamed Read

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#NailArtJul Day 13 - Delphinium

Hi all.  As I mentioned yesterday, welcome to my catch up on #NailArtJul.  Day 13 was Delphinium.  For those of you who don't know what that is, its a type of flower - don't worry, I had to Google too.  I will pop a picture of it in at the end so you can see how much my nails don't look like it and more like seaweed haha! :-) In saying that though, I'm quite fond of them, whatever they're supposed to be!

Polishes Used:

Rimmel - Misty Jade (Pictured)

Sinful Colors - Last Chance

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure - Cherry Cherry Bang Bang

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure - Malbec

Sinful Colours -Snow Me White

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure - Fa La La Lavender

Sinful Colors - Candy Coated

Sally Hansen HD - DVD

Sally Hansen HD - LCD

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#NailArtJul Day 10 - Sunshine

Hi STRANGERS! Haha, again, I must apologise for my current sabbatical - I'm currently on holiday from work and the time is going so quickly.  I feel that trying to find the time to sit down and paint my nails followed by an accompanying blog post is like an impossible dream - but alas here we are, yay!  I also have a few more lined up for you too (it rained today and I haven't moved away from my Helmer!)  I am catching up on #NailArtJul and todays post will be for Day 10 - Sunshine.  I seen a really cute Kite design on Pinterest by +Chalkboard Nails, I knew it would be perfect inspiration for this day.

Polishes Used:

Rimmel - Sunshine (Pictured)

Sinful Colors - Snow Me White

Models Own - Fuzzy Peach

Rimmel - Too Cool To Tango

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure - Onyx

nails inc - Porchester Place

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure - Gilty Pleasure

Essie - Orange, Its Obvious

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#NailArtJul Day 7 - Matte

Hi everyone.  Happy Sunday! Sorry for my lack of posts last week, I had quite possibly thee most busy week since Christmas! Everything will be back on track this week though and I've got some exciting stuff lined up too.  For today, however, I have Day 7 here of the "Totally Doable I Have A Life Challenge" and the theme is Matte!

Polishes Used:

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure - Bandage (Pictured)

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure - Nightwatch

Colour Club - Unnamed Glitter

Rimmel - Matte Finish

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#NailArtJul Day 1 - Flag

Hi all.  So after the disaster that was the MoYou Challenge, I have sort of decided to participate in the in "Totally Doable, I Have A Life" Challenge hosted by @Californails on Instagram.  There is no prize or anything, you just post Nail Art in line with the theme every couple of days and it can be quite fun to do nail art for the theme of the day that you wouldn't normally do.

You will find the daily themes in a picture after the jump, but for Day 1, it was "Flag" I chose to do Bunting aka lots of flags! 

Polishes Used:

nails inc - Hyde Park Crescent (Pictured)

nails inc - St Martins Lane

nails inc - Wimbledon

nails inc - Chelsea Physic Garden

nails inc - Bloomsbury Street

Ciate - Sugar Plum

Barry M - White

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Disney Week: {4 Nails, 1 Movie} Day 2 - The Little Mermaid

Hi everyone to what I think might be the hottest day of the year - wow... I am actually melting.  Anyway, trying to channel the thought of cooling down with day 2 of my Disney; 4 Nails, 1 Movie theme which is The Little Mermaid.

Released in 1989, this makes the classic tale of Ariel only 1 year older than me.  It is one of the Disney movies that I have to admit to knowing least about, but I am aware (obviously) of the plot, songs, characters and story.  There's a funny meme that I've seen floating round the Nail Art Community based on the famous song "Part of Your World."  You will find it after the jump.

Fun Fact: Ariel is only occasionally drawn with fingernails - throughout the movie sometimes she has them and sometimes she doesn't! (Look closer next time you watch!) poor soul will never experience nail polish.

Polishes Used:

Barry M Matte - Malibu (Pictured)

Barry M Gelly - Damson

Barry M Gelly - Kiwi

Konad - White

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure - Good To Grape

Barry M - White

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure - Onyx

nails inc - Hyde Park Crescent

nails inc - Charing Cross

Color Club - Unnamed Purple

Sinful Colors - Sweet Tooth

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure - Lagoon

Sally Hansen HD - Hi-Def

Sally Hansen HD - Spectrum

Barry M Gelly - Lychee

Sinful Colors - Sugar Rush

Color Club - Alomost Famous

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Disney Week: {4 Nails, 1 Movie} Day 1 - Peter Pan

Hi all :-) Welcome to another exciting week of content at Spangley Nails.  This week, its all about DISNEY.  I have yet to meet one person who doesn't like Disney, and if you're reading that thinking that sounds like you, quite frankly go look at a website about wet mops or something! ;-) The challenge I've got this week is, I have 4 nails to tell a story of a film, getting in the Heros, Villians, Significant plot twists and more.  Have I set myself up for a fall before we even begin?! 

I thought I'd start off with my favourite Disney movie of all time, and that is Peter Pan.  First released in 1953, this classic tale warms the cockles of my heart even now at my ripe old age of 23.  I love watching the story of Peter Pan fighting and defeating old Captain Hook.  I also really love the Peter Pan spin off movie Hook that was released in 1991 - with Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman, a real life spectacular.

Fun Fact: J M Barrie (who wrote the Peter Pan story) was Scottish (like me - incase you didnt know!)

Polishes Used:

Barry M Matte - Damson (Pictured)

nails inc - Kensington Place

nails inc - Pimlico

Revlon - Emerald

Barry M - White

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Wet Cement

nails inc - South Kensington

Sinful Colors - Last Chance

Revlon - Espresso 

nails inc - Chelsea Bridge Road

Color Club - Twiggie

nails inc - Electric Lane

Barry M Gelly - Lychee

nails inc - Trafalgar Crescent 

Barry M - Black

Barry M Gelly - Blue Grape

Revlon - Sassy

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MoYou London: 31 Day Challenge - Day 11 Cupcakes

Hi everyone, back again for another 10 days of MoYou London 31 Day Challenge and I'm kicking it off with Cupcakes! I love doing freehand cupcakes, so was really looking forward to this theme.  There is a stamp of a cupcake on the Pro Collection Plate 04, but I was looking for something a bit different, so here is my take...  I can hear you saying where is the stamping for this design?! Read on to find out!

Polishes used:

Barry M - White (Pictured)

Revlon - Blue Lagoon

Sally Hansen Insta Dri - Blue Ming Fast

Sally Hansen Insta Dri - Pink Blink

Revlon - Jaded

Ciate - Talent Scout

Sally Hansen Insta Dri - Co Balt Blue

Sally Hansen Insta Dri - Racey Rouge

Sally Hansen Insta Dri - Just In Lime

Sally Hansen Insta Dri - Lively Lilac

Sally Hansen Insta Dri - Snappy Sprinkles

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MoYou London: 31 Day Challenge - Day 10 Geometric

Hi everyone.  Officially now a third of the way through the MoYou London 31 Day Challenge! This is day 10 - Geometric.  I was up to my old tricks again with today, I had to Google.  After that, I realised that Geometric is shapes of all different colours and sizes, so I came up with this...

Polishes Used:

Essie - Good As Gold (Pictured)

nails inc (Kate Spade) - New York Noir

OPI - Wondrous Star

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MoYou London: 31 Day Challenge - Day 9 Superhero

Hi everyone.  Happy Tuesday! I'm back with yet another MoYou London fuelled post!  This is day 9 and the prompt is Superhero.  When I originally researched this day, my original thought was to free hand some Superhero badges onto my fingers, from Super Man to Batman, then I planned to use the zip stamp from Princess Plate 09 over the top of them to look like the Superhero's do when they change from (for example) Clark Kent to Superman or Peter Parker to Spiderman.  So, I attempted this brilliant plan, and it just didn't flow.  My fingers really didn't look right.  So I removed them and went back to the drawing board.  Maybe I just had to think outside the box for a little while. 

I don't know about you, but where I live, there is no Clark Kent's or Bruce Wayne's waiting to rip off their jacket and save people from the bad guys.  But what what I do have is my family and I think they're the real Superhero's! Correct me if I'm wrong, but who'se the first people you turn to when you have a problem?  Your Family.  Who'se the first people you call when you have good or bad news?  Your Family.  And who'se always there, to "save you from the bad guys?" Every scenario I come up with the answer is always my family - they're the real Superhero's here.  They're all super-star's to me, and shine in lots of different ways.  So, this manicure is dedicated to them...

Polishes Used:

nails inc - Boltons Place (Pictured)

Essie - No Place Like Chrome

Sally Hansen Lacquer Shine - Brilliant

Color Club - Unnamed Red

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MoYou London: 31 Day Challenge - Day 8 Food

Hi everyone.  Hope you've had a great weekend where-ever you are. I'm back today with the MoYou London 31 Day Challenge and the prompt was Food.  When I first seen this one, I panicked a bit because the only "food" stuffs on the plates I own are a carrot and some lollipops! So I went with the latter option and ended up with this...

Polishes Used:

Revlon - Cupid (Pictured)

Barry M - White

OPI - Happy Anniversary 

Barry M - Lychee

W7 - Pink

Color Club - Unnamed Yellow

Sally Hansen Insta Dri - Pink Blink

High Brow - Unnamed Blue

Sally Hansen Insta Dri - In Record Lime

Sally Hansen Insta Dri - Lively Lilac

Revlon - Hot For Chocolate 

Sally Hansen Lacquer Shine - Brilliant

Sally Hansen Insta Dri - Snappy Sprinkles 

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MoYou London: 31 Day Challenge - Day 7 Red

Hi everyone.  Oh today was tricky! The theme for MoYou Londons 31 Day Challenge was Red.  The possibilities for this are endless, I suppose.  The night before last I had hundreds of ideas running through my mind; lipstick, ladybirds, strawberries and even blood at one point! I finally settled on "Roses are Red..." as I'm all about simplicity and that poem is definitely that!

Polishes Used:

Essie - Good As Gold (Pictured)

Sally Hansen Insta Dri - Pink Blink

Color Club - Unnamed Red

Barry M - White

W7 - Red Dazzle