NOTD: Aztec Nails!

Hello my lovelies,

I hope you are all well! Two words....Aztec nails. This design has become my new favourite throughout the past month (yes, even overtaking leopard print!) It is such an interesting, fun and versatile design. Every aztec nail art design I have seen is individual, I think that is what I love so much about it. Nothing has to be perfect, or drawn in a certain way, just let your creativity flow! It's so exciting, I love AZTEC! 

Are you an aztecfanatic too?!

Lotsa love,

NOTD: Leopard Print Crosses

Hello my lovelies,

I hope you are well :) As you may or may not know I am an absolute sucker for my leopard print nails, however recently, I have been getting really fed up of the same old leopard print design and wanted to try something a little edgier. I have recently found a love for all things studded and crossified (I think I just created a new word there, groovy huh?!) and thought that I would incorporate this into my nail designs and mixed it with my classic leopard print. What do you think? Does it work well together?

How do you like your leopard print? ♥

Lotsa love,

Jubilee Celebrations!

I was going to wait and post this later on in the week, but I have had such a good weekend, and am on such a 'jubilee high' that I needed to write this post now, hehehe. This weekend, in the UK, we have been celebrating the Queen's jubilee - 60 years of her being on the throne. This also meant that we had a double bank holiday, resulting in a four day weekend, woohooo! In true Bourton style, we took advantage of this and threw a huge garden party yesterday to celebrate the occasion. Obviously I felt the need to paint my nails and so a union jack pattern originated...

Reams of bunting, jugs of Pimms, and one union jack pavolova later, here are a few snaps from our garden party.

Me and my gorgeous boyfriend! I love you x

Swapped my face for the day! ;)

Union Jack Pavlova  

My Lovely family! 

Happy Jubilee everyone! I hope you all had a lovely weekend. What did you all get up too?

Lotsa love,

MCM Expo London Comic Con 2012!

Hello my lovelies,

I am back! I hope you are all well? I am not going to ramble on and list the reasons for my lack of posts but lets just say I have been a busy busy bee, teehee. (I'm a poet and I didn't know it!)


Today's post is going to be something very different, however as ever it will include a themed nail art picture (I genuinely get excited painting my nails to match an occasion/event). At the end of last month (25th - 28th May 2012) my boyfriend and I had a cheeky weekend away in London and attended the London MCM Expo Comic Convention. I have to say, I bought the tickets for André's birthday and was going along to keep him company HOWEVER I have to admit I absolutely loved the convention and we are definitely returning next year with our fancy dress outfits hehehe!

This year the London MCM Expo Comic Con was sponsered by Universal Pictures and their new movie The Lorax. The events were spread over six event stages, and you could find everything from the latest movie promos, video game greatness, anime awesomeness, marvellous manga, comic book coolness and of course cosplay! The weekend is full of guest speakers, shopping stalls, game previews and of course the cosplay masquerade ball. Here are some photographic highlights of our weekend away:

Pokemon Ball Nails

Our weekend wristbands

Myself and Mr Sparrow

We <3 London

'Down!'

Me and Mr Dre

Kickass!...no idea who the other guy is?!

The avengers are assembling!....

I've joined the clan.

André's in trouble.

I found Wally!

 Staring contest

Explicit footage...Kickass on the dance mat! 

C3PO

The alien still creeps me out...

Can you tell which one is the alien?

David Giuntoli from Grimm

'Ma'am, please don't put your hand on Darth Vader's butt!'

They must have been baking!

My gorgeous boyfriend with his Ash Ketchum Hat.

The dress cost her over £1,000 to make, crazy!

André on his best behaviour ;)

'Eye' spy

Goodbye London!

All in all it was a fabulous weekend and I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in films, games, anime, comics, manga and cosplay!


I hope you enjoyed reading this chatty and picturesque post!


Lotsa love,

NOTD: Floral vs. Stripes

Hiya guys,

Just a quick nail of the day post for y'all. As usual, I was sat at home this evening and decided to experiment with my nails. I have just watched cutepolish's new youtube video (www.youtube.com/cutepolish) on their Arizona Green Tea Cherry Blossom nail design, which is super cute, and thought i'd recreate a floral design myself. Half an hour and a million nail varnish fumes later, this is what was created:

Its a perfect simple floral design for those of you, like myself, with a wobbly left hand which makes it difficult to create small complex patterns.

Let me know what you think, and if you'd like to see more nail of the day posts, thank youuuu.

Lotsa love,

Tutorial: Newspaper Nail's

Helloooo guys! I have recently been looking around online for some cool new nail designs (I have come to a mental block - and on a bit of a leopard print overload, so wanted something completely different.) I was browsing through my youtube subscriptions and came across this little beauty and thought it was genius!! I'm pretty sure you will of seen these before, and I know there are lots of other blogs that you can look to for inspiration but I thought I would show you my attempt at the newspaper nail and how to re-create the look. 

Products required: 

• A nail polish of your choice (I find a pale pastel colour works best) 
• 10 strips of newspaper
• A rubbing alcohol or a spirit such as vodka
• A small glass
• A clear top coat

Step 1. 

Paint your nails in your desired colour and leave to dry.

Step 2. 

Pour the rubbing alcohol or spirit into a small glass. Once nails are dry, dip one nail into the glass making sure to cover the entire nail with liquid. Once the nail is wet, take a small strip of newspaper and apply it to the nail. Hold it down for 20 - 30 seconds (making sure to keep the paper still or the print will smudge!).

Step 3. 

Gently peel away the paper and you should be left with a backwards image of the print.

Step 4.

Repeat on each nail. Once complete, paint over the design with your clear top coat to seal the nail art.

Ta-dah! There you have it - such a simple yet striking design! I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and I would love to see what you come up with if you have a go!

Lotsa love,