'I've had enough trouble for a lifetime' (Harry Potter Nail Art)

How could I not dedicate today's nails to Harry Potter?! I've read all the books and seen all the films so I, like many, will be sad to see the end of the series. I'm not actually sure when I will be seeing the film. I could go on Sunday but I don't like going to the cinema when it's really really busy so I'm tempted to even wait until next week! I know that conviction won't hold up for very long though!

Here's some trivia for you. J.K. Rowling grew up in the area that I live in. I even went to the same high school she did!

Thumb to Pinky: Deathly Hallows, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff.

I used Bundle Monster plate BM20 for the stripes.

When I was checking the house colours (I know them of course, but I wanted to check I was 100% right because it would have been super embarrassing if I used the wrong colours) I found an interesting article about the significance of the colours which you can read here.

Polishes used:

Deathly Hallows - Rimmel Black Satin, white acrylic paint

Houses: Base colour first, stamp colour second

Slytherin - BYS Fern, Collection 2000 Moonlight shine

Ravenclaw - Collection 2000 Unnamed Bronze, NYC Glossies 243B

Gryffindor - La Femme Cherry Red, Sally Hansen Chrome Amber

Hufflepuff - George@ Asda Buttercup Shine, W7 Black

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Week of Geek Day 7: May The Force Be With You (Star Wars Nails)

Welcome to the last day of my Week of Geek and thank you so much if you are still with me! I want to say thanks to everyone that has taken the time to read and comment this week, it means a lot. I really didn't know how the idea would be received so I'm really happy to see that you are all fellow dorks like me!

As I said yesterday, I still have loads of ideas so I'll be posting a lot of manis like this in the future. It seems I've opened a can of worms because new ideas are hitting me every day.

Pinky to thumb: Chewbacca (could pass for an Ewok!), Lightsabers, Darth Vader, R2-D2, Rebel Alliance logo.

I used (mainly):

Barry M - Mushroom

Barry M - Raspberry

Collection 2000 - Moonlight Shine

Collection 2000 - White

No7 - Poolside Blue

W7 - Black

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Week of Geek Day 6: Social Media Nails

If I'm any kind of nerd, it's a computer nerd. And if there's one thing I love about computers, it's the internet.
Today's nails are dedicated to the Social Media sites that I use, although I don't know if they actually qualify as geeky? Since I started blogging, social media has become part of my daily life. I honestly get twitchy if I go too long without checking at least my email inbox and I'm a total YouTube addict. Shaytards, anyone?!

I'm sad to be coming to the end of my Week of Geek. I've had so much fun thinking up these designs and I still have plenty of ideas so, fear not, I'll be running them off every now and then whenever I have the time to do them.

Pinky to thumb: Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Youtube

The orange I used for the blogger logo bled like a bish but it's the only orange polish I own! Obviously the 'B' in the middle is supposed to be white but that just wasn't happening, even after I went over it THREE TIMES!

I used:

Collection 2000 - White (a really old one) as a base for all the nails.

Tumblr: A mix of Barry M - Cyan Blue and BYS - La Di Da.

Twitter: George - Cloudless Sky

Facebook: No7 - Poolside Blue. Stargazer - White.

Blogger: Jay Jays  - Ablaze. Stargazer - White.

YouTube: Barry M - Raspberry. Stargazer - White. W7 - Black.

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Week of Geek Day 5: Doctor Who Nails

I don't know how familiar American readers will be with Doctor Who but here in the UK pretty much everyone is aware of it. It's been running on the BBC since 1963 which makes it the longest running Sci-Fi series in the world and you could definitely tag it with 'cult favourite'. Since 2005 they've been filming it in the city where I go to Uni and live for most of the year but so far I haven't spotted them filming anywhere. 

However, they filmed a bit for BBC's Sherlock in the University when I was driving past with friends one night and stopped to get a closer look. A security guy came up to the car and we asked what was going on, when he said they were filming, I blurted out 'IS IT DOCTOR WHO?'. It wasn't! 

AND I walked right through the set of Killer Elite last summer. If I knew Jason Statham and Robert De Niro were in the area I would have stuck around a while.

10 nerd points go to the first person to tell me what TARDIS stands for. No cheating please!

Pinky to thumb: 'Nebula nail', the TARDIS, Dalek, 'Nebula nail', Doctor Who logo.

I used: 

George - Bloom as a base for all the nails. Collection 2000 - Moonlight Shine for all the outlines. BYS - Glittering Purple, Gosh - Holographic and Models Own - Juicy Jules for the Nebula Nails.

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Week of Geek Day 4: Live Long and Prosper (Star Trek Nails)

I can remember watching Star Trek: The Next Generation with my Dad all the time when I was little but I never really knew what was going on! I had to do a bit of wikipedia-ing for this mani to make sure I got all the colours and badges right. The uniforms and insignia are all (mostly) based on The Original Series.

Pinky to thumb: Science and medical, engineering and security, command and helm, ST for Star Trek, Vulcan Salute.

I used:

Uniforms: No7 - Poolside Blue, Barry M - Raspberry, Mixture of BYS - Astro Gold and Go - Shade 04.

Collection 2000 - Moonlight Shine. W7 Black.

ST: George - Mysterious. Gosh - Holographic. BYS - Metallic Fuschia. Collection 2000 - Gold.

Vulcan Salute: No7 - Betty Blues. Collection 2000 - Moonlight Shine.

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Week of Geek Day 3: Autobots, transform and roll out!

Maybe it's not credible to like Transformers since it's now a multi million dollar franchise but I really like the films. Robot fighting, explosions and amazing CGI, what's not to love?! I saw the third film yesterday. The 3D is stunning and the action sequences are much better than in the last two films because you can actually see them Transforming instead of it being a blur of metal and camera cuts. It's very long and it kind of drags towards the end but it still gets a thumbs up from me!

I posted a picture of these nails incomplete on Twitter to see if anyone could guess the theme and Jenni said that she saw Darth Vader in there and she is so right. Check out the middle picture and tell me that an upside down Autobots logo doesn't look like Darth Vader's mask!

Pinky to thumb: 'T' for Transformers, Bumblebee colours, Autobots logo, Optimus Prime colours, Decepticons logo.

I used:

W7 - Black, Collection 2000 - Moonlight Shine, NYC Glossies - 243B, George - Natural White (under the yellow), Go - Shade 4, George - Scarlet Kiss.

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Week of Geek Day 2: Gotta Catch Em' All (Pokeball Nails)

Today's geeky nails are Pokeballs! I have to stress that this is not my original idea, I saw these somewhere on the internet but it wasn't on a blog. If anyone knows the origin of this design, please drop a link so I can credit the person that thought up this amazing piece of nail art. I like giving credit where credit's due and I think there is definitely some deserved here!

I used:

George - Natural White, NYC Nail Glossies - 223, W7 - Black, Stargazer - White. Also scotch tape and a dotting tool.

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Week of Geek Day 1: Marvel Nail Art

Hello everyone and welcome to the Week of Geek!

I do not profess myself to be a real geek but I have some geeky tendencies. I'm always making a fool out of myself by making obscure sci-fi references in a room full of people that have never even seen Star Wars and I can easily spend a whole evening reading Marvelpedia. So I decided to dedicate a week of Nail Art to geeky stuff.

I'll start the week with some Marvel inspired nail art. I've tried to stay true to the comics as much as possible by using some of the iconic imagery related to each character. From pinky to thumb, the heroes are; Spiderman, Hulk, Wolverine, Iron Man and Captain America. 

Iron Man is definitely my favourite nail. It took freakin ages but I still wish I'd done a while hand of just his face!

It's all freehanded except for the star in Captain America's shield which I stamped from Bundle Monster plate BM05 and then painted over.

Here is every single polish I used:

Spiderman: George - Bloom and Scarlet Kiss. Stargazer - White under the red.

Hulk: Collection 2000 Hot Looks - Martian and BYS - Fern mixed for the base. Rimmel - Blue My Mind for the shorts.  La Femme - Grey Cream for the muscles.

Wolverine: George - Natural White as a base. Go - Shade 04. Barry M Cyan Blue. W7 - Black. Collection 2000 - Moonlight Shine.

Iron Man: George - Natural White as a base. Go - Shade 04. George - Scarlet Kiss. W7 Black. Collection 2000 - Moonlight Shine. La Femme - Grey Cream.

Captain America: Barry M - Cyan Blue and George - Bloom mixed together for the base. Stargazer - White for the star and ring. George - Scarlet Kiss for the rings.

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Blink 182 Nail Art

Blink 182 may just be my favourite band ever. Not in a crazy, superfan way - it's just that I've been listening to their music for years and years and I never get fed up of hearing it. I was supposed to be seeing them play in July but the tour was postponed since they haven't finished recording the new album. The gig's been postponed a year, yeah you heard me right, 12 months! WTF guys?! But whatever, I'm not gonna stop loving them because of that. So I thought I'd pay tribute the best way I know how... on my nails.

Here's a better one of my thumb, it's at a

funny angle in all the other shots.

If you want to know any of the products or techniques used, just leave a comment and I'll reply below.

I can't think of a clever title

So you all know that I am totally crushed my the death of Dio.Well last night I felt the need to do a Dio memorial manicure because well I can.I used my Evil Shades Rainbow in the dark polish and some of the China glaze tattoo nail art stickers. (I need more of these...a lot more)There are eleventy billion pictures because this turned out perfectly!
Is pretty, no?There is actually 6 decals there.

We've lost our Rainbow in the dark

R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio 7-10-1942 to 5-16-2010It is through tears I write this post.For 30+ years I have listened to Ronnie James Dio.He was my introduction to metal. My Dad and I loved Dio and together we enjoyed many concerts, LP's, CD's and any Dio we could get our hands on. I shared my love for his music with my own children.It is hard to lose a hero even if you never personally knew them. It

Musical Monday tribute

I don't usually do Musical Monday but I'm feelin' it this week.
A tribute to the late Peter Steele, you are missed!
I'm sure you are celebrating...

Evil Shades LE nail polish Rainbow in the dark

I promised when I discontinued my Evil Shades nail polish that I would have
Limited Edition polishes from time to time. Well TIME!
I've been working on this one for a while and it finally came together for me. Yes!

This one is actually very near and dear to my heart and is not only an LE but more importantly a tribute
to one of my life long musical influences, Mr. Ronnie James Dio. My Daddy