Tuesday 10 January 2012

Ten on the Tenth: Nails

I've been enjoying some mother-daughter time over Christmas, helping Child No.3 with one of her favourite gifts - a nail art set.  There was also a pot of gold crackle nail varnish in her personal Christmas cracker so she has plenty of scope for fun manicures in the future.  However on Christmas Day itself we had fun trying out several of the ideas from the inspiration booklet:

From left to right:
  1. Purple base colour with gold crackle effect
  2. Black & white Yin-Yang symbol on white base
  3. Turquoise base with pink & white swirls
  4. Black base with pink & turquoise starburst & gold dots
  5. Purple base with multi-coloured butterfly
  6. Yellow & red chevrons
  7. Glitter base with red, white & blue stripes
  8. Daisies on a green field
  9. Pink base with turquoise & white swirls
  10. Red base with gold crackle effect
Not bad for a first attempt - my favourite to do was the daisy field and appropriately enough, Child No.3 liked No.3 best!  Which is your favourite?

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22 comments:

Sian said...

What a clever ten! I love the daisies too - I wonder what I'd look like with daisied fingernails?

beccaf1970 said...

So much fun! I'm with you...love the daisies!

Unknown said...

How fun! I love painting my nails in fun colors and shapes and it was neat to see what you did here. Great idea for a 10 on the 10th post! :)

Jane said...

wish my nails could look like that!

Sheena said...

Following my trip to Florida I like the red, white & blue stripes the best x

Sue Althouse said...

Oh, that is way too much fun! I would have to grow my nails a little longer to attempt such an experiement, lol!

CoventryAnn said...

These are fab, lovely 10 on the 10th!

Alison said...

Great idea for 10 on the 10th!
Alison xx

Kimberlee said...

Wow. That is a lot of polishing. :) Fun stuff!

Anonymous said...

Oooh - my daughter would love that! Unfortunately I'm rubbish at painting nails - I always get it in the wrong place :)

Maria Ontiveros said...

That's a perfect 10!
Rinda

Sandie said...

What a lovely post! I love the daisy field too. It's good to have mother-daughter time.

Jo.C said...

They are so good -I fail miserably with any type of nail art - I'm with you on the daisies. Great idea for a post.

Claire Crompton said...

Thank you for your comment. Love the purple one with butterfly, very pretty. Brilliant idea.

Cx

Gina said...

If my employer would allow it, I'd have my nails that way. I love all the crazy, cool designs.

Anonymous said...

Great list! Hard to pick a fave, but I really like the glitter with stripes.

alexa said...

How unique! Lovely, lovely photo and how great to have hands like this ..

Sandra said...

So very clever,I think my fav is the blue

Mel said...

Defo the butterfly - so cute!

Beverly said...

Oh, this is the coolest TEN I've seen! I am loving those daisies :)

Melissa said...

Oh how fun! I got some new nail polish for Christmas in fun colors & need to make time for a manicure soon as the one I got on the cruise is finally looking a little chipped.

Miriam said...

Daisies for me, my nail lady is on holiday, can I come over? ;) Brilliant idea for 10 on the 10th