Fruit Salad

I think I'm getting better at cutting fimo canes. This is my latest effort of fimo on top of Collection 2000 Fruit Salad (the name inspired me.)

It's a kiwi fruit! Not the prettiest fruit but it was the only fruit in the house at the time.



Faybee x

Very Belated Halloween Nails



I didn't mean to abandon my blog but a few days before my last post I started a new job. I'd been out of work for a few months before then and I'm finding it very hard to adjust to the working world again. Office politics in particular :\
I've still been painting my nails although I did go on a nail art hiatus for the first couple of weeks at work until I found out if it was acceptable or not, it seems it's okay so today I've got teddy bears on my nails (I'll upload pictures soon)
These were going to be separate posts over Halloween but I never got round to it so you get them all at once!


Spider Nails

These nails were inspired by the bowl we use for our trick or treat sweeties, close-up -

The big spiders were freehand, the rest were from Bundle Monster BM13 and Konad M28. The purple is China Glaze Spontaneous. The gems (spider backs) and dazzlings (eyes) are from Viva la Nails

Monster Nails

They didn't turn out how they looked in my head so I think they look a bit pants. The green is China Glaze Kiwi Cool-Ada applied on top of white.


Halloween Ruffian

(The polish isn't 'creased' it's just the reflection from the window blinds)

Done with Eyeko Vampira Polish on top of Eyeko Sacy polish. My first ruffian!


Hope to see you soon,
Faybee x

I <3 You

Done with Diamond Cosmetics South Beach Pink, China Glaze White on White, a dotting tool and paintbrush.

Faybee x

Barry M Instant Nail Effects

I've seen crackle nail varnish before but never one from a brand I could buy in the UK so I was very excited when one of my friends posted about this on Facebook. I hummed and harred about it for a bit but when I saw it for sale in my local Superdrug I couldn't resist after all it's only £3.95.

It's only available in black and it's very easy to get some really funky looking nails out of this bottle. It's a lot thicker than normal nail varnish and you have to apply it very quickly, it says you can't go over the same bit of nail twice but I've found as long as you're quick and not applying too thick a layer it's fine. Thinner layers make it easier for the nail varnish to 'crack' and the quicker they dry the bigger the cracks become so if you want more of the base colour to show try blowing on your nails as they dry.

This is Instant Nail Effects over Models Own Sterling Silver. I think it gives a cool look, almost like graffiti.

The effect I ended up with definitely looks like the design on the lid but nothing like the pictures on the label (not seen in photo)

If you haven't already tried crackle nail varnish I'd say this is a must, I'm already thinking about buying a backup bottle.


Faybee x

Foody Nails

On Wednesday night I had a meal out with my family since my cousin is moving away. He's got a new job as a chef in a fancy castle restaurant. So these nails are in his honour because he deserves it after all the meals we've enjoyed from him :)

Left Hand:

Thumb – Chef's Hat
Index Finger – Knife
Middle Finger – Onion
Ring Finger – Whisk
Little Finger – Fork


Right Hand:

Thumb – Tomato
Index Finger – Aubergine
Middle Finger – Saucepan
Ring Finger – Little Chef's Hat
Little Finger – Knife

The background was Bundle Monster plate BM16 in Konad SP Blue on both nails.

We ate at The Blue House in Haswell. I had a huuuuge plate of battered peppers with sweet chilli sauce, chips and salad it was yummy!


Faybee x

Stripy Copycat Nails

Hello, long time no see! Since I now have a few millimetres of growth on my nails I'm back on the nail art wagon! And how better to start than by ripping off someone else design and trying out my new striper brush from Sally's (was £8.99 got for £1.19 in sale, bargain!)

I love WAH nails. Their blog is one of my favourite places to go for inspiration. This is the design I copied.

This is my interpretation:

That's Essie Plaza sweet with China Glaze White on White and Barry M Black.
I think I need a bit more practise to get up to WAH level.


Also have you heard WAH and Models Own are collaborating to make their own nail art pens? I am very excited!


Faybee xx


P.S. I promised I'll come up with something myself next time

Leopard Nails

I found these pictures in my photobucket. They were actually taken before I began blogging and I never got round to putting them up.

This is one of my favourite bangles, I've had it a while now so I've no idea where I got it from.

I did nails to match

It's basically a white base coat, blobs of different colours from polishes which I can't remember - using the brush from the bottle - no special application, then Konad SP Black with plate M57 on top.

In other news, I broke a nail.

: (

Right down to the smile line. I don't like nail art on really, really short nails so you might not be seeing a lot of me in the next few days, not until it they grow back enough to look normal again. I have really small hands and short fingers so short (reeeeeeeeally short) nails do not suit me at all, my hands look really childlike and I don't like it. I haven't had nails this short since I was a nail biter 10 years ago.

I have recently taken delivery of some nail art display wheels so I'm sorting out my entire collection of nail polish. I got 10 nail wheels and each have 18 'nails' on them and they're not enough so that means that I have many more bottles of nail varnish than I first thought. I'm now waiting for more to come through the post. I'm also trying to get some decent photos of the ones I've done so I can put some comparisons and swatches up but I'm having difficulty getting my camera to pick up colours accurately, I'm a bit of a perfectionist so this is doing my head in. I might have to ask my dad to see if I can borrow his posh camera.


Faybee x


P.S. I'm now on twitter and have no idea how to use it! You can find me at http://twitter.com/Bee_Nails