Easy nail art with Essie Dive Bar

About a week ago I didn't have much time or motivation to do anything fancy for my nails and ended up with these.

 

I did get to try out 2 new polishes though- Essie Dive bar (the deep green/blue) and a homemade concoction of mine- the silver. 

I really really love Dive bar (surprise surprise.....with it being a turquoise)... I was using it over black and the silver, and with only one coat I was able to completely cover the changing colours underneath. I also think I did a good job mixing up the silver, it's a bit like Picture Polish Heavy Metal.

I added some silver rectangle studs from ebay to add a little more interest after a days wear. 

So they are a little boring, but mega quick and easy!

Thanks for visiting :)

Colour Blocking Nails with OPI Fly

I've seen a couple of pictures on Pinterest of colour blocking nail art using a black/almost-black colour, a nude and a bright. I think this kind of colour combo looks great together, especially in big chunky designs and I have really wanted to try it for some time. 

 Being a turquoise addict, I decided to go with OPI 'fly' as my bright. I used OPI 'Lincoln park after dark' as my dark colour- however it probably would have been easier to just use black as the purplyness didn't show up really. For my nude I used Essie Jazz which is very close to my skin colour in real life. 

I started of using scotch tape to create the different colour 'blocks' but the polish was bleeding underneath. I switched to striping tape which seemed to solve the problem. (Striping tape can be purchased from many ebay stores for about $1.50 for 10 rolls)

I'm in love with how they look, very classy. It's almost work appropriate!

Here they are :)