MoYou London Rainbow Challenge - Saturday: Purple

AHHHH!! Was the feeling that I woke up to inside my head!!  Some seriously large accounts on Instagram caught onto my Blue Manicure and it seems like everyone went crazy for them.  I couldn't be more grateful!! Its all very exciting!! 

Onto today's nail art though... I was working this morning, and admittedly was thinking about it all day.  I don't know about you, but the only thing I can think of when you say purple is rain.  But how naff is that, really.  Great song - but not such a great manicure I think!

I did my usual, skim through the plates for inspiration, when I hit Sailor Plate 04's Octopus tentacles stamp and then SHE hit me...  URSULA!!

I have done Ursula from The Little Mermaid on my nails before - you can read that post here - but I have to say I much prefer this version of the purple sea witch! 

Polishes Used:

Revlon Parfumerie - Moonlit Woods (Pictured)

Sinful Colors - Black On Black

Sinful Colors - Amethyst

Sinful Colors - Snow Me White

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Lively Lilac

OPI - You're Such A Budapest 

China Glaze - Adventure Red-y

Rimmel - Purple Reign

Color Club - Unnamed Light Purple

Color Club - Unnamed Light Blue

MoYou Plate(s) Used:

Sailor Plate 04

MoYou London Rainbow Challenge - Friday: Blue & Video Tutorial

I want to start off by saying, my favourite colour is blue.  If there was any day of the week of this challenge that I should be looking froward to it would be today, right?  Wrong!  I have been sitting doing my nails since 9pm and NOTHING has gone to plan with this colour - at all! :-(  

I was very near quitting - I said to my boyfriend, I'm not doing today.  He thought that meant I was fore-fitting the whole thing, when in fact  think you can pick what days you want to do, I just think if you do all 7 it increases your chances of winning.

But then suddenly it hit me slap bang in the face!! When-ever I'm struggling with things, I strip them right back to the bare minimum - this helps me understand things and ultimately "get it."  I know everyone works differently but this works for me - this is how I have done my "Roses are Red" nails and my "Follow the Yellow Brick Road Nails," by stripping the colour back and thinking about what it really means to me.

Every single human being on this earth (I'll bet) has owned, does own and/or will own a piece of clothing made from the material: Denim.  What colour is denim I hear you ask?  Yup, thats right - BLUE!  I suddenly remembered my George @ Asda Denim effect nail polish that I've used like twice... Come here my pretty... ;-)

Polishes Used:

George @ Asda - Denim Effect (Pictured)

Konad - White

Sinful Colors - Snow Me White

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MoYou Plate(s) Used:

Princess Plate 09

MoYou London Rainbow Challenge - Thursday: Green

That's it - over half way through, only 3 more manicures to go, whose excited! I'm going to plan ahead for my last 3 manicures, as I am terrible for not knowing what I'm going to do until I sit at my nail station.

I looked through everyone's designs under the #MoYou20K hashtag and there is some beautiful green designs.  I went back to my plates and had a look when something on Fairytale 02 caught my eye.  Green to me means Irish I suppose, so I have done this classy irish fuelled manicure, that, if I'm honest, would be great for St.Patricks day. 

Polishes Used:

Sinful Colors - Pistache (Pictured)

Sinful Colors - Last Chance

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Lickety-Split Lime

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - In Record Lime
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MoYou Plate(s) Used:

Fairytale Plate 02

Feeling Blue? Striping Tape Nail Art With Tutorial!

So I dug out my camera this week and got myself a little thing called Windows Movie Maker...  I'm going to start channelling my inner Stephen Spielberg and make some nail tutorials!!  At the moment, I hope for these to be 15 second clips fit for Instagram and hopefully in the future I'll start moving onto bigger things like YouTube.

The below nail art is really super simple, relatively quick and can be done in loads of different variations & colours.  You will find the video for this nail art after the jump.

Polishes Used:

OPI - Go Into The Light (Pictured)

Rimmel - Too Cool To Tango 

Revlon - Royal

Maybelline Color Show - Superpower Blue

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MoYou London Rainbow Challenge - Wednesday: Yellow

This challenge is now almost half way through - how exciting.  After I post today's that will be 3 out of 7 done & dusted.  It will be very exciting to complete this short, but fun challenge.  

Admittedly, I lie in bed at night thinking of what I can do for my next manicure and can never come up with something on the top of my head.  What works for me is, sitting down with the plates and visualising the designs on my nails.  Today's theme was Yellow and  it wasn't until I was browsing my plates this afternoon, I came up with this idea.  I am a very literal thinker - can be a good or a bad thing, you decide!   So when it was red, I used "roses are red" as my inspiration..  Today's idea ended up a bit like that..  What is long, famous, iconic and yellow?!  No, not Homer Simpsons head!! The Yellow Brick Road of course!! :-)

Polishes Used:

Rimmel - Sunshine (Pictured)

Sinful Colors - Snow Me White

Sinful Colors - Black On Black

Sinful Colors - Unicorn

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Butter-Fly Stroke

Konad - White

Revlon - Gold Coast

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MoYou Plate(s) Used:

Fairytale Plate 12 

Mother Nature Plate 01

MoYou London Rainbow Challenge - Tuesday: Orange

Hi everyone (again!)  Cracking on with MoYou London's Rainbow challenge, Tuesdays colour was Orange.  I struggled coming up with an idea for this one actually.  I have one of their Easter plates which has carrots on, but because you can only use the daily colour, black and/or white, my carrots wouldn't have had any green at the top, so I had to 100% think of something else.  

My boyfriend decided to Google it for me, and was shouting random things at me like Doritos and Garfield, its so easy to say yes, okay, I'll do that - but how to encorporate the MoYou plates?!  Finally, he shouted an idea, I just simply went with it, and I'm really happy with the outcome - GOLDFISH!

Goldfish are gold by name but are Orange by nature, so here is what I came up with...

Polishes Used:

Sinful Colors - UFO

Sinful Colors - Snow Me White

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Heat Flash

Rimmel - Tangy Tangerine

Konad - White

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MoYou Plate(s) Used:

Fairytale Plate 02

Sailor Plate 04

MoYou London Rainbow Challenge - Monday: Red

Hi everybody!  Welcome back to Spangley Nails.  I am sorry I have not been posting as regularly as I would've normally...  Its not because I didn't feel like it, its because I have really bad eczema that has totally flared up on my left hand/4 fingers - the ones I paint, like, all the time.  It looks very unsightly and is making me very sad.  Does anyone else out there have this problem?  How do you control it? 

Anyway, I have decided that I am no longer going to allow dry skin to ruin my polishing party so have decided to come back with a vengeance and participate in the MoYou London Rainbow Challenge on Instagram.

Basically, this challenge will run for a week - much more realistic than the last one, AND all you have to do is post a manicure with the corresponding colour of that day - I will post said itinerary at the end.  I am posting Monday's Manicure (as MoYou annouced it quite late, they said it was A-OK to post yesterday's, today) and todays.  The only real rule, as such, with this challenge is that you can only use the colour of the day, black and/or white on your nails (as well as MoYou Stamps) - oh boy, have I underestimated this bad boy?!

As you can see by the title of this blog, Monday was Red day.  I remembered the green roses I done for depression awareness last Sunday (if you missed it, read it here) and kept chanting "roses are red..." SO I done a spin off of my #FightForLightAndLive manicure for Day One.

Polishes Used:

Sinful Colors - Snow Me White (Pictured)

Color Club - Unnamed Red

w7 - Red Dazzle

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MoYou Plate(s) Used:

Pro Plate 04

1 Manicure; Worn 3 Ways

Ever have one of those weeks where you seem to have NO time to do your nails.  Yup, that would be me this week.  I did a manicure on Saturday, and haven't had the chance to do anything since then. 

One of the main reasons why I love nails inc polishes is they have loads of different special effects, so if your wearing a plain colour for work all week, you can throw on a layer of glitter on Friday night for the weekend therefore no need to spend however long it takes you to re-paint your nails for your night out.  Voila! You've ultimately recycled your boring work manicure.  

I've did just that this week with my nail art.  I've learnt a new technique using my fan brush (tutorial coming reeeeal soon, so look out for that one my friends!) and have been changing it up for the last 5 days because I love it so much and I've had no time, boo! :(

Polishes Used:

Rimmel - Purple Reign (Pictured)

Rimmel - Too Cool To Tango

Rimmel - Out Of The Blue

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Twisted Pink

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#FightForLightAndLive Depression Awareness Nail Art

After the tragic passing of Robin Williams just under a week ago, the nail art community decided to come together and paint our nails green in honour and respect of depression awareness - which is what caused Robin Williams to take his own life.  If you are suffering from depression or its sidekick anxiety you need to speak up! Sometimes this can be the hardest thing in the world to even think about doing, but it will be so worth it in the end.

What a tragic loss of life RW was - I think everyone felt it.  Its not like I knew him personally, and you reading this probably didn't either, but everyone knew him in a different movie playing a wide verity of characters.  A career which spans over so many generations.  Whether it was Jumanji, Mrs Doubtfire or Aladdin, it was Good Will Hunting or Good Morning Vietnam.  A true legend indeed.  

I decided to paint my nails white, with some green floral stamping.  I love this plain, simple and delicate look.  

#FightForLightAndLive

Polishes Used:

Sinful Colors - Last Chance (Pictured)

Sinful Colors - Snow Me White

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - In Record Lime

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Lickety-Split Lime

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(MoYou London Pro Plate 04)

Nude, White and Gold Floral Nail Art

Happy Saturday, Friends!  I hope you are all well and are enjoying the weekend.  I am back tonight with this cute floral manicure, that was a very simple one to achieve & I must say that I am really happy with the results.  I have been really loving floral manicures lately - seems like I'm a bit of a Johnny come lately on the whole floral thing if I'm honest!  I always thought they were so difficult, but they're not - promise!  

Polishes Used:

Barry M Gelly - Almond (Pictured)

Sinful Colors - Snow Me White

nails inc - Chelsea Bridge Road

OPI - All Sparkly And Gold

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Review: Scratch Nail Wraps

Hi everyone! I have another review to share with you today this time from a company called Scratch.  I was absolutely thrilled to be contacted by Kim regarding reviewing their Nail Wraps, she asked me to browse their large selection of uniquely designed wraps to personally pick the set I would be sent.  I thought this was a really nice personal touch as this ensures each person gets a set they've chosen for themselves.

I had a look and settled on the design called "Little Darling Beach Bum" because it features the lyrics to "Here Comes The Sun" by The Beatles.  Being a massive Beatles fan, I really thought this design appealed to my personality and couldn't pass them up.

The pack comes with 16 nail wraps, a mini file and orangewood stick.

Stamping Decals Made With MoYou London Stamping Plate

I started off writing this post last night, but had no idea how to finish it in an upbeat mood given the news that graced the world yesterday.  I was so utterly shocked to hear that Robin Williams had died in such tragic circumstances.  The nail community has decided to paint their nails green in honour of him on Sunday, I will absolutely definitely be participating in this and hope that if your reading this, part of the nail community or not, you will do the same.  If you do, be sure to post your nails under the hashtag #FightForLightAndLive.  A collage of my favourite Robin Williams movies will be after my nail art.

The nail art I have to share with you is stamping decals made with MoYou Londons Fairytale Plate 05.  I have done 2 variations of it as I wasnt 100% happy with it.  Be sure to let me know which one you prefer - the second one is after the jump.

Polishes Used:

Rimmel Space Dust - Aurora (Pictured)

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure - Bandage

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Co-Balt Blue

Models Own - Unnamed Rose Gold

Models Own - Unnamed Kaki Green

nails inc - Seymour Walk

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(MoYou London Fairytale Plate 05)

One Stroke Flower Nail Art

Hi everyone!  I sat down to do Nail Art today  without really knowing what I wanted to do, these just sort of happened.  I love floral patterns at any time of the year but especially during this crap weather we're having as I only need to look at my nails to feel bright again, so this seemed like a perfect time to bring out the miracle grow (miracle grow is what you use on garden flowers to help them to grow for those of you who don't know haha!) 

I first seen CutePolish apply the below technique and decided it looked so easy, I just knew it'd end up on Spangley Nails too.

Polishes Used:

OPI - Pink It Through (Pictured)

Sinful Colors - Snow Me White

Sinful Colors - Pistache

Sinful Colors - Last Chance

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Red-io Active

nails inc - Pelham Street

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#NailArtJul Round Up & Happy 45th Anniversary Abbey Road Photo!

Hi everyone!  Bit of an exciting post today as I round up #NailArtJul and post some Beatles nail art for this momentous day in history.  45 years ago today the 4 Beatles stepped out from Abbey Road Studios onto Abbey Road and Iain Macmillan snapped the famous picture of the 4 men crossing the road at the Zebra crossing.  Being a MASSIVE Beatles fan, I couldn't let this day go by without doing some nail art to mark it with.  

I recently got my hands on the MoYou London Time Traveller 70's Plate 01 which has a really neat image of this famous scene on it - I knew it would be perfect for what I wanted to do.  I didn't want to take anything away from the scene shown on middle and ring fingers below which is why I just painted the other 2 nails with Space Dust...

Polishes Used:

Rimmel Space Dust - Shooting Star (Pictured)

Models Own - Black Magic

Konad - White

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(MoYou London Time Traveller Plate 70s 01)

#NailArtJul Day 31 - Watermelon

Hi everyone!! The day has arrived!! I have officially finished #NaiArtJul! I'm super happy with all my efforts in this challenge - even if I do say so myself!  The last prompt of the challenge is Watermelon!! I seen a few Watermelon nails floating about recently because the highly popular nail guru "CutePolish" posted a tutorial on her YouTube channel for them a few weeks ago.  

I love the fact that I was able to incorporate my She-Sells-Seashells chevron nail stickers into this design - I think they look like the outside of a Watermelon (use your imagination, lol!) 

Polishes Used:

nails inc - Porchester Square (Pictured)

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure - Kook A Mango

Sinful Colors - Snow Me White

Models Own - Black Magic

Color Club - Twiggie

Rimmel - Camouflage

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#NailArtJul Day 28 - Frozen Treat

Hi Everyone! Today's post marks the second last posting of #NailArtJul and I'm really happy to say I've nearly completed it.  I had a look at #NailArtAug but I wasn't so much in love with any of the prompts so I don't think I will be participating in it this time!  

This is my first time using my new Models Own polishes that I won in a give-away held by Antonia over at @nailsandpolkadots.  They were actually really easy to work with and I'm super happy with the way they look on my nails.  I cant wait to use them some more!

Todays prompt was "Frozen Treat" and the only nail art that felt fitting for today was ice cream! 

Polishes Used:

Models Own Speckled Eggs - Dove (Pictured)

Models Own Speckled Eggs - Magpie Green

Models Own Speckled Eggs - Duck Blue

Models Own Speckled Eggs - Goose Yellow

Sinful Colors - Snow Me White

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure - Bandage

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure - Bocha Mocha

Models Own - Black Magic

#NailArtJul Day 25 - Favourite App

Hello??? Anybody out there??? I can confirm, it is I, Nicole, back & reporting for duty.  Haha sorry about the small sabbatical people, its the start of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival I've been wrapped up in that.  I also had some holidays from work and I went back today so the last couple of days I've been reorganising my life in preparation for that inevitable moment.  With all that said, I was still determined to complete #NailArtJul... I was put off with Day 25 a little which didn't help my 'flow'.   

Day 25 is Favourite app... My favourite app is quite obviously Instagram BUT I know this is alot of other peoples favourite too, so during my sabbatical I was trying my hardest to think of something different but I was always reverting back to my old friend - Instagram!!  So I caved and came up with these...

Polishes Used:

Rimmel Space Dust - Shooting Star (Pictured)

Color Club - Unnamed Red,

Color Club - Unnamed Yellow

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure - Grass Slipper

Color Club - Unnamed Blue

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure - Bandage

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure - Bocha Mocha

Models Own - Black Magic

Sinful Colors - Snow Me White

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Wet Cement

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Nude And Black Nail Art

Happy Friday All! :-) Another day and another Nail Art accomplishment haha... I won a competition this week - hence my lack of posts.  The whole process was so nerve racking from start to finish.  I entered the manicure on the Monday morning, then I had to wait until the Monday night to find out if I was shortlisted, which I was, then from that point to the Tuesday evening, friends, family and any Tom, Dick or Harry that I could find had to vote for my nails to win, this voting then found out I had won on the Wednesday morning - so if you're reading this and you voted for me - THANK YOU! Onto today's manicure though, I was inspired by a picture I seen on Pinterest. 

Polishes Used:

Barry M - Lychee (Pictured)

Sally Hansen Sugar Coat - Lick O' Rich

Models Own - Black Magic

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