Save The Rhino: #NailIt4Rhinos

Today’s post is something a little special!

UK conservation charity Save the Rhino is launching a really fun campaign for World Rhino Day on 22^nd September! Save the Rhino is encouraging the world to get creative by painting and decorating their nails and sharing their creations across social media using the hashtag #NailIt4Rhinos. The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness for rhinos and fundraise for the charity. A very worthwhile cause I’m sure you’ll agree!

I’m sure some of you will be wondering why they chose nail art to raise awareness! The campaign was inspired by a connection that rhinos and humans share – rhino horns are made of keratin which is exactly the same protein material found in human nails!

Rhino poaching is at crisis point with just 29,000 in the wild today, meaning that we have already lost 95% of the world’s rhinos. During 2014, in South Africa alone a staggering 1,215 rhinos were killed by poachers. That’s one every eight hours, if poaching continues at the current rate then we could lose all of the world’s rhinos from the wild in the next 11 years.

By urging the world to share their nail creations on social media and encouraging their friends and family to join the cause, Save the Rhino is hoping to raise awareness of how serious poaching has become. Susie Offord, Deputy Director for Save the Rhino says: ‘Here at Save the Rhino we work to save all five endangered rhino species , so this year we’re asking you to make a stand for rhinos by decorating your nails and showing the world you care by using the #NailIt4Rhinos hashtag! If we can’t save rhinos what hope is there for other species in the world.’

All it takes is five simple steps to get involved with the #NailIt4Rhinos campaign:

• Customise your nails either using Barry M’s grey Chai polish or your own – get creative!
• Upload a nail selfie on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Instagram with the hashtag #Nailit4Rhinos or send it to Save the Rhino at info@savetherhino.org
• If you’re in the UK you can donate £3 to help save rhinos by texting NAIL15 £3 to 70070. Or you can make a donation online www.savetherhino.org/donate
• Share your photo with friends and nominate five people to do the same
• Visit www.savetherhino.org to learn more and see if your nail selfie has been featured on the website as one of the best!

I hope you all take part in this fantastic campaign! Don’t worry if you aren’t the best at nail art! Save The Rhino have the cutest rhino decals that you can order HERE!

Ra ❤

Born Pretty Store: Vintage Style Decals

It’s been a while since my last post! I’ve moved house and until now I haven’t been able to get anything written and photographed. But I’m back and today I have some of the best decals ever from Born Pretty Store! This set is a fantastic deal not only because of the gorgeous designs but you also get 3 sheets of decals!!

As you can see you get plenty of images and they are all very detailed. I’m a huge fan of anything vintage so I really love the pinup style decals and the animals are all adorable!

I’ve done three nail art looks using these decals to give you some ideas on various ways to wear them.

My first look is the most simple. Sometimes all you need is a little something to jazz up a plain polish and wearing just one decal on your ring finger is a perfect way to do that.

 

A bold red polish is perfect to show off the vintage decals! I’ve also tried to do retro half moons to add to the glam!

 

For my last look I used decals on each nail. I think the pretty flowers compliments the pastel pink beautifully.

 

 

You can find these decals here: Vintage Style Decals

Born Pretty Store has everything you could need for gorgeous nail art. And you can use my discount code RARW10 for 10% off your Born Pretty Store order!

Ra ❤

*These decals were sent to me by Born Pretty Store for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions expressed are honest and my own.

 

Born Pretty Store: Skeleton Stamping Plate

I have more from Born Pretty Store for you! This time is a fabulous Halloween theme stamping plate which I’m sure you will all love as much as I do.

Sometimes simple nails are the best and I think the skeleton really deserves all the attention!

I absolutely LOVE this! The detail is amazing!

 

For my second look I’ve gone for something more summer appropriate. This is my festival inspired art..

 

If you’re not a fan of wearing skeletons all year round then this design is great!

This plate has a fantastic set of designs that transfer really well onto the nails. And as you can see, changing up the polish colours allows you to create nail art that would look lovely all year round! The versatility of this stamping plate, and of all the plates I’ve tried, is why Born Pretty Store is the best place to shop for everything you need for glam nails.

You can find this stamping plate here: Skeleton Stamping Plate

Born Pretty Store has everything you could need for gorgeous nail art. And you can use my discount code RARW10 for 10% off your Born Pretty Store order!

Ra ❤

*This stamping plate was sent to me by Born Pretty Store for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions expressed are honest and my own.

 

Born Pretty Store: Punk Style Stamping Plate

I’m sharing another brilliant stamping plate from Born Pretty Store in today’s post. They have a wide variety of designs in their range of stamping plates so I picked out something a little different to review this time. I chose this punk style plate..

This is definitely the kind of nails I would have loved when I was sixteen! I think the little skulls and keep calm design are really great!

For my first look using this plate I used the skull image on every nail. I chose two beautiful pastel blue polishes to soften the design and keep it looking summery.

 

For my second nail art I used the numbers print!

 

I love these polishes together and this design is just so fun!

This plate has a great set of single images and print designs that are perfect to create endless nail art looks and all of the images transfer wonderfully on to the nails. Born Pretty Store just continue to impress me with their incredible range of stamping plates. The perfect way to get gorgeous nails!

You can find this stamping plate here: Punk Style Stamping Plate

Born Pretty Store has everything you could need for gorgeous nail art. And you can use my discount code RARW10 for 10% off your Born Pretty Store order!

Ra ❤

*This stamping plate was sent to me by Born Pretty Store for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions expressed are honest and my own.

 

Born Pretty Store: Pretty In Pink!

Decals will always be a favourite way for me to get gorgeous nail art in a rush! I love that they come in every design you could ever want and today I’m sharing another pretty set from Born Pretty Store.

These decals really are lovely. The designs are simple but so beautiful! I love that these are just an outline as it means you can use them with any colour polish.

To me these have a little Disney princess vibe about them so that’s the inspiration behind this nail look..

Perfectly pink! With a little added sparkle of course!

As with every other set of decals from Born Pretty Store they are easy to use and look fantastic. Simply cut out the design and peel off the top film. Hold in water for around 20 seconds, slide the design off the backing and then place on your nail. I use a pair of tweezers to make sure the design goes exactly where I want it.

Beautiful!

You can find these decals here: Fashion Decals

Born Pretty Store has everything you could need for gorgeous nail art. And you can use my discount code RARW10 for 10% off your Born Pretty Store order!

Ra ❤

*These decals were sent to me by Born Pretty Store for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions expressed are honest and my own.

Marilyn Monroe In Pop Art

It’s been quite a while since my last post and today I have one of my favourite looks I’ve done to share with you! For the nail art in this post I used another fantastic stamping plate from Born Pretty Store.

As you can see there are some gorgeous designs but, of course, the Marilyn Monroe image is the reason I chose to review this stamping plate!

I wanted to keep Marilyn as the focal point of the design but I didn’t think plain colour and an accent nail would be good enough so I decided to have Marilyn on every nail! I chose to go for a pop art look so I picked out some bold polishes to work with.

My stamping skills clearly need a little more work but I just love how this turned out!

I was a little worried that the image wouldn’t fit on my short nails but it transferred really well!

I definitely recommend getting this stamping plate if you want fabulous nail art. If Marilyn can’t make your nails look glam then nothing can!

You can find this stamping plate here: Marilyn Monroe Stamping Plate

Born Pretty Store has everything you could need for gorgeous nail art. And you can use my discount code RARW10 for 10% off your Born Pretty Store order!

Ra ❤

*This stamping plate was sent to me by Born Pretty Store for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions expressed are honest and my own.

 

Born Pretty Store: Safari Stamping Plate

Born Pretty Store have a wide variety of stamping plates and I was lucky enough to be sent three to review so today I’m sharing the first one with you.

As you can see this plate has some super cute designs! All of these are perfect for summer nail art or if you love animals!

The designs transfer easily and look really pretty on the nails!

 

After a lot of practicing with various nail polishes I found metallic polishes work amazingly with stamping and look great against a bold base colour! Any polishes that need two or three coats to get full coverage do not work well with stamping!

It’s also important to remember not to put too much polish on the plate as it’s more likely to smudge the design when you transfer it if you do.

 

I love how many different looks you can come up with using stamping plates and I know this one in particular is going to be used a lot this summer!

You can find this stamping plate here: Safari Stamping Plate

Born Pretty Store has everything you could need for gorgeous nail art. And you can use my discount code RARW10 for 10% off your Born Pretty Store order!

Ra ❤

*This stamping plate was sent to me by Born Pretty Store for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions expressed are honest and my own.

Born Pretty Store: Flower Decals

Today I have more pretty nail decals from Born Pretty Store to share with you.

As you can see these decals are just beautiful and really detailed! I just love how intricate the designs in this set are.

I’ve been leaning towards more spring-inspired colours just recently and kept that in mind when creating this look.

I wanted this nail art to be simple and pretty so only used decals on two nails. I picked the gorgeous purple flowers to use with the lilac base.

I’m really pleased with how this turned out! I think it’s quite cute.

You can find the decals I used here: Flower Nail Decals

Born Pretty Store has everything you could need for gorgeous nail art. And you can use my discount code RARW10 for 10% off your Born Pretty Store order!

Ra ❤

*These decals were sent to me by Born Pretty Store for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions expressed are honest and my own.

Born Pretty Store: Watercolour Decals

Today I have more pretty nail decals from Born Pretty Store to share with you.

As you can see these decals are gorgeous!

I just love the watercolour style of this set. I think they’re perfect for creating delicate nail art and the colours are perfect for spring!

I’ve kept this look really simple and bright. I especially love how the peach colour looks against the vibrant green!

I love all the designs in this set. They’re so cute and really easy to use. I’m sure all you beauty bloggers out there would love the little perfume bottle and lipstick decals in this set, I know I do!

You can find these decals here: Watercolour Nail Decals

Born Pretty Store has everything you could need for gorgeous nail art. And you can use my discount code RARW10 for 10% off your Born Pretty Store order!

Ra ❤

*These decals were sent to me by Born Pretty Store for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions expressed are honest and my own.

NOTD: Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine in Chai

I think nail of the day posts are some of my favourites. There’s nothing better than a nice block colour nail! This is Barry M’s Gelly Hi-Shine in Chai which really is a wonderful colour.

Chai is a lovely soft grey shade. Very delicate and pretty! These photos are of two coats and no top coat.

Barry M’s Gelly Paints are some of the best polishes I own. They’re great quality and super glossy! Chai is a fantastic addition and a perfect shade for winter.

Ra ❤