Caroline Burke | Burkatron

I've painted so many halloween nails lately I decided it was high time to go back to something a little less spooky! I came up with this vintage flower nail art yesterday and thought I'd share it with you guys.

I didn't use any nail art pens just the nail polish brush themselves; it's quite an abstract flower so perfectionists look away now! (..hurrah shaky hand sufferers)

 here's a quick guideline; I'm sorry there isn't step by step pictures this week I didn't have my camera (tut tut naughty blogger)

so first I painted a peach base colour (barry m peach melba) 

take a few blue polishes and several pinks from your polish collections (I know you're all as bad as me for buying nail varnish!)

draw a couple of blue and pink circles on each nail (use your darkest colours first!) 

take a lighter shade of blue and pink and swirl a dash of each over the top to create a petal effect.

continue adding little petal dashes until you are happy with the effect.

add a small white dot in the centre of each flower and a few scattered green dots for leaves.

seal with a good lick of topcoat..

done!

I hope you like them! I'm currently waiting for the weather to improve so I can take some outfit photos! how does anyone get them done in the winter? dark evenings, gale force makeovers and a mouth-full of hair every time I venture out of the front door! 

(apologies if I resemble cousin it in the next what I wore today post)

back soon kittens!

caroline x

my boudoir decorating continues! I took another vintage chair and decided to change the look completely; several coats of paint later the brown oak was an vintage off white and I re upholstered the seat in a beautiful provence rose fabric from cath kidston.

I distressed the wood around the edges where naturally it would wear over time and it fits in perfectly with my existing furniture. It's so much more fun to discover and adapt old furniture, I'm going to keep an eye out for some more pieces to renovate soon! I have completely given up trying to resist floral fabrics, life is so much prettier with them in it..