Nails of the Day

Yesterday I had my nails taken off, and a new set put on. Now I normally have the "pink and white" done. This is the most expensive set, at £30 a full set and £20 an in-fill.

The difference is, instead of just using a pink acrylic, they put a white acrylic on the top (where your french tip would be) and a pink at the bottom, this obviously prevents the chipping of the white polish or air brush. And I really rate it, it is worth paying the extra to have nails that go the two weeks without being all chipped and horrible.


However, yesterday, I fancied a change, I felt like having a colour put on my nails instead of the usual pink and white. So I got them to put the normal pink acrylic on, and paint them. This was the outcome...

With flash:

Without flash:

They are shorter than what I would normally have or what I would have liked, but the guy in the salon was a bit clipper happy, and once they're short, there's not a lot you can do. My boyfriends first comment when he saw them was "they're really short". But having a colour on my nails, it probably is best to have them shorter, where as if I had white tips, I'd want them longer.

Anyway, it's change, and of course I can change the colour of them myself, with my many polishes I showed you in my collection post.

I'll probably get bored and go straight back to white tips, but this is them for now.

Loves,

Collection Series: Nail Polish

For the third installment of my Collection Series, I'm moving on to nail polish. The majority of the time I only use nail polish on my toes, because I have a french manicure on my fingers 90% of the time (except now that is, look for an up and coming post on my new tallons).

So lets go for it.

My nail varnish is kept in a pretty little box, which is about the size of an average shoe box. I got it from Sainsburys, and it does the job.

:: BARRY M ::

Top to bottom, L-R:

NPP1 Limited Edition

(305) Pink Flamingo, (296) Coral, (279) Bright Pink

(273) Raspberry, (166) Orchid, (272) Shocking Pink, NPP1 Limited Edition

(47) Black, (292) Navy, (293) Grey, (180) Marine Blue, (303) Bright Purple

:: RIMMEL ::

L-R: (378) Posh Trash, (393) Desire, (430) Coralicious, (420) Sunrise, (230) Portobello Pink, (061) Exotica, (193) Black Cherries, Nail Tip Whitener

:: NAILS INC ::

L-R: Candy, New York X2, Paris, Milan, London

:: 17::

L-R: Tropical Island, Nightshade, Ruby Slippers, Nightshade, Chateau

:: NATURAL COLLECTION ::

L-R: Black Cherry X2, Antique Coral, Oyster Pink

:: 2 TRUE ::

L-R: Shade 3 & Shade 5

:: COLLECTION 2000 ::

L-R: (232) Pink Passion, (5) Siren

:: OPI & CHINA GLAZE ::

L-R: Elephantastic Pink, Absolutely Alice (Alice In Wonderland collection) China Glaze Ruby Pumps

:: NYC ::

L-R: 227 X2 & Quick Dry Topcoat

:: GOSH & MODELS OWN ::

L-R: (547) Blue Monday, (064) Frou-Frou, (086) Rose, Models Own Pink Punch

:: MISC ::

L-R: Ruby & Millie Nude, Boots Top Coat, George Coral Pink, MUA Shade 4, Barbie All Dolled Up, Claires Accessorise Black, Eyeko Punk Polish

So there you have it, that's my nail polish collection in all it's glory.

What are your faves? Reccomendations?

Loves,

This Weeks Shopping...

Good evening Poppets!

As well as working all week and drinking copious amounts of Diet Coke in order to collect all for of these babies for free at Boots (Nails Inc Promotion, buy two bottles of Diet Coke and receive a free bottle of Nails Inc Polish, but you all know this already!)

L-R: Paris, London, New York, Milan

I did manage to do a bit of shopping today. So here are my treasures :)

Nude jelly ballerinas, £12.99

Plimsoles, £12.99

Straight leg light distresses jeans, £39.99

Lemon vest, £5.99/£6.99 (can't remember which!)

Kaftan, £21.99

Stripped scoop neck, £4

Straw clutch, £6

Pink corsage, £1.50

Nude platforms, £12

England shorts, £4 to sport on holiday as I'm there for the World Cup

Pandora-like bracelet, £10

Pinky nude slouchy bag, £32

I needed a new mascara, so I thought I would try out Colossal, as Maybelline was on a 3 for 2 and my Mum got a mascara and lippy too. I also wanted to try out the new Paris Hilton for Elegant Touch nails, blame my Mumsy for the choice (!) I asked her to choose between the red ones with glitzy tips, the white flower tips and these, obviously she picked these, but they are called the "super girly" ones and I suppose thats about right!

I hope you are all having a fab week, and that you enjoyed my haul. I'm off to tidy my room and have a bit of me time, as the boy is out playing footie tonight, I'm all shopped out and sleepie!

Loves,

Maybelline, Barry M, GOSH, Mac & Nails

This haul is over a week old, but this is the first chance I'm getting to post it up now because I'm not too well today. I'm in bed with my laptop, Jeremy Kyle on the TV and Marie Claire by my side, which has a free 100ml bottle of James Brown hair mask, by the way. 

I'll start with the drugstore buys. I went to Superdrug because I knew they were doing a 3 for 2 on GOSH items, as I'd seen them the week before, but my boyfriend wouldn't let me spend on my credit card! But seeing as I got paid the week after, he let me! I was after a nail polish, I got Frou Frou, its a gorgeous metallic pink, I also got two eyeshadows, in beige and grey brown, which look really nice together for an everyday eye. I then needed to get some foundation, recently I've been using Dream Satin Liquid by Maybelline, and they were on a 3 for 2 as well, so I two bottles and my fave mascara of the moment, the lash stiletto. Along with the 3 for 2 if you bought three products, you got a free makeup bag with three free brushes in it, worth £9.99, so lots of freebies there. Finally, I got a pack of my usual french tip nails. 

When I saw some reviews of the new Barry M nail paint in Pink Flamingo, I knew I had to have it, and of course I couldn't just order one thing off the website, so I got another nail paint, in Bright Pink and three lip paints in 100 Baby Pink, 146 Dolly Pink and 140 Pink Sparkle. I haven't really tested them out much yet, but I think they are going to need to be mixed with a nude lippy as they are a bit bright for me. 

Finally, I got a few things from ebay, a MAC blush, it doesn't have a colour on it, but it is a very peachy pink with a subtle shimmer and also a Konad kit, with two polishes and one stencil. I've tried practicing with the Konad, but find it a little tricky. I'm sure practice will make perfect though. Fingers crossed. 

Thats all for now :)

Loves,

xoxox