Sunday Nails - Bright Red

Barry M Bright Red - for Valentines Day of course!

What are your plans?

I love how shiny this polish is even without a topcoat, and it lasts 3 or 4 days without chipping. Do you like it? Visit my giveaway post to be in with a chance of winning it!

Sunday Nails - Grey As Cement

Avon Matte Nail Enamel in Grey as Cement 12ml

£3.00

I love this colour! It's very classy and perfect for work and a night out.

I'm wearing two coats here but one coat would have been enough.

I applied this last night and I'm a bit disappointed that by this morning it had already started to chip at the ends of the nail - a matte topcoat would solve this problem but I don't own one so I'll have to reapply.

What do you think?

Sunday Nails - Hello Kitty

I've been browsing a lot of nail art sites this weeks and Hello Kitty seems to be a really popular theme!

I used No7 Stay Perfect nail polish in Milan on my ring finger and No7 Stay Perfect nail polish in Crystal Lilac on the rest of my nails.

Crystal Lilac and Milan

In the week I purchased two sets of nail art transfers from this seller on Ebay at £1.60 for each strip of twenty.

They come in 3 sizes to fit your thumb, middle and little finger and they are so easy to use - all you have to do is trim your chosen transfer down, hold it in water for 30 seconds then slide it off the backing and place it on your nail. I painted a thin layer of clear polish on my nails to make sure the transfer stuck, and then another layer over the top to seal it on securely.

And there you have it, super cute Hello Kitty nails!

I hope you are all having a great weekend!

Sunday Nails - Nail Wraps Part 2 + Blog Award!

These are the cute nail wraps from Wednesday's post in action!

You do get quite a few wraps in the packet as they are for fingers and toes so if you make a mistake you can try again (which I did a few times).

They are pretty easy to apply once you get the hang of them - following the instructions on the back of the packet, you have to remove the shine from your nails with a nail buffer, pick a wrap that matches the size of your nail, smooth it onto your nail then apply heat from a hairdryer until it softens and sticks firmly.

The only problems I had with them was the leftover wrap at the end of the nail; the excess is supposed to be filed off with a wooden file but I just couldn't seem to get it right and ended up with a bit of a rough edge that didn't look very nice! When I came to do the second hand I trimmed the ends off before I applied the wrap to the nail so there wasn't as much excess to try and file down, and this seemed to work a lot better for me.

As for staying power, I applied these on Friday and I'm no longer wearing them - maybe I didn't heat them enough, or they weren't applied with enough pressure but they ends started to curl off after a few days.

I would definitaly use these again for a night out or a special occasion becuause they are different and create a talking point, however I'm not sure if I would want to pay full price for something that only lasts maybe a few days

Has anyone else tried these? I'd love to know your opinion of them!

P.S.

Samantha from Corsets, Crafts and Cupcakes has awarded me a Blog Award!

According to the rules I have to tell you seven things about myself so here you go...

 - I wear fake nails all the time to stop myself biting my real nails - bad habit!

- I love to bake cakes using vegetables instead of butter.

- Last year my boyfriend and I visited New York for 5 days and it was the best holiday of my life.

- My hobby is photography and I'm hoping to start an Open University course in the Summer.

 - I can't stop buying shoes.

- In one week I'm starting my new job and I know it's going to make me so much happier than I am in my current job.

 - I love monkeys J

The seven blogs I want to pass this award onto are...

http://cutenerdglasses.blogspot.com/

http://daintymakeup.blogspot.com/

http://milkandlotsofsugar.blogspot.com/

http://peachesxomakeup.blogspot.com/

http://peluxe100.blogspot.com/

http://thecrazybitchbeautygazette.blogspot.com/

http://trulymadlybeauty.blogspot.com/

I hope everyone has had a lovely weekend!

Nail Wraps - Part One

Look what came in the post today!

Furry Cheetah and Pink Velvet Leopard

I purchased these nails wraps over a week ago in the ASOS beauty sale for £3.50 each, and today they finally arrived, much to my excitement!

Each pack contains 24 nail wraps for both hands and toes but I think for now I'll just keep them on my hands - the weather isn't warm enough for me to bare my toes yet!

The back of the packet gives step by step instructions and they don't seem too difficult so hopefully I won't make a complete mess of it.

These are still available at ASOS, however they are back to full price which is £6.65 and there are a lot more to chose from such as lace and fashion print - the lace has caught my eye, it's definitatey a different look to be rocking.

Unfortunatley I just don't have the time to sit and apply these tonight so keep an eye out for part two which will include a review - out of the two packs I have bought the furry cheetah is my least favourite so I will probably start with that one just to get the practise - I don't want to ruin the oh so adorable pink velvet leopard print!

Have you used nail wraps yet? If so, what's your verdict?

Sunday Nails

I wasn't going to post anything tonight as I posted yesterday, but I was doing my nails while I was watching Glee and thought I'd share with you. Ignore the fake tan smeared all over my hands, oops!

I was inspired by Alex of Life After 20 who has sparkly blue nails!

I've still got the same polish on from yesterday's post, but I wanted to jazz it up a bit, so using a glitter eyeliner from the George at Asda range I painted just the tips.

As an eyeliner I'm not really impressed with it, but because the applicator is so fine it is perfect for a bit of nail art.

I'm still waiting for the glitter to dry before I apply a top coat, and so far I've only done my left hand - but there you have it, cute nails with no fuss!

I hope you've all had a lovely weekend!

The Weekend Round Up

false nails; glossy magazines; gossip magazines; new lipstick; bird cage earings; kenzo perfume; homemade pizza; jaffa cakes; rosé wine; take me out; snuggles; cuddles; ladylike blouses; watching football in the pub; diet coke; festive biscuits; lounge pants.

I hope you all had a lovely weekend! I'm going now to snuggle into my duvet and read my new Cosmo with a cup of tea J

New Nails, H&M and Eyelashes

Today was just going to be a nails post, but I got some exciting things in the post this morning so I thought I'd share!

First my nails. My dark red nails with bling bling didn't last very long as I kept pinging the little sparklies off when I was washing my hair, so I just took all the nails off and re-did them in candy colours. Definatley looking forward to spring!

These are the colours I used:

Barry M Berry Ice Cream, Barry M Blueberry Ice Cream, 17 Pink Lemondae, 17 Lemon Sherbet

And this is the finshed product:

My hands look really dry, eek!

So, onto the post - my first item was a H&M catalogue; totally unexpected, but very lovely!

Sometimes I find H&M a bit hit and miss, but there are some really lovely pieces in here, especially shoes, my favourite!

I also got fake eyelashes! I ordered these from this seller in Hong Kong around 2 weeks ago - 10 pairs for the bargain price of 99p plus 99p p&p. I have to say, I wasn't expecting them to be any good, but they are amazing! Really long and fluttery, and a perfect size for my eyes. The only thing not included is glue, but for 99p, what does it matter?

I put one on just to show the difference between them and my regular lashes - a definate improvement I think! Now I just need a night out to wear them!

Nail Art

So today I've not been at work, so I spent a lot of the morning browsing nail art tumblrs. I am a self confessed nail biter, but I wear falsies a lot because I love painting my nails - I'm working on growing them just a little bit so I can get gel nails.

These are some of my favourites from fuck yeah nail art!

So this afternoon, with a new set of nails, I decided to make my own nail art. It's very basic, but I think it's quite pretty.

The nails I use are Broadway Real Life Nails for Petite fingers in Short length becuase I have teeny tiny fingers it seems! I also need to keep the short so I can take my contact lenses out.

I don't know if you can see from this photo, but as my nails have started to grow a bit, the white tip show up underneath the falsies, which is mainly why I want to paint them a bit more. When my nails were really bitten down I could just leave them as they were.

So, I started off by painting my nails in Paddington Street by Nails Inc, which is a lovely dark red colour. Excuse my mesy nails, I didn't clean them up before I took the photo, oops.

Now for the fun part...nail gems! I told you it was basic! These are from Girls With Attitude in Boots for £3. You get a sheet of about 50 or so gems in two sizes that stick straight to the nails. I used tweezers to pick the off the sheet and place them, and coated them in clear polish just to make sure they stick.

And...ta da!