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Wednesday, 24 July 2013

Swatcher - Barry M - Pink Sapphire!

Hey all :)

I've been going through a faze where I am really super duper in LOVE with glitter! I went out and bought a few of 'em from the brand Barry M!

One of the first I bought was Pink Sapphire :) A lovely glitter that consists of pink and silver hexes and silver bar glitters with really tiny pink glitter all suspended in a clear base!

I absolutely love it!!!! I cant get enough of layering it over different colours and my favorite combination is the glitter over a nude base!

Here it is :)

Love how it looks on my nails! I can definitely see myself needing a second bottle :D

What do you guys think?

Thanks for reading!

Bye for now!

x

Sunday, 21 July 2013

Crochet Penguin Nail Art!

Hey ladies!

How are you all doing today? :)

As all of you can see, I'm a bit of a crochet geek too and have been making cute little props to go with some of the nail art I do :)

A few days ago I crocheted a cute little penguin (took me bloody forever!) which I am so proud of :D She turned out so cute and perfect!

This inspired me to paint her on my nails :) I have done penguin nails before but this one is a little different because its a greeny bluey colour lady penguin!

Here are the pictures :D

I love how it turned out, I think I did really well this time round even though its such an easy design :)

Here is the cutie penguin!! :D

What do you guys think of crochet and nails? :) Do you like this design?

Thanks for reading!

Bye for now!

x

Friday, 19 July 2013

Fishy Fishtail!

Hey Girls :)

Fishtail Manicure...something I've always wanted to try but as soon as I do I fail miserably. I have hands that shake when I concentrate which makes, making a line a bloody NIGHTMARE!

A few days ago Claire from Nuthin' But A Nail Thing Posted a tutorial which you can find HERE that shows how to do the fishtail mani in smaller manageable steps for someone like me :P haha

I had to give it a go again, there is hope :D and of course I did, painted a coat of white then used Barry M Gelly - Mango, Greenbery and Keylime to do the tails!

I have to say, the tutorial really helped me but still I'm not as perfect as Claire doing the fishtail!

Here it is :)

I think it turned out okay, but could've been better! I find it hard choosing the right colours.

What do you guys think!?

Thanks for reading!

Bye for now!

x

Thursday, 18 July 2013

Blue Roses!

Hey all,

I saw this tutorial a few days ago but I completely forgot from where! My terrible memory is just a joke!

The tutorial showed how to make roses using two of the same colours but different shades and making swirls using a dotting tool!

Its so easy that even I was able to pull it off, I love how it turned out and the base colour really makes the roses pop!

Here it is :)

I absolutley love how this manicure turned out and it was so easy to do!

What do you guys think?

Thanks for reading!

Bye for now!

x

Wednesday, 17 July 2013

I Scream For Ice-Cream!

Hey all :)

Tis the season to om nom nommmm on Ice-cream till you cool down and want more, more and more!!

I asked a dear friend of mine, is there any colour I haven't really used much? And he said I should do a dark red kinda colour and I found the perfect one in my stash!

Of course, it reminded me of a berry ice-cream and I just had to do an ice-cream on my accent nail :D and now I want some!

I added some glitter, to act as yummy sprinkles! Yaay :D

And of course no manicure is done without a crochet item matching! So of course I crocheted a berry Ice-cream!

What do you thinkies?!

Thanks for reading!

Bye for now!

x

Monday, 15 July 2013

Summery Spotty!

Hey all :)

How are you all doing?

Its so sunny and warm here in London! I can totally complain because I am fasting and its making me so restless and thirsty! Sun go away :P Muahhaha

To go with the sunny weather I painted my nails with a lovely bright orange called Mango by Barry M part of their gelly's collection!

Such a lovely colour and definitely fit for the summer!

I added some dots to it to make it even more snazzy :D Yaaay!

Here it is :)

Hope you all likey my little dotticure :)

Thanks for reading!

Bye for now :D

x

Thursday, 11 July 2013

Mhhmmmm Cupcakes!

Hey all!

Ramadan is finally here and it's day two...long days of eating nothing and crocheting and doing my nails all day!

Currently super tired but sleep just wont come to me! Instead I'm blogging :D woohooo!

I'm really craving cupcakes and decided it was time to edit the cupcake nail art I did about a week ago and get to posting it :D

Really love how they turned out and I used the Barry M gelly's I have - Greenberry, Keylime, Mango and the special edition Barry M polish - A (pink) and the textured yellow which I cant remember the name for the life of me :P lol

Here are the results! :D

And of course, what is cupcake nail art without a delicious crochet cupcake?! :D

Love how the cupcake turned out :D and it's super squishy too!!

What do you guys thinkies?!

Thanks for reading!

Bye for now!

x

Tuesday, 9 July 2013

Flowery Meadow!

Hey ladies :D

It has been a great few days here in London, the sun is shining and I am making the most of my summer holidays by going out and seeing the few friends I have!

Went to a buffet and a lovely walk in the park on Sunday (super hot that day!) loved that day out, since I really needed a good catching up with my friend :D

Then yesterday I went to the cinema and watched "Now You See Me" OMG great movie!! Really recommend it if you like movies that puzzle you and make you go WOAH! at the end :D muahahaha

Anyways moving on to the naily part of life! I created a simple flower dot manicure which I kept on for days, using the SpaRitual polishes I received. Swatches of Optical Illusion HERE and Emerald City HERE :D

Love how it turned out :)

What do you think!?

Thanks for reading and enjoy the lovely sunshine while it lasts!

Bye for now :D

x

*The products in this post were sent for my honest review*

Friday, 5 July 2013

Swatcher - SpaRitual - Emerald City!

Hey All :D

In my last post I swatched SpaRitual - Optical Illusion and mentioned that SpaRitual polishes are 5 free and vegan!

Well, today's post is a swatch of SpaRitual's Emerald City :D I loveeeeeeeee this colour! It's such a lovely bluey greeny colour with a gelly finish and really shiny!!

I found the polish to be quite sheer which meant I had to paint on many layers, I did one thin layer then two thick ones which is easy with the lovely thin polish brush which perfectly goes to my cuticles and gives an even layer of polish :) Since my nails are really white, after a few hours I added another coat just to hide my nail line!

SpaRitual polishes dry fast so the layering was no problem for me :) I would recommend layering it over white which would make the colour really pop!

Here are the swatches :D

You can definitely see how shiny it is :D I am really happy with this polish, but it would be better if it wasn't so sheer!

SpaRitual polishes retail for £9.75 and to view more of their polishes check out their website www.sparitual.co.uk :)

What do you think?!

Stay tuned, next time I have some nail art using these polishes :D

Thanks for reading!

Bye for now!

x

*The products in this post were sent for my honest review*

Thursday, 4 July 2013

Swatcher - SpaRitual - Optical Illusion!

Hey Girls!

Today's post is a swatch :D yaay we all love swatches!

I am swatching and reviewing SpaRitual Nail Lacquer, their nail lacquer is 5 free and don't contain harmful chemicals, as well as that they are vegan! So for anyone who is completely vegan you can use SpaRitual nail polish without worrying about animals!

I was thrilled when Rachel contacted me to review SpaRitual polishes! I love new brands and since this is my first review I couldn't wait to receive them! I was actually so impatient I kept on emailing her :P sorry!

I got sent two green shades, which as you all know by now is my favourite colour ever! :D

Left - Optical Illusion. Right - Emerald City.

I couldn't wait to put on Optical Illusion :D I love the colour loads!

The polish consistency is slightly on the watery side so it means easier application but you may have to build it up. I painted one thin coat first, which dried quite fast making it easier to layer on the second and third thick coat :) I needed an additional coat due to my nail line being so white! You could always layer the polish over white but I preferred it without!

Beautiful shine in the sun!

Optical Illusion is such a lovely shade of a limey dark green, it has goldy greeny flecks in it which just add to the lovely colour! I found it to transition into a blue fleck in the sun, sadly my camera couldn't catch that! :D Love that effect!

Removal was easy but the fleckly (New word!?) bits got stuck around the nail so just washed my hands to remove them :)

Next post I will show you guys Emerald City! So keep your eyes peeled! :D

SpaRitual polishes retail for £9.75 and to view more of their polishes check out their website www.sparitual.co.uk :)

What do you think?!

Thanks for reading!

Bye for now!

x

*The products in this post were sent for my honest review*

Monday, 1 July 2013

Greeny Gradienty Glittery!

Hey All,

Simple nail art today, I have a gradient topped of with glitter! But not any old boring glitter :D its NYC - lights, camera, glitter!

An amazing small fine glitter with blue and pink hex glitters in it :D I've been topping this over a lot of colours as you can tell from previous posts!

As i've mentioned before, gradients are so tedious...all the clean up needed afterwards..UGH! I used tape and damn PVA glue...still didn't help with the clean up!

Anywho, still got this working :D here it is!