Toadstool Toes!!

Good afternoon!!! Hope everyone is well??? Excuse the toes picture....I normally hate toes and do anything to avoid looking at my own, let alone other people's!!! But after I'd done these, I was quite proud of them, so I thought I'd show you anyway!! Please bear in mind, I was about 26/27 weeks pregnant at the time of doing these, and my bump really got in the way....so that's why it's not perfect and also why my nails and cuticles look pants!! But fear not, within a week I booked a pedicure and now have lovely nails once again!!

I used OPI's Mad as a Hatter from the Alice in Wonderland collection (thank you, eBay!!) on my little toes, and I loved it!! It's so sparkly, and pretty and I just love love love it!! I used a clear base coat on all my nails, as this wouldn't change the appearance of Mad as a Hatter, which is what I wanted. Then on my big toe I used Rimmel Lycra Pro in Posh Trash as the base colour, which goes on lovely and lasts for ages! I'm not too keen on the actual colour as I feel like it makes my skin look a bit weird, but underneath nail art it seems OK. For the 'grass' I used StarGazer nail polish in 154.....I picked this up from a New Look store, but I'm sure I've seen them on eBay. The toadstool stalk and spots on the toadstool was done with Rimmel Nail Tip Whitener, and the red part of the toadstool was Thanks So Muchness! from the OPI Alice in Wonderland Collection. I topped it all off with 17 Glitter Nail Xtras to give it a bit more of a magical feel. Hope you like!!

Big hugs xxx

Rainbow Nails :)

Hi everyone!! I've been missing on here for a few days because I've been mega busy, and a bit under the weather, but here's something to cheer everyone up, Rainbow Nails!!! How could you not love ??!?!


This is my thumb nail, where I focused most of my rainbow-attention! Wow, didnt actually think it would have been too hard, but boy was I getting frustrated!! Probably my fault as I didnt leave much time, as you can see, the yellow part of the rainbow was a bit neglected as I was pushed for time!!!

Here's a list of the polishes I used to make the rainbow (it was all done free hand and straight from the bottle brush) :

Base Coat : Rimmel Stronger Try Harder Double Duty Base Coat
Colours:

• 17 Fast Finish in Knockout Red
• 17 Lasting Fix in Orange Soda
• 17 Fast Finish in Go Go
• Barry M 290 Spring Green
• Barry M 306 Blueberry
• Barry M 161 Vivid Purple

Top Coat : Seche Vite

Here's what I did with the rest of my nails! I painted french tips on them, using all the colours that I used for the rainbow! The other hand has the green and red, and I used the blue and purple again because I thought that looked the best :)

I got a fair few comments on my nails, especially whilst I was at work. One guy came in and said to me "I'll have a chicken chow mein and nails like yours please, they're awesome!!". That put a smile on my face for the rest of the day!!

Well, he liked my nails, I liked my nails, what do you guys think??

Big hugs xxx

First Photo Post!!!!!!

Omg....so here it is.......my first photo post!!!!

It was my birthday not long ago, so I decided to do some pretty birthday nails. And nothing is prettier and more birthday-like than Cupcakes!!!! I do love a nice cupcake....one that is pretty, and chocolatey, and so moreish that you could eat another three. Enjoy :)




Here's a close up of the actual cupcake. I used 17 Lasting Fix Polish, appropriately named "Fairy Cake" for the nail. It's a lovely candy pastel pink that is just gorgeous! I thought it would be nice to use a different colour for the background than the rest of the nails. I used this pink for both thumb nails and both ring fingers. The application was slightly streaky, it took about 3coats to look even, it possibly could have done with one more, but I don't like 4 coats of varnish! Love the end colour though, and looks exactly like the bottle colour.

The cupcake was made from small lines of Rimmel Lycra Pro in Posh Trash (no.378) to create the cake base. This colour is a light brown with a slight gold toned sheen to it. I can't really comment on the application, as I used a cocktail stick to apply the varnish! The cupcake top was made from Rimmel Nail Tip Whitener, with a handy slanted brush, which helped application (and is very handy when doing french tips!). The cherry on top was using 17 Fast Finish in Knockout Red. I love this red, its sexy and vibrant, totally worthy of the name.




The rest of the nails are painted with Eyeko Vintage Polish, for Elegant Nails, a lovely jade green varnish which really does make nails look elegant! This polish went on well, with 3 coats getting it to bottle colour.
Eyeko is an awesome London based brand, with the Japanese cuteness that I can't resist! I can't wait to try some of the other polishes I purchased when I got this one!!!

Hope you like my first post!! Forgive me for poor photos, I'm still learning how to take good pics!!!

Have a wonderful day wherever you are :)

Big hugs x