A bit of sparkle

Here are my nails for the week:

I initially did two coats, but realised that the colour changing effect works best after 3 coats. I completed the nails by adding pink and purple glitter to the tips of my nails. 

I used Models Own nail polishes. Addicted, yeh that's me. 

Hope you have a wonderful week!

This blue

Hello! 

I've been avoiding the blog, it means confronting my lack of time management skills. I have been reading my favourite blogs though, but just finding it hard to juggle all the things life has been throwing at me this year. No excuse. I know. So here are last week's nails:

Messy huh? But I like em ;) 

I used:

Has anyone tried Models Own nail art pens? They are pretty good (expensive for £6 though!)

Black hearts

Nails from last week:

I used Barry M's Strawberry Ice Cream and a black nail art pen. 

Last week was crazy - July is turning out to be a busy month. At the start of the month, I thought I really, really wanted something, a certain someone to be exact...but feelings change over time...overnight, in a day, in a week and even over many, many years...It was a bit hard to understand my emotions - but I wrote everything down and exactly how my feelings had changed made sense. And I felt so much clearer in my head. It got me thinking about courage and knowledge. Sometimes we are too afraid to do something even though it feels right, and sometimes we do things that we know are incorrect. Either way - we learn. Truth is - we don't know how things will turn out, no one does - but what we do know is ourselves.

I hope you're all having a lovely Sunday - it's sunny here in London (at last!)

xx

Messy nails

Did these last week:

They were messy, but oh well ;) 

Flowers on my nails

So in the spirit of 'spring'...or should I say the lack of it in England, I decided to do flowers on my nails:

They were very blotchy, but kind of turned out okay - I have named them 'abstract flowers.' I used a paintbrush dipped into different nail colours. It did take a lot of time and effort and I wonder if I'd do it again...would much rather have nail pens to do the detail as the paintbrush was a bit odd to use.

Have you tried any new nail art recently? 

A little bit of blue

Nails for this week. A bit of blue and pink:

I cannot afford Nails Inc. this is a freebie I got with Glamour magazine a while back. Actually the 'pink' is more of a coral colour (more obvious in the last shot). The Models Own glitter nailpolish is awesome, but also quite expensive. It is really hard for me to not buy nail polish. I love collecting them - a very bad habit! I have decided to wait for S12 shades to hit the shelves until then I must restrain myself from spending more money on nail polish.

What is your favourite nail polish shade? Do you have seasonal favourites?

A bit of colour

Happy New Year :) I don't know who is out there, and who still reads my blog! I have been rubbish at updating it to be honest. 2011 was a crazy busy year. I graduated, and was trying to figure stuff out...but I still haven't...I think I spent a lot of time worrying and not being productive! So 2012 will be a year of productivity :) I hope to find something I enjoy doing and pursue it. If I am not lucky, at least I would have tried new things. I am sure everyone out there is making resolutions and promises to themselves for the new year. I would say just be the best you can and since there is way too much negativity and hatred in the world - always try to spread happiness. 

I love painting my nails, so thought I would share my latest colour combo with you - pastels! In 2012, I will try to be more arty and maybe learn how to sew - properly! I will definitely try to write a lot more and discover new places. Everyone is concious about their body, face, physical appearance and I would be lying if I said I wasn't either. I will definitely be eating healthily but will allow myself the occasional treat ;) I also hope to be writing letters to my friends abroad, and keeping in touch with all the people I care about. 

I hope everyone out there has a wonderful 2012 

xoxo

Nails

Finally got my hands on some crackling nail polish. I bought Barry M's range in black and pink. This was the first time I used it:

What do you think of it? First I thought it looks absolutely messy, but I decided I liked the effect when I'd finished doing all my nails and used a top coat of course, which gave it a nice shine. (These images are without the top coat - I would definitely always use a top coat with these since the crackle effect is without any shine as such). 

These are the two colours I used: