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♪♫ This could really be a good life…

23rd November 2011

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This week is shaping up to be a very very good one! I had a job interview yesterday for a Christmas temporary position as a sales girl in a record shop which I nailed so I’ll be starting that next week. Then today, I got a call from another job I applied for which is basically a Chalet Girl position but without the Alps! It’s live-in so it also means I’ll be able to move out of parents’ place for a while. I have to go for an interview/trial kind of thing this Sunday and if I’m successful, I’ll start in January – I’ll keep you guys posted on that!

And to top it all off, this blog hit 2000 followers today! Thank you all so much for reading and following! I hope I say it often enough but I really don’t think I could say it enough. It means the world to me that you all like my little piece of the internet enough to keep coming back and showing your support. THANK YOU!

Today is a Wednesday so here comes the pink!

Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster BM205
Base Colour: Models Own Utopia
Stamping Colour: Barry M Raspberry
Accents: BYS Flirty Sparkle
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What Did I Do?

17th November 2011

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I realise that using song titles/lyrics is oh so very unoriginal but I’m really struggling to come up with interesting post titles!

I had an overwhelming urge to use this poptastic colour combination today and I wanted something simple and sophisticated. This stamping design just never gets old and I always get compliments about it so it’s a winner in my book.

Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster BM209

Base Colour: Primark – Yes Cyan!

Stamp Colour: Barry M Gold Foil

Top Coat of NYC

I made a few nail sets based on the Michael Kors studded design this week and Esther from Fab Fingertips was my first customer! She did a quick post on them today which you can see here. If you like what you see, send me an email and you can have your very own custom set, I take requests so anything you’ve seen here on the blog can be made in to a bespoke set just for you (see my shop for more details)

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Day 29: Inspired by The Supernatural

7th November 2011

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Today’s nails are kind of boring. I really couldn’t think of anything supernatural except for ghosts so that’s what we’re getting today! It’s funny that I never used this stamp before Halloween and now I’ve used it twice in one week!

Don’t forget to check out Cristina and Rie‘s supernatural nails today!

The base colour is W7 Metallic Neptune and I used Sally Hansen Whirlwind White to stamp the ghost from Bundle Monster plate BM223. Then, of course, I added a top coat of NYC.

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Day 24: Inspired by a Book

2nd November 2011

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Can you believe there are only seven days left of this challenge?! I really can’t!
So, for nails inspired by a book I decided to go for a children’s book – The Rainbow Fish. I did consider a few adult books that I’ve read recently but this seemed way more fun!

I can’t wait to see Rie and Cris‘s book inspired nails today!

Stamping Plate: BM209
Base Colour: A-England – Tristam
Stamp Colour: GOSH – Holographic
To colour in the scales, I used: Nails Inc – Shoreditch, Kriston – 52, Rimmel – Blue My Mind and Models Own Juicy Jules
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In the style of Rie, I decided to include a close up shot today. Check out those ‘scales’!

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Halloween Nail Art!

31st October 2011

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I wasn’t originally planning to do any Halloween nails but I had a Twitter request so of course, I had to oblige!

I used Miss Sporty Orange and Rimmel Black Satin as my base colours.

The stamps are from Bundle Monster plates BM224 and BM223 and I used white acrylic paint to freehand the skeleton.

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Autumn Is Here… Apparently

4th October 2011

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Today is the first day this year that I noticed the leaves starting to fall from the trees which reminded me that it’s autumn. Anyone that doesn’t own a calendar could be easily fooled though because I swear it was the warmest weekend we’ve had all year! I heard that Saturday was the warmest October day on record in the UK… ever.

I finally got my hands on the new Barry M Foil Effects in gold. I’ve been needing a new gold stamping polish for a very long time and when I saw the previews of these chrome polishes I was hoping it would be my answer. I wasn’t wrong. The gold is great for stamping and no doubt I’ll be buying the silver soon enough.

I was hoping for a little more contrast between the two colours in this Autumn inspired manicure but I actually love the subtlety of the combination.

Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster – BM210
Base Colour: MUA – Shade 23
Stamp Colour: Barry M – Gold Foil
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♪♫ Memories of times and the places that were there

23rd September 2011

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I can’t believe it’s Friday already! This week has flown by so quickly.

You might have noticed a few changes around here recently. I put up a new banner a little while ago and my pictures have also taken a turn for the better if I do say so myself!

I’ve been wanting a great lamp with a white fluorescent bulb for a long time after Cris gave me some advice about lighting. They can be a bit pricey but I was lucky enough to find one in the house. It’s been sat on the same side table for months and I’ve gotten so used to seeing it that I just forgot it was there.

I was sat in the lounge one day when I caught a glimpse of it and just had one of those moments where something clicked in my brain and I realised it was exactly what I’d been wanting for weeks!

I also changed my watermark and have started stamping it in to the middle of the pictures because I’ve seen a few of my pictures online with the watermark cropped out and no credit given which is so annoying (and illegal). So, I have to put it in a place where it can’t be cropped without slicing up the picture, but I’m trying to keep it as unobtrusive as possible and I hope you guys don’t mind too much.

I started out using scotch tape to mark off the black sections at the side but it ruined the mani underneath so I just whipped out a striping brush and freehanded the a line then filled it in after. It’s obviously not as crisp a line as you would get using scotch tape but it saves a lot of time and hassle.

Plate: Bundle Monster BM223

Base Colour: Cult Nails – Cruisin’ Nude
Stamp Colour: W7 – Black
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