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    My Kind of Cool Aid

    23rd June 2011
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    My Cult Nails order arrived last week and I had to go and pick it up from the sorting office because there was a £13 customs charge to be paid. If you’re in the UK and are thinking of purchasing polish from a country outside the EU, consider yourself warned about these charges. I was hesitant to buy these polishes in the first place because it’s quite unusual (actually, unheard of) for me to spend so much on polish and in the end they worked out at £9.50 each which makes me cringe every time I think about it!
    Wow, way to start on a bum-note but don’t get me wrong, I am really, really happy that I decided to bite the bullet and buy these. I went for My Kind of Cool Aid and Iconic from the ‘Inaugural’ Collection and Let Me Fly and Cruisin’ Nude from the ‘A Day At The Races’ Collection. Every single polish applies like a dream and is perfect in two coats.

    Konad Plate: Born Pretty M76
    Base Colour: Cult Nails – My Kind of Cool Aid
    Konad Colour: BYS – Glittering Purple
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    Purple or Purple?

    21st June 2011
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    I’m going to see Jimmy Eat World tonight! It’s very exciting, I just wish I knew more of their songs, haha! I was going to sell my ticket but since Blink 182 have postponed their tour I decided to go to this show because otherwise, I won’t have been to a single one this year 🙁
    Plate: Bundle Monster BM201
    Base Colour: BYS La Di Da
    Stamp Colour: BYS Glittering Purple
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    Cat Got Creamed

    4th June 2011
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    Does anyone remember the bottle of Manhattan 610k polish that’s on a tour of the world? It visited me here in the UK last October (post here) and is currently at its 9th stop in Illinois, US with Melanie.
    If you are interested in playing host to this polish and being part of the adventure, visit Melanie’s post here to put your name down. You do need a blog where you can post your mani but that’s the the only requirement.

    Todays nails were heavily, okay wholly, inspired by Marta’s recent post over at Chit Chat Nails which you can see here.


    Plate: Bundle Monster BM221
    Base Colour: E.L.F. Desert Haze
    Stamp Colour: L’Oreal LaquiResist Black Bean
    BYS Astro Gold for the spots
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    I Might Miss My Day At The Races

    31st May 2011
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    Things are pretty hectic with my exams at the moment but I’ll be squeezing in a post when I have time! My last one is on Monday and it can’t come fast enough.
    I’ve seen loads of swatches of the new Cult Nails collection – A Day At The Races – and I fell in love with a few of the colours. However, they’re a bit out of my normal ‘price comfort zone’ for polishes but after some coaxing from a few ladies on Twitter and Maria herself (the owner of Cult Nails) informing me that they were running an offer that ends today, I ordered 4 bottles. The shades I chose are Let Me Fly and Cruisin’ Nude from the ‘Races’ collection (swatches here and here), and My Kind of Cool Aid and Iconic from an older collection.
    BUT, I saw a blog post from Cult Nails (here) this morning explaining that they’re having some problems with international shipping regulations after one customer’s order was destroyed before she received it because the contents broke some rules. So all international orders are on hold for the time being. It’s kind of annoying that I may not get my order, but better that than Maria risks posting it and something horrid happening to the package.

    Plate:  Bundle Monster BM221

    Base Colour: BYS Blue Night Star
    Stamp Colour: Collection 2000 – Moonlight Shine
    Top Coat of NYC

    Lol at the missing handle, I think the bottle got trodden on once a long time ago and the lid cracked to pieces.
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    My First Pink Wednesday

    25th May 2011
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    Pink Wednesdays is a great little scheme thought up by the ladies from Colour Coated, Glitta Gloves and Life and Polish. The premise is really simple. On Wednesdays, you wear pink polish and post it on your blog. If you want to join in, just click here to see more details.
    Today is my first pink Wednesday! 
    I don’t post (or even wear) many pink manicures, but when I was deciding which pink to use, I saw that I have way more than I thought and I hardly ever use them so this will be a great way for me to get more use out of my pink polishes.

    Plate: BM207

    Base Colour: BYS Pink Radiance
    Stamp Colour: BYS Glittering Purple
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    Sitting, Waiting, Swishing

    19th April 2011
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    I want to thank everyone for the amazing response I had to my recent EOTD post. You all seemed to like it so I’m looking forward to doing more in the future. You also reminded me that it’s my blog so I should basically post what I want which is something I sometimes forget and I then start worrying about the fact that I’m not a nail art machine when there’s no reason to get all stressed out about it!
    I don’t really have much of an opinion on these nails and I wasn’t even going to post this because I really can’t make up my mind about them. I don’t dislike the mani but I’m not in love with it either! I think it’s kind of ‘pretty’ but just not something I’m used to seeing on my nails, it’s a strange feeling!
    Base Colour: Glo Baby Glo from Primark – Fondant
    Stripe Colours: BYS in Glittering Purple and Rimmel I ♥ Lasting Finish in Azure
    I used a striping brush to paint on the ‘swishes’

    Have you voted for me in the Bundle Monster competition today? I hate shamelessly nagging and pestering you all but it would be really lovely if you could click over to the competition and give me a thumbs up! Just click here or here. Thanks!!
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    Scotch Tape Take Two

    26th March 2011
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    Try and say that ten times fast?!
    I just want to say thank you for all the lovely birthday messages. I truly loved them, thank you so much. It’s so good to hear that plenty of you are still acting young for your years and getting away with it!
    I’ve gone for a patchwork look this time with the scotch tape. The base is BYS Metallic Fuschia, then I painted on the purple sections with Barbara Daly Velour and the last layer is Rimmel Lycra Wear Black Satin. I used a thick top coat of NYC in an attempt to flatten out the lines.

    Then I added some little sequins which I think is a nice touch but I preferred it without.

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