Candy Nails

I love creating beautiful nail designs for photo shoots. These nails were for my competition in London. Unfortunately I ran out of time and didn't get to use them. They have been kept safe though for when I  can do my candy photo shoot coming up soon.

I started by using double sided tape and sticking each nail to a cotton bud. I find it the easiest way to apply nail varnish without mess. I used 3 colours and created an ombré effect. First I painted the nails white and then painted the orange colour directly onto a sponge. The sponge was rolled back and forth across the nail for a light faded edge. Then I repeated the action with the pink, each time allowing for drying in between. Last but not least I glued some hundreds and thousands to each corner. I would have liked to have done the reverse corner for the other hand but forgot.

To keep the nails safe during transport I used my Benefit box, filled with cotton wool. Who'd have thought that tiny box which use to house my eye shadows would come in handy?! 

oX Wendy Xo

New Nail Wraps by Avon review

One word describes the new nail wraps by Avon, stylish! Avon have really come up trumps this time and are bang on trend with 10 graphic and blinged nail wraps. I bought these 6 weeks before the public could get their hands on them and everyone said how beautiful my nails were. They are half price on introduction at just £4. My favourite are the Hot Pink Bling wraps as they are so pretty! There are also zebra print, racy lacy, mosaic, bows for you plus many other statement designs. 

Nailene Ultra Quick nail glue review

I've been meaning to review this little beauty for some time. It's become a staple in my nail collection. I have to wear fake nails these days as my own are so brittle that they break half way down the nail easily. On my thumb nail at the minute its spilt on both sides! Maybe it's my diet, but I think it's more than likely to do with the amount of chemicals I have to handle, often without gloves, at work.

O.P.I Nail Envy Review

I've been complaining a lot lately of how frequently my nails break and flake, nail polish has no staying power. It was suggested I try Nail Envy by a few bloggers who swear by it. So on my way out of the cinema the other week I popped into Boots and hunted high and low but eventually I found it. My mouth fell open when I saw the price, £18.65!!! Seriously?? At that price I expect a bucket of the stuff.

Makeup Storage

 

I've finally got around to creating some storage for all my makeup. I had tons of stuff in boxes in my spare room which has been driving Stuart up the wall. I never seem to have the time or energy to sort through it all. I was given two days off together from work after 4-5 weeks of 1 day off each week. I've been knakered! I was so relieved to have some time to go through it all.

Reviewed: Essie Matte About You Topcoat

 

I heard so many good things about this product from other bloggers that I just had to find out what the hype was all about. Essie's Matte About You is a versatile, quick drying topcoat.

 

It's frickin' awesome! I adore this little beauty. At only £8 it's a bargain and you can create such amazing effects with it. It's incredibly fast drying, I mean blink and it's dry! So be careful when applying and do it quickly. It goes over just about any nail polish. You'll be surprised at how this will give your fav nail polish a new makeover. Essie also says that wearing hand lotion is fine with this product, you can apply as much hand lotion as you want without it interfering with the product. I did find that after a couple of days the matte did seem to fade but this was only with the black nail polish, with the pink I wore in my previous post, you can find that HERE, the effect lasted much longer. Depending on what polish you apply this topcoat over you will receive differing results.

How to use Models Own Glitter Magenta Divine

 

Glitter nails were all the rage at Christmas, full on in your face glitter. The kind that didn't come off, layer upon layer of glitter. I tried that look once and decided not to do it ever again. Opting for a more classic polished nail. I hate to waste things though, especially when something is as pretty as this Models Own glitter polish. Honestly, before today it was still sealed. I bought it in December at the Clothes Show so I could get a free goody bag. I love pink! Hot, soft, salmon, coral, any shade of pink and I'll wear it. I haven't done a nail post in awhile so thought I'd throw something together and see what happened.

Christmas Eve Nails

It's Christmas Eve! *dances* For someone who wasn't really doing Xmas this year due to money problems I'm actually quite excited :D I'm looking after my partner today as he has my terrible cold. He's snuggled up in bed with soup and the cat. I'm watching The Santa Claus and eating cheese on crackers.

Clothes Show 2012: Goody Bag #2

 

Second post in my goody bag series which I collected from The Clothes Show on 7/12.  As an avid Cosmo reader since the age of 15 this bag was always going to be my fav. It's a shame their bags weren't as awesome as the Models Own and my were the staff in a tizzy. Their wasn't enough change so I had to wait to be served while they found some. 

 

Cosmopolitan and Company Magazine had teamed up at The Clothes Show this year. The goody bag only cost £3 can you believe it?!? Cosmo itself is £3.60 and Company £2 ✩

Clothes Show: Goody Bag #1

This is a first in a series of goody bag posts which I collected from The Clothes Show this week. Check out the fabtastic bag above! It's huge! I wish nail polishes came that size. The Goody bag was FREE with the purchase of 3 Nail colours for just £5 ... yep I typed that right £5!!

The Clothes Show 2012 Review

 

 

A couple of weeks ago I wasn't even thinking about The Clothes Show in Birmingham. Partly due to the fact I hadn't been in years as I couldn't afford to go and it was the same this year. I just happened to enter a competition to win 2 tickets to The Clothes Show Live run by the wonderful Caroline Lichfield @Caroline__Mary on her BLOG and won! I couldn't believe my luck and called my sister to tell her the good news. She was bouncing off the walls as she's been on at me for ages about going.

Glamour Nail Polish Giveaway

(NOW CLOSED) I have reached 50 blog followers via GFC and even though to ome this is a small amount I really am so pleased. Never did I think that people would actually want to read what I write.

 

I love Glamour Magazine so when I saw it giving away these wonderful nail varnishes free I had to buy a couple of mags! I bought the red and gold sparkle as I thought them very festive and instead of keeping them for myself I want to give them away. For you my lovely readers I bought 2 magazines but only read the one ;)