Maybelline Forever Strong - Porcelain Pink
Essie - Good As Gold
Look Beauty Nail Pop - Vintage
Hi,
Today I'm bringing you a slightly different post.
Basically I made my own kindle cover, using an old hardback book… I would make this post a tutorial on how I made it, but I basically just did exactly what the guy does in the video below…
This is how mine turned out, and I'm pretty proud of my efforts if I'm honest…
So, there we have it…
It's a nice way to spend an hour!
Thank you for reading.
Today I'm bringing you a slightly different post.
Basically I made my own kindle cover, using an old hardback book… I would make this post a tutorial on how I made it, but I basically just did exactly what the guy does in the video below…
This is how mine turned out, and I'm pretty proud of my efforts if I'm honest…
It's a nice way to spend an hour!
Thank you for reading.
It would seem that I am developing a little bit of an obsession with mint green nail polishes… so I thought I'd do a post showing you a few of my favourites.
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| Rimmel Lycra Pro - Peppermint, Bourjois So Laque - Bleu Model |
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| Nail Pop - Vintage, Essie - Mint Candy Apple |
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| Barry M Nail Paint - Mint Green, Maxfactor - Cool Jade |
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| Primark Nail Polish - Mint Green, All About Nails - Mint Snow |
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| Collection Hot Looks - Button Moon |
I thought about writing a little low down of each one but through fear of repeating myself, I won't bother… basically, they are all a minty… green colour! and the differences between then aren't actually that significant, other than that they are slightly varying shades of mint green and opacity. What I've found with minty shades is that it can often be a deceptive little fiend… meaning that it doesn't always end up what it looks like in the bottle, (Take the Boujois Bleu Model for example, looks lovely in the bottle… but needs about 4 coats before it's opaque, as much as I love painting my nails I don't particularly want to sit around all day waiting for it to dry to have to do another coat!) But I suppose that could be said for any bottle of nail polish. I would say though, if I were to recommend you buy any of these it would have to be either Essie or Look Beauty Nail Pop, as to me they are both faultless and apply like a dream.
Anyway, as always Thank You for reading.
Do you have a favourite mint polish?
Nails inc - Copacabana
Nails inc - Chelsea Embankment
This post, as the title suggests is a rundown of my favourite summer nail polishes.
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| Kiko - 336, Maybelline Forever Strong - Bubble Gum, Essie - Pink Parka, American Apparel - Neon Red |
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| Maybelline Forever Strong - Ceramic Blue, American Apparel - Summer Peach, 17 - Parma Violet, Essie - Mint Candy Apple |
I wanted to choose a variety colours, and I've split them into Brights and Pastels.
So heres my selection. I'll start with the brights:
My first choice is Kiko, 336. At least I think that's what it's called, there doesn't seem to be a name on it as such. I chose this one for the colour really, the application of this one is quite sloppy and its not as pigmented as I hoped. Alternatively I would have chosen the Miss Sporty nail polish in Pop Fiction, but I don't have that anymore. I think a bright cobalt blue is great in the summer, and not a colour you see very often.
My next choice is an American Apparel Neon polish, appropriately named Neon Red. This is a gorgeous neon coral colour and is ridiculously difficult to photograph, I wore this on holiday in april and it instantly made me feel summery. No photo will do it justice, but if you like corals you need this. the application is lovely too. and it only needs one coat.
Another really difficult one to photograph is Essie's Pink Parka, a relatively new acquisition to me, thanks to a recent blog sale. All I need to say is NEON PINK. What is summer without a neon pink thrown in the mix.
Again, another bright pink, this time in the form of Maybelline Forever Strong in Bubble Gum. This is a pretty standard hot pink with blue undertones, but it applies really nicely and lasts a good week without chipping.
Talking of Bubble Gum, another polish I want to mention is a GOSH polish, of the same name. This is my favourite pink nail polish EVER, and it would have been included had I been able to find it to photograph. It's a perfect creamy barbie pink, and is a dream to apply.
Ok on to the pastels:
I love pastel shades, and my first choice is Maybelline Forever Strong - Ceramic Blue. When I bought this I thought it was really unusual looking, it's a difficult one to photograph again, it's a pastel blue with an electric blue undertone. The application is a little patchy but if you do thinner coats it's ok.
My next choice is American Apparel, appropriately named Summer Peach. Its a lovely creamy peach, again a little difficult to apply, and I find you have to be super neat with this or it just looks really messy even if its not that badly applied! other than that its a really nice shade, that for some reason reminds me of ice cream.
This next shade is a recent purchase, and has also been previously featured on here. I love this shade, I'd describe it as a bright a pinky violet. again a difficult one to photograph, but it applies really nicely and dries really quickly too.
This next choice needs no introduction really, it is of course Essie - Mint Candy Apple. the perfect minty pastel green. I've found this to apply really nicely again, although I've heard otherwise. It looks great with a tan, but also works on lighter skin tones, as it doesn't wash you out.
So, there we have it, A round up of some of my favourite summer nail polish shades. I love accessorising with my choice of nail colour and I really think it adds just that little bit extra to your look and style.
Thank You for reading.
What are some of your favourite shades for summer?
I want to dedicate this post to my Dad, who unfortunately will never get to see it.
I'm not going to write an essay telling you how amazing he was as a father and a person. He was a man of very little words himself, so it seems fitting to keep this short. so, I'll try.
One of the things I miss the most about my dad is how safe he made me feel, in whatever situation. As a child I would hold his big strong hands and instantly feel like no one could hurt me. As long as I had my dads hand to hold, I was safe.
I held his hand, as we watched him slip away from us. I don't think I'd ever held his hand so tight up until that moment.
I miss you with every atom on my being.
Until we meet again old fella.
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| those hands. |
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| ready..? Cheese! |
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| I don't think either of us were ready for this picture... |
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| Proud Granddad. |
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| Twins? |
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| how many fathers would let their daughter make them into a panto dame for an assessment? |
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| He would do anything for me. |
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| I hope he's looking down on us now. I love you Dad. |
I picked up two of the Natural Collection the other day and I just felt the need to write a blog post about them.
I got the shades Butterscotch and Milk Chocolate and I have to say I'm very impressed so far. Here are a few swatches
These shadows are so soft its unbelievable, and only £1.99 each...
I got the shades Butterscotch and Milk Chocolate and I have to say I'm very impressed so far. Here are a few swatches
and a quick look I did using them thrown in for good measure.
This is just a quick look I did today.
(Some pictures are with flash.)
Hi, So Boots are giving away their £5 No.7 vouchers again so I thought I'd thought take advantage and purchase a few things.
So, with the vouchers they came to £6.50 and £5.50 respectively (I did two separate transactions).
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| Lip Shine is on the Left and the Crayon is on the right. |
Swatches
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| Nourishing Lip Shine - Pink |
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| Poppy King Lip Crayon - Dancing. |
