52WODN A Double Bubble Post ;)

Going on from my apology for being such a bad blogger I have decided to do a double 52WODN! Just to prove that I DO change my nails EVERY WEEK! :P

I was actually quite disappointed with the Revlon Mon Cherry (plain red above) as it chipped within minutes of me wearing it? Bad! But I think it may be faulty as I've never had a problem with Revlon polishes before :S I also don't think that the photo does justice to the Barry M Ruby Glitter polish as it's just BEAUTIFUL in real life XD

I hope you like these two, they are from the last two previous weeks as this week I am going...wait for it...BARE!? Only till Saturday as I want to try out a new cuticle cream/oil thing AND I want to make my nails SUPER special for Saturday Night's HRTC Xmas Party! :) Love you all, see you in the next post which may be not very beauty related :P x x x

So as part of my making up for being such a bad blogger pack of posts I thought I'd do Karen from Makeup and Beauty Blog's Monday Morning Poll questions for you and would love it if you'd copy and paste them and do a comment or your own post and link it to me in the comments? 

1. Do you wear mascara on your bottom lashes?
I do on occasion, when I go out to town or just when I really want a sexy dramatic look-which, lets face it is most of the time :P

2. Watching figure skating on TV: yes or no?
Yes when I was younger I used to love watching it with my mum and then pretending to do all the jumps in the living room afterwards...but nowadays all I can see on freeview is Dancing on ice and would I watch that? No.

3. What’s your favorite kind of pie?
My Favourite pie at the moment has to be this plum, fig & something...apple? pie from M&S at the moment, it's so sweet with just the right amount of bitterness and I LOVE it.

4. Is there someone in your life who’s always encouraged you to chase after your dreams?
A lot of my family are very good at being encouraging-even when things are really down...but my Mum does have to be the best at cheering me on and encouraging me to be whoever I want to be.

5. Besides laughter, what’s the best medicine?
A hug. I genuinely feel that people these days are really anti-touch and being warm with each other. Now I am not saying I go round hugging and squeezing just ol' anybody but it's very difficult to know whether you can hug somebody or not these days, which is a real shame as a good hug can make you feel so secure and comforted.

6. Have you ever dedicated a song on the radio to someone?
Urmmm, no, but I did sing on the Itchen College Radio when I was there...That was pretty awesome :)

7. Where do you feel the safest?
In my bed! haha, like a kid when you think there are monsters and you hide under your duvet...like that piece of cloth will protect you from anything! haha :)

8. Who makes the best drugstore nail polish?
Barry M! Without fail and I am sure most UK gals will agree ;) 

9. What shoes are you wearing today?
Slippers as I have been lounging around after a 10 mile hike round London yesterday, shopping, visiting Hyde Park's Winter Wonderland and then walking to the Albert Hall to watch Classical Spectacular performed by the Philharmonic!

10. Hello, would you like whipped cream with your hot cocoa? 
Hey Hun, Deffo-Sprinkles and Sauce too if you don't mind! ;) x
 

I hope you can all forgive me and I can't wait to share what I got from Illamasqua in London and I have a couple other treats up my sleeve... If you liked this piece +1 it! and tweet me your replies:

1. Do you wear mascara on your bottom lashes?
2. Watching figure skating on TV: yes or no?
3. What’s your favorite kind of pie?
4. Is there someone in your life who’s always encouraged you to chase after your dreams?
5. Besides laughter, what’s the best medicine?
6. Have you ever dedicated a song on the radio to someone?
7. Where do you feel the safest?
8. Who makes the best drugstore nail polish?
9. What shoes are you wearing today?
10. Hello, would you like whipped cream with your hot cocoa?
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LOTD-Ariel's Flounder Inspired Eye look :3

So this is my craziest look for a while, what can I say? Every once in a while I like to throw on a wig and just go for it?? My inspiration for this look was Flounder from the Little mermaid, plus I just couldn't wait to try out my new sugarpill neon elektrocute pigment which I got here: http://www.cocktailcosmetics.co.uk/prod/sugarpill-elektrocute-neon-pigments
 I love Cocktail Cosmetics and will certainly be buying more of these pigments!

Ma Strange Face ;D

Ma EYESSSS XD

All Products used :D

 I think next time I'll do my brows too, just to push it up a notch ;)

Hope you guys like this super crazy look! Let me know what you think about the pigments and recommend me some more sugarpill colours?? x o x o

52 WODN 4.11.13 Space Inspired...Out of this world :')

When you touch me I die, just a little inside, I wonder if this could be love, this could be love, cos' you're out this world, galaxy, space & time, I wonder if this could be love, this could love!! I am so in LOVE with Gaga's new song VENUS! I just think its so catchy and amazing, kinda reminiscent of Judas and I just cannot stop listening to it XD. Anyhoo, That is why this nail look is OUT of this world!

My Left Hand :)

My Right Hand :)

Polishes used-Barry M's Pink Sapphire Glitter & Sally Hansen's Purple Pulse

I am kinda into everything space-y at the moment, I've always loved the Star Trek movies :3 I am reading Hitch hiker's Guide to the galaxy (currently on the second part where they land on earth billions and billions of years ago) and I've been reading a lot into big bang & moon landing conspiracy theories :P haha, this is all in my spare time of course :P x

Halloween 52 WODN & I am going away tonight!

Today's 52WODN is for HALLOWEEN WEEK. Yes, sorry it's taken so long for anything Halloween-ey to be posted on here, but, tbh....I really don't like Halloween :( I don't like getting scared. I am such a wuss and Grannie I know but it's really not my thing...Christmas on the other hand!!-Don't get me started!! :D

So yeah, for this week I decided to do a 52WODN post that had my gruesome (kinda pretty) nails...

My Left Hand :)

Ma Left Thumb-io :)

My Right Hand!

Ma Right Thumb-io

Don't they kinda look like bloody lungs or body bits?? D: I dunno, but this is the best gore I can do :P
To get this look I just put on some Barry M Croc effect on top of just a wet base coat and once dry painted over Revlon's Mon Cherry -just the once to get the blood-ey effect :S

So, what d'ya think?? Not too bad, eh? :/ haha, well apart from Cutesey Frankensteins and fangs this was as horrible as I could go!

I go away tonight to see ma friend Annie at Uni! So I am excited for that and what shenanigans it may bring... ;) but keep your eyes peeled as there is a LOTD scheduled for tomorrow :) x x x

52WODN Last Installment of 3WeekFruitFest.....PINEAPPLES XD

XD <this kinda looks like a pineapple, no? haha, well it's the last week in my 3week Fruit fest!
And I cannot lie I have really enjoyed making it! Next time I pick a theme to run with I may do 4 or 5 weeks as once I had finished this last one I came up with so many other ideas! :P

Ahh well, to get this Pineapple inspired look all you need is a Steady Hand and Barry M's Textured Nail Paint in Station Rd, Model's Own Lemon Meringue Nail Polish, Claire's Accessories Glitter layer in Orange and a Orange Nail Art Pen :)

Polishes I used... :)

Here's what it looks like!...

My Left Hand :)

My Left Thumb :P

My Right Hand-Please excuse the Tippex from work... :O

My Right Thumb!

So, I think this week my Left Hand and Thumb win...sorry Right Hand! >.<

See you guys next week, I am not sure what the theme will be yet so why not Tweet me some ideas!? x x

52WODN Banana! Minions would be jealous of these nails... :P x

Minion!

This is the second week in my 3week Fruit Fest! My Kiwi's actually lasted over 10days without chipping-so that's really good, and you can see them here: http://tinyurl.com/mn3ep3e  But back onto this week! I kinda hinted at Bananas and when googling it, very few designs came up-however! I really, really liked this kinda pop-art-ey Andy Warhol Banana design...







 I used Barry M's 295 "Pure Turquoise" as the Blue Base coat, Barry M's Textured Nail Paint 304 "Station Road" as the Yellow Banana colour (the fact it's textured I think made it slightly better...more banana-erey. :P) I then used a black nail art pen (from Paperchase) to draw the outlines of the 'Nanas XD

My Left Hand :)

Left Thumb :D

My Right Hand XD

My Right Thumb!

I actually think ALL of my nails look really great!! Maybe this week Left Fingers get the gold rather than left thumb :P but right thumb is NOT that bad for once! :P I think you should all go and try this as it seemed to work really well! haha

x x x

52WODN Britain's Next Top Model Logo Inspired!

So today I really, really wanted to try out some proper Nail Art type stuff. Lines! Lines seemed like a great idea at the time! (Oh how wrong could I be!) Lines are soooo difficult to do!
Nonetheless, determined. I struggled on!
To be perfectly honest, though, I am quite pleased by how they turned out :D

The logo for a reminder ;)

I used Barry M's Nail Paint (NP66) as the White Base colour and my Primark Nail Art Pens in the purpley colour and black :) I also used a couple of gems but they have smudged a bit :/ 

My Left Hand :)

My Left Thumb :)

My Right Hand :)

My right thumb is ATROCIOUS! but oh well haha, I feel like every week when I do my nails, they're getting better and better, each week I feel a bit more adventurous than the last :D

Don't forget to check back tomorrow for my Look of the day post! (coming every Tues, Thurs & Sat!)

52 weeks of Delicious Nails 13.5.13 Green, Green, Green :D

Towards the end of last week the weather went SO cold! (or at least, quite rainy and windy-hence my power cut!! grrrr) And so this week I didn't really want too much of a Bright colour but felt like I wanted something sophisticated and sexy. So, I went for this matte forest green shade by Revlon "Emerald City" 032
and Simply coated the thumbs with Barry M's "Silver Glitter" 149 to give a bit of an interesting nail or feature nail to break up the dull greenness. That, and, I might just love glitter a tiny weeny bit :P

One thing I will say though, is I don't understand these "Matte" shades, I have it on now, it doesn't look very matte to me, granted-its not gloss. But it's not matte? I just don't get it :/

My Left Hand

Also, look at these adorable chocolates my grandma bought me!! I thought these were sooo cute and they tasted so great! Bought from a local independent sweet shop too! :') x

MooCow Chocolate

Beautiful Horsey Heads Chocolates :')

Did you see my EPQ post on Saturday about my New Beyonce' Designs? You can check them out here: http://tinyurl.com/ca8hopv

Kelly's Hen Do on Sat, Outfit, Makeup, Nails, THE LOT.

Kelly's Hen Night is this Saturday! (WOOO!) I am a little excited. Her theme is Neon. I kid you not, Neon. Here's my ideas for my makeup & a picture of my outfit (and, it's not on because I don't want to ruin the full effect :P).

 So, This is the Idea/design I came up with :P

Hen Do Neon Design I call it: La Neon.

 And these are all the products I found (that I own) That I thought would be suitable for creating a look along those lines...

Main Items Found for look

(from Left - Right) LOOK's "Flirty Flick" L:iquid Eyeliner (amazing stuff that doesn't budge!!) Model's Own "Luis Lemon" #137 Nail Polish, Barry M "Dazzle Dust" #76, Barry M "Fine Glitter Dust" #10, Lush Cosmetics' Cream Eyeshadow in "Lifted", Illamasqua's "Eurydice" Lipstick, Pop Beauty's "orange" eyeliner pencil, Hello Kitty "Starry Lipgloss" & The False Lashes are (eyelure's) Katy Perry's Self Adhesive "Darling" 's.

 I then also found these! (don't know whyyy I didn't look in my Sleek drawer first!?)



The Pout Polish is "Lemon Meringue" (but is not available anymore and dissapointingly doesn't smell like lemon meringue :P). It's actually not as pigmented as I was hoping! -But I'll mix some of the Barry M Dusts into it and then we'll be talking! ;) .



I also like the look of the eyeshadow slightly hidden behind it "Sand Dollar" from the relatively new Lagoon Palette. Doesn't that pink next to it look gorgeous? I can't wait to sink my teeth into that design ;) (I very often like to pick a square of the palette, act likes that the only quad I own and try and come up with a cool mix-Works a treat when you're in need of inspiration!)




And finally, I completely forgot I own a 168 colour palette! (Thank you Guy! ;) ) Opened it up and found this whole line of GEMS!

And Now, a picture of the outfit...all ready to rock & ruin ;)

My Neon Outfit XD (the pink shoe's my phone btw :P)

 *Just a quick side note: My first EPQ meeting with Bridget went so well! She loved my ideas! XD

52 Weeks of Delicious Nails 15.4.13

My Left Hand

 First week back to College after Easter Break, I wanted something soft & pretty yet well groomed and smart. I decided that muted pink and silvery glittery pink would be the way forward! XD I used Illamasqua's Jan as the Muted Pink shade (THIS STUFF STAYED ON FOR NEARLY 2 WEEKS BTW!) and the Glittery ones are Barry M's Pink Silver Glitter Nail Paint (number 337).

My Right Hand

 Below is My Gran's Nails (just cos' they're pretty!) The colour is gorgeous on her skin and is actually from one of those cheapy sets you get when you buy a makeup case. Probably something like Colour Club(?) It's unnamed and unbranded but worth the picture :')

My Gran's Right Hand

52 weeks of Delicious Nails 8.4.13

So, My Birthday was Yesterday! YAY! and now this Friday the band and I (Studio Couch, please like us on facebook!) have a Private party to play and it's dress up and as there's four of us, we're going as The Beatles XD So, we're all wearing Black suits and looking sooo Smart ;) Hence, I painted my nails Black & White to match my Suit :D.The Black is Barry M's number 47 Nail Paint and the White is also Barry M in number 66 :)

My Left Hand (My Right was the same just opposite colours)

52 Weeks of Delicious Nails :') 1.1.13

So, Every week I paint my nails a different design and colour, I don't have as many nail polish's as some people on youtube, neither do I have/use all OPI or Essie or China Glaze ;).
I actually think the majority of my nail polishes are Barry M, Models Own, Illamasqua (all apart from one recieved in the Mystery boxes) and Revlon.
This is what I did for New Year's and I used Barry M's Buzz Edition in Dark Pink and Covered it with Barry M's Pink Sapphire Glitter 352.

52 Weeks of Delicious Nails 1.4.13

My Left Hand

My Right Hand

So, I had to stop taking photos of my delicious nails and things as my phone (that was my camera, as it was fantastic) stopped working and broke :( (wahhh D:) now I have a new phone :) But the camera on it is ATROCIOUS. So, I have just started to take pictures with my actual digital camera and have started again :). This is my Easter inspired nails! The Speckled (W7's Salt & Pepper) represents the egg and the yellow (Barry M's New Texture Nails in Station Road 304) represents the chick from it :).