I recently splurged out on 14 L’Oréal polishes. Ordinarily, that would cost something like £70, but because these came from Fragrance Direct, they cost a bargainous £18.20. I love L’Oréal polishes. They are quite diddy at only 5ml, but the wide brush with its rounded end paints my nails wonderfully in just a couple of […] Read more
Christmas food was another tough challenge for me in the Crumpet’s Nail Tarts Christmas Winter Challenge. I didn’t really know what to do, and spent ages trawling through images of Christmas fayre for some inspiration. Ultimately, I couldn’t come up with anything original to do, so I went with the standard candy canes French tip […] Read more
The lovely photographer who took the photo of me that you see on this site is also a qualified CND technician (CND being the people behind Shellac nails). She also uses CND Vinylux, which is like a normal polish, but which has a special top coat that cures gradually in natural light, a bit like […] Read more
I was really stumped about what to do when it came to this toys prompt for the Crumpet’s Nail Tarts Christmas Winter Challenge. Then, I was listening to Absolute Radio, and on Christian O’Connell’s breakfast show, he was saying he was having trouble getting his daughter a Furby Boom, as everywhere was sold out. I […] Read more
Today is all about Christmas traditions for the Crumpet’s Nail Tarts Christmas Winter Challenge. There was so much I could have taken as inspiration for this prompt: Christmas trees, decorations, Christmas jumpers, mistletoe, gifts … the list could go on tenfold. I decided to go with holly. I love holly. I love the wonderfully shaped […] Read more
Today’s prompt for the Crumpet’s Nail Tarts Christmas Winter Challenge is holiday colours. So, like everyone else I presume, I thought of red, gold and green. As ever, I wasn’t immediately struck by the inspiration gods, and so asked my husband what he thought I should do. He said a harlequin design, which after a […] Read more
The next big nail art trend seems to be nail jewellery. I’ve seen plenty of celebs sporting various items on the red carpets, and there are even companies that now make real silver and gold nail jewellery – but it comes at a price that I cannot afford. Thankfully for us nail fanatics, there is […] Read more
I am a bit gutted about today’s prompt for the Crumpet’s Nail Tarts Christmas Winter Challenge. You see it calls for a winter nature scene, and I have the perfect stamping plate for it. But I don’t really have it – not yet, anyway. There’s a beautiful image in the Bundle Monster Create Your Own […] Read more
So, I’ve just completed my first ever challenge: the Crumpet’s Nail Tarts 33 Day Challenge. I am really pleased that I managed to keep up with it. I’m not really one for swatching my nails and then scheduling posts. I’ve always just posted what I’m currently wearing on my nails. So this was the first […] Read more
Well, this is it. It’s the very last day of the Crumpet’s Nail Tarts 33 Day Challenge. Today, we can either do anything we like (freestyle) or we can recreate another manicure from the challenge. There have been so many brilliant manicures, but I really fell in love with a very simple, but really well […] Read more