What are glequins, you may be asking? Well, they were called that by the inimitable Sammy of The Nailasaurus, as a conjunction of the words glitter and sequins, because they are larger than one, but smaller than the other. Cool name, I think, and it seems to have pretty much stuck in the nail polish […] Read more
That’s it. No more housework for me! I chipped the nail on the index finger of my left hand while filling the dishwasher. I filed down and rounded off the missing corner, which enabled me to keep the length of the nail, but it looks silly now. I’m thinking I may need to round the […] Read more
So many polishes: so little time! My stash of untried polishes keeps growing. A month ago, I had 104 untried polishes. Despite manicuring my nails every two or three days, and proactively trying to get through those polishes, I have bought and been given loads more, so the untried number has actually grown: to 117. […] Read more
I am shocked! A month ago I entered a nail art competition. And I’ve just found out that I won it! It was run by Debbie of The Crumpet, who’s A BIG THING in the nail world. She’s got tons of followers, runs lots of challenges and has Facebook groups about all sorts of different […] Read more
Today’s manicure is Smokey Lilac from Beauty UK. The name’s really accurate. It’s not a girly, pinkish lilac at all. It definitely has a dusky smokiness to it. Smokey Lilac comes from the Urban Girl collection, a set of six bottles that cost just £5. As with the other collection I have, these bottles aren’t […] Read more
When I first started doing my nails and reading nail blogs, I came across the word “lemming”. I was perplexed at first; it seemed to be both a noun and a verb. As in: “that’s a lemming of mine” and “I have been lemming for that”. I had no idea what these people were all […] Read more
I’m taking part in a Trade School event today. If you’re not aware of these, they’re classes that run on a barter system. The teacher gives a class on something they know about, and instead of paying to attend, the delegates bring something the teacher has asked for – like food, clothes, knowledge or practical […] Read more
I’ve joined in the Everything But The Kitchen Sink Saturday challenge once again, this time with a hearts manicure. Three of my nails have a base of OPI I Have A Herring Problem, which I was wearing yesterday; the other two have Nina Silver Slipper. I started by adding the silver hearts to my ring […] Read more
Last night I added to my red manicure with some black chevron tips. They weren’t too bad, but I smudged the black in one place when I top-coated them, and a few of my lines weren’t perfectly straight either. Because of that, I took it off even before it had dried. I had a business […] Read more
Texture on nails is the new black! It seems that UK brand, Ciaté, is pretty much always the innovator. They were first to bring out the caviar manicure and the velvet manicure. Although very soon online retailers were selling cheaper versions of both. And then – for those of us in the UK – MUA […] Read more