I love red nail varnish. In fact I love red. Currently, I have a matching red handbag, red scarf, and red leather gloves (which I bought way before the Mr Selfridge TV show popularised them … get me being ahead of a trend for a change!) And throughout the winter so far, my nails have […] Read more
I didn’t manage to get around to doing a kitchen sink manicure last Saturday. So here’s it is now … a couple of days late. I was already wearing Chanel Blue Boy, and had added the leopard spots accent nail. But as I wasn’t entirely happy with the leopard nail, I went over the inside […] Read more
I spent ages trying to draw these leopard spots. I watched some tutorials on YouTube and searched Pinterest and Google Images for some inspiration. I found something I liked and wanted to emulate, so tried freehanding the spots, just practising on a paper plate. But it was really quite woeful. Then I had a bit […] Read more
Chanel Blue Boy is one of only two Chanel polishes I own. I desperately want Malice, but I can’t find it anywhere at the moment, and I’m not paying eBay prices for it! It was supposedly available at Debenhams online just after Christmas, but after successfully adding it to my cart, checking out and then […] Read more
In case you didn’t know, exclusive UK distributor of OPI polishes, Lena White, is having a sale. So I just had to get My Boyfriend Scale Walls – an off-white that everyone raves about. I also looked for one on my wishlist, Ski Teal We Drop, but that’s not in the sale. But I also love the […] Read more
I love Nails Inc Devonshire Row. This is a real cheer me up colour. It’s not one of my untrieds, but it is an un-blogged polish. I bought it back in April last year, when I first started to do my nails. I wasn’t at the obsession stage then. I was just dipping my toe […] Read more
I have so much that I want to put on my nails that I can rarely leave a manicure alone. And today is no different: yesterday’s plain old brown has been stamped on. Today’s theme in the Facebook Adventures in Stamping group is light over a dark base. I already had the dark base (Beauty […] Read more
I was completely stumped about what manicure to do today. Yesterday, I created my kitchen sink manicure, but the base coats had been on for a few days longer than that and it was beginning to get some tip wear. So although I only posted it today, it was time to remove it and do […] Read more
Some of my lovely Twitter friends are doing an Everything But The Kitchen Sink Manicure challenge. The challenge is fairly straightforward: on Saturdays in January you do your nails in an “everything but the kitchen sink” fashion. That basically means that you do a mismatched manicure where all (or nearly all) the nails are different. If you want to see […] Read more
I’ve entered my very first nail art contest! It’s run by Debbie Crumpet and is aimed at those who either don’t have a blog, or those that do have a blog, but where it has fewer than 50 followers. Debbie was one of the very first bloggers I started following and I love how active she […] Read more