I bought five new A England polishes in the special offer at the beginning of the year. Technically they’re supposed to be a present for my birthday, but I’m sure my Mum and Dad won’t mind me wearing one of them a bit early 🙂 My favourite of the five I bought was Galahad, a […] 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
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
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
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
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