I came home yesterday from a day’s training (I run one-day marketing courses in London) to find a package waiting for me. For a moment, I couldn’t recall having ordered anything, so I ripped it open to discover five new A England polishes! Oh yes, now I remember. [Ooops, must stop ordering polish! Bank balance […] Read more
Following on from my earlier post about there being free Barry M polishes in Boots, I have just found out that Barry M also has two special editions coming out in Superdrug. They are apparently available from Wednesday 5th December and you get one free when you spend £6 or more. Or (unlike the Boots […] Read more
I popped into Boots this morning – not for nail polish for a change – but of course I couldn’t help but have a quick look at them all, could I? And I’m glad I did because there are a few offers on that I took advantage of. Firstly, Revlon polish is on offer. When […] Read more
My husband hates this manicure, but I love it. He says the colours don’t go. Well, that was the idea really: to use contrasting colours in order to get a stand-out effect. But you can’t win them all. The pink half moons are Models Own Raspberry Crush, which was one of the freebie polishes I […] Read more
I learned from Swishie Nails’s blog post today that More magazine was giving away two Model’s Own nail polishes. These usually cost £5 each, but as the mag is only £1.50, that’s a bit of a bargain. I didn’t want to miss out, and my lovely husband offered to go and buy the magazine for me! […] Read more
I was loving my snowflake nails, but they chipped. Typically I just re-paint the chip and all is good, but because it’s the weekend, and we are stuck in with builders sorting out our hallway floor, I have plenty of time today to do a new manicure. Sometimes it takes me an age to decide […] Read more
My previous manicure has lasted really well, but I was getting a bit bored with it, so decided to jazz it up with some stamping. On Facebook, I’m a member of the group, Adventures in Stamping. There’s a weekly challenge manicure where everyone has to stamp according to a theme. This week’s theme is “over […] Read more
When buying some nail polish recently I was overcharged but didn’t realise until I got home. My husband returned to the shop for me, and instead of a refund, picked me up a new polish – gotta love him! He chose China Glaze Tempest. This is a shimmer polish with a hint of a duochrome. […] Read more
I thought I would freshen up yesterday’s manicure with a bit of stamping. There are special polishes that work with stamping plates. They’re thicker and more pigmented. But there are plenty of other “regular” polishes that work just fine. Without knowing if the colour I chose would be one of those or not, I took […] Read more
I woke up this morning with wrecked nails. Yesterday’s manicure had come off (OK, I had picked it off), but worse than that, I had a broken nail. I was having too much of a good time (and too much to drink!) and caught my hand on someone else, breaking off the top of the […] Read more