Mini Motivational Monday & Which Giveaway Item(s)?

Hey guys, so this is going to be a really quick post. 

I promised I'd do a 25 follower giveaway, and I have passed that number but I am still doing one!!

I just wondered what item or items you would be interested in winning?

Here are a few of my ideas -

1. MAC Eyeshadow - Winner would choose the colour

2. MAC lipstick - Winner would choose the colour

3. MUA Items - These would be chosen by me - e.g. Eyeshadow palettes, single eyeshadows, lipsticks, blushes etc.

4. Nail Polish - Either Essie or OPI. Winner would choose colour



I have a poll in the sidebar of my blog so vote there, also comment below if you want!!

Voting will be open until 29/08/12 at 11am GMT so get voting :)



Here is a motivational quote for today - Mini Motivational Monday!!

The truth, right there!

Thanks for reading.

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Nail Of The Day: Classic French

So today I decided to do a classic fence manicure on my nails. I love doing this as I think it looks very pretty and gives you an overall polished look!

Base Coat - Revlon 'Post Trauma Nail Treatment' - £6.49 from Boots

White polish - Rimmel 'Nail Tip Whitener' - £4.59 from Tesco

Sheer Pink Polish - Essie 'Mademoiselle' - £7.99 from Superdrug

Top Coat - Orly 'Won't Chip Topcoat' - Amazon

If you would like to see a tutorial on this I would be happy to do one!!

Thanks for reading. xoxo

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Nail Of The Day - Rose Gold Zebra

This is my first manicure using my MoYou Stamping Kit. I chose to do a zebra print and I think it worked out pretty well for my first try. I chose to use Essie's 'Penny Talk' (which is part of the new Mirror Metallics Collection) as the base colour as I am currently OBSESSED with rose gold!

 Base Coat - OPI's 'Matte Nail Envy' - Buy from Amazon for £6.99
Base polish - Essie 'Penny Talk' - buy from Superdrug for £7.99
Stamping Polish - MoYou 'White 5ml'
Image Plate - MoYou 'N80'
Top Coat - Orly's 'Won't Chip' - Buy from Amazon for £6.84

Leave a comment if you like my manicure!

Thanks for reading. xoxo

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Haul - Boots, Primark, Wilkinson - 20/07/12

Boots: Hair, Nails, Lips

Essie 'Penny Talk' - buy from Superdrug for £7.99

This nail polish is a rose gold metallic colour. I am obsessed with rose gold at the moment and I love this polish. In the swatch above I used two coats but to be honest one would probably have been enough! I can't wait to paint all my nails this awesome colour after my current manicure has run its course. I was also thinking that when I do my first giveaway (which won't be until I have a few more followers) I could include this because it is so perfect!

Revlon's 'Kissable Balm Stain - Lovesick' - buy for £5.99 (promotional offer) from Boots

I bought this because I also have the colour 'Honey' and I absolutely love (almost) everything about it. I am going to do a complete blog post reviewing this product so stay tuned for that!!

Left to Right:

Toni & Guy 'Cleanse Shampoo for Dry Hair' - buy from Boots 

James Brown 'Volumising Mousse' 

Toni & Guy 'Nourish Conditioner for Dry Hair' - buy from Boots

I bought all of these products as part of the 3 for £10 deal that was on at the time - I don't know how long the deal will be on so you should check it out ASAP!

Primark - Clothes, Accessories

Left to Right:
Yellow Tank Top - £2.00
Long Sleeve V-Neck Top - £3.00
Turquoise Tank Top - £2.00

Left to Right:

Neon Statement Necklace - £5.00

Rose Gold Dome Earrings - £2.00

Black Patent Sandals - Reduced from £4.00 to £2.90

Wilkinson - DIY

Left to Right:

Dylon 'Fabric dye - Powder Pink - £2.99 from here
Dylon 'Dye Salt' - 48p from here
Dylon 'Fabric dye - Bahama Blue' - £2.99 from here

I bought these three products because I am planning to dip-dye a pair of shorts. I will be doing a DIY blogpost when I get around to doing it. Just waiting on the studs from ebay which should be here in about 2 weeks.

Hope you enjoyed the haul.

Thanks for reading. xoxo

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Leopard Print Manicure: Tutorial

Base coat - OPI 'Matte Nail Envy' - Buy here

Base colour (turquoise) - China Glaze 'For Audrey' - Buy here

Spot colour (purple/pink) - Essie 'Perky Purple' - Buy here

Nail art pen - Models Own 'Black' - Buy here

First, you should apply a base coat to 1) help protect your natural nails and 2) make the awesome leopard print design last longer!

Then you should apply a base colour. I chose to make my base colour opaque but you could do a sheer colour instead I suppose but I haven't tried that so don't know how it would turn out. I suppose you could also skip this step altogether but I don't know how that would look. Anyway, I chose a turquoise/tiffany blue colour and I painted two coats in order to make it opaque.

After your base colour has dried for a few minutes, you will need another colour. This will be applied completely randomly in dots over your nails. At this stage your nails will look a little crazy as the next step is what ties the manicure together.

After allowing the dots to dry for around 5-10 minutes, you will either need a nail art pen or black nail polish and a toothpick. You then simply paint/draw on a thin black outline around the dots leaving gaps to make it look like a leopard's spots. You should also paint black dots in the empty spaces on your nails. Do this until you are happy with the design.

After the black from the previous step has dried for another few minutes (enough time to ensure it doesn't smudge), you should use a top coat to protect your design, make sure your polish lasts and to give the design some shine. 

This is the finished design. I hope you found this tutorial helpful and enjoyed it!

If you think I should do more nail tutorials, leave a comment below!

Thanks for reading. xoxo

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