NOTD: Revlon Colorstay Nail Polish - Rain Forest

I know I have been absent on here for quite some time and I know I promised some hauls. I am devoting most of my time to school at the moment so I am going to be blogging less frequently and will aim for once a week. I will get around to doing hauls, but I am going to split it into categories, e.g. Makeup, clothes etc.

For now though, I have a NOTD for you. I purchased this nail polish in Arizona and couldn't wait to try it out!

Base Coat - Nails Inc 'Kensington Caviar Base Coat - £12.00 from Boots

Nail Polish - Revlon Colorstay Nail Enamel in 'Rain Forest' - £7.99 from Boots

Top Coat - Orly 'Won't Chip Top Coat' - £11.10 from Amazon

I think we can all agree that it's a beautiful colour, and a very Autumnal one at that!

Sorry for the briefness of this post (and the blurriness of the photo), but look forward to some hauls in the near future.

Thanks for reading.

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Nail Tutorial: Galaxy Design!

So, last night I painted my nails. I wanted to do something I had seen and re-pinned on pinterest. I absolutely love the look I created and hope you will try it too if you like it!

 Products used:

(C = Colour, G = Glitter)

Base Coat - OPI 'Matte Nail Envy' - £7.50 from Amazon

Colour #1 - BCBG 'Reflection'

Glitter #1 - Models Own 'Disco Mix' - £5.00 from Models Own

Colour #2 - OPI 'Skull & Glossbones' - £11.00 from Look Fantastic

Colour #3 - BCBG 'Limelight'

Colour #4 - Barry M 'Turquoise' - £2.99 from Superdrug

Colour #5 - No7 'Lucky Lilac' - £7.00 from Boots

Glitter #2 - Models Own 'Ibiza Mix' - £5.00 from Models Own

Top Coat - Orly 'Won't Chip' - £6.84 from Amazon

Here's how:

1. Apply a base coat to protect your natural nails.

2. Paint an opaque coat of a dark blue/navy polish. This will be the base colour of your galaxy!

3. Next, paint one coat of a purple or blue glitter polish with small flecks.

4. Next, sponge on white (or light grey) polish to create the focal point for your manicure. I chose to do light grey polish because I thought white would be too intense. However, looking at it now, I think I should have done white...

5. Next, to give the white (grey) more depth, sponge on light green, blue and purple polish.

6. After this, sponge on black polish to create the look of deep space.

7. Next, paint on a layer of glitter. I chose a multicoloured glitter but you can use whichever you prefer, just make sure the flecks are fairly large.

8. Finally, add a topcoat to seal in your design, help it last and give it some shine!

Hope you enjoyed this and please send me photos on twitter or by email if you recreate this design, I'd love to see them!!

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: Pink Fishnet

So after my Rose Gold Zebra Nails, I decided to go with something a bit more edgy but girly at the same time. So here's what I decided on:

Base Coat - Orly's 'Bonder' - £6.55 from Amazon

Pink Polish - OPI 'Pink Friday' - £8.25 from Look Fantastic

Stamping Polish - MoYou 'Black 5ml'

Image Plate - MoYou 'N80'

Top Coat - Orly's 'Won't Chip' - Buy from Amazon for £6.84

Hope you liked it!!

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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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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