Mint fresh

Pastel shades are everywhere at the moment and as you may have seen in Springtime nail polishes post last Sunday, I have a few favorite pastel shades!

This week I've decided to colour my nails with the Barry M shade in 304 Mint Green. 

I painted my nails with two coats of polish. 

The rings I'm wearing here are primarily from River Island for about £2-3. The ring on my index finger I got from a stall at Spitalfields Market in London a few years ago. 

I also matched my nails to the earrings I was wearing.

I think these look so lovely and they were £6 from River Island. 

Thanks for reading, I hope you liked this post! Love, A x

Nailed it (notd)

HI! Hope you're all well..because I'm not, I have a really annoying cold and it has lasted just over a week and won't go away! 

I am back at work tomorrow for the first time in about three weeks which makes me sad, so this is the last time I can do a notd blog for a while as I cannot wear it to work. I have decided to go with a more grown up look today (well in my opinion this is grown up) 

I used a Collection nail polish (it was formally Collection 2000 btw) one that I have never used before and to be honest I wasn't quite sure what to expect as I used to use Collection a lot when I was younger as it was cheap and cheerful but after a while I stopped and moved onto other brands. I can't quite remember why exactly. So the other day I popped into my local Superdrug and saw that Collection  have also got a gel polish range too and as I am such a big fan of the Barry M ones I thought I would give this one a whirl too. 

I picked up the Collection Lasting Gel Colour in the shade Antique Rose 12 which is a pinky brown colour. These polishes have a wide brush applicator making it a lot easier and smoother to apply the polish. It comes out nicely and takes a few minutes to dry too. 

I would definitely recommend this product I was very pleased with the results as it left my nails looking shiny with a nice, overall colour. 

Thanks for reading, I hope you liked it! Love, a.x 

the daily nail! (notd)

HELLO!!

I thought i'd liven things up and change the font colour. My life is very exciting as you can tell haha.

The daily 'Nails of The Day' blog is here. Last night I went out with my mum and sister to the theatre to see a dance troupe perform a show about a young man's journey through life and portraying the loss of innocence. I'm not much of a thespian so to be honest I wasn't quite sure what to expect and also the only real reason we went was because my cousin Luke was in charge of the lighting and stage effects and as the company came down near us we wanted to see what he did. 

The production is called Echo by Zoielogic (check them out they are very good and if they come to a theatre near you I would definitely recommend it)

Back to the nails! I wanted to go with something bright and bold today as it's all rainy and dreary out. 

I used a Bourjois nail polish in the shade Lime Catwalk and it came out super smoothly and two coats gave my nails a nice shine!

Thanks for reading, I hope you liked it! Love, A.x 

Nails of the day!!

Good morning!! How are you all this dreary morning?

I've decided to do something a bit different with my nails today. I used a black nail pen I got in a set from The Ideal Home Exhibition a few years back, you could probably pick up similar ones online or use the Model's Own ones. And I used the brush part of the nail pen and did one stroke across my nail tips to give myself a funky little french manicure style..

This was also relatively quite easy to do too!

Thanks for reading, I hope you liked it. Love, a x

Barry M Gelly Hi shine review!

Hello lovelies! As you are all probably aware, I am a big fan of BarryM products and the BarryM Gelly hi shine nail polishes.  They cost £3.99 so one pound more than their other nail polishes and I think they are really very good. 

All of the gelly nail polishes have a fruit theme perfect for the spring or summer. As seen underneath I have: (Going L-R) Pomegranate, Mango, Greenberry and Blue Grape. 

With one to two coats it gives a nice, smooth, bold colour and once dried it gives a lovely shine to the nails. I find this nail polish slightly thicker compared to other barryM nail polishes so it may be quite gloopy when applied and it also takes a bit longer to dry.

As this is a hi shine nail polish there is no need for a top coat to be used, although if you want to use one I would say to wait about 20 minutes before applying it to make sure the coats are fully dried. 

I am very pleased with these nail polishes, if you are looking for a good polish, which is durable and provides even colour I'd totally recommend this one. 

Thanks for reading, I hope you liked it. Love,a x

Nails of the day

Good morning! So today I have decided to go with a vibrant citrus shade of BarryM's hi shine Gelly nail polish in Mango. I really like this colour and think it's a nice, summery colour.

Thanks for reading I hope you liked it, love. a, x

I'm blue da ba dee da ba di (NOTD)

Good morning you lovely lot! How are you all? 

This morning I'm wearing just a plain black skater dress with some ballet pumps so I decided to give my nails a nice splash of colour. 

I used the BarryM Gelly hi shine nail polish in 17 Blue Grape.

I liked the bold, blue colour and high shine that this polish gave. 

Thanks for reading, I hope you liked it. Love, A x

Just another manic(ure) Monday

Hello!!

Please appreciate my punny title today it took me a while..Almost as long as it took me to do my nails. 

I decided to glam up my nails today using a BarryM shade called 305 Pink Flamingo and a Model's Own shade called Gold Rush.

Please excuse the messy desk...

thanks for reading, I hope you liked it! Love, A.x