Matte berry nails

I love berry shades especially in the winter I think wine, berry and burgundy shades come into their own. I haven't painted my nails in a long time as they've become a little bit short and also I must admit I have been a bit lazy and just couldn't be bothered.

I used these this Barry M shade in Raspberry and a Rimmel London matte top coat to create this. 

I used two coats of the Barry M colour and then when they were tacky and almost dry I then used the matte top coat and waited about twenty to thirty minutes until my nails were fully dried to do normal things again.

Ta da! The finished look. 

Here's a closer shot. I really love the matte effect.

What's your favourite winter colours? 

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

Barry M Aquarium nail polish in Pacific.

Barry M has to be one of my favourite high street beauty brands. I love that their products are very affordable yet also very good quality too. I am a big fan mainly of their nail polishes as they apply so well only using one or two layers and also their vibrant and vast array of colours too!

So say hello to Barry M's Aquarium collection with four different two tone shades which glimmer differently in every angle. As well as two new glitter top coats which go perfectly on top of these colours. 

My sister picked me up the shade Pacific on Wednesday and I wore it out last night and I really liked it and got some compliments on it too. 

This is the pacific shade. As you can see it has different shades of blues and greens.

I really like this colour, I felt like a mermaid wearing it! 

These polishes are £3.99, they took two coats for me to get the desired effect. And I think they look really cool and would look great on my toes in the summer time. 

My favourite spring time nail polishes

At the moment I am really loving this pastel colours trend and I have picked out seven of my favourite pastel polishes I am using a lot this Spring. 

I used two coats of each colour. 

From left to right on each photo the colours are: 

Nails Inc- Warwick Avenue 

BarryM- 318 Peach Melba 

BarryM- 306 Blueberry Ice

Collection- 33 Button Moon

Rimmel London- 420 Aqua Cool

BarryM- 304 Mint Green

Sinful Colors- 1033 Pistache

I'd have to say out of them all I am most impressed with the Sinful Colors shades as they are cheap at £1.99 (bargain) they come out really nicely and with this shade  especially it has little glittery bits in it too. A downside of these are they seem to take forever to dry! 

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

Magenta and Silver

For my nails this week I used a Champneys polish in the shade Magenta which I got in a gift set from my mum for my birthday. As well as a Barry M nail polish effect in 319 silver foil. 

I painted all fingers apart from my ring finger in the Champneys colour and used the silver on that one. 

And a clearer picture of my nails beneath. 

I think they look really cool and glam! 

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

Mango nail paint

I am a big fan of pretty much all Barry M products, however out of all their nail polishes I do like their hi shine gelly nail paints the most. 

Today I am using the shade 320 Mango. 

 I really like this colour it's really bold and bright. Plus it only needed one coat because it's a gel polish. 

I don't often wear this shade and will probably use it more in the summer. 

I can't remember where the big leopard face ring is from but I know the midi ring is from Topshop. 

Nude nails

Hi! I haven't painted my nails nor have I done a nails post in a long time. I bought a new polish on Monday in a really nice nude shade by Rita Ora by Rimmel London. I must admit I am usually quite sceptical of nude colours like this as they tend to take a lot of coats to get a decent all over shade. On the back of this polish it does say it's a one coat nail polish it took me about three to four coats to get a colour I was happy with. 

 

I am pleased with the finished colour and they dried quickly too! 

I'm just going to go around the edges of my fingernails with a cotton bud dipped in nail polish remover to get any excess off. 

This Rimmel polish is called 513 Lets Get Nude and cost £3.69. 

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

Make up storage

Why hello there!

Recently I had a massive room clear out and got rid of a lot of clothes from my wardrobe and some of it I gave to a charity shop. I like to think I'm quite good at decluttering and I managed to free up a lot of space including two drawers. A my old make up box was getting old and somewhat overflown I moved all of mu make up bits into a drawer in my wardrobe. I have sectioned everything neatly using boxes that different Boots three for two sets came in like their Ted Baker boxes. 

Wardrobe drawers. Everything is a lot easier to find now. 

A girl can never have too much make up, right?

All my nail varnishes are now stored in a Hugo Boss perfume box set. 

I swatched every colour and if I'm looking for a specific one I wrote the name and brand on it too (organised much?!?) 

In another box I've stored all my eye makeup including eye shadows, mascara, eyeliners and a sharpener. 

In another box I've stored all my lip stuff including, balms, scrubs, lip pencils, lipsticks, lip glosses and because there wasn't enough room elsewhere I put my jazooli contouring kit in here too. Beneath this I put all my brushes in between. 

I also put all my powders, foundations, primers, blusher and bronzer together in this box. 

Behind all this I put all my body butters and other things I didn't know where to put..

This is where Mr body butters and Mrs body scrubs live. 

Other body butters, hand creams, lotions and nail pens live here. 

In this last box I have put all my nail stuff like false nails, nail glues or nail transfers. 

I picked these funky falsies up in Primark for 50p! 

I also keep these eyeliner transfers in here too. I haven't used them yet even though I've had them for quite a while. 

I got these ages ago in Topshop and I think they look really cute. I'm just waiting for the right occasion to use them. 

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

My favourite nail art wheel!

Hello everyone I hope you're all having a good week! 

As you all may know I am slightly obsessed with all things nail arty! So I created this nail wheel of all my current favourite nail art ideas! 

From the top white one going clockwise:

Barry M white with a black nail art pen to create the look of a moustache but now I think if looks more like a bat ha! 

I used a collection lasting gel colour in coral reef with a black nail art pen.

I used a Barry M nail paint in Mint Green with a white nail art pen.

I used a Barry M nail paint in black. Then used a white nail art pen and drew a triangle from the top of the nail. I waited for that to dry and then used a black nail art pen to draw a bow tie and three small shirt buttons. I did a tutorial on this a few years ago which should be on my blog somewhere! 

I then used a Gosh nail paint in the shade 569 Flamingo all over the nail. When that dried I drew a black stripe down the nail and coloured the other half in white. I find it easier to do it this way as I don't have a very steady hand. In the white side I used the liner side of a black nail art pen. 

For this one I used a Rimmel London shade in Oh Boy You're So Fine. I waited for that to dry and then used a Barry M white polish to dab random spots and shapes on the nail. Then went round the white parts with a black nail art pen either dotting round them or a semi circle. 

I used a Barry M colour in bright red. Then at the tip of the nail I drew some white lines. Once they dried i drew an anchor over the top with a black nail art pen. 

I used a nude colour No7 colour for the base. I used a brown Barry M shade to randomly dot on the nail. Once that had dried I added extra details with a black nail pen around the brown dots or in any empty spaces. 

For the top half of the nail I used a 17 yellow polish and I used an old eye shadow applicator as I lost my sponge and dabbed on the Barry M gelly nail paint in the colour mango. Once this had dried I drew a palm tree with a black nail art pen. 

The base colour i used was Barry M paint in Cyan blue. Once that dried I used a white nail art pen to draw clouds. 

I used an orange gelly nail polish in mango. At the bottom I used a black nail art pen and used a white pen to fill in the middle. Once that dried I wrote POW with a black nail art pen and used the white pen to add dots to the orange part. 

I used the Barry M white paint for the base colour and a black nail art pen to draw the cross. 

I used a blue/purple colour and drew an A on it with a black pen. 

Next I used a Model's Own colour in 24 carat gold and went over the top with a Model's Own hed kandi in disco heaven. Over that I drew a lightning stripe shape with a black nail pen. 

I used a collection lasting gel colour in Antique Rose and drew a black stripe down the middle. Then on the the other side i used the models own hed kandi glitter to add a bit of sparkle.

It's not really nail art but the next nail is possibly my favourite nail colour. It's black cherries by Rimmel London! I love it! 

I used a Barry M black nail polish and used a matte polish at the tip of the nail. 

And last but not least I used a collection nail polish in Look At Me and then used a black nail art pen to draw little zig zags across it. 

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

Breakfast at Tiffany's.

Hello!

It has been quite a while since I have posted a nail art post but this year I have promised to make them more of a regular thing in 2014 after all I have a real passion for nail art and all things beauty! 

So I was watching Breakfast at Tiffany's when I got the inspiration to do these nails a few days ago. I used Barry M's hi shine gelly nail polish in the shade Green Berry and I used a Models Own nail art pen to add the bow detail.  

So I used one or two coats of the gelly polish an let them dry completely. Then on my middle finger I drew a line down the middle and then one across that. I waited for both the two white lines to dry then I drew a sort of oval shape coming up from the centre of the two lines to create a bow shape. Then underneath I drew two straight lines to recreate the look of ribbon strands. And tada! 

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

Gold Finger

Hello!

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a lovely New Year's Eve. I went out with Titch and a few other friends and we saw in 2014 and all had a really nice night! I used a set of Star by Julien Macdonald stick on nails for this too. 

These usually cost £8 but I got these last year if not the year before in the sale for about £6. I really like these However I do find it frustrating how they don't stay put for very long. They come with some adhesive on them but it doesn't stay so I bought a special quick drying nail glue which makes them last about 3/4 days. 

Overall I am impressed with these and they really make a statement! 

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