Happy Valentine's Day!

Hi Guys,

Long time no see? I know, I'm a terrible blogger! This week we have been doing lots of boring things around the house, but we're getting somewhere. My son's room is nearly finished. His blinds are cut to size and put up, his normal ceiling light has been taken down and there is a sun in it's place, and his room is coming together exactly how I wanted it to! I also organised my Helmer on Tuesday... There will be a post on that either tomorrow or next week, time depending...

Anyway, today is Valentine's Day, not that you would know it in my house! Let's just say we aren't all pink hearts and love songs here!

Nevertheless, this is Valentine's Day and I wanted to mark it with a pretty pink manicure. This is the first manicure that I have photographed in my new lightbox. I got it on Monday, and while I was playing with it I knocked over one of the lamps and the bulbs went. So I bought new bulbs and replaced both, so I hope you like the new photos!

Here's the mani:

Let me just say, it felt really good to do a little bit of nail art, even if it was just a little bit!

The polishes I used were: 

17 Simply Pink - three coats (pale pink)

Revlon Sparkling - one coat (glitter)

Orly Miss Conduct - two coats (cranberry scattered holo)

I freehanded the heart as best as I could with the brush from the bottle, and then at the left hand side I used my opposite thumb nail to create the line. Then I filled the gap with Simply Pink with a striping brush.

I love how this looks, it's the first thing like this I've done in absolutely ages!

What do you think of the lightbox photos? I'm really happy with them, the bulbs give off the perfect level of light. The only thing I must say is that I didn't use a matte top coat. This was glossy (I used the Models Own topcoat) but the diffused light takes the glossiness away. I don't mind how it looks, but it's worth a mention!

If you want to know more about my lightbox and lamps, then check back next week because I'll hopefully have a post up about it!

Happy Valentine's Day. Whether you're single, in a relationship, or "it's complicated" I hope you're having a great day!

Easter Egg Nails

Happy Easter Everyone!

Sorry I'm posting so late today, I've been so busy!

I felt like doing some nail art so I've got a really pretty Easter manicure to show you that I did earlier. I've seen so many Easter egg manicures online recently and it inspired me to try and recreate them! I actually did this last night but it got messed up and dented overnight while I was sleeping so I had to redo it!

The polishes I used from thumb to little finger were:

Left hand: Essie Absolutely Shore, MUA Shade 9 blue, Essie Navigate Her, 17 Supreme Shine Simply Pink, NYC Colors Lexington Yellow.

Right hand: Rimmel Lycra Pro Aqua Cool, Essie Tour de Finance, Oh My GOSH Baby Blue, Rimmel Lycra Pro Peppermint, BeautyUK Smokey Lilac.

I painted each nail with my chosen colour (ten in total) and then took a ziploc bag and dropped one drop of the first nail polish onto it. Because I don't have a dotting tool I used the end of a biro pen to pick up a bit of polish and dot it onto all of the nails that didn't have that colour painted on them. I repeated this for every colour until I had done all ten, then added a layer of Seche Vite and this is what I ended up with, hope you like it!

The picture of my left hand was taken in the shade and my right hand in more direct sunlight. The sunlight picture was the only one that showed a difference between the baby blue and peppermint polishes on my middle and ring finger!

Left Hand

Right Hand

Hope you like my nail art! Enjoy the rest of your bank holiday weekend!