Introducing... Sweetaholic Charms!

Hi Guys,

Sorry for the lack of posts, everything has been really up in the air lately! My boyfriend is home now and so we've had a lot to do! Plus his car broke down yesterday while we were on the way out for dinner last night, typical, and so three hours of waiting around for the RAC and a tow-truck meant a blog post was not on the cards!

Anyway, onto bigger and better things! Allow me to introduce you to... Sweetaholic Charms!

One of my favourite bloggers, Rachel from Life of a Sweetaholic, recently started her own business making charm bracelets. They are sooo pretty, simple, subtle, and everything I love in jewellery. Best of all they are handmade, so each one is extra special. 

She very kindly sent me two bracelets of my choice to review and I picked the cupcake (of course!) on white waxed cotton and the heart on teal. And here they are! Each order comes with a little sweet treat, as you can see in the photos, they were so yummy!

Beautiful wrapping! And sweets!

My cupcake bracelet*

Heart bracelet*

Beautiful charms!*

Here is the size of the charms* in relation to my index finger nail

Aren't they pretty? These would make great presents!

The length of the waxed cotton is 30cm, so you can adjust or trim the bracelet to create the perfect fit.

The colours available are: white, teal, lilac, baby pink and dark pink. They are all gorgeous, I struggled to choose between them!

You can choose between flower beads, or a butterfly, heart or cupcake charm.

Prices for these bracelets range from 75p to £1.20, so they are super affordable. You could have one of each charm in each colour and mix and match.

I love wearing my two bracelets together, the teal and white looks great together, and after all, I do heart cupcakes!

You can check out Rachel's online store here:

SWEETAHOLIC CHARMS

Right now she is only shipping in the UK, but she hopes to expand to other countries in the future. All orders will be sent out Royal Mail First Class within 48 hours. I couldn't believe how fast the shipping was, Rachel sent my bracelets in the afternoon and I received them the next morning! 

Keep your eyes peeled on here, because I will be doing an OOTD post before too long featuring these, they look perfect with everything I wear!

The product(s) included in this post were provided to me for an unbiased review. Please see my disclosure page for more information.

Jubilee Manicure!

Hi guys,

It's a bit of a late post from me tonight, I went out for a lovely meal with my boyfriend. His parents looked after our son and it was lovely to have a bit of time off. If you're from the UK you'll know today is the first day of a four day weekend, and if you're not British, you might have heard something about the Jubilee, or you might not! Today is the first day of the celebration of the Queen being on the throne for 60 years! We get a four day weekend this weekend, so everybody is in the party mood.

I'm not really a Royalist, but I'm all for celebrating, so I thought I'd plan a subtle nod to the Queen. I'm not great at nail art, so I couldn't do anything too elaborate. I settled on a Union Jack accent nail!

The polishes I used for this were: China Glaze Sea Spray (it's the closest thing to white I have with me!) and 2true shades 1 and 2 for the blue and red. I painted on one coat of Sea Spray, then did the red cross and diagonal lines, then put a little bit of blue in the corners. 

I'll have full reviews of the 2true shades probably next week. They're both highly pigmented shimmer polishes that have a glass fleck effect. They're so pretty and cover perfectly in two coats.

Here's the outcome of my manicure:

Natural light

Flash

Macro, look at that shimmer!

I was so pleased with how this turned out, despite my lack of nail art skills! Hope you like it too!

My first post - Welcome!

Hi Everyone,

I have a secret to tell... I am ever so slightly addicted to nail polish! When I say slightly, I mean very! This is a relatively new thing: over the past few months I've gained more and more interest in nail polish and nail art and my collection, which used to comprise of a few french manicure sets, clears, and some random colours, has developed into small-ish sample of what is available today.

I'm located on the south coast of the UK, and so most of the bigger American brands are a lot harder to get hold of, but I'm here to prove it's possible to have beautiful nails by picking and choosing what you can find in the UK and blending it with a few bits and pieces from abroad.

I'll be posting a few times a week to let you know what's on my nails, as well as showcasing some of my frankens and nail art attempts (some more successful than others!) to hopefully inspire you to get creative with colours and patterns on your nails.

Lack of time is not an excuse, if I can find the time while looking after a 5 month old, then you, too, can become Truly Polished!

I'll end this post with a couple of pictures of my stash. I moved house a few months ago and seem to have lost track of quite a few polishes, I think they're in the attic. Anyhow, the important ones are all present and accounted for, plus I have some really exciting ones arriving in the near future that I'm very excited to share with you!

The Union Jack trunk is one I found in TKMaxx and it retails for £29.99, they do a smaller size for £24.99 which I hope to buy as well!

My trunk

My stash

So that's all for today, apart from saying welcome to Truly Polished!