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Showing posts with label blog ideas. Show all posts

5.11.12

What's Been Going On Around Here...

Hi Guys,

I feel like every post I write is an apology these days! I really haven't been blogging as much as I'd like to recently. My boyfriend went away on Wednesday morning and then I had a friend stay from Wednesday afternoon until Friday. So I've been really busy. My son was ill as well and was sick all in my beautiful car, and I had the bug too. We've been quarantining ourselves... My Mum caught the bug from us, and so I'm putting an end to it! I'm not socialising until everyone else has got rid of this illness, I'm sick of passing it back and forth!

Other than that I've been trying to adjust to being by myself again. When my boyfriend is at home we can get things done because one of us looks after our son. When it's just me, I can only do things when he's asleep, so two hours in the middle of the day and then after 7:30pm. It usually takes me two weeks just to get my washing done and put away!

Right now I would LOVE to have more time to paint my nails and do some swatching (can't keep up with what I'm buying) but I'm just too busy.

And I've temporarily misplaced my camera... I'm so annoyed at myself. It's in my living room but I don't know where...

Here are some things I'm working on:

Swatches: I have a ton of polish to swatch, including the new Models Own Wonderland Collection. Yes I bought all of them! I hadn't planned on it and then when I saw them, they just jumped into my hand! 

Hair and Beauty Reviews: I'm about to start testing a new shampoo and conditioner to review on here, and as well as that, I just won a giveaway on Confessions of a Small Town Girl so I'll be letting you all know how I get on with my prizes. You can see what I won here if you want a preview!

New Features: I love my Five Favourites monthly feature, and it seems to be popular with you guys, so I'd love to do more things like that. I've got a couple of things in mind so I'm trying to narrow down the ideas and come up with something great! In all honestly, whatever ideas I come up with are more than likely to start in January for the New Year, rather than December, because with the move, it's going to be a manic month! Don't forget, you can always contact me at trulypolishedblog@gmail.com with any ideas for features you'd like to see!

A Blog Button: I wanted to make a blog button when I had my old blog layout but I always figured I'd change it eventually. Now I have a theme that's totally me and that I plan to keep, I'm going to make a button. When I do, I'll set up a grab button so if you have a blog and you're a fan of mine, you could put my little button on your page.


I'm trying my hardest to provide you with content that you'll enjoy! I appreciate every single one of my readers and the time you all take to read my blog, and I promise that I'll keep trying! At the moment I'm going through a stressful time, but it hasn't always been like this (as my regular posting days will tell you - can't believe I used to post every day!) so I assure you, it won't carry on! In a couple of months time I might even have a little blogging office set up and everything. 

All I ask is for your patience right now while I try to...





9.6.12

Giveaway Update, Nails Inc Reeves Mews and BLOG IDEAS?

Hi everyone,

I hope you're enjoying your weekend so far. I'm so sorry I didn't post last night! My boyfriend took me to the spa for the afternoon and we didn't get back until late.

It was so lovely! I had a back massage, but they had to cut it short because they mixed up their appointments. I was all ready to complain but then they offered us a complimentary couple's treatment that was a mud wrap and steam so I was really pleased. It was the perfect way to spend our last day and night together, because today he's gone away for six weeks to work. This means I'm playing full time single Mummy to my little angel (I wish!) I'll still be posting every day because I post in the evenings, so I'll have lots of pretty things to show you!

Anyway, today I have a Nails Inc to show you. This is called Reeves Mews and it's a gorgeous creme that's half way between teal and turquoise, which are two of my favourite colours (fun fact of the day... my full first name is Arabic for turquoise!).

The formula of this is what I've come to expect from Nails Inc, I used two coats for the photos below. Reeves Mews is actually slightly brighter in real life. My camera wouldn't focus on it properly so sorry that the photos are slightly blurry!

Natural light

Flash


Also, I'm looking to do more features on this blog, as well as more nail art designs. I'm really open to ideas, so if you have something you'd like to see on here, then drop me an email at trulypolishedblog@gmail.com

I also have a quick giveaway update. The draw was supposed to be at 12pm GMT tomorrow but I'm having to move it to later because I have a dentist appointment!

The giveaway draw is now tomorrow JUNE 10TH AT 5PM GMT