Jubilee Nails!

So June 2012 is the Queens Silver Jubilee in the UK!  Great excuse for a street party!!  I am going to the event in London for the day over the bank holiday weekend to celebrate the Jubillee with some friends and I had a dream that I did some Jubilee themed nail art (lol)!  So I decided to make that dream a reality!

I loved creating these nails as it had a theme, so I thought of as many things British that I could and made them into a nail!

I won't go through the different polishes I used because there was so many different ones but I have listed below all the British inspirations I used!

The Queens Crown and crown jewels

Burberry London

A cuppa' Tea!

2012 London Olympics

Rememberance Poppy

Black Cab

British Bulldog

Alexander McQueen

UK Flag

The British Isles

Does anyone have anymore Brit related ideas?!!  I need to decide on one idea for the day! Or maybe I will go with all of them!!?

L xx



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And the Award Goes Too...

So since I have been nominate for the Versatile blogger award.. it is my duty to return the favour and nominate who I think deserves this fab award!

The Rules:

1. Put the link to who gave you the award.
2. Put the award in your post.
3. Choose 5 blogs under 200 followers and give them the award.
4. Let them know that you have awarded them

 

OK its mighty hard to find 5 blogs with under 200 followers.. you people are just too popular!!  But I found some fab bloggers who do genuinely deserve the award in no particular order below!!  Congrats ladies!! xxx

 

1. 10 Blank Canvases

2. A Plethora of Nails

3. A Wig Wam is Not a TeePee

4. Something Polished

5. Diary of a Single Girl

6. Kelsie's Nail Files

7. Miss Adelinne

8. Pedantically Polished

9. Chantelle's Beauties

10. Geez Leweez (who has slightly over 200 followers.. but as her blog is fab I am making this an exception!!)

 L xx

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My 1st Blog Award!!

Yayyyyyy!!!  I have won my first blog award!! I am ever so flattered.. especially as there are sooo many amazing blogs, nail artists out there!

Thanks so much to The Cat Eyes Have It for nominating me for this award!!  Your blog is awesome!!

I will get round to nominating some people for the award very soon..

L xx

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God Save McQueen!

Just a little art I did last night whilst being made to sit and endure a football game (bore.)!!

Alexander McQueen.. obviously super famous for his skull scarf designs!  I wish I owned a real one but mine is just a copy from somewhere online!

For the base colour I used my YSL duo Noir.. The shiny one!  I used 2 coats of this to make it mega black and opaque!

For the base colour on my ring finger I used 2 coats of Collection 2000 White - I really need a new white polish all of mine seem to go gloopy really quickly.  Any recommendations??

For the skulls I used a medium dotting tool to create skull like shapes with my white polish.  I waited for this to dry and used a small dotting tool for the eyes and mouth.  If my nails were longer at the moment I would have made the skulls bigger and probably done more details on the faces, but as they are short I stuck to very simple skulls!

I added a few gold skulls with my lush Topshop Gold polish as we know McQueen loved a bit of bling!  This was all topped off with a coat of Seche Vite as per usual!

I hope this is a design McQueen would be proud of!

L xx

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Harrods GlossyBox.. Tried and Tested!

So i've given most of my Glossy goodies a go and here is my review..

Narciso Rodriguez for her EDT (1ml sample)
Yuck!  I really deteste this smell!! Its super flowery and soapy and just not my cup of tea! Enough said.

Molton Brown Heavenly Gingerlily Moisture Bath and Shower (50ml sample)

Molton Brown is one of those products which looks fab in the bathroom and usually smells pretty nice and does the job!  However I didnt enjoy the smell of this shower gel very much but it did lather up nicely and leave my skin pretty soft.  I probably wouldnt buy the full size though!

Burberry Miniature Lip Cover in "Rosewood No.4" (0.8g sample)

I love this!  The colour is a very pale browney nude and is perfect for me as I don't wear lippy often (i have freckles on my lips and lippy just looks plain odd!) I love the packaging of this the most its so cool and Burberry'esque!  I think I will definately be buying a full size version but maybe in a pink!

Clarins Extra Firming Body Cream (30ml sample)

I actually really love this firming cream.  I have used it 3 times after a hot bath and it does feel quite firming and my skin feels really soft, especially my legs.  I suffer from really dry skin so this wouldnt be a cream I could use daily, I need something thicker and more moisture rich BUT this is a great product for someone who doesnt need to slather the moisturiser on every day and wants firmer feeling skin!  I would say that this sample was smaller than it looked and I am down to one last use which isn't great to review.

YSL Forever Youth Liberator Serum (5ml sample)

Now this is the only product I am yet to try.  This is mainly because it is a serum and that word freaks me out for something I am putting on my face!  I have pretty clear skin but used to suffer badly with spots and ecsema and i am petriefied to put any oily kind of product on my face!!!  I really wnat to try it though as it is YSL and I have heard nothing but good things.. but for now it will stay tucked away in my drawer of "products-to-try"!!

So what is my verdict..??

I'm really quite underwhelmed about this Months box :(  Considering it was a very hyped Harrods special I am left feeling a little pants!!

The products were not big enough for me to try for long enough to give a good review.. and the products just didn't excite me!

Come on GlossyBox give me something I can shout and scream about.. pleeeease!

How did you guys get on with your Feb box?

L xx

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GlossyBox VIP Evening with Caudalie

My super duper friend won a place for her and a friend at the GlossyBox Caudalie event this Wenesday and she is taking MEEEEE!!  yayyy!

I am excited!!  No idea what the event is going to bring to the table but I look forward to it!!

Did anyone else win a place???

L xx

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Nail Polish Tag

I’ve seen this nail polish tag on many a blog recently so I thought I would do something different and fill it in!

1.      What's your favourite nail polish company?

Ohhh and the first question is a hard one!!  My favourites are all different makes and I usually pick my favourite from the colour and ease of use.. but I would probably say OPI and China Glaze.  OPI mainly for the ease of use as their brushes are super quality, and China Glaze for the range of colours

2. Glitter or no glitter?


I am a glittery kind of girl!! BUT I don’t use a hell of a lot of glitter polishes… I don’t know why this is and I cannot provide a valid explanation SO I have decided to start posting more glitter nail art as I cannot find an excuse not too!!

3. OPI, China Glaze, or Essie?

EEKK well as above OPI and China Glaze are my faves and I couldn’t possibly pick between them!  Essie I just cannot get on with. I have 2 polishes from them and neither is particularly decent quality.. maybe I will give them a second chance if anyone can recommend their fave shade??

4. When do you change your nail polish?


Usually about 3 – 4 times a week and sometimes 3 – 4 times in one day if it’s a weekend!! (My bf hates me)

5. What's your favourite colour on your nails?


Pink!  Or anything pastel.  Its love

6. Darks or brights?

Brights.  I rarely do dark nails unless it’s a black polish as I am super fair and I just don’t find it flattering!!  I prefer cute nail art but as I say black is as edgy as I get!

7. What are you wearing on your nails right this moment?I am a disgusting person.. for once I actually have NO polish on!!  Only a strengthener to let my nails grow grow grow!  I broke my ring finger nail at the weekend and I am  sulking about it by refusing to paint it!

8. Matte nails in or out?In!!  I have the Nubar Men's Matte stuff and love it.  I also have the YSL duo and think that look is so chic and fabulous!  The only down side to Matte is it doesn’t stay matte for very long and it can look shabby very quickly

9. French Manicure?

I am not a classic Frenchie fan.  I just think it’s kind of dated now and boring!! It also remind me of those chavs you get on MBFGW and they have those really cheap nasty horrid acrylics.. Vile!!!!  I wouldn’t have them on my wedding day either.. it’s all about nail art or at least a coloured frenchie!!

10. Favourite summer colours?

Pink and Orange together!!  I love the way it looks if you create a gradient nail – which I have actually done recently but I haven’t posted about them! (to do list!)

I hope you enjoyed reading my Nail Tag!!

L xx



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RIP Feel Unique Beauty Box!

Some pants news for you guys!  FeelUnique.com have cancelled their monthly beauty box!  I for one am so dissapointed as they were fast becoming a great box and I actually preffered them over the GlossyBoxes of late!

FeelUnique have released the attached email..

"As a valued customer, I wanted to be the first to let you know that we’ve taken the decision to close our Beauty Box service.

"At feelunique.com we pride ourselves on delivering exceptionally high standards of value, service and quality and we're constantly reviewing the way we do things.

"Each month we've been listening and taking onboard all of your comments and ideas. We understand that like us, you love beauty and trying new things and it's with this in mind that we believe there's a better way of delivering a bespoke, high quality sampling service based on your individual needs. For this reason, we will be closing Beauty Box indefinitely as of this month.

"We realise this may come as a surprise and not without disappointment, but we would like to reassure you that we're working hard on perfecting our new and improved service which we are planning on launching in the coming months."

Well FeelUnique I hope you come back soon!!

Any reccommendations on which other beauty box to subscribe to?  I'm thinking Jolie Box or maybe Carmine? Thoughts?!

L xx

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