Haul =D

My first official haul :)

They are:

17 Nail Xtras Nail Tip Whitener, Matte Topcoat and Glitter Topcoat
Natural Collection Raspberry, Maybelline Express Finish Diamonds Cosmic Flash
Barry M Lavender Hexograms, Hologram Hexograms and Silver Cascade

Pretty Happy with that little lot :) Ordering more when we get paid, including a silver shatter polish :) Can't wait x

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NOTD - Natural Collection Raspberry

My first NOTD! I might not do one every day, but I am going to try to - even if it's not a full new mani, just a change to the previous day. So for example tonight I'm going to add either a glittery or matte topcoat to this NOTD and post it tomorrow :)

Natural Collection is a range of cosmetics sold in Boots stores in the UK. I don't know if it's available anywhere else. The range is very cheap affordable but still, I think, good quality. I've been using their tinted moisturiser since I was about 14 (a long time ago...)! These pictures were taken after I'd worn the polish a whole day, so there is some tip wear, but surprisingly few chips, especially as I went without a topcoat.

Sorry about the state of my skin, especially on the middle finger (and that is photoshopped a little to save you from the real horror).

I think it could use a third coat to get it completely opaque, but I don't mind it a little sheer. I think this is a great polish for such a bargain price (under £2) and I will be adding more :) The only downside is that the colours tend to be more traditional, reds and pinks, rather than blue, purple and glitter, but good staple colours nonetheless. Are there any bargain brands you can recommend?

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Barbara Daly Honeycomb

Barbara Daly is a make-up line stocked at Tesco, and since Tesco is the only place that sells nail polish in my small town I have a few BD polishes. The Tesco pharmacy stocks Rimmel, Maybelline, BD and something else I can't remember... But anyway, that's where a lot of my polishes will be from!

However, whenever I get a BD polish I am always disappointed. I loved the colour of this one, but it was a pig to apply. Streaky and thick, and now it's dry it's bubbled. The pics below are two coats plus Natural Collection Crystal Clear as a top coat in natural sunlight. You can see how much I had to cull my nails too :(

Like I say I loved the colour. My three year old said it looked like chocolate, and I guess it does have a melted milk chocolate feel to ti. But it was such a pig to apply and looks messy now so I probably wont use it again, at least not for a full manicure.

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Calamity Jane...

Major sadface here, I broke two nails and 3 more have splits in them :( All in the space of a day! So, I bit the bullet and trimmed all my nails down short (the ones with the splits in are too far down on the nail bed so I have to hope they last until they grow out a little bit). But short nails can still be cute and I'll still be keeping this up to date! I'm going to paint them in a while, and I also need to post the mini-haul I got yesterday :) And update my wishlist...this blogging business is keeping me busy!
Hx

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Tee hee

Quick post before I go to bed - my significant other let me paint his nails tonight! Of course I picked the most girly colours I have and added a flower using a pin head as a dotting tool ;)

Colours are Collection 2000 Maxiflex Pink Passion on thumb, middle and little, and Beauty UK Lilac Girl with the flower in Maybelline Forever Strong Couture Orange (middle) and Collection 2000 Maxiflex Hot Purple (petals)

One good thing to come out of this is that I think I found the right camera setting lol

Right bed for me, any UK peeps remember the clocks go forward tonight *yawn*

Nanight x

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April Monthly Wishlist

Well the Maybelline Forever Strong Pro that's meant to last up to 7 days hasn't survived half a day of housework without a few chips and I have to say I officially hate the polish. I don't know if it's just this one from the range as it's a neon and has a sort of jelly finish, but it's not a nice finish on my nails. Oh well, at least I now have an orange, and I'm sure it will come in useful for nail art when I get more into it. Which leads me to the real reason for this post. I've decided every month to post a wishlist of polishes etc that I want to add to my stash. At the moment it wont be in any particular order, just a list of things for me to look out for (and for anyone following to suggest brands/items to try out - once I get more than one follower lol). As March is almost over already I'll start with April and update it throughout the month as I pick things up (and lust over more)!

April's Monthly Wishlist Last Updated 20/04


Maybelline Express Finish Diamonds
Barry M Cyan or Cobalt got cobalt :)

Striper brush/es 

At least one konad/fauxnad - on their way, hurry up so I can tick this off!

White polish 

Green polish 

Gold glitter polish on it's way :)

Cuticle oil 

Matte top coat? (tried one this morning and not sure if I like it enough yet)

Seche vite on it's way!

Models Own crackles purple and silver got W7 silver instead

Added 31/3
Slate grey/pewter polish
Good basecoat


Added 12/4

Pale blue, pale pink and yellow creme polishes

This morning I ordered Barry M Hologram Hexograms, Lavender Hexograms and Silver Cascade, and am bidding on Blue Glitter, Cyan Blue and Blueberry on ebay (although I keep getting outbid and there are almost 4 days left still :/) Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to go to Boots and have a mooch around as a friend of mine picked up the maybelline polish I want in there this morning (apparently it's a topcoat with flakies - WANT!) and although I'll be going to a different branch and it's not on the Boots website I've got my fingers crossed! If not, I have a voucher for £10 and almost £10 worth of advantage points so I'm sure I'll find something! 

Anyway, that's all for now back to the grind. I'm excited today because I'm going to the cinema tomorrow for the first time in YEARS! Last time I went it was to see Borat and I just checked and that came out in 2006! And also my Mummy is coming to stay for a few days =) Happy Helly! I'm changing my nails tomorrow afternoon hopefully so I'll charge my camera ready to take some pics (and figure out a better setting...)

Until tomorrow!

Hx

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Not sure - Maybelline Orange Couture with my first nail art in a long time!

My life is so glam - I spent my Friday evening on my hands and knees scrubbing my living room rug! How thrilling! At least I got to paint my nails after though :)

These pictures are bad. Just a warning! I will take some better ones in the morning in natural light but I just wanted to get some done in case it chips in the meantime. I'm not sure about the colour. Actually I like it, just not on me! It's way too bright for me, or rather, way too bright compared to what I usually wear anyway. This was too coats and could have done with another but I was being impatient :p

I really must practice and find the right setting on my camera. In these pics the colour looks a little corally, but it really is a lot more orange on the nail.

And the little crackle hearts on my ring finger :) LOVE this idea, must admit I stole it from another blog, A Polish Problem although I didn't draw the heart freehand, I used a tape stencil and just did one central heart as accents on my ring fingers. Ok, I'm a 29 year old woman, maybe I shouldn't have little hearts on my nails, but I like them! I have been browsing Konads...dangerous territory!

I am a little down about this mani though. Firstly, I have a tear on my right thumb nail and my attempts at patching it are awful, so it's all lumpy and bumpy. I don't know whether to persevere with patching or put a falsie over it until it grows out because it is so far down it's going to HURT if it tears right off. I don't like using falsies because they damage the nail underneath and it's a slippery slope. Secondly, my fiance took the mickey out of the colour and my cute hearts, saying they were stupid and because of the crackle they don't even look like hearts. I could have cried. He just doesn't get that I want a hobby for myself instead of running around after everyone else all the time. *LeSigh*

Anyway, I'm not sure how long this will last as I'm not sure about it and I'm actually going out on Sunday evening for a meal and to the cinema and this will not go with the dress I'm planning on wearing at all. So if I get a chance to change it on Sunday afternoon I'll finally try out the nude colour I bought a week or so ago (maybe with a cheeky crackle heart or two ;) )

Hx

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