New Topshop Nail Polish

So here is my latest addition to my Topshop Nail Polish collection! This on is called Gypsy Night, I got it for Christmas from my boyfriend. Iv worn it a couple of times before I decided to do this blog as I wanted to test out the quality. I really like this one and I wore it for 3 days before there were any chips in it (which i think is really good, specially with a dark colour) What I really love about it though is that the glitter in it is multicoloured! I think it shows up really well in the picture but in real life it is very subtle. the only bad thing about this nail varnish is that is is quite translucent, Iv had to apply 3 or 4 thick coats to achieve this coverage. 

Top tip!!! Paint your nails before you are having a shower or bath (make sure you leave plenty of drying time) at the end of your shower gently rub your nails with a nail brush and all the paint you have applied on your skin (like mine) will just rub off with ease! 

I don't like to use a cotton bud in nail varnish remover as i always manage to mess them up by applying the remover onto part of the nail which I want the varnish on. 

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Finished result in Gypsy Night 

Blue Fade, Nail Design,With Glitter

So today I decided to paint my nails with a blue fade with the light blue starting at the cuticle and the dark blue at the tip. I also added some glitter to the light blue for extra sparkle!!! So I got all of these nail varnishes for Christmas (except the base coat) they are Miss Cole nail polishes in a light pearlesent blue (no 10) and a dark pearlesent blue (no 16). And also a Rimmel lasting finish in 500 Disco Ball. And finally my Sally Hanson hard as nails.
Its Tue first time I have used these Miss Cole polishes, I was impressed with the dark blue straight away, it is so pigmented, the light blue was pretty watery though. But I think after 2 coats it shows up just fine!

So to get this look I preped my nails by trimming, fileing them, cutting off my cuticles (i know your just Kent to push them back and I regiment it if that works for you but I started cutting mine years ago and prefure to do that) then applying a base coat. For this I used another Sally Hanson, again hard as nails but this time in clear. Once the base coat was fully dry I applied one coat of the light blue colour. Once that was dry I painted a second coat 3/4 of the way down my nail, ensuring to put a slightly thicker coat so it doesn't dry as fast. Then using the dark blue straight away I painted a strip across the final 1/4 of my nail at the tip, much like a French manicure. Then you get your clear nail varnish (preferably an old one) and paint a strip across the line where the two colours meet. Then using the brush gently dab it on the line so the colours fade into one another. I then waited for the now rather thick layer on nail varnish to dry. Once it was dry I painted on the glitter as I like a bit of embelisment. You can paint it over the whole nail if you wish but I stopped as the fade started! Finally you can paint this with your top coat.

Iv included one picture before the glitter and after. I hope you enjoy this! Please follow and comment!

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Glitter nails

So I painted my nails with this Rimmel nail varnish I got for Christmas in Azure... It is a long lasting one and it did last quite a while! I think I had it on for 4 days before any chipped, the chip I did get was a huge one on my middle finger. I then painted my ring finger in clear nail polish and sprinkled some of my Topshop multi purpose glitter onto my nail with a cotton bud. When it had dried I then re coated it with clear nail polish to keep the glitter in place!

I hope you are all having a great new year and have kept your new years resolutions! Mine are to drink less and eat more healthy... I am failing miserably!

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New Hair Curlers

So in the sales I got a hair curler its a Remington pearl pro curl. Iv only used it the once and I rate it quite highly! My hair drops curls so fast its naturally pretty straight not really frizzy, quite sleek, which can be annoying as it never really holds and styling! I didn't spray any hair spray or mousse or heat protector (naughty naughty) and it stayed in all day by the end of the day it had dropped from curly to more of a natural wave! But for my hair, how quick and easy the Curler was and the fact I didn't use and product I was super happy with the result!
The hair curler is a straight wand and it comes with a heat protector glove and a case to store it in. You can change the heat setting on it. I used 190 but it goes up to 230! I bought it for £23 instead of £28 so I think I got it in a good deal. I would recommend this curler if you were looking for one!

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Freshly Curled Hair

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Happy New Year!!! Pirate Makeup

I hope everyone has had a great new year. I celebrated in style as a pirate! I love fancy dress its so much fun and you get to play around with make up! Something I love. I hope my pirate inspires you to have some fancy dress make up fun!

And most importantly happy new year! Iv had such a great 2012 I hope 2013 is just as good!

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