French Manicure - With a twist!

Hi guys,

Two posts in two days! Wow.. 

I got a bit fed up with my Halloween mani, and seeing as I'm not at work until Wednesday I figured I'd redo them for Halloween. I decided to do a French Manicure with a twist.

I started with two coats of Essie - Vanity Fairest, I then used Essie - Blanc to paint the tips. I used Essie - The Lace is On with help from a Nail Art Brush to draw the lines and then added the butterfly detail (they were supposed to be bows but turned out like butterflies, hey ho!) and finally Essie - Black for the edge detail.

I really like this look, it makes my hands feel elegant! What are your favourite nail looks?

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Halloween!

Hi guys,

I know it's been a while since I last posted, I've had a very busy two weeks, couple that with the fact my internet connection is intermittent at best I've not had a lot of time to blog!

Seeing as it's Halloween this week, I thought I'd show you my very basic Halloween nails. I work in a Nursery and I'm going to be working Halloween, I'm excited to carve my first pumpkin and make chocolate covered apples!

Barry M - Black, Essie - Blanc, Revlon - Mango

I'm going to change the pumpkin nail into a spider as Thursday approaches! 

Should I add any other details? I'd love to see your Halloween nails!

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Essie's Autumn Shades! (Part One (Finally...))

So guys, here's the first instalment of a two post review on Essie's Autumn/Fall Collection "For the twill of it".

Twin Sweater Set

When I first applied this colour, I felt like I already owned it.. Probably because I pretty much do! Russian Roulette, also by Essie, is a very, very, similar colour and I wouldn't recommend purchasing this colour if you've already got a primary red shade, there really isn't anything special with this one!

After School Boy Blazer

I tried to get a good picture of this colour, its a dark navy blue, which with two coats looks almost black. This is a lovely colour which, if you're looking for a dark shade but not wanting black, is perfect! 

Vested Interest

Surprise nice colour of the bunch! When I first picked this colour up I thought it was hideous but I bought it for the purposes of this review! I put it on my nails and I was seriously impressed. It's such an unusual colour and I do not own anything remotely similar (surprising for me!). 

As always, these polishes are £7.99 from Boots but are currently on a buy one get one half price!

I must say, the wear of these nail polishes isn't great and the formula isn't as good as some of the other Essie products but I do really like these 3 colours! 

Is there anything you'd like to see me do? Let me know!

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