Essie - Spin The Bottle

Well, it's official. I have a new favourite nude polish. I don't often wear nudes as I find they look a bit weird on my skin tone. However, the new offering in Essie's hide & go chic collection really stood out to me so I picked it up to give it a try! 

It's the best nude I have used and, unlike other nudes, doesn't make my skin tone look yellow.

The only negative I have to say about this polish is the consistency of it. It's quite hard to work with which is unusual for an Essie polish. It took 3 careful coats and even then it was running on to my cuticles. 

Overall, I love this colour! What's your favourite nude? Should I add glitter to this?

Week in pictures

The topic for the blogger challenge this time is 'week/day in pictures'. I've cheated a little and taken a few photos over a couple of weeks. Looking back over the past few weeks a lot of good things have happened to me and seeing all of this in pictures brings back fantastic memories and things that I may have forgotten otherwise. 

I went to a new Waffle House in the city I live called 'Tamu' and I cannot recommend it highly enough. You can create your own desert with pretty much any topping combination you could think of. I went for crepes with chocolate and raspberries and raspberry sauce with a nice scoop of mint choc chip ice cream! 

It was a nice sunny weekend so I decided to go for a stroll around the local country park. This is my favourite place in the city and going here for a couple of hours really helps to clear my head. I created a few Spotify playlists and off I went!

My best friend also got a new hamster friend this week. He's called Neville and is so cute and has a real personality already :)

I also invested in some new converse. I've had my eye on this pair for a very long time and decided it was about time I bit the bullet and bought them. I love them now and wear them all the time!! 

I also went to the seaside! The weather was beautiful and I hadn't been to the coast for a couple of years. I love it there, but live about an hour and a half away so it has to be a real day trip! It was a really good day though and I'm looking forward to going again!

I purchased my tickets for The Big Reunion Boy Band Tour and I am SOOOO excited!!! I'm going to the London O2 which is where I am also seeing McBusted later this month!! A real throw back to the 90's/00's! 

Are any of you going to the Boy Band Tour? What have you been up to this week?

Nails

Yet another post for the Blogger Challenge! I promise I will get back in to regular blogging soon but I have been so busy at work and have been really struggling to find time! 

Topic 5 is 'nails'. As you all know, I am way too addicted to changing my nail colour. I've got a bit better lately at leaving my nails the same for longer than 5 hours, and only really change it twice a week. My nails were pretty strong to begin with but I have noticed that the condition of them is much better since I stopped using nail polish remover on them so regularly. I definitely need to start taking better care of my hands as I can be very lazy with it. 

If anyone has a good hand/nail care routine I would be really interested to see it! 

Everyone knows my favourite nail polish brand is Essie for multiple reasons. Firstly, I love the range of colours - there truly is something for every occasion. Secondly, the consistency and the opacity of the polish is definitely some of the best around. Finally, aesthetically, the bottles are a very nice shape which makes my collection look neat!! 

It's absolutely impossible for me to choose a singular favourite colour, however my favourite general colour would be lilac/purple. Essie- Play Date, Essie - Full Steam Ahead and Ciate - Sugar Plum being definite contenders for number 1!

What is your current favourite colour??

Valentine's Nails

Hey guys!

I've been so busy at work lately that I haven't had the chance to really do anything more than basic nails! I had the day off yesterday though so I decided it was time to do something with my nails! 

Here's my valentines nails! I used Essie - Full Steam Ahead, Go Ginza and Play Date and the glitter is my trusty Models Own - Juicy Jules!

I hope you all have a lovely day and get spoilt <3 Lots of love!

Show me your valentines day nails in the comments!

My favourite book

Topic 3 for the Blogger Challenge is to write about your favourite book. Now, I read a lot, so picking just one book was too hard. I've picked two as I just can't choose between them.

The first book is My Best Friends Girl by Dorothy Koomson. This book flew around my friends while I was in school and I think we had all read it by the end of the week. The story is emotional and one I will definitely not forget. Read it if you can!

The second book has to be Billy and Me by Giovanna Fletcher. This is the only book I have ever finished in a day. I LOVED it. It seriously was a book that I couldn't put down, so if you're planning on reading this then I would definitely set aside a day or two!

What is your favourite book? 

Essie Gradient!

Hi guys,

I went out at the weekend and was sick and tired of having boring nails! My creativity wasn't exactly high so I decided on a simple gradient!

I love using Essie - Rock the Boat and Full Steam Ahead to do gradients as I think they blend really nicely together!!

What do you have on your nails today? Let me know!!

Skincare!

Hi guys!

So another unusual post on this here little nail blog of mine. As Week 2 of the 2014 Blogger Challenge, the topic is skincare! 

I'm reeeeeaaallly bad at full body skincare because I find it so boring and I really just cant be bothered, but I will share with you what I actually do use (on the rare occasion I remember!)

I start off by using Soap and Glory - Scrub of Your Life in the shower so that my skin is all nice and smooth, I then use Palmers Cocoa Butter because it's smells delicious. I have very dry skin and this is a very thick intensive moisturiser. 

As I said, I have dry skin, especially on my legs. No one wants flaky legs so I went out and bought Nip + Fab - Dry Leg Fix and I have to say, this stuff is incredible!! I've never used something that makes my legs feel so smooth and look so hydrated!

One thing I am particularly good at, however, is my facial skincare - maybe because everyone sees my face! I start with Liz Earle's Cleanse and Polish (which is amazing, and if you don't own it you should!) which really cleans my face. I then moisturise with Elizabeth Arden's Eight Hour Cream, which while it's good, I don't think it's worth the hype. My Eucerin face moisturiser worked just as well! I also use Dirty Works Rose & Glow moisture mask a couple of times a week as well!

Link me to your skincare routine! I'd love to see them..