Hi!
This is a post I've been meaning to do for ages. I get asked a lot of questions but there are a few that come up a lot so I thought I'd do a post on them.
First off, and I'm not sure why people are fascinated about this, but a lot of people ask to see my 'bare' nails so here they are sans polish!
The 2nd question I get asked a lot - What base and top coat do you use?
I have tried quite a few base and top coats. In my opinion though, nothing beats Nails Inc Kensington Caviar base coat and top coat -
For me, it's the best by a long mile. I don't know how I coped without the top coat especially! It dries in 45 seconds and gives a really good shine. The only thing I can't use it for is over konads as it smudges them but I still put a coat of it over the konad special top coat.
The only downside for me is that it's quite expensive but I think it's well worth it and I can usually find it on ebay for a bit less than usual.
3rd question - Do you use any other products on your nails to keep them strong?
I am very lucky with my nails. They are naturally very strong. Usually I only break one if I really whack it on something. I wish I had some amazing tip but I don't!
The one thing I do do regularly is use cuticle remover, buff and shape -
I use Nails Inc Striptease cuticle remover. For me it works well but it's all I've ever used so I have nothing to compare it to.
About once every couple of weeks I use the cuticle remover, then I use the nail buffer (top) to smooth and shine and then I shape (or should I say attempt to) using the glass nail file. That's all I do nail care wise.
4th question - how do you clean up any excess polish on your nails?
I forgot to take a picture for this one! It would only have been a picture of a boring brush though :)
I usually put nail polish on at night, go to sleep and then in my shower or bath the next morning I peel off any excess polish and tidy the nails up. If I can't do that though then I just use a firm bristled brush soaked in nail polish remover and wipe that round the edges of my nails.
Those are the questions I get asked the most. I do always answer any emails so feel free to ask me anything else you want to know!
One other question I've been asked a couple of times recently is why I never do any haul posts... well to be honest, I don't actually buy that much nail polish! I buy the occasional bottle that I really want and I'm very lucky in the fact that Maz and some friends occasionally buy me a bottle. I'm trying to be sensible spending wise at the moment but here are a few things I've bought or been given recently -
(L-R) Bourjois Bleu Violet, No7 Spun Sugar, Miss Sporty x2 (no names)
(L-R) Rimmel Green With Envy and Desire, Bloom Isla
OPI's Absolutely Alice and China Glaze's C-C-Courage
Lastly, here are a couple of things I've won recently -
The 8 new konad plates! Thanks to Beauty Judy and wowsocool.com
A Nutriganics gift pack from The Body Shop. I won this through twitter. I haven't used it enough to give my opinion on it yet though :)
That's it for today. My nails are NAKED at the moment so no manicure to show you. I may do them later if I can resist cutting them...
