Barry M Silver Cascade

Hi!

I was meaning to put Barry M Cyan on again today to show you guys but I have been extremely lazy and somehow time just got away from me!

So instead, here are some pictures of Barry M Silver Cascade that I tried a while a go but hadn't got round to posting.

I think that was 2 coats and then I eventually put on another coat to fill it in even more.

Sparkly hey!! I like it a lot and have worn it a couple of times as it goes with everything and dries SO fast that I can put it on when I'm in a rush!

Recently I put it on with a layer of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Strobe Light (thank you Nicole!)over the top and it was GORGEOUS! That was whilst I was in London though so didn't take any pictures! I'll definitely wear that combo again at some point though so I'll be sure to take some pictures then!

That's it for now, my boyfriend, Maz, is away this weekend so I think I will be doing lots of nail painting and maybe some nail art.

Oh and I have realised that I've hit 50 subscribers! Yay! A contest/giveaway will follow some time very soon!

Hot Looks Show Off with Sparkle

Hello again,

Whilst I was away I changed my nail polish a few times but I only remembered to take photos of one of those times!

I used Collection 2ooo Hot Looks - Show Off with CG City Lights over the top.

Don't forget to click on the pictures to get the full effect!

I have to say that I think Show Off has leapt to the top of my faves list... I just absolutely love it and the application was possibly the best I've ever experienced which is quite surprising considering they're just a drugstore brand. The brush is absolutely perfect for my nails though and literally does it in one swipe! I wish I'd taken some pictures of it without the holo glitter over the top but I will definitely be wearing this again soon so I will take some then.

I love the sparkle the CG added and as I mentioned in a previous post I can't resist adding it to all my manicures at the moment!

Recent Additions

I thought I'd show you the most recent additions to my collection. All have been bought or have arrived in the past couple of weeks.

First off, these 3 beauties arrived from the US thanks to MagicXMaid! My jaw dropped at all the sparkliness (you all know by now how I'm partial to a bit of sparkle!) I have been adding the middle one to EVERYTHING!!!

L-R Sinful Colors Show me the way, Cover Girl City Lights and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Strobe Light.

Next a few randoms -

L-R BarryM Silver Cascade, Boots 17 Peacock, Rimmel 60 Seconds Blue Me Away, Technic shade 32 (no name) - comes with glitter to add over the top!

Some Hot Looks -

L-R (All Collection 2000 Hot Looks) Button Moon, Show Off, BMX Bandit, Hip Hop.

Finally - (I finally got some!)

On the left is China Glaze IDK and on the left 2Nite.

So many to try! I best get swatching!

A franken using BarryM Dazzledust

Hello again!

So yesterday when I began to feel a better from being ill I decided to try another franken.

This time I tried using a BarryM Dazzle Dust. I think it's called silver green although I can't be certain as it's quite old and no longer has it's label on.

I mixed it with some Sally Hansen Platinum Frost.


I really LOVE how this turned out! It's such a good colour for me as I wear quite a lot of clothes this colour.

I tried a million pictures but none of them really show just how nice this colour is. It's kind of a metallic finish.

This was 2 coats and a top coat.

I then decided to see what it'd look like with a glitter top coat.

Again the pictures really don't show how nice (in my opinion) it looks!

I think this was a successful franken :)

This Wednesday I am going to London for a few days with some girl friends of mine. I'm so glad I started this blog as it means I can go back and look at the photos to decide what colour nail polish to wear! I think it's going to be lubu heels.... but not sure about my toes yet!

Depending on how much money I spend in the evening etc. I am hoping to buy some nail polishes whilst there...there's bound to be some makes that I've never seen.

I can't wait :) We're going to see 2 musicals, eat loads, have a few cocktails, shop and do some sightseeing. I have no idea how I'm going to fit everything I want to take in to my suitcase....

Anyway that's it for tonight! Hope you like my franken! Maybe I should think of a name for it......

BarryM Racing Green

Hello!

I have been slacking at posting again :(

I haven't really done much with my nails this week. I've been a bit of a stress head and also have been a bit ill the past couple of days..probably due to the stress!!

Anyway I'm feeling loads better now so I thought I'd do a couple of post with the 2 colours I've worn this week.

For anyone wondering, Bobo is much better but still not fully recovered. She only had to spend 1 night at the vets but has been on painkillers and antibiotics ever since which means a daily trip to the vets! She is not amused.

So the colour I had on earlier in the week was BarryM Racing Green.

I wasn't sure about it at first but then I saw it in the light and really loved it. Iwas going to konad it but just didn't get round to it in the end.

This was 2 coats. Good application as ever with BarryM.

I think it'd look good with a konad design so I'll definitely putting it back on at some point.

That's it for this post. I will be doing another one straight after this of the franken I made this week!

A quick hello and a dodgy franken!

Hello everyone!

Sorry it's been a few days since my last post. I've had a few dramas and just haven't had a chance to do a decent nail job!
I tend to be away from the computer at weekends anyway as my boyfriend and I have a no internet rule for the evenings and weekends. I usually end up going on when he goes to sleep as my sleeping pattern is quite different to his!

My biggest drama has been my cat being poorly :( Not the kitten Barnaby but our cat Bobo. She was ill at the weekend and then I took her to the vets first thing this morning and they've kept her over night. I cried my eyes out. She should be coming home tomorrow. I really hope so, I HATE being without her.

So I didn't do much with my nails over the weekend but I did attempt a franken yesterday which didn't really go to plan.... I wasn't even going to bother showing you guys but it's all I have to show you at the moment! So I will share my fail with you all :)


This is BarryM silver and a bourjois pale blue pigment. I really like the colour and it was exactly what I wanted but it's so lumpy!! Even from a distance you can see it! I think it's the bourjois pigment that's the problem, the chunks were too big....

I put a top coat on and then a glitter top coat as well. It improved it but still not great.

Then I decided to put a konad over it to see if that helped and also just to get some practise!

I think it looks a bit better but I will still be removing it fairly soon!

So that was my franken fail. I will use a better pigment next time and see if I have more success!

Here are a couple more Barnaby pics for those kitten lovers out there :) I just can't help myself!

Watching the cricket....

That's it for today. I will be redoing my nails tomorrow so will post again soon!

Everyone keep their fingers crossed that Bobo can come home tomorrow!!

Look how short they are!! Plus konad of the day :)

I cut my nails. I had to do it. I was spending far too much time obsessing over whether to do it or not!! Then yesterday the nail on my right hand ring finger split so I took that as a sign and just chopped them all off! I know some of you will think I'm mad but the reason my nails are so strong and I can grow them so long is partly due to me doing this occasionally. It gives them a fresh start :)

They are so short though... I already miss my long ones! Never mind, it won't take them long to grow back.

Today I thought I'd try out another Nails Inc colour - Chesham Street. It is a beautiful colour and definitely added to my favourites list. My only complaint about it is that the brush was a bit rubbish!


It's described as a blue and admittedly looks blue in the pictures but in real life it looks more purple to me!

I took a million pictures of this polish but I just couldn't capture just how amazing it is!

It just looks like a navy blue in all these pics but there is alot more to this polish than that :)

The below picture is the closest I could get to showing the purple in the polish.

As I said yesterday I am going to see Harry Potter tonight and I was going to attempt to draw some HP themed things on my nails with my nail brushes but I just haven't had the time today so I just did a more simple idea instead.

This is using konad plate m3.

I'm quite pleased with the result :)

Anyway, I am off to have some dinner and watch Harry Potter.

Hope everyone's having a good week! Nearly the weekend - yaya!

Simple Konad and some kitten pics!

Hey!

I've just finished my 2nd konad attempt :) I think it's alot better this time. Only a couple of mistakes!

I wanted a simple look that could be worn to meetings and things like that.


This is just 2 coats of Nails Inc South Molten Street with the the konad french tip from plate m56. As you can see it's a VERY pale pink but it does the job of covering up the yellow staining :)

I have decided to cut my nails after this manicure comes off. Just not sure how much yet... I may chop them really short and start again purely because that will get rid of some of the yellowing! I think I've mentioned before that I'm very lucky in that my nails grown VERY fast so it won't take long for them to grow back.

Speaking of fast growing things, my hair also grows incredibly fast. That would be ok if I wore my hair long but I prefer short styles so in an ideal world I need to get my hair done every 6 weeks. Unfortunately my finances don't allow for this so I spend alot of time complaining about my hair! Usually Maz gets fed up and books me an appointment as a surprise :) Another issue is that although I've been in Manchester well over a year now I still go to my hairdressers 3 hours away in my hometown of Newbury! It's difficult to find a good hairdresser!

As for how fast my leg hair grows....don't even get me started!! ;)

Anyway enough of that tangent. I am going to watch the new Harry Potter tomorrow evening with some friends. I'm not a die hard Potter fan but we got a really good deal for film and dinner so I couldn't say no. I never usually go to see films on their first nights out because I hate crowds but I'm sure it will be fun! I will be doing my nails for it later :)

Enough of my ramblings...here are some Barnaby pictures for those cat lovers out there :)

Sleeping in the tissue box (or should I say trying to sleep despite the annoying person with the annoying camera disturbing him!) -

With Bobo our other cat. She's 2 and a half and likes to play even more than Barnaby does!

We thought it'd take a while for Bobo to accept Barnaby but as you can see she's not exactly hating him :) She hissed for about the first day but since then they've been chasing each other all over the place.

We had to take Barnaby to the vet yesterday as he kept being sick and because he's so little I was concerned about dehydration. He's fine but they weighed him when he was there and he's only 0.5kg!! He's 9 weeks now and should be having his vaccinations but he's too small! I think he must have been the runt of the litter. He eats like a horse though so I don't think it'll be long before he's big enough ;)

Have to say though, nothing funnier than seeing a 0.5kg kitten chasing a 3.5kg cat!!

Konad - The First Attempt...

Hello again!

So, as I said after my last post I attempted my first konadicure. I'd had a practise on things other than my nails and had mixed results so I was excited to see what it'd look like!

I have to say that the whole process of konading is very satisfying. I can completely see why it's addictive.

For my first attempt I don't think I did too badly.... but I didn't do too great either :)

Some are wonky and the print didn't come out properly on others.

My ring finger came out well though I think.

After I'd messed up the left hand I decided there was no point doing the same design on the other hand as I was just going to take it all off again so I tested some of my other stamps instead.

They all worked out pretty well I think, I just need to work on my placement! I particularly like the stars on my middle finger.

I like this one as well but it needs to be placed differently because at the moment it reminds me of the Soviet Union flag!

So that was my first attempt! I need to practise more I think but it will be totally worth it in the end.

More experiments to follow soon!

Oh and one more thing.... I'm trying to decide whether to cut my nails or not. The length they are at the moment is the longest they've ever been. Through personal choice I have always chopped them and kept them a bit shorter than this just but I kind of like them this long...what do you guys think? Chop or no chop?!

BarryM Turquoise

Hello!

I hope everyone's had a nice weekend! Mine was lots of spring cleaning. It's sad but I like to clean :)

As well as spring cleaning I went shopping on Saturday morning and got a few new polishes.


The 2 Sally Hansen ones were 2 for a £1 from the pound shop and I got them to make frankens with!

I also got BarryM Turquoise (I really wish they'd be more original with their names!). It's very similar to Mint Green but that's exactly why I got it!

I love this colour just as much as the Mint Green!

After finishing this I plan to attempt to put some konad on it..... if it goes well I will post the results!

I'm glad so many of you thought my new kitten, Barnaby, is cute! I am so in love with him :) Lucy, you were right about him being named after the detective! I am a big murder mystery fan.

I will post some more pics of him for you guys to see soon!

That's it for now. Keep your fingers crossed that I get on ok with the konad because I don't want to take this colour off just yet :)