FRANKEN: Bronze It Baby! (Tutorial) & Mani.

Firstly I would like to thank ♥beauxs mom  at her LoveBeanGirl blog for her help and advice. You can find her blog post here that prompted me to finally plum up the courage to make my first Franken.

PREVIEW

Yesterdays Nail Polish Haul.

So, I just wanted to post what I got yesterday. Not to brag, but to post mainly pictures for my close family and friends that live far away from me can see.

So, piccy's are below obviously. Hee hee! Click on 'em to see more detail and to see them in their original size.

Yesh, I love Hello Kitty, and despite my non-love of the color pink also. Individual nail set pictures are below, along with a in-pack product description.

Catrice: 440 I Wear My Sunglasses At Night & NYC: 250 Midnight Amethyst

Okay, so it's gone 3am, and I'm kinda tired for a change. Well, my eyes are sore anyway, so I'm going to make this bloggie as simple as I can.

First I started with Kiss "French Manicure" Tip Guides and applied them to my left hand. I then painted the tips of my nails on my left hand with Catrice: 440 I Wear My Sunglasses At Night. This is a glossy black shade with lots of small holographic glitter within it. Black only comes in one shade as far as I'm concerned, and this is it.

TIPS: Catrice "Ultimate Nail Lacquer." 440 I Wear My Sunglasses At Night.

Birthday Shopping Spree

So, today was my birthday, and I took me and my son to Galway for the day. I hunted down nail polishes and nail art etc that I couldn't get hold of in my town as a treat for myself.

Oodles of pictures below. As always, click on a picture to see an enlarged/original sized version.

 (BACK - from left to right: Models Own "Smash-Up" CP007 Purple, Claire's "Nail Polish for Nail Art" x3, Essence "French Glam Nail Stickers" 01 We Love French, Sinful "Nail Enamel" Romp, Essence "French Glam Nail Stickers" 03 Nothing But French, Models Own "Smash-Up" CP002 Silver. *** FRONT - from left to right: Essence "Color & Go" 38 Choose Me!, Essence "Color & Go" 04 Space Queen, Miss Sporty "UV" Disco Tech, The Edge "Nails" 5 Star Base Coat.)

Oh Là Là!

I couldn't sleep, no surprise there, so in the early hours of this morning I decided to start my very first French Manicure. Well, a slightly different version as the original, as I used a pink shimmer variation nail polish for the main color.

Below is my own step-by-step guide. Not just to help me remember how I done it, but also for reference for anyone that would like help doing their own for the very first time.

Step 1

I used Kiss "French Manicure" Tip Guides - BK132 to start off with. I applied them to my left hand first, as I am right handed. Then I used Catrice "Ultimate Nail Lacquer" 470 Snow Motion! to paint the tips of the nails of my left hand.

(Above picture taken indoors at night with flash: Catrice"Ultimate Nail Lacquer" 470 Snow Motion!.)

I took a few pictures when the tips of my nails had dried.

 (Above picture taken indoors at night with flash: Catrice"Ultimate Nail Lacquer" 470 Snow Motion!.)

 (Above picture taken indoors at night with flash: Catrice"Ultimate Nail Lacquer" 470 Snow Motion!.)

(Above picture taken indoors at night with flash: Catrice"Ultimate Nail Lacquer" 470 Snow Motion!.)

Ups and Downs of Shopping...

Okay, so well, yesterday now I guess, was a good and bad day in parts. Was up all night again, but did manage to get a few hours sleep.

Then, after I got sorted I went uptown and got a few more Catrice half price nail polishes. Picture is below.

(Above from left to right - Taken indoor with flash: Catrice "Ultimate Nail Lacquer." 210 Just Married, 240 Sold Out For Ever, 250 I Sea You!, and 520 Apropos Apricot.)

Then I snagged myself a very nice Nubar indeed, and my very first one too actually. Picture is also below.

(Above - Taken indoor with flash: Nubar "Nail Lacquer" N144 Sandy Shimmer.)

I also managed to pick up a few nail art stickers and rhinestones. Which I'll experiment with and blog about another time.

And I also treated myself to my very first nail art kit; Kiss "Nail Artist" MDK01 Paint & Stencil Kit. Unfortunately when I got home I discovered one of the polishes had its glass bottom cut (for lack of a better word) off. Luckily it was below where the base of the polish was in the bottle, so I had no leakage. But now I'll have to take the time to pretty myself up, just in order to go uptown and exchange the pack for a pristine one. Which is a shame, as I wanted to just stay in and 'play' with it today instead.

When I say "today", I really mean much later, as it's like 3.05amish, Saturday if you're on GMT like me, at the moment. Not enough natural light for me to think about doing anything constructive except writing this. Haha.

I really didn't want to have to go out later either, as I was out too much today as it was.

Ah well. Such is life I guess.

Pretty and Glittery!

Just a little update with four of the new polishes that I also got yesterday.

(Above: Left to right- NYC "Expert Last Nail Polish" 105 Lights-Camera-Glitter, and NYC "Expert Last Nail Polish" 155 Gramercy Glitz.)

You can't really tell from the pictures, but the W57 Neon Shower is very shimmery and a bit glittery in the bottle, so I'll have to do a single one when the light is better and add it in at a later date.

(Above: Left to right- Wild and Crazy "Nail Enamel" W57 Neon Shower, and Wild and Crazy "Nail Enamel" W203 Wasabi.)

And I just took another photo, from a slightly different angle, to try and capture all the green and yellow glitter in the W203 Wasabi bottle. But it didn't come out like I hoped unfortunately.

(Above: Left to right- Wild and Crazy "Nail Enamel" W57 Neon Shower, and Wild and Crazy "Nail Enamel" W203 Wasabi.)

And finally, a picture of all four together. Just because...

(Above: Left to right- NYC "Expert Last Nail Polish" 105 Lights-Camera-Glitter, NYC "Expert Last Nail Polish" 155 Gramercy Glitz, Wild and Crazy "Nail Enamel" W57 Neon Shower, and Wild and Crazy "Nail Enamel" W203 Wasabi.)

I will feature these polishes as mani's in my blog in the near future. If you would like to see them sooner, then please comment with your favorite below. Thank you.

Scrummy Sale Goodies

Well, it's Wednesday, which for me means that it's payday. Yay! So, I dragged myself uptown and through the cloudy and muggy weather to get some bright colors for the looming summer to come; which hasn't arrived yet at all. And I was surprised when I got to the second pharmacy on my spree and found nearly half of the Catrice stand with "1/2 price" stickers on. So, naturally I grabbed the polishes that were nearly gone; eight in total, and decided to go back for the few I couldn't manage to hold later on in the week.

Slightly rushed pictures are below, and I will feature them all in my blog as soon as I can.



(Top & Bottom Photos) From Left to Right- Catrice "Ultimate Nail Lacquer": 300 Be My Millionaire, 530 Up In The Air, 350 Hip Queens Wear Blue Jeans!, 510 Bye Bye Birdy!, 390 Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy!, 020 MAN GO Tango, 170 I Scream Peach!, and 160 Sweets For My Sweet.