Beautiful Pits???

I'm sick of deodorants that claim that if you use them you'll become the life and soul of the party and the next 'It' girl because of your gorgeous, soft and shimmering...



ARMPITS



Really???!! Gimme a break...

C'mon. They're pits. Designed by nature to perspire. They should be washed and occassionally waxed/shaved. Who EVER heard of someone saying "Oh yeah check out Jane, she has the best pits in town". Seriously. Who the f*** thought this whole idea up?? What's next? Antiwrinkle deodorants? In fact, don't go there...

FRANKENPOLISH: Bottle Green Creme

I name thee "Bottle Green Creme"!

This is it. I have found my favourite green creme. Ever. Tell me you don't love it?? :) I can't wait to make a full mani with this.

This is a frankenpolish, lovingly concocted from Rimmel I Love Lasting Finish "Sunshine", Nails Inc "Hanover Square", Barry M "Lime Green 137" and a dash of Viva La Diva "56". And as you can see its not nearly black as compared to Rimmel 60sec "Blackout" next to it. Peeking in in the background is the lovely Barry M "True Turquoise". And yes, my kitchen roll has butterflies on it..

NOTD: Nubar "Pink Flame"

I'm getting weary of winter and starting to covet bright summer days (although to be fair we don't get many of those in Scotland...) Hence I am needing something cheerful to remind myself that summer IS still coming and soon little snowdrops and daffodils will be peeking through the old leaves and the birds will sing again. I sound like Frodo on the Mountain of Doom, actually :( anyway onto my NOTD. It's the stunningly fiery "Pink Flame", a duochrome from Nubar. The formula was quite sheer and runny, so this is 3 coats, but could've done with 4. Poshe top coat over it. Dries fairly quickly, mainly because it's formula is so thin. Very hard to capture in a photo, Scrangie has an awesome photo of this colour in her October pinks blog entry.

Bottom line: I love this colour. It's cheerful, yet mysterious. Its a pinkier version of my beloved Sally Hansen Nail Prisms "Amber Ruby".

Also if you are feeling the pre-spring blues and crave some hope for summer, check out the AWESOME new China Glaze collection for summer, Summer Days, at All Lacquered Up now!

ATTENTION! :)

If you love nail polish (and even if you don't) you should go onto All Lacquered Up NOW and check out the scoop on this summer's collection from China Glaze!

SWEET!!

Glamour Deed of the Month

I gave my £18 Tweezerman Point Tweezers to my boyfriend so he can use them for his microscopy work. The ultra-fine point on these tweezers means they are lethal for brow work but work really well moving minute things about under the microscope.

The stainless steel construction of these babies means he will probably be able to use them for a long time too.

Now if that's not love, what is?? :)

NOTD - VirginVie "Bijou Onyx"

I bought this at one of those ghastly makeup parties, used the box (with polishes still inside!) as a stand for my PSP games and forgot all about it. Until today, when I was digging out papers for my mortgage appointment! This little box of jewels contains five mini polishes, a bright metallic purple (Amethyst), a metallic magenta (Tourmaline), a sparkly sheer white (Diamonds), a shimmering red (Ruby) and this gem, Onyx; a black with multicoloured glitter particles. It says on the box "One sweep with these exclusive shades and you guarantee yourself a VIP pass". One sweep?.. As hardened nail fanatic, I scoffed in disbelief and unscrewed the cap. I was amazed. One sweep and I did indeed have glorious multiglitter black goodness.. :) I seriously like! It requires two thick of Seche Vite, this polish literally eats the top coat :( Aside from that, I love this colour, and I wonder what the other colours are like now, Tourmaline catches my eye everytime I open the box with it's magenta shine. Anyway, enough rambling, here's also a pic of the bottle, a tiny 5ml...


I really like this polish, and I am hoping that the rest are just as good :) I vaguely remember buying this gift box about a year ago or more, and have completely forgotten about them, what a crime!! :)

NOTD: Misa "Toxic Seduction" with Konad

I thought I would do something more exciting than just a colour today so I did a pattern I like from the M4 plate using GOSH "Holographic". GOSH "Holographic" whoops China Glaze "OMG" butt anyday in terms of sparkletastic holo goodness, it produces a striking rainbow effect and appears less greyish than "OMG". And it's just as opaque for Konad fun :) This Misa polish is awesome; the first coat looked a bit scruffy and patchy and I wasn't happy even though I didn't pay a lot for the polish. Then I slicked on the 2nd layer and oh my, it's sooo smooth and opaque and shimmery 8-) The brush is great and the polish is thickish but not gloopy.

First I give you a pic of Misa "Toxic Seduction" before Konad..

Then with holographic Konad...

I am still learning the Konad techniques so things are not as symmetric as I'd like but I will get there one day :) And please excuse the cuticles, they're just so dry and cracking no matter how much I moisturise and oil. It's the winter cold and my office's air-con, they just get dry all the time.