NOTD: MNY "669"

This is the other MNY polish I picked up from Asda! I was quite taken with the velvety finish so this is without MegaShine topcoat. It's a very cool colour; gunmetal grey with a hint of brown maybe?... This is 2 tricky coats - it applies like a matte polish so do not be tempted to go over the same area twice while wet or you will mess it up! The dry finish isn't entirely matte though, more satiny.

I am currently fairly preoccupied being on holiday and cat-sitting Mother-in-Laws cat who don't get on with my little furball and also keeping an eye on the little shrimp babies I got! It's not very restful so doing my nails was a treat today :)

NOTD: MNY "753"

First day of my 3-day holiday (I know, it's soooo extravagant). After taking delivery of my shrimp babies, I went to Asda for scotch pancakes. As I cruised past the Maybelline stand my eyes fixed on their daughter line MNY which was sneaking it's way onto the main Maybelline stand, and hello green nail polish! :) For £2.99 it's worth a try.

As expected, it's sheer. This is 3 coats, could've done with 4, but I had had enough nail polish fumes after spending the afternoon outside in the sun and fresh air! I put on a slick of MegaShine over the top.

The thought struck me it is similar to China Glaze "Moonpool". But "Moonpool" has a hidden depth of green with a golden flash but "753" is more a shimmery golden lime?.. It's more similar to Mavala "Electric Green".

I'm off to look at my shrimps again to watch them feed on the little algae wafer I put in for them!

NOTD: Nails Inc "Aspen"

It's hard for me not to think of the current events in Norway. My heart goes out to all who have been affected by the events, I can't imagine what it would be like...

This is an old favourite polish of mine as some of you may know. This fiery red shimmer never disappoints and seems to be getting aired every time I need something cheerful. This is two perfect coats with a slick of MegaShine top coat. This polish turns out beautifully every time. I may need to get a backup of it in case Nails Inc decide to discontinue this shade..

Iron Maiden!

I came home very late after a fantastic gig with Airbourne and Iron Maiden, after dining with one of the guitarists, kind of! :)

Ah, Swedish food...

Look what I found in Boots at lunchtime?! For those of you who do not know I am originally from the north-east of Sweden, now living in north-east Scotland for the past 11 years or so. I have to say that I don't miss living in Sweden, but I do miss the food! Therefor I was very excited when I found this sandwich (it's the little things, eh...) as I love polarkaka! :)

I hope they don't just do this as a limited edition sandwich, because it is very yummy!

NOTD: Minx "Pink Cheetah" with Rimmel 60sec "Funtime Fuchsia"

So I got tired of the wrinkly Kooky and removed it. Nothing wrong with the product, just my crappy application. I did however get a lot of 'wow, I love your nails!' today wherever I went. I guess it's the brightness of the gold that does it. Even nail 'muggles' love metallic nail wraps! The Dior guy even went and got his colleagues from the Chanel desk to show her my nails. She then mumbled 'I'm sorry but the A/W collection still isn't out yet' as she returned to her station (not that I am stalking the Chanel desk for "Peridot", or whatever, ahem...).

A tip for removing nail wraps such as Minx and Kooky: crank up the heat with your infrared lamp and be very slow peeling them off, or you will inevitably take off the top layer of the nail in places. Any sticky residue is quickly removed with some nail polish remover. But don't go so close to the bulb you feel it scalding...

I feel good about this manicure. The Minx definitely goes on easy, big, fat bandage on my thumb or not. I will change the nail polish for Thursday's Iron Maiden gig to Rimmel LycraPro "Urban Princess" as I think this polish will chip before Wednesday evening... Since I've rediscovered my stash of nail wraps I think I will start doing manis with a nail art ring finger for a while! I have some really cool ones I can't wait to try again.

Last but not least, here is some of this years potato crop! The white ones are "Rocket" and the pink ones are "Desiree". Yummy! :)

Finally, it's feeling like summer!

Nothing smells as sweeeet as sweet peas! These are finally starting to flower after not looking very well at the start of the season :)