NOTD: Maybelline "Banana Puddin' "

I always love looking at this colour in the bottle. I am hoping I can get this exact colour made up in Dulux paint so I can paint my new bedroom in it :)

I am not sure that "Banana Puddin' " works with my skintone, and it is still streaky after 3 coats like here. But I still love this polish!

This is a HTF (hard to find) colour and I feel grateful to own it :) I need to do an pedicure with this colour at some point...

Please excuse my incredibly dry and scaly cuticles. I have severe dermatitis on my hands at the moment and that includes the cuticles and fingers :(

Lina-Elvira Loves It Thiiiis Much:
♥ ♥ ♥

NOTD: New York Color "Little Italy" with China Glaze "Orange Marmalade"

So I was reading All Lacquered Up's trendy white manicures yesterday and thought, hey, I gotta try some of that white stuff. NYC "Little Italy" goes on smooth and shiny, this is 2 coats here. Once I had it on I decided I needed something more. Oh hello juicy "Orange Marmalade"! Just what I need :)

This type of nail art is easy to do but you need good brushes in your bottles or it might be very messy.

Well, I'm off to watch 'Chuck' on telly (I have a secret crush on the nerd spy!)

NOTD: New York Color "Chinatown"

I picked this up a while ago because I thought the colour was really cool, not grey, more of a rich, deep dove grey. They had a special offer on these when they launched so got it for a bargain.

I have nothing like this! The colour of the photo does catch a little bit of it's blue flash, but it is more purpley grey in most lights. I love it, very chic! This is 2 coats and Sally Hansen Mega Shine top coat. It dries quickly if you layer it thin. The first coat was incredibly messy and streaky and I despaired. But when you layer on the second coat it turns from painful to perfect! As with "Midtown" this formula suffer 3 Free syndrome and is a bit runny but the brush is good.

Lina-Elvira Loves It Thiiiis Much:
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ +

A tribute to the nail blogging community!

Check it out kidz, Scratch magazine has written a tribute to nail blog queen Michelle over at All Lacquered Up and tossed in a little wink to my beloved MUA!

NOTD: Sinful Color "Color Scare"

As I said, I had a very exciting swap parcel arrive today with a long-time lemming inside - Sinful Color "Color Scare".

It's liquid, super-shimmery, bronze love!! This has shot straight into my Top 20 Nail Polish of all time, in company such as it's equally exuberant Sinful sisters, "Show me the way" and "San Francisco". It is opaque in two coats, glides on effortlessly and dries quickly. This is two coats and Poshe top coat.

Lina-Elvira Loves It Thiiiis Much:

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ +

Friday Night Hair...

...Disaster?

Not quite, but I did tangle one of these Denman Thermo Rollers in my hair pretty badly, took me some serious pulling to get out. It nearly defeated moi, le grande mademoiselle of all things beauty! Puny hair roller, know thy place...

The resulting waves are pretty cool however a bit greasy as I was going overboard with the product. It takes som practice not to tangle these things up, it may require cutting out... So take things slow when you pull them out. Use on towel-dry hair with volumising mousse for instant waves worthy of "Dallas"!

I've actually had these lying around the house for a couple of years, originally optimistically bought for some special occasion, probably. I am digging up some serious gems lately, and certainly more to come as I prepare to move house mid-August! :)

After that adventure, I am now enjoying some well-deserved Star Trek: Voyager and some tea with a large bouffant. I got an awesome swap parcel today all the way from sunny California so hoping to try all those little nail polish gems out soon for you!

NOTD: Rimmel 60sec "Funtime Fuschia"

This has certainly been one of the most stressful and tiring weeks in a long time. However, it is also one week of immense joy - we have finally bought our first home!

Recently, I have been reminiscing about the early days of blog just over a year ago, and I put on this very summery shade - the super-glossy, speed-dry juiciness of Rimmel's "Funtime Fuschia". I love the vibrant pink of this shade and it applies so quickly and flawlessly. Unless like me, you are dead-tired, doing your mani at 22:30 in the evening and so ready for the weekend :) "Funtime Fuschia" also goes ridiculously well with my Minxed toes!

My nails are so short right now I can't really stand them, and I am dying to put on acrylics again using Popits, but I am trying to restrain myself until I can get CND Iridescent Glitter acrylic powder to make a really funky French just like Wee Fee made for me at the CND Open Day.