I'm getting quite nifty with my little nail art dotting tool! I was only going to do one nail dotty but I went a bit crazy and did the whole lot, but I quite like it, what do you think?
Hey! I have a little guest post for you today from the lovely Maya from Spider leg lashes, I really love her blog, especially her outfit posts! So here are her 5 favourite spring and summer nail polishes, and if you haven't already then check out her blog (here) because it's a bloody good read! ;)
I don't know about you guys, but Spring/Summer just scream pastel and bright nails to me. Here are 5 of my favourite nail polishes that I'll be rocking when it (finally!) gets warmer.
Angelica Palma Violet / Angelica Hip Hop - Angelica polishes can be picked up from Primark and cost around £2.50. Opaque in a couple of coats and dry quickly, these are just 2 of my ever-growing Angelica collection. Palma Violet is a lovely lilac colour and Hip Hop is a super bright pink corally colour - a favourite for my toenails!
Essie Fear & Desire / Essie Bikini So Teeny - 2 higher end polishes and the newest additions to my collection. Bikini So Teeny was huge last year and I suspect it will be this year too. Fear & Desire is a wonderfully bright orange and Bikini So Teeny is a pale blue with the subtlest sparkle.
MUA Pistachio Ice-cream - Apparently a dupe for Essie's Mint Candy Apple and at just £1 a bottle, MUA polishes are a fairly good cheap alternative. Pistachio Ice-cream is a pretty pastel green.
Angelica Palma Violet, Angelica Hip Hop, Essie Fear & Desire, Essie Bikini So Teeny and MUA Pistachio Ice-cream.
I love it when new 'effects' nail polishes come out and always want to try them as soon as I can, when I saw this I expected a gel like formula and was curious to see how it would work so picked one up for £3.99 in Boots in the shade Prickly Pear! (Buy here)
I was a bit disappointed when I found that it's no different from a normal nail polish, it's just a little bit shinier when it dries but I still really love the colour and Barry M Nail polishes are so cheap you can't really go wrong! The picture on the left shows one coat and the right hand side shows two which was opaque enough for me!
It also doesn't last very well, (my nails always chip and smudge really easily anyway because I'm impatient to let them dry properly!) but this was chipped on every nail after 3 days which wasn't brilliant!
Overall, I like the colour and the opacity, it does have a really good shine to it and the price is great! But it does chip really easily and I wouldn't say its different enough to be classed as an effects nail polish.
Have you tried this?
What did you think?
What's your favourite shade from the range?
Thanks for reading!
Georgia x
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It's the 31st August whhhattt?! I am finishing work this Sunday and then spending the next week doing uni work and making up for not doing anything all summer... oops! But first I shall tell you all about what I have been loving over the month of August :)
First off, my Topshop ear cuffs! I showed these in a post a while ago when I first bought them and I have been wearing them loads over summer! Whenever I have my hair tied up or pinned back I put one of these on the side of my ear and I feel just a little bit cool!
On the days which England has actually seen some sun this summer, I have been making the most of it by wearing these lace up sandals from Topshop with everything!
I'm so glad I bought Indian Ocean from Models Own's Beetlejuice collection because it's so pretty on it's own and recently I have found that it's actually magic and changes the colour of other nail polished used as a base coat! I painted it over Barry M Vivid Purple (left) which resulted in a goldy pink shade and also over Models Own Nude Beige (right) which provided such a good base for the colour to show off it's shimmery-ness.
I got this HD brows kit in Foxy in a Glossybox a while back and love using it for my eyebrows, but over August I have also discovered that it can be used as eyeshadows as well. I blend the warm brown shade with brown eyeliner to make a brown smokey eye which lasts really well all day!
I have been using this literally every day since I bought it, it's amazing and if you'd like to know more then you can see an in depth review here. I think I might just go as far as saying it's my favourite mascara!
I have recently started using this night cream instead of just my day moisturizer overnight and I have really noticed a big difference. This is really lovely and thick but doesn't feel to heavy on the face and when I wake up in the morning my skin feels so soft and nourished! It also smells amazing and is very affordable.
Last but not least is my Lush mango bath melt! This smells soooo nice, I love strong fruity scents so this one is perfect for me! I used half of it in a bath and it made the whole bathroom smell amazing and I still smelt of mango for ages afterwards, and it made my skin feel so soft that I didn't even need to moisturize afterwards.
I've also been really loving to watch Sunbeamsjess's Youtube video's this month, she has such nice clothes and I love all the outfits she puts together!
And I have been religiously reading Josielovesshoes's blog this month, her OOTD posts are so cute and the way she writes is so witty and she is always making me chuckle!
So that's it for August!
Hope you've all enjoyed the summer holidays :)
I'll leave you with a song I have listened to on repeat this month!
