Black and Gold | Nail art

Barry M nail paint in and foil effects

Bourjois dotting tool

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?

Hope you like!

Georgia x

Halloween Nails | with Bourjois

Happy Halloween!

As I am no longer at university, going out on a Thursday is sadly not really a thing any more, however I did do some pumpkin carving to get into the spirit, and what's a seasonal occasion without themed nail art right? And I'm digging out the cat ears Saturday to go out in Camden so all is not lost! 

Barry M in Black

Collection 2000 5 Day Wear in French White

Bourjois Texture Silicone Gel in Dangerous Wish (part of Bourjois' Halloween range in stores now!)

Bourjois Nail Art Dotting Tool

Step 1: Paint two coats of black on every nail,

Step 2: Use the larger side of the dotting tool to create two oval shapes on each nail except the ring finger (One of mine went wrong which explains the ghost!)

Step 3: Use the smaller side of the dotting tool to draw dots on each white oval.

Step 4: Paint glitter polish on to the ring finger and you're done!

I really love a bit of nail art, so if you've done anything Halloween themed leave it in the comments or mention me in your instagram or twitter pic! xgeorgia

Georgia x

A very pink themed...beauty wishlist

Tangle Teezer

I want to try and grow my hair out a bit so I've been trying everything I can to not damage it, and I've heard that these inventions are better than a normal hairbrush in that they cause less breakages. So this is top of my shopping list right now, any hair growth tips you may know are also very welcome!

Benefit Fake Up

I'm constantly looking for the perfect concealer for under my eyes and I don't think I've ever found THE one, this one looks interesting because it has a moisturising ring...oooh

Daniel Sandler Watercolour Blush

I've never tried anything by Daniel Sandler so I'm really curious about this fluid blusher, it's oil free and I can imagine it would be really easy to blend. Also the colour is pretty!

Peel off Nail Polish

I am very unsure as to how good it would be to have your nail polish peel off, but I'm intrigued and I also hate removing nail polish so I really want to give this a go!

Have you tried any of these things?

What did you think?

What are you coveting at the moment?

Thanks for reading!

Georgia x

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Review | Barry M Gelly Hi Shine Nail Paint

Hello! How are you?

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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Review | Burts Bees Cuticle Cream

So I bought this recently because my nails have been really bad since the start of winter! The cold weather dries out my skin and nails and they just need some extra tlc! I love Burts Bees products and had heard some good things about this Lemon Butter Cuticle Cream and it was only £5.99 so I thought I'd give it a try! (Buy here)

'For the intensive care and moisturization of dry cuticles and brittle nails Lemon Butter Cuticle Creme is ideal. The strength and health of nails is dependent on healthy cuticles. Use daily rubbing a small amount on the nail and gently pushing back the cuticle.' (Burts Bees)































































First off, it smells lovely! Lemony as you may have guessed, quite strong but it doesn't last ages so it's not too overpowering. It's quite a thin consistency, much like the Burts Bees Miracle Salve. You only need a tiny bit on each nail so it should last for a while! 
It's very moisturizing and is slowly repairing my cuticles. I use it everytime I paint my nails so maybe once a week, I may try using it everyday to speed up the results!

I really like using this and it's definitely improving the condition of my cuticles so I'd recommend it to anyone who's had the same problem over winter!

Have you tried any cuticle creams?
What did you think?

Thanks for reading!

Georgia x

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How to | Sparkly Christmassy Nails

You can also do another layer of the Sally Hansen clear polish as a top coat but I didn't because I don't like having too many layers on as it takes ages to dry and I end up smudging it! 

 Products used:

Models Own Ibiza Mix

Models own Nude Beige

Sally Hansen base and top coat

Thanks for reading :)

Georgia x

How to | Galaxy nails!

I apologize for the fact that it looks like a 5 year old has painted them for me,
I did actually do it myself...

1. Choose a dark colour to paint as the background for this effect and apply one layer.

If you do more than one then it becomes gloopy and will take sooo long to dry, and it's going to have more coats on top so it doesn't matter too much how good it looks!

2. Use a sponge to dab on the first colour. It doesn't have to be neat or look the same on each nail.

3. Wait for this to dry before you use another sponge (or the other side of the same one like I did!) to apply the lighter colour, focussing on the other side of the nail but it looks good if it overlaps a bit too!

4. Paint a glitter polish all over the top for the starry effect! 

Easy peasy intergalactic nails!

Thanks for reading :)

Georgia

NOTD Purple-y pink-y goldish-ness

Hellooo!

Just a quick post to show off my nail of the day! I have been loving my Models own Indian Ocean from the Beetle juice collection and have tried it over a few different colours but this is deffo my new fave! I painted a coat over Barry M's Vivid Purple and it turned it a really pretty goldy pink shimmer! It's sort of galaxy print-esque and I love it! Hope you do to :)

Georgia

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Bourjois Paris Magic Nail Polish Remover

Hellooo!

As you may have seen, I bought this last week in my Haul! I had seen some bloggers talking about it and was very intrigued about how it worked! 

I'm am very lazy when it comes to nails, and have been known to leave nail polish on until it has all chipped off :/

Since I bought this, I have ditched my old nail-neglecting ways and I have changed my nails twice this week! 

I imagine the novelty will wear off after a while but for now I'm rather enjoying this product! :)

You shake up the bottle before use then just push your nail into the foam, twist it about a bit, pull it out and it's nail polish free!

It saves cotton pads, it's really quick and it's only £4.99 at Boots.

I would definitely recommend this :)

Have you tried this?

What do you think? 

Thanks for reading!

Georgia

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Instagram Diary #4

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Football, thank you's and nail art features!

Hello!

Just a quick one this evening as I have just returned from watching the football in the pub, which ended up being full of crying, drunken men and one happy Italian woman...

oh dear England.

Anyway, I have just hit 20 followers and I'm soooooo pleased! Thank you everyone who took the time to follow my blog, I really do appreciate it!

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And secondly, Sinead from Fashion and Beauty Tribes has very kindly put some of my nail art up as part of her nail art feature! She has a lovely blog and does some really good photography, so go check her out here and check out the feature where she included my nail art here!

Thanks for reading!

Georgia

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Top 5 Summer Nail Polishes!

 Top 5 Summer Nail Polishes!

1. Rimmel London 60 seconds in Rose Libertine

2. Bourjois So Laque in Bleu Model

Triangle nails...

Wasn't sure what to call this style, not really triangles but I can't think of any other way to accurately describe them...
Hmmm... Anyway here is an easy peasy way of making short nails appear longer and also a tad pointier, at least I think so! You can use any colour combo you like, I may add some glitter next time, or when the sun decides to show I may use pastels!

So for this I began with this little gem, as my nails have been a bit weak lately...

Then I painted them with two coats of Barry M Dusky Mauve...

Then I used a white nail art pen to draw lines from the corner of each nail into a point near the tip...

I finished it off with a clear top coat and that was that, triangle-y mauve-y pointy looking nails :)

Hope you like! Has anyone got any other (easy to do with a rather shaky hand...) nail art ideas can I try?

Have a good weekend!

Georgia 

Jubilee nails!

Happy Diamond Jubilee Queeny and citizens of the UK! Thought I'd get into the spirit the best way I know how... nail art :) Here are my Jubilee nails, they are little Union Jacks but I didn't go for the conventional red, white and blue as I wanted to be different and use some pastels! So I have have used three colours, the green is  Bourjois So Laque, the pink is Rimmel 60 second nail polish and I also used a white nail art pen. I realise they aren't the neatest of union jacks but it is very tricky (I haven't photographed my right hand!) I think they look quirky and like they are meant to be a bit wobbly... that is my excuse and I'm sticking to it! If you have an easy way of doing a straight line please do tell :)

                                                                Step 1: Paint base coat...

  Step 2: paint a cross and then a wonky cross in white...

Step three: Paint over white lines in pink, leaving outline!

Waa laa slightly... rustic, shall we say, Jubilee nails! 

I wore them today whilst celebrating the bank holiday by looking round the stalls and having a pic-nic at Hampton Court. The sun even came out, and I took a few good snaps, which I'll put in below! What are you doing to celebrate?

Enjoy the bank holiday!

Georgia :)

Nail Tutorial!

Easy Peasy Spring Nails

Good Morningggg!
I thought I'd do something Spring like with my nails today as I have decided that I will prevail with Spring fashion and beauty despite the lack of Spring-like weather in England!
Hope you like it! :)

First of all I moisturized my hands and nails with The Body Shop Strawberry Body Butter (after sticking my nose in it for a while!) because the smell of nail polish makes me feel a bit queasy and this masks the smell a bit! And it makes my hands all lovely and soft!

Then I used the Collection 2000 Five day wear in French White (103) to paint to coats on all my nails except the one on my ring finger.

To make sure that it didn't feel left out, I then painted my ring finger nail in Bourjois So Laque! Bleu Model (44) which is a lovely turquoise which would look great with a tan (if the sun ever actually makes an appearance!)

I then got my Rio Professional Nail Art Pen in white and drew a peace sign on the green nail on my left hand (as my right hand is less shaky!) and a cross on the green nail on my right hand. :)  

Then I painted them all with a clear top-coat and.... Wa-laaa Spring nails which will go nicely with my spring wardrobe and make-up that I WILL be wearing in the cold and rain! :)

Georgia ✿

Links :)

Body Shop Strawberry Body Butter

Collection 2000 French White

Nail Art Pen

Bourjois Bleu Model