Addiction

 Hi my name's Lydia and I'm addicted to Essie Mint Candy Apple. I've only had this polish for a few months and I've nearly got through half a bottle. Yes I have a problem. So of course I had to have mani with Mint Candy Apple, because it being on my toes is just not enough for me so I decided to go for this little striped and floral number. The lines could have been neater (luckily the flowers cover those up though :P) but I don't have the steadiest hands in the world... aahhh I hate doing freehand stripes so much!

Polishes I used:

Essie - Mint Candy Apple

Konad Special Nail Polish - White

Collection 2000 - Ninja (best name ever, flower leaves)

Barry M - Peach Melba (Flowers)

Essie - Braziliant (Flowers)

Late Pink Wednesday

Hey! I'm so bad at posting my Pink Wednesday nails on Wednesdays, oops! But better later then never eh? For this mani I was inspired by Vettelicious, as I always love her mani! Mine looks no where near as good as hers though. A few of my nails were a little messy and didn't like how they turned out, but I did like the polka dots and glitter! Polishes I used where Missy Sporty nameless pink (Y U NO NAME POLISHES?!), NYC Prince Street and Accessorize Ruby Sparkle.

Left hand:

  Awkward hand pose is awkward.

Right hand: 

I really hate the scar on my thumb :/

I ordered some more BM plates and they came today (YAY!), I'm so excited to try them all out!

Stripes and Flowers

Hey! Just a quick post from me today as I have to rush out. All the colours are Barry M, apart from the green which is a fraken. So enjoy!

It's so annoying to take pictures in the sunlight when Seche is your topcoat, it's just too damn glossy!

Stripy Pink Wednesday

Happy Pink Wednesday and Happy Birthday to my little sister!

My mum's boss made my sister 16 cupcakes for her 16th birthday, YUM!

Back to nails, for this pink Wednesday I decided to go for stripes. The base colour is a light pink franken, then 17 Pink Grapefruit for the stripes. The lines aren't that crisp, but you can't really see that in real life, I hate how the camera magnifies every imperfection.

Just a short post for today, I have such a bad migraine. :( 

Pink Stripes.

This mani is a result of procrastination...

I used Barry M Strawberry Icecream and Shocking Pink. Some of the lines are a bit messy, but oh well. 

Pink Wednesday - You Can't Join Mathletes, It's Social Suicide!

I'm pretty proud I've managed to do every Pink Wednesday since I started this blog, go me! So this week I decided to use some of the new nail polishes I brought; Gosh Wild Lilac and Accessorize Pink Spice

 I think they look quite tiger-ish, don't you think?

A short and sweet post as I have an exam today, wish me luck! 

Glitter In The Air

I've been wanting to use one of my glitter polishes for a while, but that much glitter is a nightmare to take off so I don't often wear it, but yesterday I saw this post so I thought I'd glitter up my nails and try it out! Hopefully it works! I used this Barry M blue glitter, which I absolutely LOVE! I have their red too, they're both easily in my top 10 fav nail polishes.

Such bad shrinkage though!! 

Does anyone have a way to stop the annoying shrinkage? 

Tape Mani

So I thought I'd give a tape mani a go, it turned out okay, not the best but good for a first time. It's so fiddly though, almost had to ask my sister to do my left hand. I used some random brown nail polish and cyan Barry M, which has to be my fav shade of blue I have (and I have like 15 blue nail polishes!) then it's topped off with my beloved matte top coat.

Sorry it's a bit scruffy. For the middle finger I switched the colours around, didn't give the effect I hoped for though. Oh well, you live, you learn. 

Pink Wednesday!

So I survived the treacherous journey home without any damage to my nails, go me! Major accomplishment! I've put the top coat on and tidied up my nails a bit from my 3am preview and here is the end result:

They shine killer in the sun, but there is a lack of sun shinning into my room and I felt like a bit of a wolly trying to take pictures of my nails while standing at the window, especially as my neighbours are having a big BBQ and can see directly into my window. 

Also, in between exams and trains I managed to find some time for some cheeky nail polish shopping and got the FAB Barry M pink Shatter which I've had my eye on for a while, but all the shops were sold out of it... until today!! 

Check it out! I was so excited by the nail polish I just had to take a pic of it before I even unpacked, as you can see by my bag in the background, HA! Can't wait to try that beauty out.

Quick Preview

I was just so excited about my nails I had to take a quick crappy pic on my webcam, at 3am, so the whole world could see! They're not finished yet and still a bit messy, but oh well, you get the general idea on how they'll turn out. I'll finish them tomorrow after my exam and make the 220 mile journey back home, I hope I don't ruin any of them on the journey, but with my heavy bag I just might. Fingers crosses!