If It Shines...

Nail Polish Swatch Wheels

2011-09-15T19:15:00.000+01:00

Hi all!

I just want to quickly show you my nail wheels today, I got these as a present from Karin over at Rins Nail Files and I had loads of fun painting them!

Purples

Blues

Reds/Oranges/Browns

Pinks

Shatters/Blacks/White/Greys and Holos

Glitters


Greens

I hope you liked seeing them, as my collection grows so will my nail wheels and I will seperate into colours on their own, I am also thinking about putting them by brand too...hmmm I don't know, we wil see :D

Until next time...

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

My 5 Fave Iphone/Ipod Touch Apps!

2011-09-12T21:17:00.000+01:00

Hiya!

Today as the title suggests I am going to let you know my 5 favourite apps for my Ipod Touch. If anyone knows me they know that my Ipod is my pride and joy I never leave home without it...I would go back and get it if I forget it lol!

1. Facebook...this goes without saying this is my addiction! I am on it from I wake til I go to sleep everyday, its the first thing I look at it in the morning and the last at night! sheesh...addict much ;)

2. Tiny Tower...I don't know why but I love this little game, basically you build a tower of shops/apartments etc and keep building lol! nothing exciting but I play everyday hehe!

3. Words With Friends...this is just like Scrabble, I have the free version and its great, I play all the time, you can connect to your Facebook and Twitter friends and play games with them.

4. Iperiod...this is the most helpful app I have and I love it. Its basically a period tracker but its very dicreet and awesome. It calculates your due dates and ovulation times, cycle length and all that, its really good for me because mine are all over the place lately so can keep track here and not forget which I do easily as my body loves to play tricks!

5. Instagram...you all know about this one I am sure, its a camera app with loads of little settings and changes you can make to your pics, loads of fun to play around with and you can get some amazing shots from this app!

Well thats my top 5 folks, I hope you liked them! Leave recommendations in a comment below for me as I am always looking for more greatness :D

Until next time

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

How I tame the beasts AKA...eyebrows!

2011-09-11T15:58:00.000+01:00

Hiya

Today I am going to run through how I shape/tame my eyebrows, I have quite thick natural eyebrows but they have a good shape to them so I generally just tidy them up...

Heres what I use...

Wax Strips, Spatula, Tweezers, Scissors, Spoolie, Boiling Water (for the wax) Wax, Cleanser, Cotton Pad

Before

After

After Close Up

I am by no means an expert at shaping my brows, nor do I claim to be, I just wanted to share what I do.

Heres what I do...

Warm the wax in hot water, I leave it in for about 5-10 mins
Wax in between my 2 brows and tweeze any stubborn hairs that don't want to move
I always do my left brow first...I wax above my eyebrow first, I know you aren't suppose to but I always have a big bushy part there that isn't in shape with the rest of my brows
Wax underneath my brow following the natural curvature
tweeze any strays from both above and below
Next I take my spoolie brush and brush all the hairs upwards so they are all pointing up, then I take my small scissors and trim the hairs if they go above the natural line. This way if my brows do get messed up they still look in shape as you can't see any bushy hairs sticking out of place ;)
Repeat for the right eye.

Thats all I do for it, nothing special and nothing professional but at least it tidies them up, saves me a few pounds and keeps them maintained!

Any questions pop me a comment below and I will be happy to answer

Until next time...

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

Nail Polish Storage

2011-09-08T05:51:00.000+01:00

Hiya!

Today I am showing you all my nail polish storage and kitbag just so you can all have a wee nosy I love seeing how others store all their bits and pieces and thought you all might enjoy it too :D

This is on top of my 3 drawer trolley which I got from Argos. So on top I have a Poundland cleaning caddy which holds all my nail art stripers on the left side, the little square box holds all my stamping stuff. On the right hand side I have 3 laundry tablet boxes which hold, my nail wheels, foils, containers, sponges, dotting tools, rhinestones etc...

Top Drawer - Barry M's and China Glaze, these are my 2 favourite brands so I like to keep them seperate cos I am weird :D

Middle Drawer - This holds all my polish that I have 2 or more of. Collection 2000, Wetnwild, LA Girl, Milani, Ciate, Avon, Revlon, Stargazer, Sinful Colors, Nails Inc, OPI and Jessica

Bottom Drawer - Holds all my random lonely polishes. Hard Candy, LA Splash, Misa, Dr Remedy, Borghese, Miss Sporty etc...

This is my kit bag which I got with a ton of supplies when doing my Nail Technician Course

Inside the bag, it holds quite a lot and still remains streamlined and easy to carry about when taking it anywhere. In this at the minute I have all my basic manicure stuff, files, base/top coats, bruses, cuticle creams, buffers, clippers and so on...

I hope you liked to see inside my storage and sort of a mini collection also...

Until next time...

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

NOTD featuring Revlon Gold Coin and OPI Extravagence

2011-09-06T19:19:00.000+01:00

Hi All!

Today I am back in the land of the living and not feeling so zombiefied with my new routine, I won't go into it too much here but basically I wake at 5.30 leave house at 6.30 train is at 7.30 get there at 8.30 work 9-5, train at 5.15 back in Edinburgh 6.15 and back in house after a bus journey at 7pm so yeah fun times! I am moving to Glasgow soon though so this is only temporary thankfully!!!

Anyway...here is my back to work mani, every single person I met complimented my nails that includes the 9 boys in my class!!!

I used my OPI Extravagence with my new Revlon Gold Coin on thumb and ring, and added freehand leopard print onto the gold! I love it have had it on since Sunday and don't want to take it off lol! I may try to get a 3rd day out of it or I might redo something tonight not sure yet, will see how I feel after dinner!!!

Until next time...

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

Just a quickie!

2011-09-05T21:50:00.000+01:00

Hiya

just a quickie post tonight, as some of you know I started back at work today, I am pretty exhausted was out of the house from 6am to 9pm tomorrow will be better and I will post then!

Don't forget to enter my contest I got my first entry today YAY!!!

I will be back tomorrow with something more productive, I am home 50mins and going to bed

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

NOTD featuring Barry M Blue Moon

2011-09-04T16:31:00.000+01:00

Hiya!

This was a forerunner for my Back to Work mani but I decided it was too plain and I needed something with a bit more pizazz :D

Barry M Blue Moon, this is 3 coats and its still a little sheer, I think formula wise this is very thin compared to other Barry M's I have

Then of course because I couldn't leave well enough alone here it is stamped...

I used Barry M Navy for the stamping

What I used

Barry M Blue Moon
Barry M Navy
Bundle Monster BM208

Thats it lovelies, very plain and simple :D Hope you like it! I will show what I chose for my back to work mani soon!

Until next time...

Loves and Hugs
Shel xx

Naked Nails!

2011-09-03T11:43:00.000+01:00

Hiya!

Today you are going to get to see some beauties...my naked nails! NOT!!

They really arent pretty at the minute, some are stained and they are all different lengths...

The reason for showing my naked nails is because I have started using the Color Club Vitabase Nutrient Nail Strengthener today. It says within 2 weeks you can see/feel a difference in your nails so I have decided to try it and see what happens in 2 weeks, so here you have it my naked nails and I can look back in 2 weeks and see if there is a change!

The instructions for the Strengthener are simple

Apply as your base coat, then use your normal polish on top
Reapply 2-3 times a week, this will work fine for me as I change my polish every other day so I am going to reapply every other day :D
After 2 weeks you will notice a difference in strength

So we will see if it does work, I am hoping it does as my nails are a lot more brittle these days compared to say a year ago! After the two weeks I am hoping for some good growth and to see less splitting then I will take my nails down to all the same length from there!

Sorry I didn't post yesterday guys I just wasn't feeling it lol!

Until next time...

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner...

2011-09-01T18:38:00.000+01:00

Hiya lovelies!

As you all know I recently won PaintingRainbows giveaway and it came yesterday all gorgeously packaged up cute and carefully :D

I loved the big fat bubble wrap and the cute note waiting on me as soon as I opened it! and you can see an EOS lipbalm peeking at me so now I have a backup yippeeee! I love that stuff!

Here is everything I got I swear I played with this all for about an hour after taking it out of the box and unwrapping lol! SO many new polish brands I have never tried before eeep :D

This is what I got -

Pixy Stix polishes in grape, blueberry and cherry
Glass nail file
Milani Meltdown
Borghere Tutti Gelati
Sally Hansen Problem Child
Essie Showstopper
Finger Paints My Favorite Girl
EOS Balm
Handmade bath salts that Megan made herself
Color Club nail strengthener
A bottle of Zoya remove+
And lastly a Victoria's Secret bag!

The bag is amazing and its already holding my on the go makeup! I can't wait to try all my polishes especially the new to me brands and also try the strengthener and the remove+ as I have heard so many good things about them!

I will be sure to let you all know what I think and of course share NOTD's with you all when I use these polishes :D

NOTD featuring Barry M Mushroom and Matt White

2011-08-31T19:03:00.022+01:00

Hiya!

Today I am showing you another Barry M mani, China Glaze and Barry M are my 2 faves for nail polish so you will probably see a lot of them :)

Right Hand

Left Hand

What I used

Barry M Mushroom
Barry M Matt White
Konad White
Bundle Monster BM221

Hope you all like it!

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

PS Please don't forget to enter my Nail Art Contest open til 30th Sept click here for all the details :D

FOTD featuring Sleek

2011-08-30T18:40:00.000+01:00

Hiya!

Today I decided to play with my makeup palettes from Sleek, normally I stick to what I know and don't venture to far from that...today though I played with black and yellows! I have to say so myself I love it!

(and it was my school colours hehe)

Open eye close up

Closed eye close up (bottom left of this pic you can see all my nail polish storage!)

Open eyes full face. I didnt apply much other makeup as I wasn't going anywhere just light foundation and a gloss.

The Sleek palettes I used were - The Original and Sparkle (the limited edition Christmas one)

I hope you like it, I think I am going to play more with the black and along with other colours to see what I come up with :D

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

NOTD featuring Barry M

2011-08-29T10:11:00.000+01:00

Hiya!

Today's post is quite an achievement for me lol! I done my first proper water marble and it came out ok (ish) some nails arent perfect but I like it :D

(sorry the pictures are so washed out, its a lot brighter in real life!)

I used all Barry M's for this

Matt White
Bright Pink
Lemon Icecream
Berry Icecream
Blueberry Icecream

What do you all think? success or fail?

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

NOTD featuring Cupcakes!

2011-08-28T08:50:00.000+01:00

Hi my lovelies!

Todays mani was suggested by my good friend Sarah, she suggested a pink gradient with cupcakes and even named the BM plate I should use :D

Right hand with mini fail on ring finger, at least I tried to fix it though hehe!

The enigmatic left hand ;)

Close up arty shot and you can see the awesomeness of the glitter topcoat!

What I used...

Stargazer topcoat as base and top cos am a dunce!
Poundland Starshine as the base colour (seriously the best fricking silver ever!)
Then I sponged 17 Fairycake from about a 2/3's of the nail down to the tip
Next I took 2True in Shade 1 and sponged that from the last 3rd to the tip
Stamped cupcakes on ring fingers and thumb using BM13 and Konad Black
Lastly coated every nail with the amazing WetnWild Kaleidoscope, I love this polish so sparkly and eyecatching :D

Thats it folks, thanks for all the lovely comments & new followers lately, I appreciate everysingle one of you!

Until next time...

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

DIY...Hair Donut

2011-08-27T19:21:00.001+01:00

Today I have something different for you all, a little easy DIY project!

This is so simple and you only need 2 things

Pair of old tights
Scissors

Step 1 - Cut the toes and crotch/waist part off leaving you with the two leg parts

Step 2 - Roll the tights in on themselves, I rolled about an inch thick, keep rolling until you can't roll no more, it will look like this...

And thats it! 1 hair donut from one leg of tights, so each pair will make 2, I know have 4 hehe!!!

Here is what my hair looks like with it in, I like my hair to look a bit messy when its in buns etc so yes its supposed to look like this, you can obviously have yours very sleek if you wanted to :D

Hope you all enjoyed this little bit of different here on my bloggy wog :D

Tomorrows post will be nail related

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

Final Part of Nail Art Series plus Special Announcement!!!

2011-08-26T18:58:00.001+01:00

Hi EVERYONE!

Here is the final installment of my Nail Art Series inspired by Blogging friends. Every single girl I have done this for has been so so gracious and really got a kick out of it and that makes me all warm and gooey inside!

This one kinda decided it wanted to be a fail mani but I still think it turned out cute :D

This one was inspired by Jennifer over at TheExoticLacquer who is such a sweetie, go check her out if you haven't already!

I decided to use feathers and peacocks for this one and silver and purple polish to give the exotic feeling to it! The purple Jen may recognise as she gave it to me in a swap!

I used

Sinful Colors Fiji
Poundland Silver (thee best silver I have ever tried!)
Konad White
Konad Black
BM15

NOW....

Onto the mega second super duper part (well I think it is anyway...)

I am close approaching 300 followers and didnt want to do another giveaway for that, I wanted something my readers could properly participate in, this series just gave me the proper idea for it.

I am going to hold a contest now following on from this, a NAIL ART contest and the theme is my blog name...yes a little gratitous but hey ho I may as well saying as I had so much fun getting inspired by other blog names lol!

There will be a prize for this including

Revlon Facets of Fuchsia (Deborah Lippman Bad Romance Dupe)
Colleen Green Eyeshadow Palette (a NEW one, I have showed a look done with this quad before)
Mini Benefit Benetint
Assortment of Sweeties
And maybe more depending on funds

The rules are as follows

Open INTERNATIONALLY
Closes 30th September so just over 4weeks to get your entry in
Must be your theme inspiration to my blog name, quite a broad range that you could do really ;)
Stamping/Freehand etc is allowed
Entries must be emailed to me with your blogname, full name and pictures of the mani, can be one handed or two I don't mind. EMAIL address at Contact tab at top!
You must have a valid email address for me to respond to so I can confirm you are in the contest and that I have received your pictures ok
On the 30th when the contest closes, I will make a post with all the entries and open it to public voting for 1 week. I will add a poll so everyone can vote anonymously for their faves!

That's it guys I really hope you all enter and have fun doing so! I know I did when doing this series!

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

FOTD featuring Glamour Doll Eyes/Review

2011-08-25T10:37:00.002+01:00

Hi All!

Today I have a FOTD to show you all featuring my latest purchase, after always looking and admiring Glamour Doll Eyes shadows I finally ordered a Grab Bag with 20 samples in it (more at the end of the post)

Firstly here is today's look :D

Full Face

Eyes Closed

Detailing

Open Close Up

What I used

Collection 2000 Natural Matt Foundation in "3-Natural Beige"
17 Pressed Powder in "Delicate Beige
Soap & Glory Trick and Treatment Concealer
Urban Decay Primer Potion in "Original"
Beauty UK Blusher Bronzer pot
Collection 2000 Extreme 24 Hour Felt Tip Eyeliner in "Black"
Maxfactor Masterpiece HD Mascara in "Rich Black"
Avon Supershock Mascara in "Black"
17 Lasting Fix Lipstick in "Balmy Beige"
MUA Eyeshadow in Pearl 1
Glamour Doll Eyes Shadows in "Brown Eyed Girl" "Tabloid" and "After Prom"

For anyone that doesnt know you can buy Glamour Doll Eyes from here.

I purchased the 20 Sample Baggie Grab Bag which cost $22.50 roughly £14 and the shipping was reasonable.

WIth every Glamour Doll Eyes purchase you get 2 free samples so I was expecting 22 I got 23! The colours I got are all amazing expect more looks soon :D

I also got some cute cards and stickers.

My samples came in baggies, I depotted the 3 I wanted to use today in Jars. There is a lot in the baggies enough to use each shadow various times! Vee also sells sample jars too.

I will definitely be buying more and think I will buy the jars next time as it saves money in the long run :D

Overall I am really impressed with these and glad I eventually purchased lol!

Tomorrows post will be the final part of my nail art series and a special announcent.

Until then...

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

New Nailart Series - Inspired by Bloggers! Pt4

2011-08-24T14:27:00.000+01:00

Hiya!

Today as promised I am showing you all Part 4 of my series, this one again may not be guessed straight away but I had a lot of fun doing it. 2 years ago I don't think I could have imagined I would be wearing spiders,witches and webs on my nails lol!

Anyone got it? This is inspired by my good friend Sarah over at

Spellbinding Nails!

Obviously my inspiration came from the Spell part and I automatically think of Haloween when I think of her blog name :D

For this mani I used

Seche Clear basecoat
China Glaze Life Perserver
Konad Black
Bundle Monster Plate BM13
Stargazer topcoat

Thats all for today folks, tomorrow's post will be a makeup post

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

Perfume Collection

2011-08-23T19:20:00.000+01:00

Hiya!

Today I just have a super quick post to show you as I havent been feeling the best today so havent got up to too much

Here is my perfume collection, I don't have a lot but what I do have I love and use frequently...

From Clockwise L to R

Ed Hardy Original
Sex and the City Lust
Alex by Alex Curran
Sex and the City Love
Boots body splash in Samphire and Sea Minerals
Monsoon
Perles de Lalique
FCUK Pure
Fergie Outspoken

I love using the body splashes in the warmer weather when I don't want something heavy on my skin :D

Thats it for today guys, tomorrow I will doing part 4 of my nail series, I have naked nails today as I was defrosting the freezer and didnt want to ruin anything lol!

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

Faces of me! Photo Dump

2011-08-22T22:06:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone!

I was having a random look through my camera roll and decided to show you all some old face pics of me they are all so different lol! Some of these are as old as last November!

I decided tojust show these here as on the poll some have asked to see makeup so here is some styles I regularly wear. The first pic aint too attractive but I wanted to see what my hair looked like in the sunlight as it was shortly after I dyed it hehe!!!

Hope you like them, any questions leave a comment and I will be sure to reply

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

New Nailart Series - Inspired by Bloggers! Pt3

2011-08-21T17:56:00.000+01:00

Hiya! Here is part 3 of this weeks Nailart Series! I really enjoyed doing this one as I got to play with my new Bundle Monster plates hehe!

This one might be a bit harder to guess but when I see her blog this is more what I think of lol!

Any guesses?

This one is inspired by Neeka over at IntheLifeofaMILF!

Might not be obvious to all but this is my interpretation of a milf hehe, Princess crowns, killer heels, diamonds, kisses and bling!!!

For this look I used China Glaze Limbo Bimbo, stamped with Bundle Monster plates in Konad Black and White and for the pinky I used SallyGirl Silver Glitter

If you all want to know what plate numbers these are just leave a comment below and I will let you know :)

I have 2 more of these to do and I am loving every minute of doing them! When I show the last one I will be announcing something special so keep your eyes peeled for that ;)

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

Sunday Swag #2

2011-08-21T16:13:00.001+01:00

Hi All!

Today is a collective post with all this weeks goodies, I did get some other things aswell that I will list at the bottom.

First up was a super awesome gift from Karin over at RinsNailFiles I recently helped her with some blog stuff and she sent all this as a thankyou I was so shocked I actually cried!

Nailwheels as I had been saying they were hard for me to find here, a gorgeous card, tic tacs, OPI hand lotion and 3 China Glaze polishes (OMG) She gave me Dorothy Who, Bad Kitty and Cosmic which were all on my wishlist!

The rest of this was all stuff I bought and paid for myself with a bit of money I used to treat myself with to cheer myself up hehe!

I got Bullions beads, Konad Black, Konad White, Konad Stamper/Scraper set, Bundle Monster Stamping plates, both sets.

And Bundle Monster 34piece brush set, no longer do I only have 2 makeup brushes to my name lol! these brushes are really good quality and so pretty the handles are a lovely burgendy glittery colour. I will do a proper review on these soon.

I also got a few things that I havent pictured, Nails tips and glue for a project I am working on and a Blackberry blinged out case for my little sister who recently got a Blackberry so I treated her too!

I hope you like these posts I have a few more bits to come, GlamourDoll Eyeshadows being one of the packages :D

Next post I do will be Part 3 of my special Nailart Series, I should get that up tonight

Loves and Hugs
Shel xx

New Nailart Series - Inspired by Bloggers! Pt 2

2011-08-19T13:32:00.000+01:00

Hi girlies!

I got an awesome response to the 1st part of this series yesterday I was so happy! I was really excited to start my second inspired mani so I got cracking straight away this morning hehe!!!

Ok this one should be fairly easy to guess!

Got it yet?

Its inspired by good friend Megans blog! Painting Rainbows!!! I hope you like it Megan!!!

Heres another quick look at this mani, on the thumb I painted a brush with some paint dots, please excuse the brush I am poop at freehand lol! On my fingers I painted my base then used 2/3 blobs of each colour paint and a toothpick to flick out the edges of the blobs...yes highly technical here in my wee blog ;)

For this mani I used the following

Barry M Matt White
Barry M Mushroom
Art Club Striper in Black for the bristles and brush stripes
LA Girl Flare
Collection 2000 Hip Hop
Collection 2000 Sherbet Lemons
Collection 2000 Ninja
Dr Remedy Baby Blue
Sinful Colors Fiji

I hope you all like it especially Megan!

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

New Nailart Series - Inspired by Bloggers! Pt1

2011-08-18T16:26:00.005+01:00

Hi all!

I had an idea this morning while painting swatch wheels about a new mini nail art series I wanted to do!!! I am super excited about this as it includes some of my awesome blogging friends :D

The idea I had was to do a nailart series based on blognames! I have picked 5 bloggers who have names which I can easily make nailart designs for and right now you can see the first one!!!

Let's see if any of you can guess who it is ;)

Hmm let's see...a nice midnight blue colour, stars and galaxies...hmmmm

Anyone got it yet???

This design has been inspired by none other than Midnightmanicures!

Everyone please go and check Jeanie out, she is awesome and one of the sweetest people I have "met" in the blogging world <3

I used Barry M Navy, SallyGirl Silver Glitter, random silver glitter striper for the shooting star tail and little iridescent stars.

I have 4 more posts like this coming up and everyone is going to be a surprise! I really hope you enjoy them and please comment and let me know what you think :D

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

FOTD

2011-08-18T10:06:00.000+01:00

Hi girlies!

I was inspired by the 50's style this morning for some reason unknown lol! Here is my hair and makeup for today, the front of my hair wont hold up in the loops as I only used my fringe so there isnt much hair there lol!

What I used

Collection 2000 Natural Matt Foundation in "3-Natural Beige"
17 Pressed Powder in "Delicate Beige"
Soap & Glory Trick and Treatment Concealer
Urban Decay Primer Potion in "Original"
Beauty UK Blusher Bronzer pot (top left of pic)
WetnWild Coloricon Palette in "Walking on Eggshells" (thankyou Carla!)
Collection 2000 Extreme 24 Hour Felt Tip Eyeliner in "Black"
Maxfactor Masterpiece HD Mascara in "Rich Black"
Avon Supershock Mascara in "Black"
17 Lasting Fix Lipstick in "Mulled Wine"

Hope you all like it :D

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

Housekeeping...

2011-08-17T15:09:00.000+01:00

Hiya!

Some of you may have noticed I have been making a few adjustments here and there with my blog, now that I have free time on my hands I have been getting it just how I want.

I am looking for some opinions on what else could be added to make it what you guys wanna see? I am going to add a poll to the left sidebar, I would really appreciate your input. Also how does the layout and everything look? I have added pages at the top, giveaways to the sidebar etc etc I am going to be going back over all my old posts and adding labels to the older ones as I never did that back then!

All feedback is welcome as long as it's constructive :D

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

NOTD featuring 17 Fairy Cake

2011-08-17T11:28:00.000+01:00

Hi all!

Today I have another NOTD to show you all including some basic nail art, I hope you enjoy it!

Base polish is 17 Lasting Fix in "Fairy Cake" I love the name!

Then I added gradient effect dots using a dotty tool and white,grey and black polishes to my ring fingers and thumbs.

Another shot of the dots

Heres what I used -

Seche Vite base coat
17 in Fairy Cake
Rimmel in Black Taxi
Collection 2000 in Wham
Barry M in Matt White
Beauty UK topcoat
Dotty Tool

Hope you liked it :D

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

NOTD featuring WetnWild Gray's Anatomy!

2011-08-16T18:22:00.000+01:00

Hiya!

Just a quick post to show off WetnWild Gray's Anatomy that I received from both Jennifer and Carla! Its a very pretty polish but awfully hard to photograph, it pulls mostly purple on my nails but it has a purple/grey/green multichrome which you can see better in the 2nd pic

Thats it for today, thanks for your continued reading and commenting, I really do apprectiate it and it makes me so happy to read every single comment!

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

Yesterday FOTD

2011-08-16T10:41:00.000+01:00

Hi girlies!

Today I am sharing a FOTD from yesterday and the makeup I used for it, please excuse the eyebrows I am still trying to grow them out to be reshaped!

There you have it! My face in all its glory lol!

What I used

Collection 2000 Natural Matt Foundation in "3-Natural Beige"
17 Pressed Powder in "Delicate Beige"
Soap & Glory Trick and Treatment Concealer
Urban Decay Primer Potion in "Original"
Beauty UK Blusher Bronzer pot (top left of pic)
WetnWild Coloricon Palette in "Walking on Eggshells" (thankyou Carla!)
Avon Glimmer Stick Eyeliner in "Majestic Plum"
Maxfactor Masterpiece HD Mascara in "Rich Black"
Avon Supershock Mascara in "Black"
Collection 2000 Lasting Colour Lipstick in "Berry Blast"

I hope you all like it

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

Sunday Swag #1

2011-08-14T15:53:00.000+01:00

Hi Lovelies!

Today I am starting a new idea I have had to gather all my goodies I received in the week and show them off on a Sunday, instead of doing individual posts as I get packages I will just do one collective one. Does this sound good or would you rather I done them seperate? Opinions please :D

1st up is a super cute package I received from Kayelyn over in our Facebook group, I won OPI DS Jewel in a lil contest she was holding and she also included a gorgeous handmade bracelet (I will take pics of me wearing this as this pic doesn't do it any justice) and also the cutest teeny weeny elephant candle :D

Close Up of DS Jewel

Package #2 is from Jennifer over at TheExoticLacquer, this was her 1st international swap so we kept it small she has got mine already so check out her blog to see what I sent! I got Dr Remedy Baby Blue,Wet n Wild Gray's Anatomy and Sinful Colours Fuji

Package #3 is from Carla over at DeuceBeauties, again she has received my swap package to her so check her out to see what goodies she received :D From Carla I got LA Colours Palette in Trendy, Wet n Wild shadow in Nutty, Wet n Wild Palette in Walking on Eggshells, LA Colours Palette in Cafe Au Lait, Bath & Bodyworks Lotion in Pomegranate Citrus, Sally girl polish Silver Glitter, Wet n Wild Misty Rose, Wet n Wild Gray's Anatomy (I am going to send this to my sister back home as I have one, Hope you don't mind Carla?) NYC Fifth Avenue and Sinful Colours I Miss Yuo!!! This was an amazing package to open and I literally squeaked my way through it lol!

Now I have my very first American Eyeshadow Palettes and Bath & Bodyworks goodies I am craving for more hehe!

I love everything I have been sent this week! Thankyou so so much to the 3 girlies who sent me these goodies!!!

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

Some More Awards

2011-08-12T14:47:00.002+01:00

Hi lovelies! I am sharing some awards I got from 2 awesome girlies today!

I got this from Tyne over at lOVEbeanGIRL go check her out she is awesome :)

RULES: Link to the person you got it from, tell seven things about yourself and give the award to ten bloggers.

So 7 things about me

I love Keith Lemmon, all his shows are so funny especially Celebrity Juice
I have small feet but very long toes!
I love all things Disney, my dream is to have a Disney wedding
I am not a big alcohol drinker, I don't like the feeling of being drunk
I am studying to be a Nail Tech
I love to cook, I will try my hand at anything but I can't bake to save my life! Cupcakes become cookies lol!
I can sing very well but haven't sang in public since I was about 13

This one came from Jennifer over at Theexoticlacquer

RULES: You must link back to the person who awarded this to you! Share 7 random facts! Award 15 blogs and Answer the questions listed above! And send the people awarded a comment letting them know!

Okay another 7 random facts

I love learning new things, give me something I don't know and I will do everything possible to learn about it.
I get annoyed easily when there is something I can't do, it upsets me and I get so agitated
My favourite food is lasagne and I love making it from scratch myself
I have read the Harry Potter series at least 7 times through
My hair is naturally dark brown, I have been dying it red for about 14 years
I have 3 tattoos and planning at least 4 more
I like to draw when I am bored, not just doodles but proper sketches

And onto the questions

1. Fave Color - Purple

2. Fave Song - Here Without You by 3 doors down

3. Fave Dessert - Jelly and Icecream

4.What is pissing you off- Not being able to start work yet

5. When you're upset you - Bottle everything up and don't talk about it

6. Fave Pet - Dogs, I don't have any pets at the minute but BF is buying me a Yorkshire Terrier when we move in together

7. Black or White - Black

8. Biggest Fear - Never having children

9. Best Feature - My boobies ;)

10. Everyday Attitude - Shitty at the minute but normally quite happy

11. What is perfection - It doesn't exist

12. Guilty Pleasure - Lounging in my sloppy joes at every chance

I am supposed to tag 25 bloggers but really can't choose any at the minute, if you are reading consider yourself tagged!

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

NOTD

2011-08-11T12:46:00.000+01:00

Hi my lovies! Today I bring another NOTD to you, this time using Avon Speed Dry+ in Rose Amour

Compared to my last Avon NOTD, I actually really like this one, the first pic isn't true to colour but the 2nd and 3rd are more like it. Its still not as bright as my usual style but definitely not bland :D

Close Up

This is 3 coats and you can still see somewhat of VNL but its not in your face obvious only when you look real close!

Cute pearls added on my ring fingers as accents. This polish had a shimmery underton of gold so its really very pretty in the light, unfortunately we are under a severe weather warning again here so no sunshiney pictures for me today!

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

Polyvore Playing

2011-08-10T10:00:00.000+01:00

I was bored this morning so decided to have a play on Polyvore! The outfit really reflects the weather outside right now!

I think its pretty casual and looks totally comfy!

Shel xx

NOTD

2011-08-07T11:34:00.000+01:00

Hiya!

Here is todays NOTD, last night I done a collection spreadsheet using google docs (see the link at the top you can all view my collection there) While doing the spreadsheet I realised I had so many polishes I had never used or never shown you guys so I am going to make an effort to get through my list so you can all see and I can also get to wear them instead of moving towards my faves all the time hehe!

This is Avon Nailwear Pro in Romance

I am going to tell the truth here, I don't like it, its sheer, streaky and too light for my tastes but its ok, I suppose it would be nice for someone that likes lighter colours but as you all know I like bright polish colours and very rarely wear pale colours.

Just for fun here is another close up artsy shot like was in the last NOTD, this one wasn't an accident I quite like it!

I had to add something to it so the ring fingers as usual my go to accent nail have a random pink glitter on them from my striper collection.

Hope you like it

Shel xx

Happy Feet fish pedicure

2011-08-06T16:26:00.000+01:00

I found this picture in my camera roll and realised I forgot to share an experience from my Holidays!

I had a fish pedicure done at Happy Feet in Blackpool, it was £10 for 15 minutes, 5 of those minutes were unbearable cos I am really ticklish at my feet unless you know how to touch them right ;)

The other 10 minutes was awesome and I really didnt want to get out, the day we got this done we had been walking about for hours in the sweltering heat and sun so it was awesome to relax and let the little fishies do their bit.

To be honest I didn't notice much difference on my feet but for the actual relaxation experience I would recommend it!

Shel xx

NOTD featuring yesterday's surprises :D

2011-08-05T16:04:00.000+01:00

Hey girlies!

Today I just want to show you a real quick mani I done, testing out 2 of my pressies from sweet Caroline (who knows who sang that song? extra bonus squishes!)

China Glaze LOL with Sinful Colours Frenzy on top of the accent nail!

I love how it turned out very sparkly in the sunshiny weather we have here right now :)

Accidental close up artsy shot but I like it :) Don't judge the cuticles this is my dominant hand so was painted by Mr Shaking Stevens aka my right hand ;)

Thats all folks I hope you are all having an awesome day

Shel xx

Happy Mail Day plus a few recent buys

2011-08-04T15:41:00.000+01:00

Hiya, its been a while from I showed you any hauls of a sort so here is a few new polishes I have aquired in the last week


Ciate Wait until Dark, Barry M Blue Moon and Barry M Blue Glitter

The Ciate was free with this months Marie Claire and the Barry M's were 2 for £4.99 in Superdrug

Next pic is what I received this morning from my awesome friend Caroline she surprised me with a thankyou package for a recent swap we done! She had mailed me to say she was sending something but didn't say but OMFG I nearly peed my pants this morning when I received it see picture to see why!


Sinful Colours Frenzy, WNW Kaleidoscope, EOS Lipbalm in Peach and ChinaGlaze LOL

She got me stuff from my wishlist and the most fabby thing ever was LOL, I have these on my wishlist but never expected to get it so I was shocked to see the silver cap it took me a minute to realise what it was lol! The EOS lipbalm is fricking awesome aswell, I don't think I will ever want to buy another brand so girlies keep supplying me hehe ;)

Shel xxx

Coleen Signature Eyes "Emerald Goddess"

2011-08-03T17:02:00.000+01:00

Hey girlies! Today I am sharing the bargain of the week with you and doing a mini review plus eye look for you all!

I got this palette in SemiChem for 49p!!! I couldnt' pass up on that even if they turned out not to be too great but the formula on these are really pigmented and gorgeous! I bought 5 palettes all together and it didnt even cost for £2.50! I got 4 eyeshadow palettes in 3 different shades (I have an extra of this one I am showing today) and I accidently picked up a lip palette thinking it was another e/s one...oh well :)

Here is Coleen Signature Eyes in "Emerald Goddess" I don't know when these were released or how much the original selling price would have been sorry.

Again my laptop decides to turn pictures the wrong way grrr! So you can see 4 gorgeous green colours varying from a highlight colour way darker to a beautiful mossy green colour, I was well impressed once I got these home and had a peek (they were shrink wrapped in the shop so I couldnt open them)

Here is what I used to do todays look (minus my UDPP which I forgot to photograph)

Coleen Palette, Black 17 eyeliner, Avon Supershock mascara, Maxfactor freebie mascara (but super freaking awesome) and my old faithfull eyeshadow brushes. I only have these 2!!!

This is the look I got, I only used the shadows from the palette so as you can see I think it turned out pretty good! I have no other makeup on as its just too hot and I would be uncomfortable lol!

No Glasses

(sorry for the bad eyebrows I am growing them out to be re-shaped soon)

Glasses

Hope you all like it, you can also see my natural hair here too hehe!!!

Shel xx

My Fave Youtubers!

2011-08-02T18:38:00.000+01:00

Todays post is a bit different, I am going to share some of my fave youtube peeps out there and hope that in return you will share some of yours so I can get more to watch hehe!!

My Ultimate fave is Louise from Sprinkleofglitter, she also blogs and I have been both reading and watching since she began, she is the most real and down to earth person ever, she has the ability to make you laugh with her and when she cries you cry too!

Cutepolish is another favourite I get a lot of inspiration from her and her tutorials are so fun and easy to do :)

Marie from Bitsandclips is freaking adorable, baby beeble is gorgeous and she has a lovely home, I could listen to her all day her accent is awesome!

Last but not least another fave is Lorraine from Thecurrentboobies she does a lot of vlogs and her lifestyle just looks awesome I would love to swap her just for a day hehe!

Do any of you watch any of these girls? what do you think? who are your fave youtubers? recommendations in the comments please ;)

Shel xx

NOTD

2011-08-01T22:46:00.000+01:00

Hi Girlies, cant believe it is August already this year is flying by, pretty soon it will be my birthday and Christmas :)

Todays post is a NOTD of a lemming polish I had for a little while, this is Marks & Spencers Rainbow, its a bit pricey than I would normally pay at £7.50 but its fricking linear holographic, yes I said it HOLOGRAPHIC!!! So on this one occasion I didn't mind paying for it :)

Swatch pic - indoor light so you cant see the holo too much but take this baby in the sunshine and oh my gosh but you need sunglasses on!!!

Bottle pic, click to enlarge you can see the holo better here :)

Because I am a dunce and was enjoying time with my boyfriend I forgot to take a sunshine picture but I will do as soon as I can for you all to see believe me it is awesome, I would recommend any UK ladies to hit up M&S right now :D

Shel xx

Cookies!!!

2011-07-29T14:50:00.001+01:00

Hi all

Last night I was bored and tried to do a Cookie Monster inspired free hand mani! I love how its turned out see below for pics, all fingers are cookies and the thumbs were the Cookie Monster :D

This was inspired by Cutepolish on YT don't want anything thinking I ripped them off!

Please be nice I am still getting used to painting free hand and with using small brushes :)

Shel xx