nail of the day

I was starting to get bored of the chrome effect nail polish so decided to update it a little bit with the help of Kiko rock top nail laquer in lilac , i love the way the silver underneath shines through and the cool tone of the colours makes my hands look more tanned.

Any suggestions of other colour combinations to try???

Friday 5 good things

I know its been a while since i wrote a 5 good things post but i have been so busy lately and it was easier to think of 5 bad things than 5 good things, and as the saying goes... if you cant say something nice then you're better not saying anything at all.

1. Its heating up here, it was 32º c here yesterday and its going to be even hotter over the weekend, which means...

2. The pool is warm enough to swim in again, so today i got to have my first swim of the year and it was wonderful, now i have no excuse not to get some exercise.

3. the other week one of my friends that i haven't seen since college came over to Spain with her mum to stay with family for a week, so we met up in Benidorm which was about half way from both of us, it was lovely to see her and her mum and we walked about 5 miles round the old town and the full length of the promenade and back.

4.The business opportunity i mentioned a few posts back is going well, i am still working full time at my current job and having to fit in this project in- between which means i have practically no spare time but if it helps us secure a future for ourselves then it will all be worth it.

5. Chrome effect nail polish, this was a bargain from mercadona supermarkets own Deliplus line, they have a new nail effects range out and this was one of the base coats for the crackle range and was only about 2€, i also bought it in gold.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend,
what are your 5 good things this week?

Glittery butterfly nails

I felt like getting a bit creative the other day when I was infilling my gel nails, so I raided my nail art kit. I found a stamp machine similar to a Konad stamp, I've had it for so long that it actually came with an instructional video (VHS)!!!

I liked the butterfly design best which was a 2 part stamp ( a solid background and a detail outline) but i wanted my French manicure to show through so only used the detail outline stamp to press butterfly's randomly across my nails,

I then applied gel top coat and dipped the tips in iridescent white glitter then used a small brush to sprinkle more into the gaps between the butterfly's then cured for 1 minute, I applied a second coat of gel top coat to seal the glitter and cured again... Voila sparkly butterfly nails

They would look great for a wedding or if you used a different design or colours would look great for Christmas as the glitter looks a little like sparkly snow. You can buy Konad ( or similar stamps) from
Beauty supply shops and eBay

The power of make-up

For most of us, we use makeup to cover our flaws and enhance our features, for other people it can allow them to take on a whole new persona, this amazing youtuber has transformed herself into male and female celebrities and film characters through the power of makeup, here are a few of her videos and of course you can subscribe to her for more...

enjoy x

35

Happy 35th birthday to my lovely boyfriend x

5 good things

1. Now that the clocks have gone forward it's light when I drive home from work at 8pm every night, where I live in the countryside, there are no street lights and the roads are full of potholes which are difficult to see in the dark so I much prefer driving when it's light outside.

2. Unexpected days off work, I have had 3 extra days off work in the last two weeks because of Spanish holidays or strikes that we didn't know about. Most are marked on the calendars as red or blue days. Blue days are bank holidays where you can choose to close your business ( so we only open in the morning) or red days where it is compulsory to close. But these were extra days off that werent on the calendar. I love an extra day off.

3. Discovering a new shop, someone told my mum about a huge outlet store of a Spanish department store "el corte ingles" so we checked it out the other day, it was huge and had some really good bargains. I ended up with a few pairs of shoes, amazing jeans with corset detail up the back of the legs and a few tommy hilfiger and Ralph Lauren tops for quarter of the original retail price.

4. Tomorrow the boyfriend and I are going to a meeting for a business opportunity we have been invited to become part of, if everything goes well this could really help us and our future.

5. Celebrations- April is a month of celebrations for us, my mum, brother and boyfriend all have April birthdays so we have been out for a few meals and we have Easter coming up on Sunday. I am not religious so Easter for me is all about the chocolate and I have a box of Belgian chocolates that my grandma sent for my birthday to eat while jay tucks into the Easter egg I bought him.

Happy Easter to all of you who celebrate it xxx

Tiffany inspired nails

I had to file my nails short this week as i have a lot of typing to do and long nails really are´nt practical for typing, so i seized the opportunity to try a colour that would look a bit silly on long nails. I picked up this lovely pale blue colour by Astor in the supermarket last week, unfortunately it needed 3 coats to be opaque which is why there are little marks in the polish. I just added a row of crystals to the ring finger for a Tiffany inspired look.