Nude Nails of the Day

Today I thought I'd jump on the nude nails bandwagon.  I have had this polish for a while and with a free house this afternoon (hubby and kids are out) I thought it was the perfect opportunity to have a wee play:)

The polish I have chosen is by 2True and is Shade 30.  2True make up is available in Superdrug and is from the cheaper end of the market.  Normally you can pick up 3 items of 2True make up for £5.  Great to cheer yourself up on a budget!!

The colour of Shade 30 is beautiful and I have applied 2 coats to achieve this.  I also have a base coat on and Seche Vite top coat.  The colour is perfect for every day wear as it's not too "in your face" which is perfect if you need to keep it subtle for work/school/college.  If you are allowed to wear nail polish to work/school/college of course. 

However I was disappointed with the ease of application.  Well basically it wasn't easy at all.  The brush is really short (although it does go all the way to the bottom of the bottle, so it's as long as it can be).  You get 9ml in the bottle and I found it really cumbersome to apply.  The lid/handle is quite large and is difficult to dip into the bottle for more polish and when you have wet nails this makes it difficult to apply without having any mishaps!!  I did have a few minor ones.  Maybe this could be resolved by having a taller, narrower bottle.  Compared with Boots 17 nail polish (which only has 8ml in a bottle) this is much more difficult to apply and I think this can be attributed to the shape of the bottle and lid.

I do like this colour but I'm unsure as to whether the faff of application is actually worth it.  Surely I can find something similar that is easier to apply?  My quest starts here!!

What Goes First?

Which do you use the most of? Shampoo or conditioner? I'm just being nosey here;) I seem to use more conditioner than shampoo. I only ever shampoo my hair once though. I think the old double shampoo idea is just a con to get us to buy more shampoo!!



Does anyone ever get their bottles of shampoo and conditioner to run out at the same time?

Red and Black Zebra Stripe Nails

My most recent upload to Youtube is a tutorial for red and black zebra nails. The camera didn't pick the detail up as well as I would have liked so here is a picture of the finished nails:)



Catch the video on my YouTube channel.

Autumn Winter 2010 at Next - Clogs

Today I had a little splurge at Next but I wanted to show you my favourite purchase. It is a pair of clogs and apparently they are going to be hot for Autumn/Winter 2010.

I chose a pair with an open toe as I want to start wearing them right away and they were cheaper than the closed toe ones;) As you can see from the picture they are brown and are (in my opinion anyway) quite high. On trying them on I was pleasantly surprised at just how comfortable they are. I know that clogs have a reputation for being comfortable but let's face it, the traditional style of clogs just don't look it do they? Of cousre only time will tell if they are comfortable or not but first impressions are good!!

These set me back £22 (a total steal if you ask me) and are available now at Next:)

Which must have shoes are on your wish list for this Autumn/Winter?

A Little Help Please

I have a relative coming soon from the USA and she wants to know if I want anything brought over. So what are must have American products that I should put on my wishlist? So far all I want is Covergirl Lashblast mascara.

Thanks for your help:)

PS I am doing this from my iPhone. I hope it works ok;)

Weirdness at the Dentist

Yestereday I went to the dentist for my regular check up. I also got the usual scale and polish which is a horrible experience but unfortunately totally necessary. I just hate the noise of all those machines!!

Anyway, when the dentist put the cream/paste on my front teeth for the polishing part of the treatment I smelled a very familiar smell. After a couple of seconds of pondering where I had smelled this smell before it clicked! It smelled exactly the same as my Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream. How weird is that? I found it quite a comforting smell, once I had recognised it and it made the last few minutes of treatment more pleasant:)

Short Nails Are The Way Forward

Yesterday I took the head staggers and cut all my nails short.

Not so long ago I used to do this religiously whenever I broke a nail but not so much lately and I think my nails were suffering because of it. They were splitting and I was getting tired of it. So now I'm sporting 2 hands of short nails and I'm loving it.

I love that feeling you get when you initially cut your nails short that something is missing:)

My top 10 reasons for having short nails are:

1. Much easier access to little pots of lip balm etc
2. Much easier to type on a keyboard
3. Much easier to use my iPhone
4. Less nail polish required to paint nails so also money saving
5. Less likely to scratch my kids accidentally
6. Less likely to break a nail
7. Much easier to open tins with ring pulls (beans, coke etc)
8. Much easier to apply cream eye products to my eyes (my nose always gets in the way of long nails lol)
9. Much more neat and tidy for work
10. Less chance of scratcing myself accidentally when applying moisturiser etc

What are your reasons for liking short nails, or long nails if you don't like short nails;)