Pixies are Everywhere!

So I have been donning ASOS Pixie for over day when I thought "I wonder what this baby would look like as a matte?"  So I put a coat of Essie Matte About You on and look at how pretty it turned out! I love it glossy and I love it matte.  I have to apologise about the quality of my lighting.  It's all indoors at the moment as we are having a few storms over here.  Anyway back to the nails.  Well I couldn't just leave it  matte, so I got my Konads out!  This is from plate M65 and I used Konad Special Polish in Violet.  Right I promise to take this off later and do a totally different mani!!

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ASOS Paint by Ciate - Pixie

I bought some Ciate Paints by Ciate weeks ago but as you already know we have been having postal strikes so my hauls are taking their time getting to me.  I have finally got round to swatching this one which is Pixie from the ASOS Paint range.  I don't know if you know but ASOS stands for As Seen On Screen.  We have a website here that finds where all the celebs get their clothes/shoes/polishes/accessories etc. and you can buy them from this particular website.  Ciate have produced these polishes in association with ASOS and are named after celebrities.  This gorgeous jade green creme is called Pixie (I guess after Pixie Lott?)

I love this so much.  I think I may leave it on for a few days then Konad it! The formula is gorgeous to work with.  This application was smooth and I only needed two coats.  This has become one of my favourites (I try not to have favourites amongst my babies, but I can't help it!!).  It is certainly one of the best greens I have ever seen.

Hope you all had a nice weekend.

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Last Halloween Nails

I changed my mind about my Halloween nails.  I loved the red flakies but I really fancied something more green.  So I did exactly the same (China Glaze - Liquid Leather) but this time I put Nfu Oh No. 52 (aka Distraction) over the top.  This created a wonderful 'sea-serpent' green.  Every so often the light caught the green flakies which looked absolutely stunning! (yes I am holding a cuddly bat!)
That's it now! No more Halloween nails until next year.  Boooooo!
And just so he doesn't feel left out..... this is Arthur the Spider.....

I hope you all had a fab Halloween.
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I Can't Believe it's 'Butter' !

I am so sorry for not updating yesterday.  Had rehearsals again and I need to learn my lines!

So yesterday the good old faithful wonderbra worked!  I bought myself two new polishes!!  Both from Butter London.
I am a fan of Butter London but they are at the top end of the price range scale so they are a rare treat (looks like my boobs haven't lost it!!!)
I spent a while choosing my colours as I probably won't buy Butter London again now for a while...... well not until Saturday!!  The colours they have are fabulous and I want them all but I decided on 'Muggins' (left) and 'Thames' (right).  I do love the name of these polishes as they are focussed around London and being a London-gal, of course I'm a big fan!  Thames, which is the teal one, is a strange name for this beautiful colour.  Last time I checked the Thames was a murky, dirty, muddy colour and not the colour of the sea in paradise!  However, I love love love this colour.  It is a shimmery teal which goes on like a dream.  I only needed two coats for this application.

This was outside with no flash.  It looks a little creamy but it isn't.

This was outside with flash.

I apologise for the bad pix but our weather is pretty yuk at the mo.  No gorgeous autumn days for us anymore.  We are straight into winter!

Next is 'Muggins'.  I made such a good choice!  For those who don't know, when you use the word muggins you are describing yourself as being a bit silly or gullible.  For example: "He told me that I needed to spend all that money on replacing all my windows and old muggins here fell for it!"  Does that make sense?  And here ends your lesson on London Lingo!

Anyway I digress..... back to the polish.  This one took three coats to get good coverage.  It is a gorgeous lavender creme.  It is slightly different to OPIs Done Out In Deco as Muggins does not have any red tones in it.  It's more of a dusky purple.  Again my pix do not do it justice.

Top: Outside with flash

Bottom: Outside no flash

So those are the newest additions to my polish family!  As soon as this month is over I will be out there picking up all the ones I have had my eye on!

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Halloween/Most Haunted Nail Art

I've been messing around with some ideas for a Halloween/Most Haunted Live design.  I came up with this mani using black, green, white and purple colours.  I call it "Witches Potion"!

Colours:
China Glaze - Liquid Leather
China Glaze - White out
Barry M - Vivid Purple
Nails Inc - Ascot

Do you like my egg timer?!?!

Mummy/Daughter Day!

So Abi and I have returned from our mani/pedi session and I must say that I am impressed.  In all honestly I   am somewhat dubious about the nail bars that appear from overnight!  However, I have heard nothing about good things about the salon I went to today.  They were absolutely brilliant with both me and Abi.  Their hygiene standards are also up to my standards as well (which is extremely super high!!!!)  So I sat in the vibrating massage chair whilst I had my mani and pedi and Abi had nail art done on her nails.  We had a blast!  I will definitely be going back to that salon.  If you are in the Windsor (UK) area go and check out New York Nails Fashion on St. Leonards Road.  I highly recommend them.

Here's a picture of Abi's nails.

Abi has been to a Henna Party today as well!

I think her nail art looks so pretty.  I'm afraid I forgot to ask what the nail colour was.  All I know is that it's an OPI colour.

And here's mine:

I had OPI's Done Out in Deco from the South Beach range on my nails.  On my toes I had Gargantuan Green Grape.  (The above photo is without flash)

With flash

So I love the purple A LOT!  I can only describe this as a lavender creme colour.  Very pretty.   I've not had the chance to try this range out but it definitely is more of a Spring/Summer collection.  As for the Gargantuan Green Grape, I'm still not sure about it. It's very light and sheer.  My technician put two coats of the GGG on and personally I would have done another coat.  I have taken a picture of it on my toes but I don't want to freak anyone out as I know feet and toes can make people a little squeamish.  If you would like to see it then please let me know and I will post it.  Anyway GGG is a very bright, sheer lime colour.  At the moment I feel like and Easter Egg.   Think I'm going to be Konading later!!

Done Out In Deco

 Gargantuan Green Grape

                                

China Glaze Love You Snow Much

Love, love, love green polishes!  I have been looking for some fab colours for Halloween and came across China Glaze's Christmas offering ... so I had to get it, of course!!  I will swatch the rest of the colours after Halloween but I had to show you how gorgeous this colour is.  This is Emerald Sparkle from the Love You So Much collection.  Sorry for the mess I made but I am currently in my 3rd year at University studying for my degree in Education plus I run our village Brownies so I spend a lot of my time planning and studying (and being a Mum and wife!)  If I had it my way I'd spend all day on my nails! So be prepared to see messy cuticles every so often!!

This was one coat of CND Stickey Start base coat followed by 2 layers of Emerald Sparkle then a coat of Seche Vite.  I did use a Konad stamp later but I forgot to take a piccie.  Looked pretty fab though.  I used the leopard print off Konad plate no. M57 and Konad Special Polish in Gold.