Nail Art Fail

Evening all, how are you today? I've finally recovered from my pollen induced coma, a result of walking home along the canal, so have decided to write a post!

You may remember me mentioning Emily's amazing tiger nails in my monthly summary post. They were amazing, my attempt wasn't!

One coat of NYC Spring Street

After dabbing Barry M shade 134 and Nails Inc Copacabana over the top using the corner of a sponge

Finished result

It didn't look as bad  blurred....

This nail art fail has really taught me that I need to invest in some nail art pens instead of using my Eyeko Eyeliner! I had to skip the gold step out as I didn't have a gold nail art pen, and I do feel that the black may have come out better with a nail art pen. The plus side of using eyeliner...I didn't like the design so instead of locking it in with a top coat I washed the eyeliner off and kept the gradient nails!

I'm still a nail art newbie so am definitely going to try this again as Emily did it so well! Do you have any nail art tips/recommendations?

NOTD - Nails Inc Electric Teal

Hi guys, I don't know about you lot but I for one as so glad that Monday is over! I had a few too many glasses of wine Saturday and was still suffering a little today!

I, stupidly, yesterday washed all of my work trousers, forgot about them and left them in the machine! When getting ready this morning I realised! I ended up wearing an old pair of trousers that were way too small for me so have felt horrid all day!

This NOTD is my first more expensive nail polish, except it was free in a magazine! I won't pay for the more expensive polishes and fortunately for my bank balance this one hasn't swayed me. It did apply easier and take one less coat than my Barry Ms but it still chipped within two days! It is a lovely colour though, here are the pics:

two coats

with flash

without flash

I really need to start 'tidying' up before taking the photos! 

Isn't it a lovely colour? Do you buy more expensive polishes? Do you think that they are worth the price tag?

Mini Love Suzie Haul & Bargain Watch

Hi all, another three day working week over for me! Could get used to this! Its going to kill me when my holidays are over!

As some of you may know Love Suzie is closing down :( As a result of this they are giving a 50% discount if you enter the code "FIFTYOFF". This is what I bought:

They also sell the famous scrabble rings which work out as next to nothing with the discount!

Some other bargains I've spotted are a free travel size Body Shop Body Butter in the June edition of Marie Clare magazine - the butters are £5 in the shop, the magazine costs £3.60. The choices are Mango, Shea and Dreams. The magazine is released today (05 May).

A free Nails Inc Varnish (full size - 10ml) in the June edition of InStyle magazine. The magazine costs £3.70 and the varnishes usually retail at about £11, they come in orange, petrol blue and beige - I'm hoping to find one with petrol blue tomorrow! The magazine is released today (05 May).

E.L.F. are giving 20% off all orders! Use code 20PlentyUK if ordering to the UK or code 20PlentyEU if ordering to Europe. These codes expire at 12 Midday Friday 06 May 2011. There is a minimum spend of £10 before shipping. The lovely Charli also mentionned that she managed to get 25% off her ELF order yesterday using code DISTRIBEAUTYELF, I'm not sure if this is still valid.

Happy spending!

Leanne

xoxo