50th post!

Wow! It's my 50th post. I thought it would take me a lot longer to get here. Thanks to each and every one of  you who reads these posts and for all your lovely comments.

After the decadence of my 3 Nail Challenge mani today I have something a little simpler.

Here are the tools I used.

After a base coat I used two layers of Wet n Wild's 54321 which is a gorgeous metallic teal. BUT I decided to use ELF's matte top coat to give a less shiny look. Then using a dotter and silver from Fearne Cotton for Boots  I created the flowers. A dot of top coat in the centre helps the rhinestones stick.

Needs a bit of a clean up to finish the look

Nice and simple for a Sunday evening. 

Again I want to say thanks to everyone who reads and subscribes. It's a pleasure to share my ideas with you  all

Wrestling

For those who don't know I'm a huge fan of wrestling. On Sunday it was this months ppv, so I did my nails for the occasion.

John Cena is one of my current favourites. His current TShirt is bottle green. 

As part of my light in the box order I got a yashali green which was a perfect match!

I used my alphabet stamp and threw in a few rhinestones.

Pretty simple and cheered up my Sunday :)

lightinthebox.com haul and todays nails.

Yesterday my haul from light in the box arrived...to say I'm happy is an understatement.

My treasure chest

I'm giving my nails a breather at the moment. I've noticed that they're chipping so after a good clean and a buff and shine I'm just wearing a clear coat. Today's post is photo heavy but it means I get to show off my treasure.

This is the treasure chest. It's a £3.99 clear lided arts and crafts box from Home Bargains.



The Junk - Nail Stickers, Glitter, Pearls, Cuticle Pushers, Paint Brushes, Toe Dividers, Glue, Sequins, Nail Files and Tooth picks. The Green Sequins, Pearls and Glitter were freebies when I got my Nail Art Pens. All the stickers came from ebay.

Top Row L-R ELF Black, Chocolate, Nude, Blush, Champagne, Red Velvet, Fluro Pink, Bubblegum Pink, Teal (I assume Discontinued? It's no longer online) Mint Cream, White 
Bottom Row L-R ELF Metal Madness, Glitter Glam, Twinkle, Golden Goddess, Matte Finisher. Barry M White and Black Crackle, Technic Carnival, Collection 2000 Top Coat

Nail Art Pens - I got these as a job lot from ebay for about £10

Top L-R Neon set from Primark, Beauty UK Gold and Silver Crackle, Fearne Cotton For Boots Silver, Pink
Botom L-R Collection 2000 Lasting Colour Purple Rain, Rimmel Green With Envy, Azure, Stargazer Neon Glitter Orange, Collection 2000 Hot Looks, Red, Pink, Parma Violet, NYC in a New York Minute Water Street Blue, NYC Yellow, Orange



Bargains - Nail Wraps in Gold, Leopard Print and remaining Silver ( I used the silver....I am still not sure about them) They're from Home Bargains and cost something like 69p. My Jewel wheel was about £2 from ebay. Below that is a Fimo wheel of love hearts and stars which I got in town for £1.99, the confetti next to it was £1!!
Dotters are from ebay, the nail files in the pink pouch were a christmas gift. The False nails I bought a while back after having my gles taken off and suffering withdrawal symptoms. These are the last ones I have and it's unlikely I'll use them now I have the tools to do my own patterns.

So that's it. My babies. The only trouble is that it isn't really portable, but hey I don't go too far without some form of polish. What's an outfit without pretty nails!

Saturday night nails

We're off to see my cousin singing at our local later.

For this I used ELF's red velvet and black. The rhinestones are from a wheel I got on ebay.

I can't complain because the products are good but it seems that ELF have put their prices up. A bottle of polish is now £2.50

Rhinestones Orange Carnival

So Thursday is pub night.

I've thought about doing this for ages and threw caution to the wind last night.

For this mani i used one coat of ELF nude. I don't usually use a base but my nails were alarmingly blue when i cleaned off my last polish. So until I find a decent base coat nude will do. The orange is another of ELFs polishes named champagne. I really love ELF. The polish needed two coats for an even look.

The feature nail has a coat of Fearne Cotton nails by day silver. I got the set for christmas and hadn't used it. The brush is odd. I thought it might have been faulty but all 5 bottles have the same. It is slightly curved. It didn't make too much difference to painting though. Once dry I added some clear top coat, i use Collection 2000 top coat, and began layering clear stones down the nail using tweezers. 

On my left hand I used Technic's carnival on the feature nail for something different.

It was a precision operation but I'm happy with it.