Simple Valentines Day Nails

For this years Valentines day I though I'd keep it simple, so I came up with this really quick and easy design. 

I started of by applying a light pink nail polish all over my nails. Then with a tooth pick I created two dots on the corner of my nail and joined them up to create a heart shape. 

Simples :)

I think this is great if you don't want to spend ages on your nails or don't want anything to over the top.

Hope you guys enjoyed this little post :)

Chi Chi Fashionista Nail Set: Review/Swatches

The set contains 8 nail polishes in total, a pretty good deal for under $20. 

It was disappointing to see that the company hadn't bothered to give the nail polishes any names, but I guess it's not that big of a deal. 

The first nail polish in this collection is this very elegant pearlescent white shade- it's unfortunate that this doesn't translate very well on camera. I honestly wasn't expecting to like this particular shade because lighter nail polishes tend to look really awkward on my tanned skin- but this one is surprisingly flattering. Like a few nail polishes in this collection, it's not completely opaque- with two coats you get a nice semi-opaque finish. 

The next nail polish in the collection is a very sparkly golden metallic shade. Its looks great on it's own or even as a base for the glitter polishes (swatches below). Again, It's not completely opaque- I'd estimate it's at about 90% opacity.

As you can see from the picture, the next polish in the collection is probably the most unique. It's a very  dark black with small specks of multi-coloured sparkle and bigger specks of silver glitter. When I first tested this shade out, I was very doubtful that the sparkle would translate well onto my nails however I was pleasantly surprised. Under most lighting the multi-coloured sparkle is noticeable- more so at night under artificial lighting than during the day time. 

NOTD Holiday Nails

Hi everyone, 
I recently purchased a new nail polish kit from Chi Chi; I was just playing around with a few of the colours, and I randomly came up with this festive design.

Looking back I wish I would have done a silver accents rather than gold, that way I could have called it "Candy Canes and Silver" - a line from the song: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas :) 

Happy Holidays!

NOTD: Rudolph Red Nails

Hi everyone :)

Like a lot of people out there, one of my favourite times of year is Christmas (the other favourite being summer), and one of my all time favourite Christmas traditions is sitting in the living room next to the warm fireplace watching movies, however this year is slightly different. "The reason for this?" you may ask, well this is the first Christmas that I'm actually going to remember spending in a tropical climate. Its almost as if I've hit the double whammy- Christmas and summer at the same time. I feel like I should be pleased about this but in all honesty I'm not- if only I could be transported back to cold, rainy London, bundle up in 5 woolly jumpers, a thick coat, a scarf and a 3 pairs of gloves all the while appreciating the amazing city I grew up in.

At this point you may be thinking, "What does this have to do with nail polish?" Well... while I was reminiscing about all of this last night, I was playing around with my nail polish and came up with a really fun and easy nail design I though would be perfect for Christmas. 

Nail polishes I used:

W7 (white tips): Rudolph's eyeballs

Nails inc. "Hampstead Heath": Rudolph's nose (Index and ring finger)

VOV (Gold): (Thumb, middle and little finger)

Miners Extreme Nail Colour "Granite": Rudolph's antlers and eyes 

Barry M NP310 "Mushroom": Rudolph's face and ears. 

Hope you all enjoyed this little post, let me know what you think in the comments :)

Happy Holidays!