Charlies Nail Art Goodies!

Hello!

It's been so long since I last posted! I have been doing manicures and posting them on Instagram as and when I've been capable, but it's a struggle as my health is up and down. What's great is that I'm still a brand ambassador for Charlies Nail Art, which makes me so proud. Charlie knows I'm not well and is very supportive and encouraging - as well as providing me with amazing orders and review packs ^_^ So here is a bundle post with some of the goodies I've been using! I'm going to include links because you can get 15% off everything when you use my coupon code, GNAF15.

1. Black Cat Nail Stickers

I love cats so these stickers were perfect for me! I received compliments about them, especially about the cats' silver collars. I was happily surprised that they were fine, flexible and stayed stuck down on the nail - some nail stickers don't.


2. White Tiger Nail Art Wraps

These wraps are full-nail water decals and I love Charlie's selection. The colours on this design are amazing and, like all of Charlie's wraps, they apply great, not requiring a base colour.


3. Butterfly Garden Nail Wraps

Something I really like to do is to cut nail wraps into French tips for a patterned, unique French manicure. I loved the vibrancy of these butterfly decals ^_^


4. Fine Nail Art Glitter

I was just told tonight that I'm nicknamed the Charlies Nail Art "glitter ambassador", because I love and use their glitters so much!! This mani is a gradient of two fine glitters, Silver and Rose Pink. It was very easy to do: I painted my nail with base coat, dipped the tip into the pink, then, once the tip was covered, I dipped my whole nail into the silver.


5. Rhombus Nail Glitter

This is a softer manicure with ethereal purple rhombus glitter. To place the glitter, I took a cuticle stick and just touched my wet base coat brush with the pointed tip. It picked up the individual pieces easily!


6. 3D Nail Art Flower Charms

I paired this delicate peach flower with peach floral stamping, using plate MoYou Pro 07, over a dark grey. I added some rhinestones as extra accents!


7. Blizzard and Pixie Dust Glitter Mixes

This is one of my favourite manicures I've ever done. Using the technique I described with the fine glitter gradient above, I made an icy mix to match the icy weather. Both Blizzard and Pixie Dust are beautiful glitter mixes on their own, but I adore them together.


That's a few of them! Do you have a favourite? Let me know ^_^

Hugs,

Lisa xx

Barry M Liquid Chrome ~ Razzle Dazzle

Hello!

First, a little diary entry. Throughout my blogging journey I've been open about suffering badly with depression. I'm unwell all the time but I get periods where it's difficult to keep up my hobbies, and I've just had one over the Christmas season. Despite this I had a lovely Christmas, and I have just spent the afternoon painting my nails and dipping into some review items sent to me. I'm feeling positive that things might be getting better and that there are lots of lovely manicures on the horizon!

Now onto the nail polish! I wanted to treat myself with my Christmas money, so I had a look at what Barry M had to offer in Boots! I ended up buying a replacement base coat and white polish (Cotton) and I couldn't resist the metallic pink glimmer of Razzle Dazzle. Here are two coats:

I love this colour so much! I had to be careful to paint the second coat on nice and straight, but I was pleased with how non-streaky the finish was.

I hope to be back very soon with more manicures ^_^

Hugs,

Lisa xx

Charlies Nail Art ~ Blizzard Glitter Mix

Hello!

Following on from my Pixie Dust post, I am back with another of the newest Charlies Nail Art glitter mixes! These glitters are extra special because they are formulated in-house - you won't find them anywhere else. They are also a bargain at 75p per sachet!

Blizzard is a sparkling Winter glitter. The fine glitter has a gorgeous blue-tinted spearmint colour which I love, and it's accented with blue and pearlescent diamonds - plus snowflakes!!

Apologies for the slightly poor photo, it was growing dark when I took this. I hope it conveys how beautiful this glitter is, because it's one of my favourites. The colour plus the sparkle make it truly amazing.

You can get 15% off Blizzard - and everything else at Charlies Nail Art - with my coupon code: GNAF15

Hugs,

Lisa xx

Charlies Nail Art ~ Pixie Dust Glitter Mix

This post contains products which were sent to me as a gift :-)

Hello!

Charlies Nail Art have been busy bees creating four new glitter mixes, one of which I'm showing you here! These glitter mixes are super special because they're formulated in-house - you won't find them anywhere else. They're also a bargain at 75p per sachet, and I am proud to own the whole collection!

Pixie Dust is a mix of white and pearlescent glitters; this includes fine white glitter, strands, dots and diamonds. It's an all-year-round glitter but it especially reminds me of fallen snow, perfect for the ever-colder weather. This effect gave me the idea to add stamped pawprints to make it look like my kitty Vienna had been out in the snow!

The sparkle is so magical!!

You can also get 15% off Pixie Dust and everything else at Charlies Nail Art by using my coupon code: GNAF15

My next post will be about the Blizzard glitter mix!

Hugs,

Lisa xx

Charlies Nail Art ~ Jack o Lantern Glitter Mix

This post contains products which were sent to me as a free gift :)

Hello!

I'm back with another of the Halloween glitter mixes exclusive to Charlies Nail Art! You can see my swatches and reviews of all the other glitter mixes here. I've bought most of them myself because I am the biggest fan ever of these glitters, but Jack o Lantern was sent to me as a gift.

Jack o Lantern is a fine orange glitter with larger orange and black pieces. The orange has a beautiful crushed shimmer look to it for added pumpkin effect! Look at its beauty...

https://www.charliesnailart.co.uk/jack-o-lantern-nail-glitter-mix/

I never thought I could love an orange glitter so much!

Jack o Lantern is 75p per sachet, plus you get 15% off with my coupon code: GNAF15

Hugs,

Lisa xx

Charlies Nail Art ~ Hocus Pocus Glitter Mix

This post contains products which were sent to me as a free gift :)

Hello!

I'm back with another of the Halloween glitter mixes exclusive to Charlies Nail Art! You can see my swatches and reviews of all the other glitter mixes here. I've bought most of them myself because I am the biggest fan ever of these glitters, but Hocus Pocus was sent to me as a gift.

Hocus Pocus consists of a fine, sparkling purple glitter with larger pieces of deep green glitter and purple diamonds. It's beautifully gothic and witchy!

https://www.charliesnailart.co.uk/hocus-pocus-nail-glitter-mix/

Hocus Pocus is 75p per sachet, plus you get 15% off with my coupon code: GNAF15

Next post up is about the Jack o Lantern glitter mix!

Hugs,

Lisa xx

Charlies Nail Art ~ Witches Brew Glitter Mix

This post contains products that were sent to me as a free gift :-)

Hello!

This is the second of two posts today about some new glitter mixes from Charlies Nail Art! These are part of a collection that is original and exclusive to Charlie's. I am quite possibly the biggest fan of these mixes and I've blogged about the existing shades here.

Witches' Brew is a fine green glitter with sparkles, larger diamonds of purple glitter and stars. It is vibrant, pretty and just so perfect for Halloween!

You can buy Witches' Brew for 75p, plus 15% off with my coupon code: GNAF15

Hugs,

Lisa xx

Charlies Nail Art ~ Pumpkin Spice Glitter Mix

Hello!

This will be the first of two posts today about some new glitter mixes from Charlies Nail Art! These are part of a collection that is original and exclusive to Charlie's. I am quite possibly the biggest fan of these mixes and I've blogged about the existing shades here.

Pumpkin Spice has a dark fine glitter base with sparkles and larger pieces of orange glitter. In addition to its namesake it has a glowing embers look that makes it wonderfully suited to the dark and cosy Autumn evenings that are coming up.

I may be a fool but I am actually happy that Autumn is upon us, and I can envisage myself wearing this glitter with fingerless mittens as I clutch my Pumpkin Spice latte - skinny, because I'm losing weight!

You can buy Pumpkin Spice for 75p, plus 15% off with my coupon code: GNAF15

Hugs,

Lisa xx

Charlies Nail Art ~ Autumn Stroll Glitter Mix

Hello!

I am back this chilly September night with a nail art goodie that I am absolutely enraptured with: Autumn Stroll, a new glitter mix exclusive to Charlies Nail Art!

Autumn Stroll joins Charlie's amazing collection of glitters that are designed and mixed in-house (you can see my pics of the others here). I am a raving fan of all of them, but this is one I can't stop looking at. It has a copper and glimmering gold fine glitter base, with larger pieces of autumnally-coloured glitters that perfectly evoke fallen leaves on a woodland floor. Here it is with top coat...

This mix is a real treasure trove; each time I dipped my nails into the sachet I found myself excited to see what glitter pieces I would end up with. I hope my photo fully conveys how amazing it is! Right now I have two more of the new mixes to try and I cannot wait.

Autumn Stroll is 75p per sachet, plus you can get 15% off everything with my Ambassador's coupon code: GNAF15

Hugs,

Lisa xx

Flowers, Glitters and Tattoos!

Hello!

First of all, I'm sorry for the month-long absence! I haven't been doing my nails as often due to a mixture of depression, tiredness and being caught up in my cross-stitching hobby (scroll down for pics!). However, I'm here to make it up with four manicures featuring floral nail wraps, fine glitters and temporary tattoos.

All the wraps and glitters are from Charlies Nail Art and I happen to have a 15% off Ambassador's coupon code for you: GNAF15 . I'll include links to where to find the nail art goodies as I write ^_^

1. Summer Dream Manicure

Summer Dream water decal wraps with Ocean Blue fine glitter, finished with a diamond tattoo from Claire's Accessories.


2. Summer Bloom Manicure

Summer Bloom water decal wraps alternated with Nicole by OPI's Sweet Surrender, finished with Flower Power tattoos by MoYou London.


3. Indian Summer Manicure

Indian Summer water decal wraps finished off with another MoYou Flower Power Tattoo.


4. Yellow Blossom Manicure

Yellow Blossom water decal wraps with an accent nail of Holographic Silver fine glitter.

I hope you like these manis! I love my Charlies water decals: they're super easy to apply and look beautiful. And, if you're interested, here are two cross stitches I've been working on - Flower Teapots!

Hugs, 

Lisa xx

Barry M ~ Cashmere and Frost

Hello!

I noticed that Barry M had a few new shades in my local Boots store, so I treated myself to a couple!

Cashmere is a gorgeous pale pink. Here are two coats:

Frost is a lovely frosted white. Here are three coats:

I like both but Cashmere is definitely my favourite - I'm sure I'll be wearing it a lot! Which do you prefer?

Hugs,

Lisa xx

Cloudy Skies and Summers Day Manicures!

Hello!

It's been oscillating between cloudy and sunny here in the North East, so I've done two manicures to suit both! A "cloudy skies" look and a super-bright neon.

I used clingfilm to get the effect for my cloudy skies mani! I started by painting my nails with Barry M Earl Grey and letting them dry completely. I then painted a coat of white on top and, while it was still wet, I dabbed at it with scrunched-up clingfilm. This was the result:

For my neon mani I used Bubblegum by Models Own with matte top coat. This is such a bright polish that it's impossible to capture 100% in a photograph, but I tried my best:

Do you prefer one manicure over the other? Let me know!

Hugs,

Lisa xx

Manicures and Tattoos!

Hello!

I've done three manicures recently featuring some of my MoYou hand tattoos. The first one was a feathers manicure which you can find here, and the other two are in this post!

First we have what I dubbed a "Magical Manicure" ~ a glitter gradient of my Princess glitter mix from Charlies Nail Art, with some unicorn and dinosaur tattoos from my Origami tattoo pack:

Secondly we have a sparkling flower manicure - a floral pattern from Born Pretty stamping plate BP-L015, coloured in with Echarpe de Seda by Jade. The flower tattoo is from my Tropical tattoo pack:

What do you think?! I've asked for more MoYou tattoos for my birthday so, if I'm lucky, I will have more to play around with soon.

I also have two discount codes for you to buy the glitter and stamping plate I used in these manicures! Get 15% off at Charlies Nail Art using code GNAF15, and get 10% off at Born Pretty Store using code CMBQ10.

Hugs,

Lisa xx

All About Me!

Hello!

I had the idea to write a little bit about myself, in a question format that other bloggers can copy if they want! 5 questions about yourself, 5 questions about your nails. There's a manicure at the end ^_^

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1. What is your name?

Lisa, nice to e-meet you!

2. Where do you live?

With my family in North East England. It's where I get my blog name - people from where I live are called Geordies!

3. Do you have any pets?

We have a cat called Vienna. We adopted her from a shelter in 2010, and she's about 10 years old now. We love her to pieces and she is spoilt rotten.

4. What are your other hobbies or passions?

Cross stitching, knitting, playing The Sims 2 and watching Masterchef Australia and Star Trek! I'm a big fan of Zachary Quinto and Miles McMillan.

5. Have you travelled?

I've been to France a few times and even lived there for a year. I've also been to Lake Garda in Italy, Bruges in Belgium and Barcelona in Spain. I would like to go to New York and back to France.

6. How did you get into doing your nails?

I tried my hand at nail art when I was a teenager but gave it up for a while. Then, 6 years ago, I noticed the display of Seventeen nail polishes in a local Boots store. The colours were beautiful and I fell in love again!

7. How did you get into nail blogging?

I bought my first holographic nail polish - Blue by Glitter Gal - and I was so in love with it that I wanted to tell the world! I set up my blog, calling it Happy Nails. I was naïve about blogging and didn't think to check the name, which was already taken. A while later I wised up and went for the more original Geordie Nails :-)

8. What is your favourite nail polish shade?

I love pale, pale blues. Blueberry Muffin by Models Own and In De-Nile by Color Club are just beautiful.

9. What is your favourite nail art technique?

Stamping. I'm not talented at freehand nail art and get really antsy when my nails aren't perfect, so stamping is great for getting a precise pattern or image onto my nails. I also love having glitter tips and using water decals!

10. What has been your proudest nail blogger moment?

Being named a Brand Ambassador for Charlies Nail Art is up there. I was a happy customer to begin with and they're a fantastic, genuine UK nail art shop that I'm very proud to support. Also having 3000 followers on Instagram makes me feel like I'm doing a tiny little thing right in my life.

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OK, now for the manicure! We just had our General Election here in the UK and Labour did much better than expected. I support them so, as celebration, I did a red rose manicure!

P.S. Supporters of other parties are most welcome on my page, no hard feelings here ^_^

Hugs,

Lisa xx

Feathers Manicure

Hello!

This manicure combines nail art with temporary tattoos, something I haven't really done in a while!

I was digging through my box of water decals and found some lovely sheets of feather decals (I think I bought them from Born Pretty Store), so I chose a sheet and applied the different colours over Barry M Pearl with an added layer of opalescent polish. I then took a couple of my MoYou hand tattoos and applied them to my ring finger and palm!

I love the idea of complementing nail art with skin art, and I've asked for some more tattoos for my birthday ^_^

Hugs,

Lisa xx

Charlies Nail Art ~ Jewels in the Sand Glitter Mix

This post contains products which were sent to me for review :-)

Hello!

I am lucky enough to own the full collection of Charlies Nail Art glitter mixes! They are beautiful in their own right but extra-special because they're mixed in-house: you won't find them anywhere else. Most of them I bought myself, but I was sent Jewels in the Sand as a gift ^_^

Jewels in the Sand lives up to its name by being a fine, sparkling gold glitter with opulent pieces of larger purple glitters mixed in. I thought it would look wonderful as glitter tips...

It makes me think of the seashore in a faraway exotic land!

The glitter mixes only cost 75p each, plus you get 15% off with my coupon code, GNAF15

Hugs,

Lisa xx

Two Nail Charm Manicures!

Hello!

I hope you're having a nice Bank Holiday Monday! The weather has cooled down a little in the North East and personally I am very relieved. I don't handle the heat too well!

Two of my latest manicures have used metal nail charms, so I thought I'd show you them together ^_^

The first manicure is a butterfly design! For this once I used my "Summer's Day" water decals and butterfly charm from Charlies Nail Art. I cut the decals to make three French tips and one full nail as an accent. I glued the butterfly to my middle fingernail.

The second manicure was heavily inspired by metellitsa on Instagram! I switched up the index nail by painting it white and adding my charm, but everything else is the same design. My feathers are from Born Pretty stamping plate BP-75 and the charm is from Poundland. Any guesses as to what this little critter is - a fox, maybe? A raccoon? Answers in the comments, please!

Do you prefer one manicure over the other? Let me know!

Hugs,

Lisa xx

Charlies Nail Art ~ Floral Water Decals

Hello!

I just ordered some new water decals from Charlies Nail Art last week, so I thought I'd show you some that I've used so far! All three are full-nail floral designs and they were bought by me ^_^

Here is Bold Blossom - a red base with blossom flowers which makes me think of kimonos...

Next is Oriental Blossom - a blue design with white and lilac blossoms which reminds me of some origami paper I own...

And finally we have Wild Pansy - gorgeous watercolour-effect flowers...

I seriously love floral water decals and I ordered more, so they will be coming up on the blog!

They were all just 89p each for a sheet of 10, and you get an extra 15% off with my coupon code GNAF15 ^_^

Hugs,

Lisa xx

Charlies Nail Art ~ Spaceman Glitter Mix

Hello!

If you have a scroll down my blog, you'll see that I have been trying out the wonderful new glitter mixes by Charlies Nail Art! In addition to being absolutely beautiful - and a bargain at 75p each - they're also mixed in-house, so you won't find them anywhere else.

Most recently I have been experimenting with the Spaceman glitter mix. Spaceman consists of a very sparkly blue glitter with rainbow glitter mixed in, plus strand glitter and larger star and circle pieces. I do keep saying this every time I try a new glitter mix, but this is definitely one of my favourites.

I've done two manicures using Spaceman! This first one is a glitter gradient over a very deep blue, inspired by Star Trek: Voyager which I've begun rewatching...

...and the second one uses Spaceman as an accent nail in a blue manicure complete with flower water decal!

I really hope you love this glitter mix as much as I do! I still have more to show you as well ^_^

As I'm an ambassador for Charlies Nail Art you can get 15% off everything with my coupon code, GNAF15. I bought this glitter myself.

Hugs,

Lisa xx

Charlies Nail Art ~ Arabian Nights Gitter Mix

Hello!

I'm back with another of the new glitter mixes by Charlies Nail Art! All the glitters are special because they're mixed in-house and so are unique, but Arabian Nights is extra-special because it was named by followers on social media!

I bought most of the glitter mixes myself but this one was given to me as a freebie because, at the time I ordered, it hadn't been released on the site yet. It's on there now for 75p ^_^

Arabian Nights consists of a sparkling royal purple glitter with bigger gold pieces mixed in. It is truly opulent! I wanted to try it as a glitter tips mani first so I started with one coat of sheer lilac polish, Hubby For Dessert by Essie, and dipped my nails in the glitter sachet!

I hope you're as wowed by this as I am! It's so rich and luxurious and I bet it'll look just as good as a full glitter mani. I will of course post a photo on the blog when I try it out.

As a Brand Ambassador for Charlies Nail Art, my followers get 15% off everything with my coupon code: GNAF15. The glitters are a bargain to begin with at 75p each!

I shall be back soon with a new glitter mix mani ^_^

Hugs,

Lisa xx