Rimmel ~ Colourlicious

Here is the oddly-named polish with the orange cap ^_^

Although I like for my nails to stand out, I do love delicate, feminine polish shades.  I was very happy to find this very pale pink/lilac tinged polish.  Here are 4 coats:

Despite the amount of coats it needed for opacity, I love this polish!  So delicate and pretty.  It makes me feel all romantic and in love!

Hugs,

Lisa xx

Maybelline Express Finish ~ Fiery

Hello!

As I've said before, reds don't tend to be my 'thing'... but I was browsing my market stall and this jumped out at me!  Here are 3 coats, with top coat for extra shine:

It's so cheery!

It has a jelly look to it; the finished mani isn't completely opaque but it looks nice like that.  It's not quite as sparkly as it looks in the bottle, but it is still very cheerful!  Not quite my style, but a pretty polish nonetheless.

Hugs,

Lisa xx

Bourjois So Laque! ~ Noir de Chine

Hello!

This is the £1.99 black I found on a market stall as part of my budget post-student-loan haul.  Because I can't spend too much, it's sometimes hard to find really good, solid 'base' colours... it might save me money in the long run to stop trying cheap brands and just buy Illamasqua's amazing black or something, but I absolutely cannot bring myself to pay £13.50 for a nail polish!!!

Here are two coats of Noir de Chine:

Right, straight away this is my favourite black ever.  Rich, glossy and opaque in two coats, it looks amazing!  I am one happy bunny.

And here it is smothered with Barry M's Pink Iridescent glitter:

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I adore my Rose Lounge polish by Bourjois' So Laque! as well, so if I see any more polishes from the range on my market stall I will most definitely give them a try.

Hugs,

Lisa xx

Mini Bargain Haul ^_^

AKA, LisLis-got-her-student-loan-which-took-her-out-of-her-overdraft-for-5-beautiful-hours-before-stuff-had-to-be-paid-off-but-still-wanted-to-treat-herself.

On the left, Noir de Chine by Bourjois - £1.99 - I already have black polish but am always on the lookout for a better one!  I am so jealous of the perfect blacks by expensive or American brands, and am on the hunt for a bargain basement find that does the job.

Next, Colourlicious by Rimmel - £1.99 - I don't get the ill-suited name and off-putting orange cap, but I love delicate feminine colours so was happy to find this!

Next, Fiery by Maybelline - £1.99 - Normally I avoid reds as they're not really my style, but this one looked cheery, fruity and glittery so I snapped it up :-)

And on the right, Violetta by No7 - £2 - Yes, the Boots vouchers are back!!!  £5 off No7 products when you spend £5 instore, which means you can get a polish for £2.  I already have two more vouchers stashed in my purse lol.  My first purchase is a backup of Violetta, a polish which I adore and use a lot.

I will be showing them off in the days to come!

Hugs,

Lisa xx

Purple Crumpet Fairy Challenge ~ Jewellery!

Hello!

This week's PCF Challenge is to do a mani inspired by your favourite piece of jewellery.  It's supposed to be for Friday, but I got inspired early (also there are one or two other pieces of jewellery I want to try and portray in mani form before the day!).

I have to say, first of all, that my absolute favourite item of jewellery is my engagement ring.  But it's so so precious and meaningful to me, I knew I couldn't do it justice with plastic rhinestones and my woeful polishing skills.

Apart from the engagement ring I am really lazy about wearing jewellery - but I have some fab stuff I found on Etsy and received for Christmas last year.  Today's mani is inspired by a cup of tea necklace I have - honestly!  It's a little white china cup and saucer with flower print, filled with tea, hung on a gold chain.  Here we go!

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I ended up with a mani that I actually want to wear out of the house!  With my lack of skill I knew that, if I attempted to nail-art the lemon slice, it would look awful - especially compared to my lovely rose water decals - so I kept it simple.  What do you think?  I can't wait to see the other fairies' manis!

Hugs,

Lisa xx

Striking French

Hellooo,

For this mani I painted my nails glossy black (17's Night Shade) then freehanded on some slanted, zaggy tips using my new fave polish, Barry M's Blue Glitter!

Hugs,

Lisa xx

LisLis Attempts Nail Art

Well, I was inspired by Tartofraises' beautiful manicure and very much wanted to try it out myself - but I knew it wouldn't turn out so well!!

Studying Tartofraises' pics, I painted a sheer pink base with a deep purple French tip (OPI's Ink).  I then drew on some swirls with a white nail art pen and added a lilac gem to each nail.

It looked decent from a distance but messy up close!  I'm really glad I tried it though.

Hugs,

Lisa xx

Yesterday's Nails, Stamped

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Yesterday I painted my nails with 17's Woo Me, with ring-finger accent nails of Barry M's Lilac Foil.  Today I just stamped my favourite floral pattern over Woo Me with Lilac Foil :-)

Hugs,

Lisa xx

NOTD: Accented Purple

Hello!

Today's mani is 17's Woo Me with a simple ring-finger accent nail of Barry M's Lilac Foil ^_^

Hugs,

Lisa xx

Claire's Purple-and-Blue Glitter

Happy New Year!

This was a Christmas present from my parents that I picked out myself at Claire's, a mix of small blue glitter and larger hexagonal lilac glitter in a clear base.  I'm wearing it over one of the polishes from my Strictly Come Dancing box set - Dosado, a grey lilac shimmer (swatch to come, it's so unique and I love it!) - with 3 coats of the glitter.

Yay, purply glittery goodness ^_^

Claire's polishes cost... £2.25 I think?  Very cheap.  They have all sorts of glitters, sprinkle ones like the polish above and dense full-coverage ones which are also amazing.

Hugs,

Lisa xx