Scaling Glittery Walls

Back to the pink today. Its all go here isn't it!

Gonna be a quick post because its late and I am tired, but I loved this combo so much I just couldn't let it go without showing everyone. I got a discounted bottle of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls from Sallys. Very chuffed, and decided to team it up with Barry M Ruby Glitter, which is the pink bit of this manicure.

I love the little dotty flitter bits in Ruby Glitter, it just looks so special. I also love how much it stands out against the pale, almost white background.

My only sadness is I don't have the Amethyst Glitter from Barry M and haven't seen it in any shops yet. Has anyone out there seen it?

A Day of Rememberance

 Today had to be more muted than previous attempts as I had a funeral to attend. Thankfully it was an Auntie who had a long and happy life, so in my opinion as sad as the day is it should be full of as many smiles as tears.

I went for A-England Lancelot which is so dark a red its almost a black. However, as it was an Auntie of mine I decided to go with an accent finger of Nothin' Mousie 'Bout It by OPI. A single heart on the ring finger of my left hand and a thin coat of the beautiful holographic sparkles within I have never really noticed before.

RIP Auntie Winnie, you will be sadly missed.

Its Sunday, Its Got To Be Nail O'Clock

I cannot believe that another week has past. It is almost like the world has started spinning faster and I just can't keep up. The hours we are missing are the ones during the night I am sure.

Worked out this morning that I have 440 polishes, and have only used 137 of them. Quite frankly I am going to fail at my intention to use all of them before Christmas. With 14 weeks left that is only 98 days, Even with the best will in the world and using two new colours per mani, thats only 196 towards my goal.

Taking all this into account my no buy is going to continue. But, with a different purpose. All the cash I would normally spend on polishes I am going to piggy bank up and my husband and I can go on holiday with it. Now how cool is that? This holiday will have to be the USA, and I don't want to be more than about 5 nights as I will be leaving little Dobby at home and that will be super hard. Done New York to death, so where the hell should I consider? I quite fancy Washington DC, but neeeed to go to Florida to the Harry Potter park. Who knows where the polish shopping is really good ? ( don't tell my husband its all about that lol)

Anyway, todays mani. I had a bit of a bargain a few weeks ago at TKMaxx and came across OPI Stranger Tides and Come to Poppy for £9.99. Stranger Tides is a lovely pale green which is almost a pastel khaki and Come to Poppy, well its pink, sometimes its orange, sometimes its pale red.

Although not supposed to go together I think they look quite good.  What do you think?

MoneySavingExpert Challenge - Violet Nails

I blink and it is Monday before I know it. Must admit had a wonderful weekend with my husband and the hound, although we did have to go and see the new Batman film. But hey, it is extra wife points for when I want to do something very girly. I am already adding them up for Twilight in November ;)

So, my violet nails. I am never quite sure of the difference between Violet and Purple, but to me it sounds like it has more Blue in it, so I went for very blue shaded bright colour. Then, inspired by the new OPI Man With a Golden Gun top coat which is 18kt gold.

 

But, as this isn't released yet, I got my sticky mitts on a £1shop favourite, Chit Chat Gold. I admit it stinks like you wouldn't beleive, but it contains the most beautiful gold hexes and tiny dots and when it is on it looks like when we used to used gold leaf in art at school. ( I bet schools are that poor these days they don't flash this about)

So, my uses are

Accessorize - Electric Purple

Chit Chat - Gold

 

minus two, plus eight is a happy number!

You know I said that I was going to use my stash before Christmas, well I decided the challenge wasn't hard enough so I would just make it a little harder. So I have added 7 to my stash. I know, I know, I am a mental. But it made me happy, so hey!

First for what I have used...

I have gone for a pink out for today so had a pink base coat with Rimmel Urban Princess and to make it nice and sparkly I have gone for a flash of OPI Nothin Mousie Bout it on three fingers. Tis the very first time I have even opened the bottle on the OPI and I am really pleased with it. Although I couldn't get enough hearts out to make me happy!

Here are the pics...

 

So onto the newbies.

I visited the lovely TK Maxx at lunchtime to buy a dog bed, which I achieved. But I also spied three Orly's for £7.99. I don't own any Orlys so I decided to snaffle them while I could. The colours are Androgynie on the left, Lucky Duck in the middle and Ma Cherie on the right. The photo is a bit blurry, but it was the only way I could get the holographic flecks in Androgynie to show up.

 

Then I received my lovely A-Englands from the latest offer. They are Percival on the left, Lancelot next, then Tristam and last but not least Lady of the Lake. Can't wait to be using these babies.

 

Then finally, I had a delivery from Paris. I don't even know when I am going to use this, but so chuffed to have it.

 

MSE Nail Art Challenge - Week 3 - Green - Just Spotted a Turtle

So, for week three I am bringing out the big guns and just *had to* use my OPI Just Spotted a Lizard. But, to make it more interesting I have stamped it with a bit of a turtle shell pattern. I am quite impressed with the results, although once it was on Just Spotted a Lizard looked alot more gold than green on me. For the stamps I used Emerald City, a Matte from Revlon.