Retro Print nails

Good evening lovelies

Hope you are all doing well? Today is my Dads birthday so we are off out on a family meal tonight. I'm really looking forward to it as I had a sneaky peek at the menu earlier and liked the look of everything! These nails just scream retro print and old fashioned wallpaper!! :)

Swatch: Barry M Gelly: Mustard

Happy Sunday loves

Today I am going to show you a colour that is TRULY unique to my ever growing nail polish collection. It is rare that I can say a colour is unique as I almost always have something that is so close in colour that you could consider it a dupe... Today is the exception!

Dry Marble: Beautiful Barry M's

Happy Friday!

I have been looking forward to showing you these nails. I 'created' them last weekend after I spent some time working on a nail wheel which can be seen on my nails only instagram account @L_i_P_P

It brought my nail mojo back and what could be more fun than a brightly coloured dry marble...

Swatch: Barry M Gelly: Coconut

It's Friday...

I am so looking forward to tonight. I am taking one of my very good friends out for a meal to celebrate her birthday and also so I can thank her for all her help with dog sitting recently. Sarah has been kind enough to have my doggies over at her house so I can still go off to Festivals and various other events with the girls.

This polish just blew me away... Coconut

Swatch: Barry M Gelly: Elderberry

Hi lovelies

I have a super quick Sunday swatch for you today. Today me and my sister are spending the day with our old boss Paul. We have lots planned and would really like the weather to behave itself just for once! Its mid July but the sun seems to have forgotten that!

This is Barry M Gelly in Elderberry...

Swatch: Barry M Gelly: Kiwi

Happy Monday loves

What a weekend! I was lucky enough to have a four day weekend and took full advantage of not being in the office! Me and the doggies did lots of nice walks and ball games over the field, little sis and I spent lots of time doing nails and drinking wine and on Sunday we went to a one day festival! The headlining act was McBusted but before they came out we spent several hours enjoying Scouting For Girls (I love them!), Five and the Backstreet Boys! Talk about retro boybands :-). A fantastic time was had by all!!

Dream Combo: Turquoise and Peach

Happy Monday

I had such a lovely weekend that I didnt want it to be over so I am very glad that Monday has flown by and I am back home in my comfies doing what I love... NAILS!! This colour combination happened totally by accident when I was recently re-organising my stash and these lovelies ended up next to each other on the shelf. I hope you like them too...

Swatch: Barry M Gelly: Huckleberry

Happy Blue Monday!

All day I have been excited about having tea at Yo Sushi with my sister. We just love the Blue Monday promotion they do and quite literally spend all day counting down the hours and talk about the new dishes we are going to try. Tonight we had friend tuna with dressed salad, california rolls and vegetable gyoza as well as all our usual favourites and two lots of spicy pepper squid!

Super quick swatch (not my neatest)...

Swatch: Barry M Gelly: Rosehip

Good evening lovelies

How was your weekend? Mine was really good. On Saturday we went for a girly day at the races. We dressed up in our finery, hopped on the train with a bottle of bubbles and soon arrived at the race course where we spent the day people watching, catching up on gossip, enjoying a few tipples and of course placing a few bets. On Sunday I attended Cooper's 1st Birthday BBQ. It was a huge turnout of friends and family and we had a fantastic time, the food was amazing (as always at the Millers) and the company was superb. We laughed the night away until it was time to finally leave and chill out for a few hours at home.

Beautifully Bright with Flowers and Glitter

Its time for fun Friday nails :-)

I am so excited about this weekend. Tomorrow us ladies are off to Newmarket Races for the day. We will place some small bets, enjoy the friendly competition, have a few drinks and enjoy being dressed up in our finery :-). Then in the evening we are staying to watch James Arthur live in concert before getting the train home. On Sunday we are going to Cooper's 1st birthday party and then spending some real quality time with Dad who has been through the mill a bit recently and needs some TLC.

Blue and White Lace Nails

Happy Monday

My goodness where does time go? It seems like only a few minutes ago this lovely long bank holiday weekend started and now here we are almost at the end of it! The weather has been mostly perfect and I have been a busy little bee. Spending quality time with my sister and our friends, not to mention lots of lovely dog walking some of which I did in my PJ's!

These are the nails I wore to the Beauty UK 2014 show last weekend.

Diamonds and Glitter

Tonight I am showing you a manicure where I think I went a little too far with the colours and patterns I picked but then I thought what the hell... every now and then its good to have something different to show you all :-)

Flames and Glitter

Whoop whoop its the weekend!

These are my party nails :). I am actually not going out to any parties but I just felt like I needed a nice bright jazzy manicure for this weekend. I am looking forward to having a lie in, going shopping for the last bit of my Dads birthday present and also eating out at our favourite steak restaurant on Sunday. I am giving myself the weekend off from housework and chores... ;-)

Caviar Beads and Feather Nails

Happy Hump Day!

Yes it is Wednesday already! Seriously how quick does time fly when I am so busy at work!

Time for more Caviar Beads... I really hope I do not have regular followers who hate this look as my obsession is taking over my blog ;-).

Minnie Mouse nails for Millie Moo

Happy Monday

Tonight I am going to share with you the nails I wore on Saturday for our niece Millie's 1st birthday. In case you cannot tell from the photo's Millie absolutely loves Minnie Mouse...

Polka Dots and Bows: Peach nails

Happy Friday lovelies

I have decided that this weekend calls for some bright and fun nail art. As I was looking through my ever growing pile of new polishes to swatch I was drawn to this pretty peach from Avon. Although it is quite a pale pastel shade I knew it would make a great base for some eye popping art.

Leopard Print nails: Summer colours

Good evening lovelies

Just a quick post tonight as I am rushing in the door from a sales conference and then back out again for a team night out at a local comedy club.

I loved the idea of these nails as I planned the colours in my head but I didnt like them once I was finished...

Blue and Yellow Flower nails

Happy Friday lovelies

Just as I moaned that we havent seen any sunshine yet we are apparently at the beginning of a mini heatwave! Two weeks of sunshine are predicted with Sunday set to be an absolute scorcher! I cannot wait, it makes the weekends so much more enjoyable when you can spend time outside, not to mention its a great opportunity to break out the summer wardrobe!

I just had to do a summery bright manicure to match the upcoming forecast :-)

I started with two easier than easy coats of Barry M Gelly in Guava on all nails except my ring finger. Guava is the brightest turquoise I have in my polish collection and I love it! I have been wearing it on my toes for the past few weeks and it still looks perfect.

On my ring finger I used two coats of Almost Famous by Color Club topped with one sparkly coat of Daisy Does also by Color Club. Almost Famous is a gorgeous bright yellow that as with every other yellow I own applied streaky. After two coats I could still see streaks so I reached for Daisy Does and applied a nice thick coat as a topper. Daisy Does has a yellow base and contains lots of yellow and gold glass flecks.

For the finishing touches I carefully applied one small square yellow rhinestone to each of the turquoise nails and over the yellow ring finger I stamped a simple flower design using the same turquoise polish - Barry M Guava.

This below picture was taken with the forced flash on so you can really see the pretty glass flecks in the yellow Daisy Does polish.

I hope you all have fantastic weekends - no doubt mine will involve nail polish as I had some fantastic nail mail arrive today :-)

Lou xx
@L_i_P_P

Owl Nails Skittlette

Happy July to you all!

Where does time go? More than half way though the year... we are yet to have summer in the UK (where are you sunshine?!) but on the plus side my family has booked our Christmas Day lunch! Not kidding, you have to book early to get a table for 10 people :-).

I love this manicure for obvious reasons... it has black polish, it has glitter but most importantly it has OWLS!

I started with a base of NYC City Blackout on my index and middle fingers. On my ring finger is my 'recycled' accent nail from a previous manicure and on my little finger is two easy coats of Barry M Gelly in Passion Fruit.

City Blackout was a little on the thin side but evened out nicely and you really cannot grumble at the £1.99 price point! Using Barry M Silver Foil I then stamped this most adorable owl print from plate Pueen 40. I have used this image to make myself some lovely nail polish rings but this is the first time I have used it on my nails!

On my little finger is Passion Fruit by Barry M. This is one of the latest colours to be released and as with all the others it has the most perfect highly pigmented formula. Passion Fruit is described as a neon coral but to me its definitely more red with an orange undertone.

I added a cute black heart shaped ring stone to my little finger for the finishing touch.

I was really pleased with this owl inspired skittlette, people at work were not so complimentary as this seemed to be an accent nail too many for most! :-)

Enjoy your evening

Lou xx
@L_i_P_P

Yellow and Pink Roses

Happy Friday lovelies!

How is your weekend looking? I am excited about Saturday night in particular as us girlies are going out for a meal to a steak restaurant where the food is served on hot rocks, meaning the steak cooks as you eat it! I have heard fantastic things about the restaurant so am really looking forward to trying it out for myself!

In the meantime here is my nail of the day...

I started with a base of Barry M Lemon Icecream on all nails. For such a pale colour it has a really great formula and I only needed two coats.

Using Barry M Gelly in Pomegranate I then stamped one of my most favourite designs, the large roses, onto each nail. This design can be found on plate BM 323 and I honestly use it all the time for both nail art and jewellery design.

Speaking of jewellery, I could not resist making a nail polish ring to match this beautifully bright manicure. For the ring I added just one coat of Color Club Daisy Does It as the glass cabochon really brings out the beautiful yellow and gold shimmer.

Also as I fell totally in love with the yellow and pink colour combination I also make a ring featuring my new and already much used owl stamp from the new Pueen plates.

A slightly unusal combination but I love it so much :-). Last time I wore pink and yellow together my sister in law said it reminded her of my favourite retro sweets, Fruit Salads!

I hope you liked seeing my new pieces of nail polish jewellery.

Have fantastic weekends

Lou xx
@L_i_P_P