Nail Haul... Two new to me brands :)

Hey lovelies! TGI Friday...

I have such a lovely weekend coming up... I cannot wait! Tonight I have the girls over for a spray tan party! There are 7 of us lovely ladies all wanting a golden glow in preparation for Saturday nights party of the year (so far)... Hayley's 30th Masquerade Ball :-).

We are so excited... We have gorgeous ball gowns, glittery masks, pretty strappy shoes and of course pretty matching nail art for as many of us as I can manage to get done in one day :-).

The reason for this mini post is actually too share two very exciting nail mails that arrived this week. The first was quite a large package containing my first ever Illamasqua's! I recently went onto the website to treat myslef to just one but there was a sale... a really good sale... needless to say my basket was full and the rest is history :-)

Don't they look exquisite in their boxes... I almost dont want to open them?!

My second nail mail I was equally as excited about. It contained my much anticipated first Indie nail polishes from the lovely Colores de Carol. I was so excited when I realised that Carolina was releasing her own range of polishes, you can see and purchase the full collection here.

This is Hero in Disguise (pale grey base) and Cupcake Fantasy (pale pink base). My pictures have not done the colours justice but trust me when I say they are gorgeous and I am too excited about swatching them next week :-). Thanks Carolina.

Macro of Cupcake Fantasy by Colores de Carol

Macro of Hero in Disguise by Colores de Carol

This didnt turn out to be the mini post I had planned but I was just so excited to share not only my weekends plans but some quick snapshots of all these gorgeous polishes.

What plans do you have? I would love to hear about them in the usual comments facility :-)

Louise xx
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Clothes Show Nails and Haul Pics

Good evening lovelies.

We had such a fantastic time at the Clothes Show yesterday. Neither of us can remember why we didnt go last year as we loved every second of it this year and vowed to buy tickets for next year as soon as they go on sale. The event is split out into various different sections with the main ones being: Clothes, Beauty, Make Up and Accessories.

We headed straight to Beauty and I couldn't resist buying my first goody bag of the day from Models Own. After that we were on a roll and purchased so many lovely things... make up, vintage style necklaces, an owl print dres, not to mention the W7 stall which was a huge success for me! Before I realised it I had 15 items in my basket!

These are the nails I wore for the event. Designed to match my outfit of the day... Navy patterned skinnies, burgandy oversize shirt with lace panel along the shoulders and my new grey boots.

I started by painting three nails with two coats of No 7 Damson Dream. A gorgeous polish that is a combination between burgandy and purple. I painted the other two nails with Barry M Navy.

I added one thin coat of Northern Lights top coat in Silver to add some hologram dimension (swatch below) and then I stamped with Barry M Silver Foil. The design is from my new collection of plates by Cheeky - this one is CH33.

Loving this hologram top coat!

Now for just a few sneaky pics of my Clothes Show Haul...

Look at all those lovely W7 glitters and the gorgeous grey and pink Nica handbag... what a lucky girl! :-)

Louise xx