Halloween Nails: Ghosts, Skulls and Eyes

Happy Hump Day

This year I haven't had as much time as I would have liked to try out Halloween designs which is a real shame as I've seen some fantastic inspiration on other nail blogs and Instagram. Tonight I have time to squeeze in a quick and simple stamped mani but at least its very Halloween themed :).

Pretty Pink with Paisley

Happy happy Thursday!

Almost the weekend my loves. I've had a really good and positive four days at work. Time has flown by, I feel like I have achieved a lot and once the weekend arrives I feel like I will deserve the downtime.

Tonight I am showing you the nails I wore to the Polo a few weekends ago, not my finest work but in real life they looked much better and I just adore this paisley print.

Inspired By: Green Dress

Hi lovelies

Tonight I am showing you more green! As I was admiring my beautiful Kiwi green nails I suddenly remembered a dress I bought last summer but never got around to wearing and wondered if this green might be the perfect match! I am pleased to report it is so of course I had to create nails that were Inspired By my green floral dress :-)

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...

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.

Distressed Roses

Good evening loves

Where does time go? I feel like my feet haven't touched the floor in the past few days... Time flies :-)

For my birthday last month my good friend Faye bought me three of the new fabulous Revlon Parfumerie polishes. I have been dying to try these out since I first saw the UK Press Release and I was not disappointed.

Happy Easter: Easter Nails

Happy Easter!

Did you have chocolate for breakfast? :-)

I have a busy day today as I have my sisters two dogs over to play with my two dogs. It is very distracting having four beautiful dogs to run around and play outside with so my list of jobs to be done around the house will just have to wait!

Here are my Easter nails...

Cerise Shine with White Flowers

Good evening lovelies

My goodness this polish is stunning... absolutely stunning! I know I said that yesterday when I posted the swatch pictures but I cannot help but say it again. I love this pink very much!

Christmas Nails: Christmas Jumper Fair Isle Print

Good evening lovelies

These are some of my most favourite Christmas nails ever! I have really gotten into the Christmas spirit this year and even purchased my first ever Christmas jumper! Its just a simple grey with a white snowflake print but its a good start and I am sure I will go all out next year :-)

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 :-)

Grey stripes with an accent

Happy Monday

Last night I posted a super quick but pretty grey swatch for you to admire and tonight I am going to show you the nail art I created over the top.

Blue Bows and Glitters

Good evening lovelies

Are you looking forward to your weekend? I most certainly am... its been another tough week for me but actually really productive and therefore I am feeling that I have achieved a lot and I am proud of how I have turned things around. Tonight I am having a very relaxed evening with Mr LiPP, Saturday we have a day of house related chores and Sunday we are out for lunch with a couple of friends we have not seen for a while.

Here are my nails of the day...

Two in One: Green and Blue Nails

Happy Hump Day lovelies

Regular followers may feel a little de ja vu looking at this mani but I assure you its all new and created especially for this post. I have in fact shown you these colours and prints in the past but this is the first time I put them together and I love how it looks...

Textured Polish Challenge: Green Filigree

Good evening lovelies

Day three and going strong. This will be a quick post from me as I have two gel polish clients about to arrive for an evening of manicures and gossiping :-)

Fruity Polishes and Flowers

Good evening lovelies

Just a quick post from me tonight on my super short nubbies. My poor little nails are not in great condition at the moment so I ended up taking them right back to prevent any further splits. Oh well... they will soon grow :-)

Yellow and Pink: Summer Flower nails

My gosh.. doesn't time just fly?

I cannot believe we are half way through the week already! Actually today is the end of my working week as I have Thursday and Friday off this week with Mr LiPP to celebrate his birthday :-).

Just a quick post tonight to show you these very summery inspired nails...

Pink Boa and Circles

Happy Saturday!

I am loving this extra long weekend and definitely plan on making the most of my time. Got some secret errands to run today as the count down to my little sisters 30th birthday begins and then I am having dinner with friends. Tomorrow is the local All About Dogs show that I am really looking forward to and then in the afternoon I am watching a friends husband sing live in a pub by the river. Busy busy!

Here are some candy cute nails...

One Year Blogiversary

Good morning lovelies

I can hardly believe it but today is my one year blogging anniversary!! I had no idea when I put my first post live that I would still be going strong one year later and that my love for all things nail polish would just grow and grow. I have made some good friends through the blogging community and I love being a part of it all.

Here are my celebratory nails... :-)

For this manicure I started with two coats on each nail of a limited edition Barry M polish I recently picked up in Superdrug. I have a full review of this polish coming up later in the week so for now I will just say that it is a gorgeous shade of pink and has a wonderful 'squishy' jelly finish.

For my ring accent finger I added two thick coats of W7 Multi Dazzle. This polish is the perfect glitter bomb and contains every possible colour you could think of. The coverage is really good at two coats but you would need three or four to make it fully opaque.

On my little finger I stamped a single birthday cupcake using Konad White and on my index finger I stamped the full cupcake plate design straight from plate GA 38.

Lastly using Barry M Nail Art Pen in White I added the number 1 to my middle finger.

Happy One Year Blogiversary to Me! Thank you to all my fantastic followers and friends, I still enjoy blogging now as much as I did then and that is thanks to all of you who take the time to comment on each post or contact me via email or Instagram :-)

Lou xx
@L_i_P_P

Grey and Orange nails: Unusual combo

Good evening lovelies

Tonight I would like to show you the second manicure I did with my brand new Pueen stamping plates. I would also like to show you two new polishes that were beyond a bargain!

For the base of this manicure I started with two Collection 2000 polishes that I recently picked up in Poundland. The best thing about these polishes is that they come in packs of three for £1. How can you not love a polish that costs just 33p per botlle! Crazy good bargain :-).

The colours I used are Hip Hop which is a really bright orange and Angel Wings which is a perfect dove grey.

As you can see below I used the colours differently on each hand, on my left hand orange is the main colour with grey being the accent and on my right hand I went with grey as the main colour and orange as the accent.

Using Konad White I stamped this pretty filigree style vine pattern taken from plate Pueen 33.

In the picture above you can see one of my newly made polish rings, that beyond adorable owl stamp is also from my new Pueen collection and I cannot wait to wear it as a full manicure. The owl was the main reason I was so desparate to get my hands on these stamping plates!

Isn't this just the most perfect pale grey? So glad I have three bottles in my collection :-)

Do you like my unusual combination of orange and grey? I was so happy with the way this turned out and will definitely buy more of these polishes if they crop up in Poundland!

Have wonderful weekends

Lou xx
@L_i_P_P

Love Themed Accent Nails

Good evening lovelies

I can't believe I am only now getting around to posting these nails. For those of you who follow me on Instagram you will have seen a sneaky peek a few weeks back when I wore this manicure to match a black and white dress that has the word LOVE printed all over it in different styles, fonts and sizes. I rushed out of the house before I could take a picture of my nails and typically when I looked at them the next morning I had a chip on my index finger. Here is how I fixed it... ;-)

On my little finger and ring finger I have two coats of Illamasqua Boosh, which is a lovely and shiny jet black polish. I also own Illamasqua Scorn which is the matte version but I'm yet to try it. I cannot wait until Illamasqua have another big online sale as I bagged 17 of their lovely polishes last time around :-).

I stamped over each of the black nails with Konad White and this text stamp which contains nice romantic words such as Heart, Kiss, Sweet and Perfect :-).

On my middle and index fingers I used two coats of the absolutely gorgeous Fuchsia Fanatic from China Glaze. I have been looking for a bright raspberry pink polish like this for a while and I am not all disappointed with Fuchsia Fanatic.

Finally I topped the pink nails off with one coat of Chalk Dust by Maybelline. I am loving this black and white glitter polish and have already used it to make some beautiful nail polish rings.

How do you like this look? I love the pink, black and white combination :-)

Lou xx
@L_i_P_P